June 20, 2025 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX welcomes Avantis Investors by American Century Investments as its latest issuer of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). Their first product, the AVANTIS GL SM CAP VALUE ETF, “brings the total number of ETFs available to investors on SIX Swiss Exchange to 2,017.” With Avantis Investors by… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and PGIM Fixed Income, a Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) company and one of the largest global fixed income managers with $862 billion in assets under management, announced the expansion of their… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos Labs, a start-up whose mission is to make on-chain products and DeFi markets more accessible, is announcing its launch. Paxos Labs enables partners to bring financial products to market and manage them at scale with “integrated risk management, liquidity optimization and seamless distribution.” Incubated… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced changes to its growth model and its leadership, effective September 1, 2025. Accenture has delivered on its strategy “to be its clients’ reinvention partner of choice and to lead in Gen AI through its deeply skilled people and by bringing its… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) has announced the launch of LevelUp Checking, the latest in its growing set of digital-first financial solutions. LendingClub is a chartered digital banks that started its existence as an online lender. Credit continues to make up an important part of its operations. LevelUp… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced that its central securities depository subsidiary, The Depository Trust Company (DTC), has surpassed “$100 trillion in assets under custody as overall U.S. market capitalization continues to rise.”… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) recently saw a significant insider purchase. Christopher Payne, a newly appointed director, acquired 26,500 shares of the company’s stock, with the transaction valued at approximately $2 million. This notable investment, made shortly after Payne joined the board in December 2024,… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 1:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

On June 12th, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yanked 14 proposed rules that were pursued during the aggressive Gensler administration. While the former SEC Chairman during the Biden Administration sought to undermine innovation while pursuing a social agenda, the Atkins Commission is clearly realigning… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment, which claims to be the largest independent digital investment advisor in the U.S., announced the acquisition of Rowboat Advisors, a  provider of portfolio management software with advanced capabilities in direct indexing, tax optimization, and personalized investing. The acquisition strengthens Betterment’s technology platform and accelerates… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 12:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital notes that stablecoins represent a foundational shift in how value moves around the world—offering a fast, inclusive alternative to traditional payment rails. From enabling real-time cross-border remittances to powering on-chain commerce and programmable finance, their impact is already “felt across emerging markets and… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Ethereum (ETH) staking is reaching all-time highs. The Proof of Stake network is seeing more interest by investors (or validators) as crypto markets grow under the beneficent Trump administration. Ethereum is the second most popular crypto after Bitcoin with a current market cap of over… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

dLocal has been approved for essential payment licenses in several jurisdictions, including Turkey, the Philippines, and the UAE. In the UAE, the company has been granted a Payment Services License which enables dLocal to directly operate cross-border payins and payouts. In Turkey, dLocal has received… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global financial platform for modern businesses, announced the full launch of Airwallex Yield in Hong Kong. As the global payments group to receive a licence from the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) to provide asset management services, Airwallex is empowering… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has recently released a series of updates that provide critical insights into the euro area’s economic trajectory, reflecting shifts in wage growth, environmental commitments, and structural changes in the banking sector. These announcements underscore the ECB’s ongoing efforts to maintain… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A Kaspersky study found that 7% of industrial organizations tackle vulnerabilities only when necessary. This leaves them exposed to unplanned downtime, production losses and the reputational and financial damages “that can result from possible cyber breaches.” This alarming trend was highlighted in a survey conducted… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Consensys, the blockchain and Ethereum technology company, and OKX, a global onchain technology company announce a partnership—with phase one expanding advanced security features and trading capabilities. Consensys‘ SERVO maximum extractable value (MEV) protection is now integrated into OKX Wallet. MEV refers “to the potential value… Read More

June 20, 2025 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Oakbrook and Experian have launched OakbrookOne, a new type of personal loan designed to make borrowing simpler, fairer, and more accessible – particularly for those underserved by mainstream credit. It helps eligible customers bring their debts together into one “manageable payment, with the process handled… Read More

June 19, 2025 @ 7:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the lead up to the Men’s State of Origin Game 2, it’s not just the Blues moving in on Queensland – New South Wales investors are already ahead on the scoreboard “when it comes to property in the Sunshine State.” New lending data from… Read More

June 19, 2025 @ 5:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is introducing Coinbase Payments using USDC for instantaneous payments via the stablecoin. USDC is issued by Circle (NASDAQ:CRCL), which recently completed a successful IPO, which saw its shares rocket dramatically higher. Coinbase announced that the payments service has already been integrated with Shopify, a leading e-commerce platform…. Read More

June 19, 2025 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As tariffs and the potential for rising cost of goods have dominated the news cycle since early April, a new TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) Q2 2025 Consumer Pulse study found that 27% of U.S. consumers are now pessimistic about their household finances over the next 12… Read More