November 3, 2024 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than 130 countries, representing 98% of global GDP are exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to boost financial inclusion and transaction efficiency. Mathias Studach, Head Finance, Risk & Organizational Development at SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) has shared key insights with CI on these developments…. Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Although various other industries have experienced a “renaissance” in tools for the office of the CFO, private capital has lagged behind, according to an update from Carta. Carta claims that they’re now focused on changing that—and will aim to set the stage for an integrated… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Asset tracking is described as the practice of understanding and keeping track of a company’s physical assets, according to an extensive report from Juniper Research. Juniper Research explained in its latest report that asset-tracking software offers an improved way of gathering, effectively analyzing, and applying… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite the ongoing and seemingly never-ending war and regulatory issues, cryptocurrency adoption has been growing steadily across Eastern Europe and is said to be driven by institutions and DeFi activity. This, according to report from Chainalysis. As the world’s fourth largest crypto market, Eastern Europe… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights has released the latest State of AI Q3’24 Report. CBInsights noted that the quarterly AI (artificial intelligence) deal count surged to reach “highest” level since Q1’22 peak. In Q3’24, CBInsights revealed that the global AI deal count surged “24% QoQ to reach 1,245 —… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, the global firm focused on alternatives data and insight, has recently released its Real Estate Q3 2024 Quarterly Update report. The report shared with CI by Preqin revealed that the gradual rebound in global real estate fundraising this year “stalled in Q3 2024, as… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, an identity platform with worldwide coverage for person and business verification, announced its instant results capability helped an enterprise organization increase verification speed by 56%. Trulioo claims in its latest update that instant results has reduced the organization’s average onboarding time by “two seconds… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana made waves in the cryptocurrency and web3 space when it launched on CoinList in 2020, reportedly selling 8 million SOL tokens at a clearing price of $0.22. Before that, CoinList claims that it had spent a year working closely with the Solana team on… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Asia’s economies can embrace services in order to boost growth and productivity, according to an update from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The latest report from the IMF noted that manufacturing has been the engine of growth in Asia, but a transition to “modern, tradable… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantiphi, an AI-powered digital engineering company, announced a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to advance enterprise adoption of generative AI and expand its product, engineering and resources to address the demand for Google Cloud’s AI technologies. The partnership builds on the companies’ history of accelerating… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) whose share prices fell significantly this past week after announcing weaker than expected earnings also revealed that it will be rolling out Silver (SLR) and Stellar (XLM) Futures from Coinbase Derivatives. Coinbase, which remains the largest crypto exchange in the… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar and Saldo Bank have entered a partnership in order to transform Nordic banking and payment solutions. Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, announces a partnership with Saldo Bank, a fintech and banking provider. Saldo Bank is reportedly the first banking institution to leverage Lunar’s Nordic… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FLock.io, a platform for federated learning on blockchain, announced that it has entered into an MoU with Animoca Brands, the company driving digital property rights via NFTs and gaming to help build the open metaverse, to explore “co-creation opportunities” for domain-specific AI models using FLock.io’s… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com announced recently the acquisition of a SEC registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC, Watchdog Capital, LLC. This strategic acquisition should now enable Crypto.com’s new subsidiary to offer equities and equity options (among other things) to “eligible traders in the U.S.” Kris Marszalek,… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 5:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial intelligence is increasingly finding its way into the cloud, according to a report from KPMG which revealed that 97 per cent of companies in Germany that use cloud services obtain their AI (artificial intelligence) solutions from cloud providers. The research report noted that the… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK small business sales growth continued to slow over the last quarter (July to September), not helped by rising late payments times, according to the  Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data from Xero, the small business platform. As noted in the research report, this quarter,… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Trade Commission revealed recently that it is sending more than $2.5 million to consumers who were said to be “misled” by “deceptive claims” from credit services company Credit Karma. The FTC reportedly took action against Credit Karma back in 2022, alleging that the… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In October of 2024, Web3 security incidents led to total losses of approximately $147 million. According to the comprehensive SlowMist Blockchain Hack Archive, 28 separate attacks resulted in about $129 million in losses, with $19.3 million later recovered. These incidents are said to have involved… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda noted that October 31st marked World Savings Day, a global reminder to prioritize financial wellbeing. Bitpanda also mentioned in a blog post that while traditional savings accounts have been a fairly popular choice over the years, the current dynamic financial landscape offers more innovative… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has released its report, entitled Q4 2024 Exploring APAC’s Fintech Pathways: Part II: Southeast Asia. PitchBook has shared a deep dive into Southeast Asia’s fast-evolving fintech developments by navigating regional market nuances. According to the research study, the APAC region has many relatively strong… Read More