Einat Steklov, Co-Founder at Kashable, Provides Insights on Lending Options and How the Firm Is Making A Major Difference in Employees’ Lives

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    Many hardworking employees are finding themselves trapped in the cycle of high-interest loans, forcing them to deplete their savings or retirement funds and compromise their long-term financial security. When customers were asked by Kashable, a provider of “socially responsible” credit and financial wellness… Read More

 

 




Tristan Frizza, Founder of Zeta Markets, Shares Insights on Surge in Solana (SOL) DEX Trading Volume

We recently connected with Tristan Frizza, Founder of Zeta Markets. Notably, Solana recently hit $1.811 billion in DEX trading volume, capturing almost 10% of the market, as reported by Zeta Markets. This surge, fueled by Solana’s fast transaction speeds and low fees, has also led… Read More

UltraDinero from Mexico Begins Offering Loans via PeerBerry

UltraDinero from Mexico has started to offer loans on PeerBerry. Aventus Group lender UltraDinero from Mexico starts “offering short-term loans on the PeerBerry platform.” Mexican loans are backed with a buyback and “a group guarantee and will generate a 9% annual return to PeerBerry investors.”… Read More

HeavyFinance Reports €1.36 Million Invested Across 32 Agricultural Projects via Platform in August

HeavyFinance has shared the latest platform portfolio performance review  for the month of August 2024. As summer draws to a close, HeavyFinance are pleased to share that the month wrapped up on a high note for our investor community. This month saw a substantial €.36… Read More

tZERO Receives Approval to Custody Digital Securities, Support End-to-End Digital Securities Lifecycle in the US

tZERO Group Inc., says it has received approval for its tZERO Digital Asset Securities as “a new Special Purpose Broker-Dealer for digital asset securities custody.” The company states that this is only one of two licenses for “a regulated broker-dealer digital asset security custodian that… Read More

UK’s Assetz Capital Structures £9.95M Funding Package with Atom Bank for VOCO Leicester Property

Assetz Capital, a provider of property-secured finance specializing in commercial mortgages and development finance, has successfully structured a £9.95m facility for VOCO Leicester Hotel financed with Atom Bank. Last year, hotel management company Kew Green Hotels announced their plan “to reflag two existing properties in Leicester and… Read More

TRON, Tether, TRM Labs Form Financial Crime Unit to Combat Crypto Crime

TRON, Tether, and TRM Labs have announced they will be joining forces to establish the T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU), described as a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at facilitating public-private collaboration to combat illicit activity associated with the use of USDT on the TRON blockchain…. Read More

Deverium Gets €2 Million in EU Funding for Digital Identity

Deverium has received €2 million in funding from the EU to pursue a digital identity service. Deverium is partnering with Corner Case Technologies on the project to create a reusable digital identity platform that targets international identity verification challenges. According to the company, the product… Read More

DNA Payments Introduces Apple Pay Express Checkout for Ecommerce

DNA Payments recently announced that it has launched Apple Pay Express Checkout for Ecommerce. DNA Payments noted in a blog post that it is officially introduceng Apple Pay Express Checkout, giving Ecommerce merchants “a new way to accept payments.” As mentioned in the update, DNA… Read More

Manx Financial Group CEO Comments on Moribund UK GDP Data

UK economic data delivered an update today that landed with a thud. GDP unexpectedly showed no growth during the month of July with analysts anticipating 0.2% growth. The commentariat chattered that moribund growth will challenge the relatively new Labour government as it struggles to bolster… Read More

Banking as a Service Provider Griffin Makes its Services Available to FIntechs

Banking as a service provider Griffin says it has opened up its platform to UK Fintchs. Griffin is a licensed provider of banking services seeking to enable banks, and now Fintechs to provide digital banking services. Griffin offers services like wealth, lending, insurance, proptech and… Read More




Blockchain Firm Nansen Announces Acquisition of Stakewithus

Nansen has acquired Stakewithus, a non-custodial staking service provider that reports over $80m assets staked by 30,000+ users, supporting over 20 different networks, including Solana, Sui, Celestia, dYdX, and more. With this acquisition, Nansen users should gain access to blockchain data, the ability to monitor… Read More

Wealthtech Allfunds Teams Up with Wealth Management Firm Rathbones

Allfunds (AMS:ALLFG), a B2B WealthTech platform for the funds industry, has partnered with Rathbones, a provider of individual wealth management and related services to private clients, advisors, and more. The partnership is expected to provide Rathbones the ability “to deal and trade products through a single… Read More

European Open Banking Payments Fintech TrueLayer Expands Partnership with Stripe

TrueLayer, an open banking payments network, says it has expanded its partnership with Stripe. TrueLayer now underpins Stripe’s Pay by Bank offering “across its payments products in the UK.” In May, Stripe unveiled Pay by Bank—a new payment method “enabling merchants to accept payments directly… Read More

European Fintech Payhawk Introduces Budget Tracking and Cards for Every Purpose

Payhawk, the global spend management solution that helps businesses manage company cards and payments at scale across 32 countries, announces the launch of new innovations as part of its ‘Fall Edition’ product release. Global companies face significant challenges in “managing and controlling corporate spending across… Read More

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council Warns About Damaging Policies Advocated by the Harris Campaign

Following Vice President Kamala Harris’s proposal to boost the startup deduction if elected President, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) posted its feedback on the policy. Harris has recently highlighted her vision of fostering an economy of opportunity. While details are few, the startup… Read More

Financial Regulators Warn Consumers About Relationship Scams Like Pig Butchering, Crypto Scams

The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach (OCEO), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) have jointly issued a statement cautioning consumers on affinity or… Read More

Insurtech Akur8 Expands Core Capabilities with Acquisition of Arius Reserving Solution

Akur8, an insurance pricing solution, has announced its acquisition of Arius, a P&C reserving software for insurers and reinsurers. Boasting a “robust” U.S. presence and a reputation for excellence, Arius’s portfolio “includes 150 insurance and consulting clients and over 1,500 users.” More than one-third of… Read More

Experian and Oakbrook to Provide More Competitive Loans to Consumers in the UK

Experian has announced that Oakbrook, a non-bank provider of consumer lending solutions, will now be using Experian Boost data in its decisioning process for personal loan applications. This partnership will increase access to credit “for customers who traditionally may not have been eligible – driving… Read More

Fintech Synpulse Supports Judo Bank in Achieving Go-Live on Core Banking Platform

Synpulse, a global management consulting firm and partner to major banks, is proud to announce the successful go-live of Judo Bank’s new core banking platform, powered by Thought Machine, a banking technology company. This significant achievement, completed in just 12 months, “saw the launch of… Read More

SEC Announces New Members to the Investor Advisory Committee, Meeting on September 19th

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced new members on the Investor Advisory Committee (IAC). While having no regulatory authority, the IAC advises the Commission on issues impacting investors. Each member serves a term of 5 years. More members are expected to be announced… Read More

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