June 23, 2022 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Wirex, a global payments platform active in the crypto sector, will be restarting services for UK consumers following “constructive dialogue” with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Wirex, based in London, reports over 5 million customers worldwide. In March 2021, Wirex announced it would pause… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 5:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prime Trust, a custody provider and overall enabler of digital assets, has raised $100 million in Series B funding according to an email from the firm. Investors included FIS, Fin Capital, Mercato Partners, Kraken Ventures, Commerce Ventures, William Blair & Company, Decasonic, University Growth Fund,… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 3:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Boxabl is currently raising capital on two different investment crowdfunding platforms: StartEngine and Republic. As was previously reported, Boxabl is aiming to raise up to $1.07 billion in a Reg D – Reg A+ funding round. The funding is divvied up with a $500 million Reg… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance.US, the US-facing version of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has announced it has cut trading fees on Bitcoin to zero.  The promotional move should help to drive new users to the crypto marketplace in a industry that tends to charge relatively high fees… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 2:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Voyager Digital (TSX: VOYG) (OTCQX: VYGVF) has issued a statement updating on challenges regarding digital asset markets and a previously announced credit facility from Alameda Ventures. Alameda indirectly holds 22,681,260 common shares of Voyager representing about 11.56% of the outstanding common and variable voting shares…. Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM), is slashing jobs in its mortgage business as the economy slows and demand for mortgages slows, according to a report by Bloomberg. JP Morgan is an enormous financial services firms with $4 trillion in assets and a significant home lender. The report… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Eurocrowd, the leading association representing the investment crowdfunding industry in Europe, has announced a survey to garner information as to the status of their members in the approval process under pan-European crowdfunding rules. Last November, the European Union revealed crowdfunding regulations to enable raising capital… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will review credit card companies and their penalty policies like fees assessed for late payments. The CFPB reports that credit card companies generate $12 billion in revenue each year from these fees. More than 175 million citizens hold credit… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Playter, a buy now – pay later (BNPL) provider, has raised $55 million in both debt and equity. Playter did not disclose the split between equity and debt capital. Playter recently raised $1.7 million in seed funding to boost its services in the UK along… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech Ledger Investing has raised $75 million in Series B funding in a round led by Westcap. Additional investors include Teachers’ Venture Growth and Intact Ventures, and previous investors: SignalFire, MassMutual Ventures, Allegis Capital, and Accel. Ledger Investing is a marketplace for investor and insurance… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Kiavi, an online lending platform serving real estate investors, has announced the securitization of $218 million in unrated residential transition loans (RTLs). Nomura Securities International was the sole structuring agent of this securitization with Nomura, Barclays Capital and Performance Trust Capital Partners, joint book-runners and… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Nium has partnered with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), a non-profit that supports the growth of public blockchain Stellar, to enable payouts to 190 countries. According to Nium by leveraging Stellar the payments and transfers improve upon the traditional correspondent banking system. Joaquin Auyso, Head… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, the first firm to issue a security token in Germany approved by regulators, has announced a new feature to its tokenization tool that incorporates a “crowdsale feature.’ Announced earlier this year, the publicly available service may be utilized to create tokens on Ethereum, Polygon,… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has shared the results of its annual Small Business Equity Tracker and the numbers for 2021 appear pretty strong. The Equity Tracker uses data from Beauhurst on publicly announced equity deals into UK SMEs. According to the Bank, equity investments in… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 11:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

FTX, a leading global crypto exchange, has provided BlockFi with a $250 million revolving credit line to backstop the firm during a broad decline in crypto markets. In a series of tweets, BlockFi founder and CEO Zac Prince revealed the funding that will stabilize the… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Knight Dragon Investments Limited has announced the tokenization of a central London property with an expected market valuation of £140 million. Issued by its subsidiary, KD Tokens Limited, the digital asset represents an economic interest in the Upper Riverside Development located at the corporation’s ten… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republican members on the US Senate Banking Committee have requested more information from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the Commission’s proposal to require reporting companies to disclose their climate impact. In a letter addressed to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, signed by the 12… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 4:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Senator Cynthia Lummis and Representative Patrick McHenry, along with several other elected representatives, have sent a letter to Michael Regan,  the Administrator ot the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), telling the official to consider the benefits of crypto mining before considering any regulation that could impact… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Compass (NYSE: COMP), a digital real estate listing platform, and Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) a similar platform have both slashed employee headcount as the economy teeters on the brink of recession. Redfin is cutting employees by 8% while Compass is reducing jobs by 10%. The two… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “Fintech specialist” Neel Maitra has joined the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Washington, DC. According to the law firm, Maitra will be a member of Wilson Sonsini’s securities regulatory and complex transactions group. While at the SEC’s… Read More