January 7, 2025 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global payment solutions provider Checkout.com has entered a partnership with noqodi, a payment gateway and financial service provider, to elevate the payment experience for businesses and consumers in the UAE. As part of the collab, Checkout.com will integrate its payment tech with noqodi’s digital platform,… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Failed crypto exchange FTX’s payment plan is now effective. As per the plan, certain FTX clients who may be claiming an amount less than $50,000 may expect to get their funds returned within the next 60 calendar days. The latest reorganization plan for failed crypto-assets… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Union Bank of India has reportedly introduced various accessibility features in its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) app, now widely known as the Digital Rupee (e₹). As one of the first PSBs to provide this kind of inclusive functionality, Union Bank reaffirms its ongoing commitment… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is pleased to release their sixth annual Transparency Report. Their goal with the Transparency Report is to provide customers with data about requests for their information that they “receive from government agencies and law enforcement.” Coinbase also intend to provide… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin tech firm JAN3 has recently announced raising $5 million in seed financing to accelerate the development of the AQUA Wallet. Investors reportedly include the following business entities: Fulgur Ventures, Grupo Salinas, Tether, East Ventures, and NYDIG. JAN3 has officially concluded a $5 million seed… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital transformation, and use of emerging technologies like AI are the key issues Australian business professionals will focus on during 2025 and beyond, KPMG’s annual Keeping Us Up At Night survey finds. Concerns over the slowing economy, and cost of living are also prominent, the… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sixteen years ago, Accel embarked on a journey to partner with founders across India—continuing the firm’s history of partnering with founders on a global scale. Accel is now announcing their eighth early-stage fund, a $650 million commitment to empower category-defining startups; companies that will “set… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Infinant, a bank platform provider, announced it has raised $15 million through a Series A funding round, which was reportedly led by FINTOP Capital and partner JAM FINTOP BankTech, along with contributions from Raido Capital Partners, Woodforest Financial Group, and Bankers Helping Bankers. Infinant claims… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SC Ventures, the fintech investment and incubation division of Standard Chartered, has reportedly launched Labamu, which is described as an invoicing and billing platform for SMEs that are based in the APAC region. Starting in Indonesia, Labamu will reportedly provide SMEs with digital billing, catalogue,… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

​The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is launching the first selection procedure for the Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) for bonds. Entities interested to apply are encouraged to register and submit their requests in order to participate in… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 12:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The “Recurring Payments Market Report 2024” report has been released by ResearchAndMarkets.com. This Recurring Payments market research report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. The recurring payments market size has… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chiliz Group, the global enabler of blockchain technology for sports and entertainment, is pleased to announce that its platform, Socios.com, has secured authorization from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), building upon the in-principle approval announced in October last year. This milestone reinforces Chiliz Group’s… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine CEO Eyal Lifshitz shared a 2024 recap as well as the firm’s plans looking forward to 2025. Bluevine CEO Eyal Lifshitz noted that they spent this past year focused on bringing clients features that could help their business “run even more efficiently and effectively—like… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amsterdam headquartered Ver.iD has reportedly finalized a $2 million angel round for its digital identity verification SaaS platform. Amsterdam‘s VeriD, a digital identity verification SaaS platform that has been founded in 2022 by Robert Van Altena, confirmed that it raised €2 million in funding to… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Zilch has reflected on what they claim was an extraordinary year, and their end-of-year update captures the defining moments of 2024. From significant milestones to transformative partnerships, Zilch stated that it has been a year of steady growth and “meaningful” progress. Over the… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amid this dynamic landscape, the blockchain industry advances at the intersection of security and innovation, according to a report from SlowMist. The research report from SlowMist provides an in-depth review of key regulatory policies and anti-money laundering (AML) developments in 2024. It examines major blockchain… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), a global firm focused on leveraging digital asset compute to support the energy transformation,  recently released unaudited BTC production and miner installation updates for December 2024. Fred Thiel, MARA‘s chairman and CEO said: “In December, we surpassed our year-end hash… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 1:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HighRadius announced that it has been awarded an exclusive patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a Machine Learning (ML)-based system and method for correcting image data. By addressing the limitations of optical character recognition (OCR) engines, the new approach significantly “reduces… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Frax Finance, a “decentralized” stablecoin cryptocurrency protocol, has recently announced the launch of a new stablecoin, frxUSD, that will leverage BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), tokenized by Securitize, to deliver a “fully auditable” backing mechanism. This partnership marks a milestone in the integration… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thomson Reuters Corporation (NYSE: TRI), a global content and technology company, announced it has acquired cPaperless, LLC, doing business as SafeSend, for $600 million in cash. SafeSend is a US-based cloud-native provider of technology for tax and accounting professionals. Established back in 2008, SafeSend automates… Read More