October 4, 2024 @ 8:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fizz announced the launch of the next iteration of its Money App, which is designed to empower students in managing finances and building a financial foundation. With the Fizz app, students are reportedly able to check credit scores, gain  spending insights, and take financial courses—which… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from cloud-based small business platform Xero reveals a notable gap in financial literacy among Canadian small business owners. Although 47% or nearly half of small business owners rating their financial literacy as ‘high’, nearly half (43%) actively deal with fiscal challenges in their business… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at CBInsights has released their latest State of Venture Q3’24 report. As noted in the research report from CBInsights, AI startups have managed to acquire 1 in 3 VC dollars. The research study released by CBInsights pointed out that Silicon Valley is becoming… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alloy, a provider of Portfolio Management System (PMS) and Order Management System (OMS) solutions for digital assets, has announced a strategic integration with Copper. Copper is a key player focused on digital asset custody, collateral management, and prime services. This partnership enables clients to manage… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the platform driving access to alternative investments, and Bridge Investment Group (NYSE: BRDG), an alternative asset manager, announced the enhancement of Bridge’s Investor Portal, which is reportedly being powered by iCapital, and enables investors to access performance reporting for all products. The Investor Portal… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 12:34 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

“Bitcoin-related ventures have the potential to generate life-changing returns,” -Mike Jarmuz In a recent episode of the Capital Ideas podcast, co-hosts Nick Morgan and Dara Albright interviewed Mike Jarmuz, founder of Lightning Ventures and CEO of Thunder Funder. As the largest Bitcoin-focused angel investing network, Lightning Ventures… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 12:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paypal (NASDAQ: PYPL), EY and Google Cloud are said to be currently using Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) for B2B payments. More Fortune 500 companies are reportedly teaming up with Coinbase to explore crypto payments. With a 12-year record of custodying cryptoassets, the digital assets firm says tha… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Numerated, the AI-enhanced commercial lending platform, announced its partnership with Alloy, the identity risk management company working with various banks and fintech companies, to deliver fraud checks within commercial lending. This partnership will aim to support Numerated’s lending automation capabilities by combining risk management with… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Switzerland-based AMINA Bank says it will partner with Tenity, an early-stage VC with offices in Zurich, Singapore, Tallinn, Madrid, London, and Istanbul. Tenity focuses on Fintech investments. AMINA is self described as a “crypto bank” providing banking services to crypto-native and mainstream audiences, institutional investors, Web3 startups,… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zūm Rails, the company merging open banking and instant payments,  announced it is leveraging embedded finance solutions from Fiserv (NYSE: FI), which is a provider of payment and financial technology, in order to enable digital transactions and financial services for US-based businesses. With Fiserv as… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Enterprise blockchain firm Ripple’s “end-to-end” payments solution is now available in first Latin America market. Ripple, the provider of digital asset infrastructure, has officially announced the launch of Ripple Payments in Brazil. Mercado Bitcoin, Latin America‘s crypto exchange, will reportedly be the first customer in… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 8:41 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Findings from MoneyLion’s Understanding U.S. Hispanic Financial Literacy & Empowerment 2024 Report show significant gaps between Hispanics and non-Hispanics. With detailed comparisons between Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations in the U.S., the report highlights key disparities in financial education, time constraints, and familiarity with financial products,… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online marketplaces are now considered to be a “prime” target for fraudsters, according to an extensive report shared by Juniper Research. Juniper Research explained that this is because there are different ways of gaining access to sensitive information that is stored online for digital commerce… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) is a product that is designed to help banking service providers issue fiat-backed tokens. BBVA will reportedly be using VTAP in order to create digital tokens on the public Ethereum (ETH) blockchain with expected live pilots in 2025. Visa (NYSE:… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the digital asset landscape evolves, the demand for efficient data solutions has never been more “pressing.” Realizing this key requirement, Tetra Trust, Canada‘s qualified custodian for digital assets, has turned to Ledgible, a digital asset tax and accounting platform, to enhance their crypto-assets reconciliation… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to an extensive update by Finch Capital, 2024 continued to be a turbulent year for European Fintech. While funding levels continued to decline, the sector is now said to be more resilient, with certain “green shoots” now emerging. As noted in the latest research… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 4:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Safaricom and Mastercard have signed a partnership to accelerate the adoption of payment acceptance and cross-border remittance services in Kenya. This collaboration focuses on more than 636,000 merchants using M-PESA, Safaricom’s leading mobile money service. Kenya’s payment acceptance market continues to grow, with mobile wallet… Read More

October 3, 2024 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With over half of the hard-earned money Australian small businesses lose to scams going to fraudulent investments, CBA Executive GM Rebecca Warren provides tips on how to identify a potentially fake investment opportunity. Approximately 90% all scams reported by CommBank’s business customers in FY24 came… Read More

October 3, 2024 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini has shared an analyst note which pointed out that a lot of the recent stablecoin onchain activity has, for the most part, remained fairly resilient despite the headwinds across global financial markets. As stated in the latest research report from Gemini,… Read More

October 3, 2024 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank confirms that it fully accepts the findings set out in the Final Notice published today by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This reportedly resolves the investigation referred to in Starling Bank’s annual report in June 2024. Starling notes in a release that it… Read More