Cainam Ventures CTO Explains How Digital Assets Trading Is Enhanced with AI and Data Analytics

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Cainam Ventures is a Fintech startup that is focused on enhancing autonomous digital asset trading. Guided by its mission to support the onramp to agentic financial portfolio construction for digital asset investors, Cainam says that it leverages artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLMs), and… Read More

 

 




dLocal and Belmoney to Transform Cross-Border Remittances Across Emerging Markets

dLocal, the payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, announced a partnership with Belmoney, the  Remittance-as-a-Service (RAAS) provider in Europe. The global remittance industry remains burdened “with high fees and slow transaction speeds.” According to the IMF, transfers under $200 incur average fees “of… Read More

WealthKernel and Round Treasury to Transform Banking and Treasury Management for Firms

WealthKernel, a digital investing infrastructure provider, announces a new partnership with Round Treasury, a banking and treasury platform that aims to simplify and help businesses manage their treasury and cash. Managing cash flow remains a challenge for founders, as traditional banking solutions are typically “not… Read More

Global Financial Centres Index Places New York City in First, London in Second but Closing the Gap

Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), published by Z/Yen, was released yesterday, and New York City was in first place, as it has been for many years. London, a global finance hub, was in second place, but it was shown as closing the gap with NYC…. Read More

Artificial Intelligence May Enhance Productivity in Latin America – Research

An update from the IMF has examined how artificial intelligence can potentially boost productivity in Latin America. According to a blog post by the IMF, some countries reportedly risk missing out on the full economic benefits of AI, but “more formal jobs and expanded digital… Read More

BNPL Fintech Affirm Expands Credit Reporting with Experian to Include All Pay Over Time Products

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, announced it is expanding its credit reporting to Experian to include all of Affirm’s pay-over-time products beginning April 1, 2025. By furnishing information about all of its pay-over-time transactions… Read More

Checkout.com Reportedly Surpasses $10B in Revenue Unlocked for Enterprise Merchants using AI-enhanced Solution

Checkout.com, a digital payments company, announced that its Intelligent Acceptance product, an AI-powered engine designed to help enterprise businesses boost their payment performance, generated over “$10 billion in additional merchant revenue.” Powered by over 20 billion data points and insights from Checkout.com’s global network, Intelligent… Read More

Canary Capital Advances SUI ETF with SEC Filing

Canary Capital is advancing the “first” SUI ETF with a newly submitted SEC filing. According to a blog post by the Sui Foundation, the latest development marks significant progress towards “a public SUI ETF, set to expand U.S. institutional access to Sui.” The Sui ecosystem… Read More

US Department of Treasury Rescinds Tornado Cash Decision, a Crypto Mixer

The US Department of Treasury has announced that it has removed the economic sanctions applied to Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer. Tornado Cash, a decentralized platform, enables users to cloak crypto activity to a certain degree. In 2222, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)… Read More

Digital Assets Firm Kraken to Acquire NinjaTrader, Introduces Professional Trading Products

Kraken, which claims to be one of the “longest-standing, most liquid and secure” crypto platforms serving “more than 15 million” clients globally, has entered into an agreement to acquire NinjaTrader, the U.S. retail futures trading platform, for $1.5 billion, subject to certain purchase price adjustments…. Read More

OCC Ceases Examinations for Reputation Risk, Will Remove Such References from Guidelines

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that it will no longer examine its regulated institutions for “reputation risk” and is removing references to reputation risk from its Comptroller’s Handbook booklets and guidance issuances. These actions reportedly aim to support the OCC’s… Read More




Bank of England Holds Interest Rates Steady

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to hold its benchmark rate steady at 4.5%. This follows the US Federal Reserve’s decision not to change its rates. The MPC voted 8 to 1, with one member preferring to cut rates by 25 basis… Read More

Zodia Custody Exec Comments on SEC Regulatory Shift on Digital Assets

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has dramatically changed its position regarding digital assets following the change in administration with President Donald Trump’s election. The Commission is now controlled by Republicans, who typically are more supportive of innovation and entrepreneurship. This includes financial services. Previously,… Read More

DTCC Moves to Better Support Digital Assets, Joins ERC3643 Token Standard Movement Created by Tokeny

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has joined the ERC3643 Association – the advocate group for the ERC3643 token standard. ERC3643 was created by Tokeny, a leading digital security enabler based in Luxembourg. Luc Falempin, CEO of Tokeny, said that having “DTCC join the… Read More

Paxos Co-Founder Highlights Stablecoins as National Imperative to Maintain US Dollar’s Global Dominance

The digital payments landscape is undergoing a major shift, which is being driven by blockchain technology and the rise of stablecoins. In a testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Charles Cascarilla, CEO and Co-Founder of Paxos, underscored the urgent need for the… Read More

Worldpay Report Chronicles Decade of Payments Innovation

The 10th edition of the Worldpay Global Payments Report reveals a global transformation in payments. In one decade, innovation such as digital wallets, buy now pay later (BNPL) and real-time account-to-account (A2A) technology has revolutionized the way consumers pay. This year’s report looks back at a decade… Read More

Crypto AI Products Perceived as High-Potential Initiatives By Web3 Professionals – Report

In a recent research report and survey released by CoinGecko, 46.9% of crypto participants indicated that they were bullish on crypto AI products in 2025. Specifically, CoinGecko noted that 19.9% felt somewhat bullish “about crypto AI products and a larger 27.0% of survey respondents were… Read More

NatWest and OpenAI to Accelerate AI Transformation to Enhance CX

NatWest Group has announced that it has become the first UK-headquartered bank to work with OpenAI as part of a collaboration that supports its strategic focus on bank-wide simplification, which includes deploying AI to meet customers’ needs more effectively and to “increase productivity and efficiency… Read More

FCA declines Zeux Limited’s crypto registration citing significant risk of harm

We have refused Zeux Limited’s application for registration as a cryptoasset exchange provider under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLRs). Read the Decision Notice (PDF)The application, submitted in June 2022, showed that the firm had… Read More

British Business Bank Funds £30 Million for THENA Capital’s Medtech Fund

The British Business Bank has committed up to £30 million to THENA Capital’s inaugural UK MedTech Fund. The fund reportedly has held its first close at £27 million with commitments from Firebird Collective, This Day Foundation, Baroness Martha Lane Fox, and other individuals. The fund… Read More

FCA to scrutinise whether pure protection market provides fair value to consumers 

The FCA has launched a market study into how well the distribution of pure protection insurance products – which support families with financial commitments if someone becomes critically ill or dies – is working for consumers. In 2023, around £4.85bn was paid out in claims… Read More

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