April 19, 2022 @ 11:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) has agreed to acquire UK Fintech Ziglu. In a blog post today, Robinhood said the acquisition is part of its goal to expand internationally in the UK as well as continental Europe. Ziglu is a regulated e-Money institution that operates as a neobank… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 6:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Development stage” Legal Fintech, LawFi, has added four new members to its advisory and executive launch team ahead of the platform’s launch. LawFi is aiming to offer a “first-of-its-kind” Legal Fee Financing platform enabling access to legal services and credit. LawFi seeks to help enable… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 5:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, a real estate investment platform that offers a series of targeted funds to retail investors, says Q1 one results were solid even during a choppy market period. As everyone knows, interest rates are moving higher as inflation kicks in. Add some geopolitical conflicts like… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

NowRX, one of the largest funding rounds ever listed on SeedInvest, is scheduled to close its current Series C round on May 20, 2022, according to an email. As it stands today, NowRX has raised $18.6 million from over 6100 investors. NowRX is selling preferred… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), the words most prominent investment bank and aspiring global Fintech, announced Q1 earnings today that topped estimates. Goldman reported net revenues of $12.93 billion and earnings of $3.94 billion or an EPS of $10.76. Estimates had pegged EPS at $8.89. During the… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

NFT creation platform Mintbase has announced a $7.5 million Seris A round backed by Coinbase Ventures, Libertus Capital, Sino Global Capital, Animoca Brands, Woodstock Fund, Fundamental Labs, and more. Mintbase said it will use some of the funding to offer grants to NFT projects and… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer – Tom Callahan. According to Nasdaq, Callahan is a financial services veteran with more than 30-years of experience at firms like BlackRock, NYSE Liffe, NYSE Euronext and Merrill Lynch. Most recently, Callahan led the… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitfinex Derivatives, part iFinex Financial Technologies Limited, has announced the launch of perpetual contracts for Ethereum Classic (ETCF0:USTF0), Anchor Protocol (ANCF0:USTF0), Waves (WAVESF0:USTF0).  Bitfinex is registered in the British Virgin Islands and US individuals may not utilize its services. In general Bitfinex offers new trading… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 11:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The University of South Florida announced a $14 million donation today from Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton. The gift is to be used to create a Fintech “hub of excellence” at USF Muma College of Business. Tiedemann and Cotton said about the gift: “It brings… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 10:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Thunes has purchased a majority stake in Tookitaki Holding Pte Ltd. According to a statement from Thunes, the company invested over $20 million Thunes is a Singapore-based payments Fintech. Tookitaki is a compliance firm providing anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) services, as… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 7:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

MetaMask, a popular crypto wallet that is reportedly used by more than 21 million individuals, has posted a series of Tweets cautioning customers about iCloud and phishing attempts that could put funds at risk. MetaMask emerged as a popular crypto wallet as it first launched… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 5:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider last reported on the growth of FINRA-regulated Funding Portals at the beginning of 2022. A Funding Portal is a new entity created by the JOBS Act of 2021 designed to issue securities under the Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) – a securities exemption created… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 3:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoin project Beanstalk has been the target of an attack that reportedly has seen over $180 million pilfered. In a tweet yesterday, Beanstalk said they had “suffered an exploit” without providing too many details. Beanstalk suffered an exploit today. The Beanstalk Farms team is investigating… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

WonderFi  (NEO:WNDR; OTC:WONDF) has entered into an agreement to purchase Coinberry, a Canadian digital asset exchange that is regulated and compliant. WonderFi recently acquired Bitbuy – another crypto platform operating in Canada. Coinberry is one of just a handful of compliant crypto marketplaces operating in… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Ant Group, an offshoot of Alibaba and the owner of the largest payment platform in China – Alipay, has partnered with 2C2P – a global payments platform. Simultaneously it was announced that Ant Group will become the majority shareholder of 2C2P upon completion of the… Read More

April 16, 2022 @ 6:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia, the voice of the Fintech industry in Australia, has signed up seven new major corporate partners, according to the association. FinTech Australia states that new “Gold tier “partners include: insurance specialists ii-A, Oracle Australia and global business process management solutions provider WNS. New ecosystem… Read More

April 16, 2022 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Congressman Tom Emmer, a member of the House Committee on Financial Services, has distributed a tweet calling the definition of an Accredited Investor “absurd.” The SEC’s accredited investor regulations are absurd. Gatekeeping wealth creation is un-American. Americans are smart enough to make their own financial… Read More

April 16, 2022 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report by IVC in partnership with LeumiTech – a company providing banking for high-tech companies, outlines tech investment in Israel, and even during the most challenging times – investment continues to grow. According to the report, Israeli start-ups raised a whopping $5.58 billion… Read More

April 15, 2022 @ 5:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

In an attempt to block the acquisition of the company by Elon Musk, the Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) Board of Directors announced a Poison Pill plan today. The move was predicted following Musk’s announcement he wanted to take the company private at a per-share price of $54.20… Read More

April 15, 2022 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stripe, the go-to payments platform for web developers, has distributed an update on 2021 performance. According to the Fintech, in 2021, the company processed more than $640 billion in payments. This is an increase of 60% from the year prior. Stripe does add the caveat… Read More