August 12, 2025 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PwC US has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Kunai, an agile software consultancy specializing in AI, cloud-first web, mobile and infrastructure platforms for the financial services industry. This proposed strategic acquisition aligns with PwC’s commitment to helping clients “reach… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence platform, continues to develop products and shared its latest updates, designed to empower investigators, compliance teams, and intelligence professionals to detect and mitigate crypto-related risks more effectively. These enhancements from TRM Labs focus on surfacing actionable risk signals faster, improving… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sound Point Capital Management, LP, a global alternative credit manager with more than $44 billion in assets under management1, announced the first close of Strategic Capital Fund III with $1.1 billion in capital commitments, “exceeding its first and final close targets of $500 million and… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitMart and , a digital assets custody, collateral management, and prime services provider, have announced the completion of their technical integration, enabling institutional clients to access off-exchange settlement through Copper’s ClearLoop network This milestone marks the official go-live of “a partnership first announced in 2023,… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 5:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Railpen, one of the pension funds in the UK, has awarded a securitised credit mandate to Neuberger Berman – a private, independent, and employee-owned investment manager. It builds on an existing partnership between the two firms and “will provide Railpen with additional exposure to liquid… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 4:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, announces a variety of custody, trading, and lending solutions for layer-one cryptocurrency, SUI, broadening access for professional and institutional clients to the Sui ecosystem. Sygnum’s regulated product portfolio and bank-grade infrastructure provides Sui with “a gateway to tap… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 3:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a step toward advancing digital financial services, Banking Circle, a global correspondent bank, has strengthened its partnership with Elliptic to ensure robust compliance for its EURO-based stablecoin, EURI. Launched in August 2024, EURI is one of the first stablecoins compliant with the European Union’s… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 2:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recruitment activity across the UK continued to fall sharply at the start of the third quarter, according to the latest KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global. The latest reductions in permanent placements and temp billings “were often linked to… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 12:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New research from iwoca shows alternative lenders are surging ahead in the SME finance market, as high street banks “lose their foothold among growth-focused businesses.” According to iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index, “almost two thirds (61%) of SME finance brokers report submitting over half of their… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aditxt, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADTX), a social platform dedicated to accelerating promising health industry advancements, announced that it has signed a custody agreement with Crypto.com, a global digital asset platforms, to establish a custodial crypto account. The agreement is a foundational step in the “broader planned… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Asia-Pacific region’s initial public offering market continued its upward trajectory despite market volatility and geopolitical tensions. In the first seven months of 2025, 385 listings raised a “$28.4 billion in the region, which marks a 32.6% year-on-year (YoY) increase in IPO proceeds.” Greater China… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bullish, an institutionally focused global digital asset platform, announced a significant update to its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO). The Cayman Islands-based company, backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, revealed that it has upsized its IPO from 20.3 million to 30 million ordinary shares and… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the evolving financial services sector, payment modernization is often framed as a technological objective and/or target—new platforms, faster transactions, and enhanced security. However, a recent discussion at The 2025 Payments Canada SUMMIT, hosted by Kristina Logue, Chief Financial Officer at Payments Canada, and featuring… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon is reportedly moving toward entering a guilty plea in a $40 billion criminal fraud case, according to a statement from a Manhattan federal judge on Monday. The announcement, made ahead of a trial scheduled for 2026, follows weeks of negotiations… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 9:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital identity protection app, Truyu, has launched a pilot of a free Gen AI-powered tool to “help Australians figure out if a text message might be a scam.” Anyone using the Truyu app – built by CommBank’s venture scaling arm x15ventures – can now “take a… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos, a regulated blockchain infrastructure and tokenization platform, announced that it has filed an application to convert its New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) trust charter into a national trust charter under the supervision of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)…. Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the so-called “Smart Superhighway” to move money around the world, announced a collaboration with Ontop, the global payroll and financial platform helping companies hire, pay, and empower remote talent across over 150 countries, headquartered in the US. Through this collaboration, Ontop is enhancing its… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 12:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Palmer Square Capital Management, an investment firm specializing in corporate and structured credit, has announced a significant step in its global expansion strategy with the launch of its first European Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). This development marks a pivotal moment for the… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 12:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform PeerBerry continues to serve as a globally-accessible investing marketplace, driven by various partnership with the Aventus Group. Recent updates from the platform highlight its financial performance, investor confidence, and expansion plans, positioning both PeerBerry and Aventus as key players in the global… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum Investments, a peer-to-business (P2B) lending platform based in Latvia, has solidified its position as a key player in Europe’s alternative finance sector, achieving significant milestones. The platform recently marked €40 million in outstanding invested capital. Additionally, Debitum has strengthened its leadership by appointing Chief… Read More