Mubadala Invests in Revolut, Valuing Fintech at $45bn

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Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala, has taken its first stake in London-based Fintech company Revolut, participating in a share sale that valued the firm at $45 billion. Revolut is one of the largest crowdfunding success stories. During its early days, the company raised money… Read More

 

 




MoneyLion to Use TransUnion’s Tech for Credit Decisions

TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) and MoneyLion (NYSE: ML) will be working together. MoneyLion will be utilizing TransUnion’s data and credit solutions as part of its hosted credit-decisioning platform. Dee Choubey, co-founder and CEO of MoneyLion, said by integrating Transunion’s credit data they will be able to… Read More

Insurtech Akur8 Reports $120 Million Series C to Accelerate Growth of Actuarial Platform

Akur8, the machine learning-powered insurance pricing and reserving platform, announced that it has secured $120 million in series C funding, bringing its total raised investment to $180 million. This latest funding round was led “by One Peak, a growth equity firm investing in software scale-ups,… Read More

Digital Assets Firm Transak Announces Launch in Hawaii to Provide a Gateway to Web3 for Individuals and Businesses

Hawaii has recently adopted a more welcoming stance towards cryptocurrency. As the Aloha State ventures further into the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, Transak is pleased to announce its official launch in Hawaii, “providing a much-needed gateway to Web3 for individuals and businesses alike.”… Read More

Payment Financing Network Huma Announces $38 Million Funding Round

Huma, a Payment Financing (PayFi) network, announced that it has raised $38 million in funding. Distributed Global led the equity round, with “significant participation from Hashkey Capital, Folius Ventures, the Stellar Development Foundation, and TIBAS Ventures, CVC arm of İşbank, the largest private bank in… Read More

Bullish Teams Up with Adaptive and Google Cloud to Enhance Trading Capacity of Regulated Digital Assets Exchange

Adaptive Financial Consulting, the custom trading technology solutions provider, announced its collaboration with Bullish, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing, regulated digital asset exchanges, to increase trading capacity and boost throughput as it looks to scale and meet growing business demand. Bullish has… Read More

BNY to Introduce Alts Bridge Platform, Improving Investor Access to Alternative Products

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) (NYSE: BK) has announced Alts Bridge, a data, software, and services solution designedt to meet the growing demand from wealth intermediaries looking to access alternative and private market investment products, through a simplified end-to-end investment experience. Designed… Read More

Decentralized Data Infrastructure: Open Oracle Network DIA Announces New Oracle Architecture for Web3

DIA, the open oracle network, has announced a fully reimagined oracle architecture with ‘Lumina’. Launching its testnet soon, Lumina is designed to “address the persistent lack of truly decentralized and trustless data infrastructure for web3 and aspires to set new standards for oracles, while expanding… Read More

Decentralized Computing: Chainlink CCIP Live on ZKsync to Enable Cross-Chain Interoperability

Chainlink, the industry-standard decentralized computing platform, and ZKsync, an ever expanding verifiable blockchain network secured by math, announced that Chainlink CCIP, the industry-standard cross-chain protocol, is now live on ZKsync’s Era Mainnet. This is the next phase between Chainlink and ZKsync, and is “in line… Read More

CaixaBank to Work with Bank of England, Bank of France, Others on Digital Payments

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) have selected CaixaBank to work on a project exploring digital payments. CaixaBank will collaborate with the Bank of England, the Bank of France, and others on the initiative. CaixaBank highlights that it is the bank with the… Read More

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to Acquire Veris Post-Trade Processing Business

Axoni, a provider of trade workflow applications and real-time data replication technology, announced the sale of its Veris post-trade processing business and related intellectual property to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure. The transaction remains subject… Read More




US Federal Reserve to Cut Rates this Week. How Much?

Later this week, the US Federal Reserve, Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), will reveal how much they will cut benchmark interest rates. This is the first time the Fed will cut rates since 2020. The debate on the rate cut has shifted to whether or… Read More

R3 and Quant Support Release of UK Finance’s UK Regulated Liability Network (RLN) Experimentation Phase Report

R3, the infrastructure platform building digital solutions for financial markets, and Quant, the digital finance pioneer, announce the release of the results of UK Finance’s UK Regulated Liability Network. The report which follows work with UK Finance with eleven of its members and partners on… Read More

Swedish Fintech Savr Secures Investment from European Investment Firm Incore Invest

Savr, a Fintech based in Sweden, has secured additional financial investment from Incore Invest, a European investment firm focusing on growth-stage investments, further deepening their ongoing partnership. The strategic investment from Incore Invest “will drive Savr’s latest offering to now include equities, alongside mutual funds… Read More

Digital Bank Revolut Is Reportedly Preparing to Expand Business Operations in India in 2025

Revolut is reportedly preparing for a 2025 launch in India. Potentially targeting millions of India’s consumers in a vital test for the growth strategy of Europe’s most valuable Fintech, Revolut will aim to take advantage of establishing operations in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. London-headquartered Revolut… Read More

Ivey Business School’s Dr. Stephen Foerster Explains Winners, Losers of Fed Rate Cuts

As the U.S. Federal Reserve gathers next week, stakeholders are analyzing the potential effect of an interest rate cut. Whatever the board decides, Ivey Business School Professor Dr. Stephen R. Foerster, CFA, said there will be winners and losers. Foerster said lower ones tend to… Read More

“PayFi” Network Huma Celebrates $38M Raise

Fintech Huma, a self-described PayFi network, has raised $38 million in funding. Distributed Global led the equity round, with participation from Hashkey Capital, Folius Ventures, the Stellar Development Foundation, and TIBAS Ventures, CVC arm of İşbank, the largest private bank in Turkiey. Part of this… Read More

Hedera Launches “Asset Tokenization Studio,” Aims to Boost Digital Securities

Hedera has announced the launch of an “all in one” asset tokenization studio. The platform is designed to streamline the tokenization process. Hedera is a high-performance, permissioned DLT network governed by a global council. The studio is an open-source toolkit for the “configuration, issuance, and… Read More

Maybank Announces Investment in Funding Societies, Southeast Asia’s MSME Digital Finance Platform

Maybank, a dedicated banking partner to more than 1 million small and medium enterprises across ASEAN, today announced a strategic investment in Funding Societies | Modalku (Funding Societies), which is said to be the largest unified digital finance platform for micro, small and medium enterprises… Read More

Investment Management Firm PGIM Obtains Abu Dhabi Global Market License

PGIM, the $1.33 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc., has received Financial Services Permission (FSP) to operate in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi, “located in the heart of the city’s financial district.” Establishing… Read More

SEC Penalizes Flyfish Club for NFTs Deemed to be Crypto Asset Securities, Commissioners Peirce and Uyeda Slam “Crypto-Obsessed Commission”

Earlier today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an Administrative Order punishing the FlyFish Club (FFC) for allegedly issuing “crypto asset securities.” The FlyFish Club is a private dining venue that offers memberships similar to country clubs. Unfortunately, FFC upset the Commission by issuing… Read More

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