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

November 2, 2024 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sixteen years following the release of Bitcoin’s White paper, the fast-evolving cryptocurrency space has transformed in ways that perhaps early enthusiasts could hardly have imagined. This, according to a recent update from Nexo. Nexo explained that what started as pretty much an experiment in digitizing… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 4:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bloomberg had reported this past week that enterprise blockchain company R3 has held discussions with certain representatives at Ava Labs (which is known to be focused on the development of Avalanche), the Solana Foundation and Adhara regarding a possible minority investment in the company, or… Read More

November 1, 2024 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth, a financial technology platform providing Brokerage-as-a-Service, today announced that the Bank of Lithuania, the central bank of the Republic of Lithuania, granted it a brokerage license in Europe. This license aims to support DriveWealth’s global expansion efforts and marks its third region with regulatory… Read More

November 1, 2024 @ 9:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aquis Exchange PLC, a creator and facilitator of next-generation financial markets, and Cboe Europe, a division of Cboe Global Markets, Inc., the derivatives and securities exchange network, are announcing their intention to form a joint venture which plans to explore a bid to “perform the… Read More

November 1, 2024 @ 9:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TRON DAO, which claims to be the “community-governed” DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain tech and dApps, and Chainlink, the “standard” decentralized computing platform, announced that Chainlink Data Feeds will become the official data oracle solution for the TRON blockchain… Read More

November 1, 2024 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin, the direct-to-consumer home insurance firm built for every “new” normal, announced operating results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2024. Kin has recently reported that it has recorded a substantial “$38 million in total revenue during the third quarter of 2024, compared to… Read More

November 1, 2024 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, unveiled updates to the Affirm app. The “redesigned’ experience shows consumers their real-time purchasing power with Affirm, offers an upgraded search function, and provides access to personalized “payment terms and interest-free… Read More

November 1, 2024 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, a provider of solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-money Laundering (AML) transaction monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), announced that is expanded into the energy and commodities sectors. This move provides solutions that aim to simplify client and supply chain onboarding and improve… Read More

November 1, 2024 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Archax, the UK-based, FCA-regulated exchange, broker and custodian for digital assets, today announced it has agreed to acquire the Spanish broker King & Shaxson Capital Markets, Sociedad de Valores, S.A. (KSCM), to be renamed Archax Markets Europe, S.A. The completion of the strategic acquisition is… Read More

November 1, 2024 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Remilty have expanded their seafarers product experience to the European Union, United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore. With this launch, Remitly said that they aim to bring even more seafarers the reliable, “secure,” and accessible money transfer service they deserve Remitly noted in a blog post… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regulated businesses across Spain that need a Sepblac-compliant identity verification procedure for KYC can achieve this with an “easy” to integrate solution offering a streamlined user experience. Entrust, a firm focused on “trusted” payments, identities, and data security, today announced its Onfido Real Identity Platform… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 6:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, a worktech company, is expanding globally in more ways than one. DailyPay stated that it now focused on broadening the reach of its platform by adding a new feature: International Remittances. The International Remittances feature will enable DailyPay users to send funds at the… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blackstone has announced announced the final close of the first series of its evergreen institutional U.S. direct lending fund, Blackstone Senior Direct Lending Fund (BXD). Blackstone has closed on around $22 billion of investable capital for the inaugural series of BXD and related vehicles, “including… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Versana announced the closing of a $26 million capital raise with the addition of Barclays as an investor in its centralized, real-time digital data platform. Existing investors Bank of America, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo also “participated in this round.” In… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Upvest is working with Revolut so that the digital banking platform can expand its wealth and trading product offering by introducing ETFs and fractional European stocks for the first time. In the 6 months since integrating Upvest’s Investment API, Revolut has launched investment products with… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the RiskOps platform, offering AI-powered solutions to protect people and payments against financial crime, reveals that 42% of French citizens will use fingerprint authentication to secure their payments, especially among the younger generation aged 18-34, where the rate is 56%. Although 32% of respondents… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LSEG Risk Intelligence, a key player focused on compliance, risk management and fraud prevention solutions, announced the launch of products in order to enhance financial security as well as drive significant operational efficiencies on a international scale. Global Account Verification reportedly checks payee and account… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), the provider of intelligent banking solutions, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FullCircl. FullCircl is a UK-headquartered SaaS (software as a service) platform, built to help FIs and regulated companies grow revenue, automate and accelerate onboarding,… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment firms Capital Group and KKR filed registration statements with the SEC for two public-private fixed income funds, Capital Group KKR Core Plus+ and Capital Group KKR Multi-Sector+ (which are expected to launch in the U.S. in the first half of 2025, pending regulatory approval)…. Read More