Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS). The UK Moves Forward with New Bank of England – FCA Sandbox : Tokenized securities can put our capital markets at the forefront of technological innovation”

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The Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) is now open for applications. Digital securities, or tokenized assets, are widely believed to be the future of the securities sector. While anticipation of the migration to digital from more analog issuance and trading of securities has been predicted for… Read More

 

 




The EU Now Has a StartUp Commissioner

The European Union has a series of “Commissioners” who are responsible for crafting proposals for EU legislation while implementing the policies of the European Parliament and the EU Council. Each Commissioner is designated a portfolio of responsibilities. Last month, for the first time, the EU… Read More

SoFi Introduces Directed Share Platform for US IPOs and Capital Raises, Supported by PrimaryBid

SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), a “one-stop shop” for digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, and PrimaryBid Technologies Inc., a capital markets fintech firm, announced the launch of DSP2.0, a Directed Share Platform (DSP) that offers a… Read More

Swift Moves to Enable Digital Assets with Live Trials for Banks

Swift has announced that central and commercial banks may use the Swift network to carry out trial transactions of digital currencies and digital assets. The project kicks off in 2025. The digitization of assets has been ongoing for years. Digital assets can take many forms,… Read More

DTCC Keeps Reporting Bigger Numbers as FICC’s Government Securities Trading Tops $10 Trillion in Daily Trading

It was just last month that the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) reported a record breaking day in regard to government securities clearing when the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation’s (FICC’s) Government Securities Division (GSD), cleared $9.2 trillion in daily activity on September 3rd. On… Read More

UK’s NatWest Teams Up with Meta to Combat Scams, Fraudulent Activities

Meta (NASDAQ:META) and NatWest are expanding an information sharing partnership to help protect people against fraud. The Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIRE) is described in an update as a threat intelligence sharing program for financial institutions, enabling banking service providers to share intelligence with Meta… Read More

Web3 and Crypto Security Challenges Remain Persistent Issue in Q3 with Over $753M Stolen by Bad Actors – Report

CertiK has released their latest Hack3d: The Web3 Security Quarterly Report for Q3 2024. CertiK notes in a blog post that their Hack3d: The Web3 Security Report for Q3 2024 aims to serve as an essential resource and record of statistics for understanding security challenges… Read More

Digital Assets Market Expanded from Bitcoin as Single Asset to Ecosystem of 4 Asset Classes, 14 Sectors, 41 Subsectors – Report

Coin Metrics has released a report entitled, The Crypto Universe Through the Lens of datonomy. Tanay Ved and Matías Andrade from Coin Metrics noted that the crypto universe has expanded from a single asset in 2009 to “a vast ecosystem of 4 asset classes, 14… Read More

Contactless Payments on the Rise: Canadian Payments Forecast 2024

The number of contactless payments in Canada increased by 17% in 2023 to reach 63% of all in-store payments, according to the recently released Canadian Payments Forecast, 2024, published by Technology Strategies International. The value of contactless payments increased by more than $80 billion over… Read More

BNPL Fintech Klarna Becomes Apple Reseller with Storefront Launch, Offering Flexible Payments

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, has unveiled “Apple from Klarna”, a storefront in the Klarna app and Klarna.com where customers are reportedly able to purchase Apple products via its flexible payment options. An official Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reseller, Klarna also introduces a… Read More

Fraud Prevention Solutions Provider Feedzai Teams Up with PwC to Combat Financial Crime

Feedzai, a provider of risk management and fraud prevention solutions, and PwC, a global consulting firm, have joined forces to establish a Center of Excellence (CoE) dedicated to fighting financial crime. This partnership enhances the delivery of solutions to financial institutions, enabling them to protect… Read More




Layer Lands $6M to Extend Ethereum Functionality

Startup Layer aims to extend the functionality of Ethereum by making the first developer tools that support full-stack decentralized applications with Web Assembly, and they have $6 million to make it happen. The company has raised a $6M seed round led by 1kx, with participation… Read More

Digital Assets: Taurus and Chainlink to Enable Institutional Tokenized Asset Adoption

Taurus, which claims to be a full-stack digital asset infrastructure platform covering issuance, custody, and trading, and Chainlink Labs, a developer of Chainlink—the infrastructure for the tokenized asset economy— announced a collaboration to enable the adoption of tokenized assets by financial institutions. Taurus and Chainlink… Read More

Enterprise Data Analytics Firm e6data Celebrates $10M Series A

Enterprise data analytics firm e6data has secured a $10 million funding round. The series A was led by Accel, with participation from Beenext and others. It comes at a time when the total addressable market for data and AI solutions is slated to touch $230… Read More

Germany based Firms Are Reportedly Leveraging Generative AI to Boost Business Performance

Germany based companies are reportedly relying increasingly on generative AI as a performance driver. This, according to a research study shared by KPMG. The results of the KPMG study “Performance Improvement Strategy” highlight significant adoption of AI across businesses. More intense competition, difficult financing conditions… Read More

Cboe BZX Exchange Asks SEC for Rule Change to Trade Franklin Crypto Index ETF

Cboe BZX Exchange has submitted a rule change request with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow it to trade shares of the Franklin Crypto Index ETF. The notice has been published to solicit feedback from interested parties. The document explains that the Fund’s… Read More

Cybersecurity Report: Majority of Business Organizations Expect Cyber Budget to Increase as Online Threats, Vulnerabilities Rise

Nearly four-fifths (77%) of organizations expect their cyber budget to increase over the coming year as organizations cite unpreparedness to an ever-expanding surface of cyber vulnerabilities, according to PwC’s 2025 Global Digital Trust Insights survey. The survey, which obtained key insigths from 4,042 business and… Read More

Canadian Businesses Are Increasingly Experiencing Payment Fraud – Payments Canada Insights

Jon Purther, Director of Research at Payments Canada notes that a recent study from Payments Canada has revealed that one in five Canadian businesses experienced payment fraud in the past six months. Jon Purther of Payments Canada said that this is despite 63% of businesses… Read More

Kuwait’s Bazaar Gate to Leverage Open Banking and Payments Solutions to Enhance Digital Commerce Dropshipping Ecosystem

In a development for the region’s digital commerce ecosystem, Bazzar Gate, an IT firm, has reportedly acquired $1 million in funding. This capital injection from the investment round is now expected to enabke the expansion of the firm’s e-commerce platform, Partners, which has gained traction… Read More

Fintech PhonePe Teams Up with Jar to Introduce Daily Savings in Digital Gold

PhonePe announced its partnership with Jar to launch its new product offering ‘Daily Savings’ on its platform, enabling users to save money in 24K digital gold via “incremental daily contributions.” With Daily Savings, users are able to set aside as little as ₹10 per day,… Read More

Experian Reportedly Finalizes Acquisition of Consumer and Commercial Credit Bureau, illion in Australia, New Zealand

Experian, the data and technology company, announced the completion of its A$820 million acquisition of consumer and commercial credit bureau, illion, in Australia and New Zealand. The acquisition and integration of illion’s 500 strong team, data, software and intellectual property into Experian will create a… Read More

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