Startup News—nripn—January 24, 2025

FinTech platform based in Stockholm Open Payments has raised €3 million in a funding round to support their continued growth, enable product development and advance their mission to simplify and improve B2B payments across Europe. The financing round was led by Alfvén & Didrikson, with participation from Industrifonden and other existing investors. "We developed Open

AI in Finance—nripn—January 24, 2025

Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over President Donald Trump's latest touted Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project. in a quarrel between the two tech billionaires who started on the OpenAI board and are currently testing Musk's influence with the new president. Trump on Tuesday discussed a joint venture investing up to $500

Market Rumors—nripn—January 24, 2025

By Tom Zanki (January 23, 2025, 3:11 PM EST) - Owners of Impeccable Brands Seek to Sell Car Wash Operator for $3 Billion, While More Overseas Companies Prepare Initial Public Offerings including Chinese self-driving system makers Inceptio Technologies and Israel-based cryptocurrency trading platform Etoro. Here, Law360 breaks down notable rumors from the past week… Law360

Technology Innovations—nripn—January 24, 2025

Going by the adage that if you keep carrying old bricks, you'll keep building the same house, modernizing B2B processes is becoming increasingly difficult for B2B companies as they still rely on technologies legacy back-office applications. By 2025, the financial landscape is transforming. The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), B2B payment innovation and FinTech investment

AI in Finance—nripn—January 24, 2025

By Steve Holland (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced private sector investment of up to $500 billion to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure, aiming to outpace rival countries in this business-critical technology area. Trump said ChatGPT creator OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle were considering a joint venture called Stargate, which he said would build

Jobs Market News—nripn—January 24, 2025

The popularity of consumer startups prospered zero interest rates during the era between 2008 and 2021 during which many central banks around the world maintained their interest rates close to zero to stimulate growth economic after the 2008 financial crisis. During this period, investors' capital was more abundant because they were less expensive to access

Startup News—nripn—January 24, 2025

Aslanthe London-based financial wellbeing platform, today announces its oversubscribed €4.7 million seed funding round to launch a suite of rewards features and expand its team. The round was led by Notion Capital, a leading European software and cloud venture capital investor, alongside Redstone and a diverse roster of angel investors. It was also announced that

AI in Finance—nripn—January 24, 2025

Cloud Flare (NET) CEO Matthew Prince shared his insights on China's artificial intelligence (AI) landscape with Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief. Brian Sozzi at the World Economic Forum 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. According to Prince, China has fallen behind in some aspects of AI development. He attributes the delay to the country's cautious approach to the "unpredictable

Startup News—nripn—January 23, 2025

THE World Finance Council proudly unveils the highly anticipated WFC Fintech 2025 Dubaiwhich will take place on January 29, 2025to the prestigious Downtown Pullman Creek In Dubai. This groundbreaking event will bring together global leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, and technology visionaries to explore and shape the transformative potential of fintech to revolutionize global finance. WFC

AI in Finance—nripn—January 23, 2025

(Bloomberg) - Over the past two years, the Biden administration has struck a careful balance on artificial intelligence. The White House has taken steps to ensure the United States stays ahead of China in developing the technology, while trying to address some of AI's many potential risks. Most read on Bloomberg In his first 24

Regulatory Updates—nripn—January 23, 2025

Diving brief: Tighter regulatory oversight could slow innovation, but additional safeguards are needed because fintech-bank partnerships become more complex and as fintech take on more responsibility for compliance, analysts said at the conference on Tuesday Finovate Fall conference in New York. “Most of the enforcement actions we've seen over the past two years are because

Jobs Market News—nripn—January 23, 2025

Visa joins African fintech Moniepoint as a new investor. The business banking and payments platform confirmed to TechCrunch that it has received a “strategic investment” from the global payments giant as both companies look to drive financial inclusion and support the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Africa. Sources close to the deal