February 9, 2023 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Financement Participatif France (FPF) is the association that represents the investment crowdfunding industry in France. With the advent of ECSPR or European Crowdfunding Services Provider Regulation, the industry of online capital formation has pushed into the second stage of securities crowdfunding.  Under the new EU… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Max Levchin, Founder and CEO at Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), has shared an update with their employees and that he also wants to share the message publicly. In a move to reduce costs in a flagging market, Affirm will be slashing its workforce. Affirm reported earnings… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

  Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) revealed it has canceled the acquisition of Ziglu, a UK Fintech that opened the door to a new market. Ziglu holds an e-money license and is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. Ziglu provides crypto trading in the UK as well… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mazepay, the Danish Fintech platform that simplifies long-tail procurement and B2B payments, has “raised a €4M growth round, led by Scale Capital.” Participants in the investment round “include international investment firm Hambro Perks, and London-based early-stage venture capital firm Outward VC. Mazepay will use the… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) posted Q4 and full year 2022 results yesterday that delivered a net loss of $166 million, or an EPS of -$0.19, compared with net loss of $175 million, or EPS of -$0.20, in the third quarter of 2022. For the full year, Robinhood… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Brian Armstrong, CEO and founder of Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), took to Twitter yesterday to share his belief that crypto staking is doomed as regulators – the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – will soon kill off the popular method of generating revenue for parked crypto. Currently,… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Aave, a web3 protocol company, has announced a new dollar-based stablecoin “GHO” (pronounced Go), on Ethereum’s Goerli Testnet. Pegged one to one to the US dollar, the digital asset is said to be overcollaterizled According to the company, the Aave DAO will manage the supply… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, has agreed to acquire International Fund Services & Asset Management SA (ifsam), a Luxembourg-based B2B fund platform. The acquisition, which is “subject to regulatory approval, will strengthen FNZ’s global client proposition for both asset managers and distributors, adding advanced… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A senior board member at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has asked for a coordinated regulatory response in order to limit the incursions of Big tech companies such as Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) into financial services. The senior office argued that… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks Director of CBDC & Market Infrastructure Varul Paul has commented on the recent Bank of England Consultation paper focused on the development of the Digital Pound. Prior to Fireblocks, Varun spent 14 years “at the Bank of England, where he supported key decisions on interest… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 12:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Tide, a neobank serving business customers, has closed on the acquisition of Funding Options, a UK marketplace for business finance, following FCA approval. The purchase was previously announced in November 2022. Tide is authorized by the FCA under the Electronic Money Regulations and offers bank… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billing Better, the UK bills management company, recently revealed that it has acquired Homebox, a utilities comparison and switching service. The two firms have been working together during the last few years, and this acquisition brings together the strengths of both businesses in order to… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashfree Payments, India’s payments and API banking solutions company, launched ‘Co-lend’, a fully automated escrow management solution for co-lending. ‘Co-lend’ has been developed in line “with the digital lending guidelines announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).” It facilitates instant disbursal “with auto reconciliation… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 9:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence is all the rage right now – fueled by the novelty of ChatGPT, an application that helps provide the masses with a concrete example of what is possible today, along with a look into the future. Blockchain has been the new shiny for… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pico, a global provider of mission-critical technology services, software, data and analytics for the financial markets community, has launched the Pico Performance Lab, a high-performance financial services test lab. Pico’s full-stack trading technology solution of infrastructure, connectivity, market data, trading software, critical timing services and… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for client lifecycle management (CLM), released its annual findings on US-issued financial institution fines. The study, which analyzed year-over-year (YoY) penalties levied by US financial regulators, revealed “that the total value of penalties issued rose 151% YoY; that US… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AvidXchange (Nasdaq: AVDX), a provider of accounts payable (AP) automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers, announced AvidAnalytics, a premium Business Intelligence (BI) solution. AvidAnalytics offers buyer customers custom reporting methods “to help improve spend management and drive stronger results… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 3:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

This morning, the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, part of the House Financial Services Committee, held a hearing on the definition of an accredited investor. This definition is utilized to determine who may participate in certain private securities offerings, mostly Reg D 506c/b. Broadly, the definition… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With transaction volumes, customer expectations, and competitive threats at an all-time high, banks must “adapt quickly to keep pace.” To address these challenges, Oracle launched Oracle Banking Cloud Services, a new suite of componentized, composable cloud native services. The six new services available “provide banks… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sionic, a provider of omni-commerce, faster digital payments solutions, today announced it is launching a suite of new, trust-based services “to address the significant challenges facing faster payments in the U.S. whether on The RTP® Network or upcoming FedNow™ bank rails.” The services are “designed… Read More