Crypto Trading Bans: When Do Ethics Rules Go Too Far?

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Lately, there has been a flurry of ethics rules, advisory opinions, and proposed legislation to curtail government employees and their family members from freely trading cryptocurrencies. While the purpose of this clampdown is justifiable — eliminating conflicts of interest and insider trading — excessively limiting participation in something so… Read More

 


Nacha Announces MX as Preferred Partner for Risk Management, Fraud Prevention

MX is now a Nacha Preferred Partner Program for Risk Management and Fraud Prevention. In becoming a Preferred Partner, MX joins a select group of innovators that Nacha recognizes for offering products and services that align with Nacha’s core strategies “to advance the ACH Network.”… Read More

Spreedly, PPRO to Provide Access to Local Payment Methods Portfolio

Spreedly, the provider of the leading Payment Orchestration platform, and PPRO, the  provider of digital payments infrastructure, announced a partnership “to offer a diverse portfolio of alternative / local payment methods (APM / LPMs) through the Spreedly platform.” Spreedly and PPRO have partnered “to offer… Read More

Bango Acquires Payments Business of NTT DOCOMO

Bango plc (AIM:BGO), the global platform for data-driven commerce, announces that it has acquired the global payments business of NTT DOCOMO. In addition, Bango has signed “a long-term platform deal with NTT DOCOMO to provide payment services in Japan for the world’s largest merchants.” DOCOMO… Read More

Discover Invests in Data, Analytics Program, Will Bring 150 Jobs to Chicago

Discover (NYSE: DFS) announced its new Advanced Analytics Resource Center (AARC) and welcomed its first cohort of 75 employees at its downtown Chicago Office called the 606. The launch of the [email protected] “advances Discover’s investment in technology and analytics as well as its commitment to… Read More

Naoris Protocol Teams Up with Router, the Infrastructure Protocol Supporting Multi-Chain Communication

Naoris Protocol, the blockchain and AI-based “decentralized” cybersecurity mesh that restores cybersecurity across all sectors of the economy, is partnering with Router Protocol, the cross-chain infrastructure layer that “enables communication between blockchains.” Router Protocol is “a modular layer and cross-chain bridge that connects different blockchains… Read More

Surecomp, BIDV to Improve Trade Finance in Vietnam

Surecomp announced that the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, commonly known as BIDV, has “gone live with its DOKA-NG™ and allNETT™ solutions to fully digitize trade finance processing.” Supported by local partner, CMC Technology and Solution (CMC TS) in Vietnam,… Read More

RedStone Finalizes $7M Seed Round from Lemniscap, Blockchain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Others

The team at RedStone is pleased to announce that in August 2022, they successfully raised a $7M seed round led by Lemniscap in order “to pursue [their] mission of powering Web3 innovation with a novel approach to on-chain data storage.” The funds will play a… Read More

Groundfloor Looks to Raise $5 Million on Wefunder

Real estate investment platform Groundfloor is raising capital on Wefunder, a leading investment crowdfunding platform. According to the offering page, Groundfloor is raising equity at a pre-money valuation of $234 million. Investors may participate for just $100 and as of today, Groundfloor has raised just… Read More

House Committee on Financial Services Announces September Hearings, Stablecoins Markup on Deck

Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, has posted the calendar for September hearings with several topics of note on the list. On Tuesday, September 20 at 10 a.m. ET, the Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy will meet… Read More

NASAA Issues Warning About Investing in the Metaverse, Including NFTs, Virtual Real Estate and More

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has issued a warning to investors regarding “investment scams and frauds offered in the unregulated metaverse.” The NASAA advisory states that the metaverse may offer investment opportunities, including virtual real estate, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and other businesses. But… Read More


Google, Goldman Sachs Team Up with Infobip to Launch Mentorship Program for Startups

Infobip Group, a global cloud communications platform company for customer engagement, and key player in CPaaS solutions, announced a partnership with Google and Goldman Sachs to launch “an innovative mentorship program for startups from Croatia, the youngest European Union member state with a population of… Read More

Credora, dAMM Form Credit Evaluation Partnership to Support Digital Asset Lending

dAMM Finance is building a decentralized borrowing and lending protocol for crypto assets that is “highly capital efficient” and accessible for many token projects. Credora is partnering with dAMM “to conduct privacy-preserving credit evaluations and real-time risk monitoring on eligible dAMM borrowers.” The partnership will… Read More

LevelField Financial Acquires Netshares to “Unite traditional banking and digital asset products”

LevelField Financial has acquired Netshares Financial Services, pending regulatory approval. Details on the acquisition were not provided. Netshares is a registered broker dealer. LevelField is a financial services firm that aims to “unite traditional banking and digital asset products and services” on a single platform…. Read More

Startup Private Markets Alpha (PM Alpha) Aims to Improve Access to Private Markets Investment

Private Markets Alpha (PM Alpha) has launched, seeking to “dramatically improve” investor access to private markets. The UK-based startup says it has raised £1 million in funding to transform the global wealth management industry.” The goal is to “simplify private market investment for all. PM… Read More

FBI Warns that Cybercriminals Are Exploiting Vulnerabilities in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Platforms

The FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] is warning investors that cybercriminals are “increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency, causing investors to lose money.” The FBI has “observed cybercriminals exploiting vulnerabilities in the smart contracts governing DeFi platforms to steal investors’… Read More

Banco Santander Offers Cash Forecasting for Corporates with Trovata

Banco Santander has enlisted Trovata to provide cash forecasting and liquidity management for its corporate clients. In a corporate statement, Trovata said that the agreement was for global distribution with Santander. The partnership is expected to see Santander market Trovata’s cash management platform to its… Read More

UK’s Assetz Capital Secures £297,697 via Seedrs

Assetz Capital, the billion pound+ business lender – funding 1 in 12 new homes by SME House Builders, has raised 119% (£297,697) of its £250,003 target from 240 investor via Seedrs with 21 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign (at the time of writing)…. Read More

UK’s Sourced Capital Hires Industry Execs to Enhance Investor Relations Team

UK’s Sourced Capital has reportedly made two new senior hires who will be joining the firm’s investor relations group as the business targets £26 million in lending by the end of the year. Matt Mason has been hired by Sourced Capital to serve as the… Read More

SME Online Lender Ranqx Appoints Former JPMorgan Executive as Chairman

Online lender Ranqx has appointed John Horner as Chairman of the firm. Horner was previously JPMorgan Chase CIO and Treasurer. He is currently Managing Partner at MoVi, a network dedicated to learning and innovation that advises, incubates, and invests in early-stage firms. Ranqx is based in… Read More

Singapore based Fintech Lightnet Receives $50M Capital Commitment from LDA Capital

The Lightnet Group announced that it has secured a $50 million capital commitment from LDA Capital Ltd “to grow its infrastructure, operations, and expand its technological partner’s (Velo Labs Technology) blockchain technology.” Lightnet will “have the option to increase the $50 million to a total… Read More

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