Alchemy Pay Announces New Management Structure, Senior Personnel Appointments

With the purpose of tapping into the collective expertise of our team, as well as keeping the team innovative and dynamic, the Alchemy Pay Board of Directors has “effected a significant restructuring of Alchemy Pay’s management.” As of January 1st, 2023, Alchemy Pay has “transitioned… Read More

Fintech TP24 Leverages Securitization Model to Lend, Raises Capital on OurCrowd

TP24 is a new digital lender that provides credit secured by borrowers’ invoices. The company’s mission is to solve lending challenges by “offering flexible funding solutions … without the hassle of traditional credit providers.” CI had the chance to connect with Zurich-based TP24 during the… Read More

BENQI Integrates Chainlink Proof of Reserve, Automation to Secure Cross-Chain Asset Lending

BENQI — an algorithmic money market protocol on Avalanche — has integrated Chainlink Proof of Reserve and Automation in order “to help secure cross-chain asset lending and borrowing for BTC, ETH, DAI, USDC, and USDT.” The combination of these two proven Chainlink oracle services enables… Read More

Coinbase Reports Q4 Earnings, Better Than Expected, But Shares Dip in After Hours Trading

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has released Q4 earnings along with full-year 2022 numbers, and while the crypto exchange beat both on the top and bottom line, shares are little impressed in after-hours trading. In its shareholder letter, Coinbase said that its Q4 results “were consistent with our… Read More

AI and Machine Learning Network Fetch.ai, Bosch to Promote Industrial Applications Using Web3 Tech

Bosch and Fetch.ai are announcing their new partnership “to form a new Web3 foundation – Fetch.ai Foundation, that aims to research, develop and harness Web3 technology for real-world use cases that will span across mobility, industrial, and consumer domains.” Fetch.ai Foundation will be “anchored in… Read More

AlphaFlow Said to Have Signed LOI for Assets as Business is Shutting Down

The past few months have been choppy for AlphaFlow, a real estate investment platform. Last September, AlphaFlow listed a securities offering on Republic seeking to raise $5 million in a CrowdSAFE. The round never closed, and committed money was returned to investors – there was… Read More

G2A Selects Ravelin to Stop Digital Fraud

G2A.com has selected Ravelin to battle the fraudster and provide a more secure transactional environment. G2A is a marketplace for digital products that reports over 20 million purchasers. Ravelin is an anti-fraud platform that mitigates evolving fraud threats allowing payments to be accepted with confidence…. Read More

Perspective: Start Your Year Like You Just Bought Your Business

Happy New Year!  Welcome to a fresh start, a clean slate, 365 days of possibilities. Whether you are in a new business, doing familiar business a new way or simply picking up where you left off on December 31, the start of a new year… Read More

Paxos Talking to SEC, Defending its Stablecoin as Not a Security: Report

As previously reported, US regulators apparently compelled a cessation in the utilization of BUSD – Binance’s dollar-based stablecoin managed by Paxos. The action represents another step in the tightening vice of crypto regulation. Paxos Trust is a regulated entity by the  New York Department of Financial… Read More

UK Has Skills Gap in Financial Services Sector: Report

According to Cynozure, a data and analytics consultancy, 27% of financial services firms in the UK do not have the right people with the correct skills to maximize the value of data at their firms. Cynozure bases this information on research undertaken by Obsurvant between the… Read More




Global Savers Concerned About Living Costs After Retirement, Smart Pension Report Reveals

Smart, the London-headquartered fintech disrupting the global retirement savings market, has published its annual Future of Global Retirement report. This year’s report “looks at how knowledge, attitudes and concerns about retirement savings have progressed.” The report “includes findings from more than 8,000 savers across the… Read More

Real Estate Platform Groundfloor Tops $1 Billion in Investments

Groundfloor, a real estate investment platform, has topped $1 billion in total investment, according to a note from the firm. Groundfloor was launched in 2013 by co-founders Brian Dally and Nick Bhargava. The platform leverages Reg A+ (Tier 1), as well as the Invest Georgia… Read More

Stablecoins: USDC Held on Binance Jumps, Nansen Predicts USDT to Grow More

The stablecoin market has emerged as a big target for US regulators. Following the news that BUSD, Binances’s dollar-based stablecoin managed by Paxos, was being targeted by regulators, industry observers began to wonder which shoe would drop next. According to crypto analyst firm Nansen, wallets… Read More

Coinshares Reports Q4 Results, Loses £37 Million, Revenue Declines

European digital asset manager Coinshares (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS) has reported Q4 results. According to the company, Q4 revenue was £14.5 million versus Q4 2021 of £41.9 million. For the full year, revenue was £72.6 million versus 2021 at £151.8 million. Income for the quarter was… Read More

Remote Working Startup Reskube Aims to Raise £500,000 on Crowdcube

Reskube Ltd, a remote working platform based in the UK, has listed a securities offering on Crowdcube seeking to raise £500,000 at an £8 million pre-money valuation. Investors will receive a 5.88% stake in the firm. Currently, the offering is in the private offering stage,… Read More

Berlin-based Fintech Pliant Finalizes $28M Series A

Berlin-based Pliant claims it is looking back at a very successful year 2022. While entering seven additional European markets, it also “recorded a sixfold growth of its customer portfolio.” With the closing of this Series A investment round, the company is “now setting itself up… Read More

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Seeks Views on Updating Asset Management Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views on “what regulatory change might help the UK’s asset management industry innovate, better support the investors it serves and boost competition.” The UK is a leading center for asset management, “with over £11 trillion of assets managed… Read More

OneSpan Enhances Protection of Web3 with Cloud Notarization Solution

OneSpan (NASDAQ: OSPN), the digital agreements security company, announced the launch of OneSpan Notary, which is described as “a next-generation, all-in-one, cloud-connected solution that enables organizations to transform the way notaries and customers complete agreements and notarize documents in a secure and trusted environment.” Unlike… Read More

PensionBee Reveals that Millions of Savers in the UK Could Lower Carbon Footprint of £1T Pensions by 48M Tonnes

PensionBee, a online pension provider, has calculated that “moving £1 trillion, the approximate value of UK defined contribution pension funds of around 28 million UK savers that are mostly held in ‘default’ investment plans, to ‘positive impact’ funds, could reduce the carbon footprint of UK… Read More

Marketplace Lender auxmoney Issues €350M Social Bond

Following its prior issuances in 2021 and 2022, auxmoney has “placed its third ABS transaction with a record amount of EUR 350 million.” With this transaction, auxmoney has “been re-opening the European market in 2023 with the first consumer ABS deal.” Strong investor demand has… Read More

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