Omar Faridi

Insurtech CyberCube, Envoy Insure to Embed Cyber Risk Analytics in Broker Quoting Workflows

CyberCube, the provider of cyber risk analytics for the insurance industry, has entered into a Strategic Technology Ecosystem Partnership with Envoy Insure, a digital distribution platform for insurance brokers. This integration will embed CyberCube’s analytics into brokers’ workflow, allowing for real-time cyber risk insights during… Read More

LevelField Bank Approved to Provide Banking and Digital Assets Services

LevelField Financial, Inc., a U.S. financial services firm aiming to bring together traditional banking and digital asset products in a unified platform, announced that it received conditional approval from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) in order to finalize its acquisition of… Read More

Fidelity Investments Introduces Spot Solana (SOL) ETF

Fidelity Investments, the $6.4 trillion asset manager, is poised to debut its spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) under the ticker $FSOL. Scheduled for launch on November 18, 2025, this product arrives with a management fee of 0.25%, positioning it as a gateway for institutional and… Read More

Coinbase Custody to Serve as Custodian for Franklin Templeton’s Spot XRP ETF

Franklin Templeton, the global investment firm managing approximately $1.6 trillion in assets, is set to introduce its spot XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) on November 18, 2025. Called the Franklin XRP ETF and trading under the ticker EZRP, this product marks the firm’s latest foray into… Read More

AI Is Enabling Digital Transformation of Finance and Key Business Processes : Analysis

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now becoming a key driver in accounting and is also said to be noticeably changing processes. Over half of companies (53 percent) currently use AI in this area or are “in the process of implementing it.” This is shown by the… Read More

Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Reports CHF 1 Trillion+ in Global Assets Under Custody

The international custody business of SIX has now reportedly surpassed CHF 1 trillion in international assets under custody for the “first time” as the business claims that it is experiencing a solid year. Steady demand for SIX’s custody services was underpinned by the recent international… Read More

3Forge’s Robert Cooke Claims Banks are Wasting Resources as Significant Bank IT Spend Goes to Fixing Legacy Systems

  Robert Cooke, CEO of 3forge, recently shared some interesting insights with CI. The team at 3forge pointed out that currently, global banks run on billions of lines of legacy code, some even written half a century ago, and nowhere is that inheritance more visible… Read More

JPMorgan Wins Battle with Fintechs Over Charging Fees to Access Users’ Financial Data

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) has reportedly finalized agreements that will make sure it will get paid by the fintechs that are responsible for almost all the data requests issued by third-party applications being connected to customer banking accounts. This, according to an update from CNBC. JPMorgan… Read More

PayPal, KKR Extend Agreement for European Pay Later Receivables

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) and KKR, a global investment firm, announced the signing of a new agreement for an up to €6 billion replenishing loan commitment under which credit funds and accounts managed by KKR will purchase “up to €65 billion of buy now,… Read More

4.7 Million UK Investors Still Holding Paper Shares : Research

Research released by Euroclear’s UK CSD, Euroclear UK & International in collaboration with Thinks Insights & Strategy indicates that around 4.7 million individuals in the United Kingdom are still holding paper share certificates. The research follows the July release of the Digitisation Taskforce’s final report,… Read More

DigiFT, SBI Holdings to Enable Onchain Finance Solutions with New Initiative

DigiFT, a digital asset exchange for institutional-grade real-world assets (RWAs), and SBI Holdings (Nasdaq : SBHGF), one of Japan’s financial groups, announced the establishment of a joint venture company, SBI Onchain, in order to enable the ongoing adoption of onchain finance across Japanese and international markets…. Read More

CBMT Working Group Introduces Sandbox for Tokenized Bank Money

The Commercial Bank Money Token (CBMT) Working Group announced the launch of the CBMT Sandbox, a test environment for banks and enterprises to pilot CBMT in institutional and corporate use cases. A launch session will be held on November 19 in Frankfurt. As part of… Read More

Viola Credit Introduces €300M Growth Lending Fund to Support European Tech Firms

Viola Credit, a global alternative credit asset manager with $4 billion in AuM to date, announced the launch of a Growth Lending fund dedicated to the European tech market. The fund, targeted at €300 million, has completed its first close with commitments from “a mix… Read More

Experian Unveils Combined Credit, Cash Flow, Alternative Data Score

Experian, a global firm focused on data and technology, announced the Experian Credit + Cashflow Score. The model combines Experian’s credit, alternative and trended data, and consumer-permissioned banking information into a “singular score.” Scott Brown, Group President, Financial and Marketing Services for Experian North America… Read More

CertiK Blockchain Investigator Comments on the Rise of Crypto Wallet Drainers as a Service

Wallet-drainer and phishing toolkits are surging, with ~$500M drained in 2024 and crypto losses hitting $3.1B in H1 2025 alone. Point-in-time audits aren’t enough without continuous monitoring and revocation playbooks. We recently caught up with Natalie Newson, Senior Blockchain Investigator at CertiK to better understand how “drainer-as-a-service”… Read More

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Issues Major Payment Institution License to BC Payments

Banking Circle S.A. is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary BC Payments Pte. Ltd. has now reportedly been granted a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). A key milestone in Banking Circle’s expansion strategy, BC Payments  Singapore… Read More

Mastercard and Thunes Enable Stablecoin Payouts

Mastercard  (NYSE: MA) and Thunes, the money movement Fintech, have teamed up to accelerate global funds transfers for banks, payment service providers and end-users by expanding stablecoin wallet payout capabilities. Via this latest collab, announced at the Singapore Fintech Festival, Mastercard Move will facilitate near… Read More

MetaMask Introduces Multichain Accounts to Enhance Crosschain UX

Multichain Accounts for MetaMask are finally here. According to the web3 focused development team, this is a major change as to how accounts actually work in MetaMask, and it’s one that will now aim to simplify the crosschain (and blockchain interoperability) experience for end-users. MetaMask developers… Read More

Stablecoin and RWA Protocol R25 Launches with Polygon as EVM Blockchain Partner

R25, an RWA and stablecoin protocol, launched with Polygon as its first EVM blockchain partner to bring “institutional-grade” yield to token holders. This integration brings rcUSD+ to Polygon, a yield-bearing token supported by a portfolio of assets such as money market funds and stablecoin equivalents…. Read More

Secure Digital Markets Joins BitcoinTreasuries.net as Institutional Exchange Partner

BitcoinTreasuries.net, the source for institutional and corporate Bitcoin holdings and real-time adoption data, is pleased to announce a partnership with Secure Digital Markets, an institutional trading platform specializing in high-liquidity execution for Bitcoin and digital assets. As institutional Bitcoin adoption increases, SDM reportedly stands out… Read More

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