October 19, 2025 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Plaid noted that the data that makes up a consumer’s complete financial picture is more complex than it has ever been before. According to a blog post from Plaid, income is now more variable, expenses tend to fluctuate, and financial activity is spread across… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since introducing stablecoin payments, financial infrastructure, and payments processing, Fintech Stripe said that they’ve seen these digital tokens enable the global expansion of some of the fastest-growing companies today. According to Stripe, the top 20 AI firms on Stripe—all but 1 based in the United States—draw the… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lumx has raised $3.4 million in a funding round that has been led by Indicator Capital and CMT Digital, along with contributions from Honey Island, Antler, Bitso, Nomad, CAF Ventures (CAFE) and angel investors Arnold Lee, Joshua Weiss, Chuk Okpalugo, Carlos Souza, and Allan Schmitt…. Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos reported earlier this week that it mistakenly minted excess PYUSD as part of an internal transfer. Paxos confirmed that it immediately identified the error and burned the excess PYUSD. According to the company, this was simply an “internal technical error” and that there was… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights has released the latest Insurtech 50 list of the world’s most promising or high-potential insurtech startups. The companies that have been selected are said to have a success probability among the international top 3% of private firms, indicated by a median CB Insights’… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 6:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has recently announced the launch of a dedicated business unit that will be focused on broadening access to private markets for retirement savers through defined contribution plans. The business division sits within Blackstone’s Private Wealth business. Heather von Zuben was named Global… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dublin based Regtech firm Fenergo, the provider of client lifecycle management (CLM), Know your Customer (KYC) and transaction monitoring (TM) solutions announces that Adepa, a provider of global asset servicing solutions, deployed its software to streamline investor onboarding and enhance compliance across Adepa’s operations, beginning… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI) noted that on September 30, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that certain state-chartered trust firms may serve as custodians for digital assets, referencing the Investment Company Act and Advisers Act. Gemini pointed out that the statement went… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) recently announced that its Business services division has introduced global payouts and payment links, allowing businesses to send and receive stablecoin USDC with competitive fees, instant settlement, and global reach. These tools aim to simplify vendor payments, eliminate chargebacks, and offer seamless API… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Figment announced that they have acquired Rated, the provider of staking and validator analytics. By joining with Figment, they can carry forward and scale the important work that the Rated team has done in ore to bring more clarity, standards, and maturity to the digital… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nova Credit has raised $35 million in Series D funding, led by Socium Ventures along with contributions from existing investors Canapi Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, NAVentures, National Bank of Canada’s corporate venture capital arm, Harmonic Growth Partners, Radiate Capital, and… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

There are now around 241,700 people with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency holdings worth $1 million or more, which is up a considerable 40% from the past year, according to Henley & Partners and New World Wealth. As first reported by CNBC, there are 450 crypto centimillionaires,… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut’s growth to more than 65 million users across 38 markets indicates how digital-first banks are transforming global finance. But the Fintech firm’s wait for a full UK banking license exposes a seemingly more pressing issue: how regulatory authorities adapt traditional frameworks to… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Monzo, the digital bank serving business customers, is helping simplify tax filing for sole traders and landlords with a new tool that lets them file directly to HMRC from their Monzo Business bank account. Built in partnership with Sage, the tool is designed to help sole… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure (NASDAQ:FIGR) introduced its AI-powered Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) loan platform, expanding its blockchain-powered capital marketplace into one of the fastest-growing — and “most underserved” — segments of housing finance.  As competition increases and demand for efficiency rises, the platform brings automation to a… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fuel Ventures Follow-On EIS Fund is live on Republic Europe. Fuel Ventures is an early-stage technology investor in the United Kingdom that is said to be operating SEIS, EIS, and VCT Funds. Based currently in London,  Fuel Ventures operates in the sectors of Finance &… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, a self-described intelligent finance platform, has announced that it is collaborating with Oracle, becoming the fintech issuer that has been embedded within Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Leveraging Oracle’s integration with Mastercard, Brex will now enable Oracle’s global, embedded B2B payments solution… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has recently acquired Decho, a UK-based tech and AI consultancy that helps organizations reinvent through the design, delivery and scaling of Palantir solutions. The acquisition reportedly aims to enhance Accenture’s strategic advisory and advanced engineering capabilities for Palantir solutions for clients across… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Newsmax (NYSE:NMAX) has unveiled plans to establish a strategic digital asset reserve. The company’s board of directors greenlit an investment of up to $5 million over the coming 12 months, targeting acquisitions of Bitcoin (BTC) and the Official Trump Coin (TRUMP), a Solana-based meme token launched… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stablecoin issuer Circle noted that in the fast-evolving digital economy, human attention drives trillion-dollar outcomes but the consumers contributing that value seldom share in it. Centralized platforms tend to capture the profits while fraud, bots, and misaligned incentives are distorting the system. For billions, particularly… Read More