March 2, 2022 @ 9:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Neobank Revolut and IRIS Software Group (IRIS) have announced a partnership to offer employees access to their salaries when they accrue it – if they so choose. IRIS states that the partnership has two objectives: first, to allow companies using IRIS Cascade to offer their… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a marketplace lending platform that provides secured loans pairing investors with borrowers, has signed a partnership with Raisin Bank – a banking as a service provider operated by global Fintech Raisin. According to EstateGuru, the Frankfort-based Raisin Bank will provide services to Estate Guru’s… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Russia’s war with Ukraine is a human tragedy of epic proportions. It appears that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his advisors have ignored the history of Nazi Germany and pushed forward with an unprovoked invasion that can only end in disaster. The war will… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

FOXO Technologies Inc. will become a publicly traded firm in a SPAC deal with Delwinds Insurance Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: DWIN). Shares will trade under the symbol FOXO once completed. The transaction is said to have a value of $369 million. FOXO, will raise up to… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

As of today, over $36 million has been donated to various Ukrainian organizations, including directly to the Ukrainian government along with non-profits supporting efforts while unprovoked war rages with Russia. The Ukrainian government, The Return Alive Foundation, UkraineDAO, and Binance Charity’s Ukraine Emergency Fund lead… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has published its Small Business Finance Markets Report 2021/22.  According to the report, over £14  billion was invested in equity offerings during the first three quarters of 2021 – surpassing all of 2020. The British Business Bank is a development bank… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Findingaplace, a UK Proptech startup, has closed its funding round on Seedrs raising £311,000 in equity capital at a pre-money valuation of £1.5 million. The target of the securities offering was £250,000 and easily topped as 352 individual investors backed the firm. Findingaplace is a… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 12:01 am By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), part of the University of Cambridge, has launched a new public-private collaboration involving banks, public agencies, and private organizations aiming to provide insight into the emerging digital asset ecosystem. The mission is to help guide public opinion, inform… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 10:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Invest Lithuania, the country’s Investment Promotion Agency supporting firms interested in tapping into the European market, has created a section of their website providing information for Ukrainians that are fleeing the war with Russia. Invest Lithuania states: “We would like to assure you that Lithuania… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 3:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Swiss Federal Council adopted the European Union (EU) sanctions packages of February 23 and 25. The move is designed to remove Switzerland as an option for  Russia to evade economic sanctions as Russia continues its criminal act of war against Ukraine. Switzerland… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alan Konevsky, tZERO’s former interim CEO, has been made Executive VP, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Office of the digital asset marketplace, according to a note from the firm. Last week, it was announced that David Goone, the Chief Strategy Officer of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto is shining when it comes to individuals expediting donations to Ukraine. Following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of the country, calls for donations, alongside government aid, have been posted on social media.  As has been tracked by Elliptic,  over $20 million in crypto has been donated… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Treasury has issued a statement today following a flurry of international actions over the weekend that sought to cut off Russia from global markets while freezing assets of certain individuals and other entities. Treasury said the actions were taken following the… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

The not-for-profit group, the Financial Technology Association (FTA) has hired Tom Davis as Vice President of Membership and Development. According to a statement distributed by the FTA, Davis brings more than a decade of experience in directing, marketing, and developing membership-based organizations to his role… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Nosso, a Fintech app created to help parents invest and plan for their children’s financial futures, has raised a $2.8 million seed round led by Octopus Ventures and Anthemis. Other investors include, Entrepreneur First, Ventures Together, Errol Damelin, Tracy Doree, and Peter Hetherington. Nosso explains… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Arca, a compliance-first digital asset platform, has distributed a white paper on Blockchain Transferred Funds or “BTFs” as an alternative to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Arca states that the “finance industry is at a critical inflection point” as traditional finance (Tradfi) has not kept pace… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 2:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Bnext, a Spain-based Fintech, reports that it will issue a B3X token on Tuesday 1st March 2022. B3X is a utility ERC20 token hosted on the standard Ethereum Blockchain network. The funds from the token sale are expected to help Bnext scale its operations to… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the humanitarian crisis grows in Ukraine and Russia’s unprovoked war rages on, the European Union (EU) announced that selected Russian banks have been removed from the SWIFT messaging system. While the names of the bank were not immediately available, any on the list will… Read More

February 26, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication or SWIFT, is in the news quite a bit as of late as discussions are ongoing as to whether Russia should be disconnected from the platform following its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and ongoing war terrorizing the country…. Read More

February 25, 2022 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

It has been one year since the publication of the Kalifa Review of Fintech – a document that sought to provide a roadmap to ensure the UK’s prominence in the global Fintech ecosystem. On the anniversary of the publication, there have been multiple comments regarding… Read More