August 29, 2022 @ 6:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Boxabl, a pre-fab, modular housing concept that has generated some solid traction on the market, closed its Reg A+ securities offering on StartEngine last Friday. The offering was simultaneously listed on Republic. According to the Reg CF offering page, Boxabl closed at over $24 million… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, FIS (NYSE:FIS) and the Venture Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, announced the ten new firms joining the 2022 FIS Fintech Accelerator class. The FIS Accelerator is described as a key aspect of FIS Impact Ventures – the VC arm of FIS. The… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

MAS Supports Digital Asset Innovation, No Ban on Crypto Trading but Seeks to Limit Retail Access Singapore is a top global Fintech hub and the leading Asian center for innovation in financial services. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has long aided the digitization of… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto Insurance Firm Breach Offers Investment Opportunity to Republic Community Demand meet supply.  The frequency of crypto thefts and other malfeasance has become so mundane people tend to accept that some digital assets will just go bad. Hacks, ransomware etc., have led to billions of… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Investor’s Business Daily and MarketWatch, two financial publications, have published a list of the most trusted financial companies without a single Fintech being recognized. According to IBD, Marketwatch, the best of the lot went it comes to consumer trust are as follows: USAA: Auto Insurance… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

As Bitcoin struggles to hold onto $20K and Ethereum wobbles in advance of the Merge, Coinshares most recent report indicates that investors continue to de-risk from crypto – albeit with small aggregate amounts. According to the weekly report, digital asset fund flows delivered a net… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Mermade Seafoods , an Israel based Foodtech startup, has raised $3.3 million in an oversubscribed Seed funding round. Investment marketplace OurCrowd participated in the funding along with Fall Line, Sake Bosch and others. Mermade was founded in July 2021 by CEO Daniel Einhorn, CTO Dr…. Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 10:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, facilitating private digital securities, now offers a cash management option in collaboration with OCBC Group’s Lion Global Investors. Parked cash loses value and now ADDX users to sweep funds into a digital wallet with an interest-generating account. ADDX, a company backed by SGX, leverages… Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 9:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jupiter Fund Management is interested in parting with its 10% ownership stake in top UK digital bank – Starling Bank, according to a report. Sky News says that Jupiter may sell the shares at over £200 million, perhaps a transaction may entail a discount. The… Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 7:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Australian Wealthtech Super Fierce has topped $116 million in “anticipated super fees saved” for its users after launching 5 months ago, according to a note from the company. Super Fierce is a wealth advice platform and social platform that aims to help women close the… Read More

August 27, 2022 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

OKX, a top crypto exchange with over 20 million customers, has issued a statement in advance of the upcoming Merge – when Ethereum will finally migrate from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). The announcement by OKX is to “ensure that users… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 5:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech startup Deposits has raised $5 million in a Seed round led by ATX Venture Partners and joined by Cabal Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and more. Deposits is a Dallas, Texas-based firm that offers a cloud solution for digital services like payments, banking and more…. Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fiat-based stablecoins are only as good as what is backing the value. As we saw with TerraUSD, a dollar-based algorithmic stablecoin, little was there except hope and mirrors. Circle, the issuer of USDC – the second largest dollar-based stablecoin in circulation, posted an update yesterday… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK), an e-commerce company, has announced an investment in tZERO, a digital asset issuance and trading platform. tZERO was once a wholly owned subsidiary of Overstock. In a corporate release, Overstock announced that it had completed the second tranche of a previously announced investment… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) issued an advisory cautioning the public on the rise of “Finfluencers.” NASAA is the association that represents state and provincial financial regulators. It also lobbies on behalf of state authority over securities and providers. Finfluencers… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Lendahand, a Netherlands-based, mission-driven securities crowdfunding platform, has been approved to offer investments across the EU under the European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR). Lendahand notes that it is the first Dutch platform to receive approval, and as far as we are aware, it is… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 9:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Buy now – pay later (BNPL) provider Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) posted fiscal Q4 earnings today, ending June 30th, topping analyst expectations but falling short in guidance. Shares were up during regular hours on a strong day for the market but Affirm tanked in after-hours, losing… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 4:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

It appears that Marcus by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is struggling with something so plebeian, like consumer checking. In a day when fewer and fewer people are using physical checks, opting for online payments and tap to pay with their iPhone, Marcus may delay its consumer checking… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 3:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zumper, a property rental marketplace, has riased $30 million in Series D extension. Zumper reports, that in total it has raised $178 million. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins. Zumper said it would soon relaunch with a short-term rental extension added to their core… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has announced a new ENABLE Funding facility to Propel, an independent asset finance provider. Propel was launched in 1996 to provide accessible finance to SMEs in the UK. Today, Propel has grown to become one of the UK’s largest independent finance… Read More