Investoo Group has acquired SocialTradingGuru.com for an undisclosed fee

Launched in 2012, SocialTradingGuru.com is one of the biggest social trading comparison sites and works a number of partners including eToro, Ayondo and Tradeo. The deal includes all existing revenue share accounts.

Investoo Group CEO Adam Grunwerg commented, “Social and copy trading represents an excellent market for us to expand our products and services into. It is also a strong platform to build our own SEO and revenue share business. We plan to capitalize on the acquisition of SocialTradingGuru.com by launching in a number of new languages and on a new design.”

Malaysia establishes fintech bridges

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has signed series of innovation cooperation agreements – or ‘fintech bridges’ – with several regulators in major financial centres, in a move to spur greater cooperation in facilitating and regulating innovations emerging within the digital finance industry.

SC has established fintech bridges with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This follows the first agreement signed between SC and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in June 2017.

Secure Trading adds new payment methods

Award winning payments group, Secure Trading, has today announced the availability of 11 additional Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) for its merchants through a strategic partnership with, PPRO Group, the cross-border e-payment specialists.

The decision to offer the additional APMs is part of a wider strategy to expand Secure Trading’s offering in a number of geographies it works in, and to ensure merchants can offer their customers even more payment choice.

iZettle rolls out invoice service in the UK

iZettle empowers small businesses to grow, helping them accept card and cash payments and manage their business operations, in addition to providing services such as small business funding.

Starting today, small businesses across the U.K. can also issue invoices through the iZettle app to help manage their cash flow.

JP, founder of Crosstown Doughnuts in London has been using iZettle Invoice for three months: “Invoicing is second nature now – before, our staff had to involve the accounts team in everything. Billing in the iZettle app from start to finish saves time for us, and our customers too. All the info is trackable, so it’s easy to reconcile and see what’s outstanding.”

Moven builds AI into latest app upgrade

Today, the team at Moven is releasing the latest update to their financial wellness platform. The release will be available in the Google Play and App store in the United States, as the team gears up to roll out the innovations for their global bank partners.

The new features include a revolutionary ChatUI, personalized stash prompts and transaction splitting. The ChatUI is a hallmark release for the team as it will drive new context-based conversations with customers. The personalized stash prompts are the first generation of these conversations, designed to encourage customers to manage their cash flow more effectively and efficiently.