September 13, 2024 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kriya, the B2B PayLater payments solution, is now available on Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Starting this month, Stripe users can offer flexible payment terms “to their business buyers through Kriya.” B2B commerce is digitizing rapidly, and business buyers now “expect to purchase… Read More

September 13, 2024 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KYC/KYB (Know Your Customer/ Know Your Business) systems is a rapidly evolving area of technology which must compensate for the constant increase in volume and complexity of online financial crime. This, according to an extensive report from Juniper Research. Juniper Research explains the role of… Read More

September 13, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ParaFi Capital, an alternative asset management and technology firm with over $1 billion in assets under management, has tapped Securitize, a firm focused on tokenizing real-world assets, to tokenize an interest in one of its venture funds on the Avalanche blockchain. Since inception in 2018,… Read More

September 13, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has charged Mr Olumide Osunkoya, who is 45 and resides in London, for “unlawfully running multiple crypto ATMs without FCA registration.” Crypto ATMs are machines that “allow you to buy or convert money into cryptoassets.” Mr Osunkoya is accused of running… Read More

September 13, 2024 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mintos has officially completed its European rollout. Mintos recently noted that they are pleased to announce that they have now officially launched across the entire European continent. According to Mintos, this marks a major milestone in their expansion journey, giving investors access “to their comprehensive… Read More

September 13, 2024 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital identity passports refer to a technology that allows users to aggregate their identification credentials—such as government-issued IDs, banking information, and health data—into a single digital format. This, according to an update from PitchBook. PitchBook explained that this digital passport “ensures frictionless, secure access to… Read More

September 13, 2024 @ 5:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, a global fintech company, is expanding its Rapyd Payment Partner Programme, designed to boost revenue growth and collaboration for Referral Partners, consultants, Independent Sales Organisations (ISOs), Payment Facilitators (PayFacs), and Integrated Software Vendors (ISVs) operating in high-opportunity industries such as eCommerce, online gaming, content… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 2:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Asset Management, an affiliate of Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY) and one of the world’s largest investment managers of digital assets and blockchain exposures, and State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT),  announced the introduction of… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

State chief information officers (CIOs) and state chief digital officers (CDOs) recognize the importance of high data quality — especially as a critical determinant of successful artificial intelligence (AI) — but a majority have concerns about data quality, according to a new report released by… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deloitte’s 2024 CxO Sustainability Report: Signs of a shift in business climate action shows that climate change remains a top three issue for global C-suite level business leaders (CxOs), surpassing political uncertainty, competition for talent, and the changing regulatory environment, among others. A key indicator… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 6:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Santander and Atitlan launch Atgro, a platform for investing over €500 million in agricultural projects. The fund is being launched with initial contributions of €200 million “by the bank and EUR 50 million by Atitlan, with the aim of doubling these resources” to boost the… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 6:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Germany’s largest state bank, has selected Fenergo, the provider of solutions for know your customer (KYC), client lifecycle management (CLM) and transaction monitoring to provide a new cloud-based client onboarding system to enhance its compliance processes. Fenergo will support LBBW’s business in… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 6:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini is pleased to announce the release of the 2024 Global State of Crypto report, offering a comprehensive look at attitudes and behavior toward digital assets from different investors across the globe. After two years of ups and downs, the crypto market has “rallied hard… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 6:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay is pleased to announce a new partnership with Montage International, the ultra-luxury hospitality management company headquartered in Southern California. DailyPay is a worktech company and the “provider of earned wage access in support of its partner employees’ financial wellness.” With DailyPay, Montage International team… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 9:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyLion Inc. (NYSE: ML) has revealed a parnetship with Nova Credit, a credit infrastructure and analytics company. The goal is said  to seek to activate cash flow underwriting within MoneyLion’s hosted decisioning engine. This collaboration aims to credit issuers on MoneyLion’s platform “to integrate Nova… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sumsub, a global full-cycle verification provider, received the highest product scores and proved full regulatory compliance of its Non-Doc solution after FINTRAIL audit FINTRAIL, a UK-based consultancy “helping companies manage their exposure to financial crime risk & maintain regulatory compliance, examined our Non-Doc Identity Verification… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc. (NYSE: MKL), announced the launch of its new FintechRisk+ insurance policy, underlining its long-term commitment to provide market-leading coverage and service solutions for fintech companies in an increasingly complex market. Markel’s FintechRisk+ policy provides financial services and… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JST Digital, a global financial services firm specializing in digital assets, today announced that its Singapore subsidiary, JST Digital & Technology Pte. Ltd. (JST Singapore) has received an in-principle approval for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to provide digital payment token… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has announced its digital asset custody service in the UAE. The offering has been granted a licence by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a global financial hub, “following the memorandum of understanding (MoU)… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Tristan Frizza, Founder of Zeta Markets. Notably, Solana recently hit $1.811 billion in DEX trading volume, capturing almost 10% of the market, as reported by Zeta Markets. This surge, fueled by Solana’s fast transaction speeds and low fees, has also led… Read More