November 26, 2024 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iwoca, one of Europe’s SME lenders, announces access to a £500,000 fund to help small businesses and employees build skills in artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics. Teaming up with learning provider Multiverse, iwoca can now transfer half of its unused apprenticeship levy (~£250,000) to… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO of digital identity authentication and security enablers Concordium, recently shared his views and insights with CI. Bohrer-Bilowitzki, Concordium’s Chief Executive Officer, discussed whether the crypto and digital assets market can sustain its dramatic increase in value following Donald Trump’s US election victory. In… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc., a firm focused on technology solutions for capital markets, has announcesdthe launch of tZERO Digital Asset Securities as a new Special Purpose Broker-Dealer for digital asset securities custody. Investors are now reportedly able to on-board and open their custodial brokerage account with… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant,  reported its financial results for the first nine months of 2024, achieving net income of SEK 216 million in Q3, up 57% YoY. Klarna noted that this marks the Fintech firm’s second profitable quarter, as the… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced it is bringing on-premises Temenos generative AI — built with the NVIDIA AI platform — to banks, allowing them to transform data into real-time insights while retaining control over their information. Banks are now able to deliver customer-centered experiences by processing… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eurobank has announced that it expanded its strategic partnership with UK-based Plum Fintech Limited by advancing a second €5 million minority capital investment to Plum, which claims to be one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs that has built a “smart money management” app. With its latest… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Clear Europe, a pan-European clearing house, today announced that it has received regulatory approval to clear European Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs). This has reportedly been granted by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM). With this approval, Cboe Clear Europe is… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightflag, an AI-powered e-billing and matter management platform for corporate legal departments, launched Ask Brightflag, which is described as the first generative AI assistant for legal spend and matters. E-billing and matter management tools are said to serve the following purposes: They perform tasks, like… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Netcapital Inc. (Nasdaq: NCPL, NCPLW), a digital private capital markets ecosystem, has recently announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Netcapital Securities Inc. (NSI), has reportedly received approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in order to become a FINRA-member broker-dealer. Key Highlights shared by the… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US Bitcoin ETFs are reportedly on track to surpass gold ETFs in terms of overall size by this coming holiday season (around end of December 2024), with current assets valued at approximately $107 billion. Notably, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust is the dominant player this past… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 10:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank unveiled its 2025–2027 Strategic Plan in order to ensure sustainable levels of profitability “above 15% (ROTE)” in order to support the growth of loans to firms and households, which is on track to grow by around 4% CAGR during the next three years. Maintaining… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Custodia Bank’s Board of Directors have reportedly voted this past week to further reduce operations and “preserve” capital in anticipation of “major” crypto policy reforms from the incoming administration in Washington, D.C. Custodia Bank noted that by taking this step ahead of the projected turn… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equito App creators, who are carrying out a crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube, have noted that traditional real estate investing is becoming increasingly inaccessible for the average investor. Equito explained that it intends to change that by enabling anyone to invest in real estate properties starting… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), which is the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has recently released its Final Report providing the assessment of the shortening of the settlement cycle in the EU. The report aims to highlight that the increased efficiency and… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, is reportedly focused on becoming one of the best “every day banks” in the Nordics region. Lunar is a digital challenger bank focused on simplifying and enriching customers’ financial lives by creating a frictionless everyday banking platform. Founded in Aarhus,… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant,  announced a global agreement with the technology solutions provider Lenovo. Consumers in 15 European countries are now able to pay for their tech purchases at Lenovo.com using Klarna’s flexible payment methods, including its popular interest-free Buy… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A total of 2,116 venture capital funding deals valued at around $28.2 billion were announced in China during the timeframe between January-October 2024, according to a new research report. This represents a significant year-on-year (YoY) decline of 22.5% in VC deal volume, whereas the total… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the derivatives and securities exchange network, announced plans to launch the first cash-settled index options related to the price of spot Bitcoin beginning Monday, December 2. Listed and traded on Cboe Options Exchange, these options will reportedly be SEC-regulated… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 4:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Inflation is taking a financial toll on state and local government workers in the U.S. according to new research. A Harris Poll, commissioned by DailyPay, finds that the majority or 73% of government workers say inflation has had a “negative impact on their finances in… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that it filed 583 total enforcement actions in fiscal year 2024 while obtaining orders for $8.2 billion in financial remedies, the highest amount in SEC history. The 583 enforcement actions are said to represent a significant… Read More