US Business Funding

SIA, JP Morgan | March 06, 2020

Italian payments giant SIA has hired JP Morgan as financial advisor for all 'extraordinary transactions' - including a possible IPO. The firm, which is controlled by state lender CDP Equity, confirmed last month that it was beginning the listing process. It said then that it could issue ordinary shares on the Mercato Telematico Azionario market by the summer, although a merger with another payment’s player was not ruled out. Reporting its 2019 results, SIA says consolidated revenue...

Financial Management, Trading Systems

Tazapay | February 22, 2023

A Singapore-based fintech company, Tazapay, offers cross-border payments and was recently granted in-principle approval for a major payment institution (MPI) license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This authorization includes five payment services - Merchant acquisition, Domestic money transfer, Account issuance Cross border money transfer, and E-money issuance. Tazapay's authorization of MPI license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore will enable the fintec...

Paragon EX | May 03, 2021

Top Financial Technology producer Paragon EX today announced that it is launching a complete customizable trading platform for users to enjoy personalizing its features. The customization will help users to personalize every feature of the trading platform, from trading tools to its look and feel. This new platform will allow the users to modify the appearance of the platform, and can also edit the tools they want to be displayed on the screen. This will help traders to have a dis...

SoftBank | June 24, 2020

SoftBank has come under renewed scrutiny about its investment strategy but this time it’s about one of the Japanese tech conglomerate’s lesser-known bets. Last year, the company made a 900 million euros ($1 billion) investment in Wirecard, as part of a broader tie-up between the two on digital payments. But that deal has raised eyebrows now due to a deepening accounting crisis at the German payments processor....