October 18, 2022 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Republicans on the House Committee on Financial Services have sent a letter to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler criticizing his management of the securities regulator, specifically pointing to problems with proposed rules and receiving comments from the public. Earlier this month, the SEC announced that it… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Plum, a smart money app, has easily topped its crowdfunding goal by raising over £1 million in just 8 hours on Crowdcube. The securities offering launched last week and is scheduled to close tomorrow. As it stands today, Plum has raised £1.65 million from 4277… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Following the news that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will soon start offering interest-bearing savings accounts, a report predicts that Apple will also offer health insurance in the coming years. A claim that makes some sense. Insurtech, or insurance technology, is a booming sector of financial services, and… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) topped estimates this morning, reporting earnings per share (EPS) of $8.25, handily beating analyst expectations. While the investment bank experienced significant declines in top and bottom line numbers due to the challenging economic environment, performance was welcomed by investors. According to the… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New crypto protocols are increasingly focused on platform security from their onset, “knowing that trust is key to standing out and building critical momentum at launch,” according to an update from Anchorage Digital. It should come as no surprise, then, that they “are increasingly partnering… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, announced the launch of a new series of crypto benchmarks, Binance CoinMarketCap (CMC) Index Series. The indices are designed “to enable users to better monitor and evaluate the performance of the crypto… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EY reveals that it has further expanded its tech ecosystem with the introduction of a business transformation platform, EY Nexus, which is enhanced for financial services and developed for quick deployment of new products and solutions. The introduction of EY Nexus marks a key milestone,… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 1:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment in the regulatory compliance consultancy marks Copper Street Capital’s fifth investment, as the private equity investor “widens its portfolio across lower mid-market European financial services.” Thistle Initiatives Group will use Copper Street investment “to double in size over the next three years through organic… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 12:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ant Group announced that Alipay+ has expanded its enablement of seamless travel experiences to Japan, where over 1 million local merchants are now “connected to global cross-border digital payments and marketing capabilities to better serve consumers across the world.” Universal Studios Japan is the latest… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Developed by Lockton’s Emerging Asset Protection (LEAP) team in collaboration with global custody insurers, the facility is supported by Lloyd’s syndicates, together with “highly rated” insurance companies. This provides Lockton clients with policy wording and full access to London market capacity, estimated today “to be… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gritti, the web3 social fitness app building healthier habits through engaged communities and applied game design, is pleased to announce “the closing of $1.7M in seed funding.” Lingfeng Innovation Fund led the investment round along with “thesis-driven” web3 natives Youbi Capital, Bixin Ventures, Orderly Network,… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial institutions are spending millions of dollars every year inefficiently onboarding and maintaining clients, according to research from Fenergo, the provider of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) software solutions for financial institutions. A global study of over 1,000 C-level executives across… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Just in time for seasonal holiday hiring, DailyPay, the provider of on-demand pay, announced the launch of a new function within its platform. With hourly shift workers in mind, the new ‘Shifts Worked’ tab “helps users understand how much they’ve earned for each individual shift,… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Agribusiness Rural Bank, Inc., which is reportedly one of the top ten rural banking institutions based in the Philippines, also referred to as Agribank, has launched a new mobile banking App for Android and iOS, developed and delivered by Geniusto International. This secure and configurable… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regional Insurtech Igloo, in partnership with e-commerce giant Shopee, introduced Home Content Insurance in Vietnam, the “first” comprehensive protection solution “for indoor assets, against unexpected events such as natural disasters and fire in the platform.” The Home Content Insurance is “underwritten by Bao Viet Insurance,… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Merchant commerce omnichannel platform, Pine Labs announced that it has “entered the wearables segment in the consumer electronics category.” Shoppers in India can now “purchase wearable devices of select brands on a Buy Now Pay Later arrangement using Pine Labs’ PoS terminals.” Top brands offering… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Ms. Gillian Tan will be appointed Chief Sustainability Officer “from 17 October 2022, in addition to her current role as Assistant Managing Director (Development & International).” MAS’ current Chief Sustainability Officer, Dr. Darian McBain, will “leave MAS… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  CoinShares, which claims to be one of Europe’s largest and longest-standing full-service digital asset investment and trading groups, recently announced the launch of CoinSharesNFTAI (@CoinsharesNFTAI), a Twitter bot that “utilizes proprietary algorithms developed by CoinShares researchers to estimate the current fair market price for… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blue dot, a tax compliance platform for employee-driven spending for VAT recovery and Taxable Employee Benefits (TEB) analysis, announced the launch of a new partnership with Rydoo, an international SaaS software solution for managing business expenses. The partnership “offers a one-of-a-kind, AI powered solution empowering… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealth management service provider Addepar has highlighted an important evolution for Addepar’s Salesforce integration, announced updates to their analysis tool, shared the latest investor sentiment derived from U.S. equity captured on the Addepar platform, and also provided additional resources for navigating the current market conditions…. Read More