December 7, 2024 @ 2:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian — the data and technology company — announced it has acquired Audigent, a data activation and identity platform in the advertising industry. The acquisition reportedly expands Experian’s integrated marketing data and identity capabilities in the advertising ecosystem. With the addition of Audigent’s combined first-party… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Keyblock Solutions has announced a partnership with SlowMist’s AML product, MistTrack. By integrating MistTrack’s Know Your Transaction (KYT) solution, Keyblock aims to enhance its clients’ digital asset fund compliance governance, providing them with more “efficient and reliable compliance support.” This collaboration marks a step forward… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CyberCube announced a partnership with HUB International (HUB), a  full-service global insurance broker and financial services firm. With the expanded partnership, HUB will now reportedly have the option to leverage CyberCube’s software and services in order to “deliver cyber risk analytics” to its clients across the… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU), the financial technology platform behind TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, announced a collaboration with Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the fintech for businesses, to help small and mid-market businesses (SMBs) easily manage electronic payments. The companies will integrate Adyen‘s embedded payment services into Intuit’s… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

World Network claims that it is scaling steadily, and its growth is having a considerable impact on the “success” of Mini Apps developers. Launches in countries like Brazil have seen global World ID verifications “top 8 million” (8,590,580 as of this writing), while the launch… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Entrust, a global enabler of trusted payments, identities, and data security, announces a partnership with PetProov, an online platform that verifies pet buyers, breeders, and adopters. The collab will equip the PetProov platform with the Entrust Onfido identity verification (IDV) to bring “transparency, accountability, and… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the U.S., announced the latest innovation in its Data & Marketing Solutions platform. With this enhancement, Alkami has strengthened its behavioral data tag suite to empower financial institutions with deeper… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At Plaid, they’re seeing a renewed interest in businesses expanding into Europe from the United States and from the US into Europe, as “demand for online finance continues to grow.” Nearly nine in ten consumers use fintech tools, according to Plaid’s The Fintech Effect report,… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore’s Temasek announced the formation of a wholly-owned private credit platform. Temasek explained that it has been investing in credit funds for more than 10 years, the announcement noted. In 2016, Temasek assembled a credit & hybrid solutions team to buildout its direct and fund investments… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Political turbulence in Europe and Asia is driving renewed focus on decentralized, non-government-backed currencies like Bitcoin. That is one reason why deVere Group CEO Nigel Green sees the cryptocurrency’s value topping $120,000 in the coming months. Green made the comments in the wake of a… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain Coinvestors, a blockchain venture fund-of-funds and co-investment program with a combined portfolio of more than 1,250 such enterprises and projects (including more than 110 blockchain unicorns) this week unveiled its bi-annual Meet the Blockchain Unicorns, a comprehensive list of unicorns – including private enterprises… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment at Work, a provider of modern, scalable 401(k)s for growing businesses, released the fourth installment of its annual survey on the state of retirement readiness and financial benefits across the U.S. workforce. Betterment’s 2024 Retirement Readiness Report, which examines data from 1,000 full-time U.S…. Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 1:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, MatterFi, a foundational layer designed for financial services to build into the crypto ecosystem, has officially launched its enterprise-ready platform. The move follows a successful six-month beta phase. Phishing in Web3 is at an all-time high. In 2024, phishing attacks surged by 150%…. Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PrimaryBid, the capital markets technology platform, has facilitated the placing of over £125 million of new investor capital into UK Treasury Bills since launching its Retail Eligible Debt Capital Market Service earlier in 2024. This marks an evolution in UK investor access to products that… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), a firm focused on digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, announced access to new private market funds via a relationship with Templum, which operates Templum One, a platform for transacting in private alternatives: The Cosmos… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 10:08 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Seven crowdfunding and donation platforms in the Netherlands have agreed to provide clearer information about the fees they charge, following action by the Dutch consumer authority ACM. The platforms—Doneeractie, Doneerveilig, Geef.nl, Getfunded, GoFundMe, Steunactie, and Whydonate—will improve transparency around deductions, including value-added tax (VAT), to… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital is pleased to announce support for Liquid Collective’s Liquid Staked ETH (LsETH), providing institutions with a way to participate in ETH staking while maintaining access to liquidity. Institutions—including VC firms, wealth and asset managers, protocols, and others—can participate in liquid staking using ETH… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Archax, the UK’s FCA regulated digital securities exchange, broker and custodian, announced a new partnership with XDC Network, an enterprise-grade Layer-1 EVM-compatible blockchain. The firms will combine the power of a regulated digital asset platform with  blockchain solutions to enable FIs to access tokenized real-world… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 12:51 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

In the latest episode of Capital Ideas, hosts Nick Morgan and Dara Albright of the Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) sat down with Jim Row, founder and managing partner of Entoro, a technology-enabled investment bank specializing in alternative assets. During the discussion, Row shared his… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bergos, the independent Swiss Private Bank, is pleased to announce its partnership with Sygnum Bank, a global banking group for digital assets. This collaboration provides the Zurich-based Private Bank’s clients with  access to “regulated trading and secure custody of cryptocurrencies.” The range of tradable cryptocurrencies… Read More