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Creednz founders

Creednz raises $7 million to battle payment fraud

27.09.23|CTech
The Israeli startup has developed a platform that safeguards corporate finance teams from payment scams to prevent financial loss
עינת גז מנכ"לית פאפאיה גלובל פאפיה גלובל

Israeli entrepreneur Eynat Guez to speak at World Fintech Show in Saudi Arabia

26.09.23|Meir Orbach
The Co-Founder and CEO of Israeli unicorn Papaya Global is the first Israeli woman entrepreneur to be invited to speak at a tech event in the Kingdom
מימין יו"ר ו מייסד קרן JVP ויו"ר ThetaRay אראל מרגלית מנהלת שותפה ב קרן Portage דבון קירק ו מנכ"ל ThetaRay פיטר ריינולדס

ThetaRay raises $57 million for AI-powered global payments solutions

05.09.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup’s cloud-based transaction monitoring and screening solution uses AI technology to monitor financial transactions and allow the flow of funds across the world by establishing trusted transactions
מימין דובי פרנסס ו עינת גז

Dovi Frances threatening to sell Papaya holdings at 90% discount; Co-founder Guez says she’ll buy

29.08.23|Sophie Shulman
Following a public spat with Guez, Frances sent a letter to all Papaya's shareholders offering to sell his 2.8% stake in the company for $12.5 million, which represents a company valuation of around $444 million, 90% less than the $3.7 billion Papaya was valued at in its last funding round
מייסדי וסטו יניב ברטלה ו אלון ליפשיץ

Vesttoo founders officially fired by board after conclusion of fraud investigation

28.08.23|Almog Azar
After being placed on paid leave earlier this month, CEO Yaniv Bertele and Chief Financial Engineer Alon Lifshitz have been sacked, with the board hinting they were involved in the alleged fraud at the company. “The investigative body singled out the founders from the outset. Despite an extensive investigation, no evidence has been found against them, let alone presented,” Bertele and Lifshitz said in response
Ronen Assia - Team8

Rumors about the death of fintech are overblown

28.08.23|Ronen Assia
Fintech, more than any other industry, is influenced by macroeconomic trends. But the current downturn in investments is largely a market correction, presenting a great opportunity for fintech growth, writes Ronen Assia, Managing Partner at Team8 and co-founder of eToro
Yonatan Mandelbaum

"The state of fintech in Israel is depressing - All the entrepreneurs have switched their risk tolerance to 'OFF'”

24.08.23|Elihay Vidal
Yonatan Mandelbaum, a Principal at TLV Partners, noted that even within the limited number of fintech startups that emerged in 2023, "I haven't seen anything that's genuinely new, interesting, or groundbreaking. Mostly, what we are seeing are companies that are essentially copycatting existing ones"
IVIX team

IVIX closes $12.5 million Series A led by Insight Partners to combat financial crimes

07.08.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup’s AI-powered technology helps tax authorities in the U.S., Europe and Asia identify large-scale tax evasion, money laundering and other financial crimes
מייסדי ראפיד

Rapyd acquiring payment service PayU GPO for $610 million

01.08.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli fintech unicorn will finance the purchase through a capital raising of approximately $700 million, which Rapyd will soon complete at the same valuation as its previous funding round
gigaroo founders

“We are here to change the broken service industry”

31.07.23|CTech
gigaroo has raised $2.6 million to help Gen-Z find and retain their first jobs
אלי בן-נון ושי גבאי, מייסדי TRUSTMI

Trustmi raises $17 million for end-to-end payments security platform

26.07.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup has developed a product that assesses the safety of financial transactions, warns against suspected fraud in real-time, and identifies potential flaws in the process that may result from human error
Gidi Oleg Fincom

Fincom’s ‘Phonetic Fingerprint’ for e-commerce platforms

23.07.23|CTech
The company has recently raised $2 million for its AML Screening Solution
Or Liban

What’s in store for the fintech industry?

20.07.23|Or Liban
“The fintech trends of embedded finance, co-opetition, consolidation, capital efficiency, and AI-driven risk management are set to reshape the financial industry in 2023 and beyond,” writes Or Liban of Airwallex
ד"ר שלומית ווגמן-רטנר סמנכ"לית רגולציה בחברת ראפיד Rapyd

Rapyd appoints financial crime expert Dr. Shlomit Wagman as Global Chief Regulation and Compliance Officer

19.07.23|Meir Orbach
“Dr. Wagman's appointment underlines Rapyd’s commitment to maintaining the highest levels of integrity and regulatory adherence in the industry, and her appointment is another major step for Rapyd as the company makes strides towards a future IPO,” said Co-Founder and CEO Arik Shtilman
יניב ברטלה וסטו

Fintech unicorn Vesttoo faces alleged billion-dollar fraud scandal

17.07.23|Meir Orbach
Following an initial inspection conducted over the weekend, it was discovered that the billions of dollars in collateral presented by the company were fraudulent
Tzvika Perelmuter

Fintech startup CapStack raises $6 million in pre-Seed to improve cooperation between banks

16.07.23|CTech
The startup is developing an integrated operating system for banks that is meant to provide them with visibility into one another’s portfolios
מגזין עצמאות 4.5.22 מימין איל פלדמן ו עופר פלדמן מייסדי סטמפלי stampli

Blackstone closing on significant investment in fintech startup Stampli

03.07.23|Meir Orbach
The investment giant is set to lead a funding round of over $50 million in the company that has developed an AI-powered Accounts Payable automation solution
כלכלת האינטרנט פינטק תשלומים מובייל 2

Fintech giants battling in $500 million PayU bidding war

28.06.23|Meir Orbach
Investment company Prosus is looking to sell PayU and bidders are believed to include Israeli fintech unicorn Rapyd, Canadian payments giant Nuvei, and Worldpay
כנס ניהול פיננסי בעידן החדש גילי הוך סמנכלית אסטרטגיה ופיתוח עסקי ישראכרט

"Every company will become a financial services company”

26.06.23|Almog Azar
Gili Hoch, EVP, Head of Strategy and Business Development at Isracard, was speaking at the Financial Innovation conference in Tel Aviv
כנס ניהול פיננסי בעידן החדש פאנל מימין רו"ח צבי שיף משה קמחי אור ליבן אביבית בנדר אייל גפני מנחה: עירית אבישר וידאו

"The fintech startup space has gone back about 4-5 years this year"

26.06.23|Irad Atzmon Schmayer
Zvi Shif, Senior Partner, Head of Financial Cluster at BDO Israel, was speaking during a panel discussion at the Financial Innovation conference
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