November 10, 2021 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital has announced four new executives that have been hired to help drive the online lending platform to originate £1 per year of loans. The online lender specialises in commercial mortgages, bridging, and development finance, Assetz Capital also announced the full restarting of Retail… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Circle Internet Financial has launched Circle Ventures, a fund that aims to invest in promising early-stage blockchain firms. While best known for its dollar-based stablecoin (USDC), Circle is already engaged with the early-stage funding sector via its acquisition of SeedInvest, a top investment crowdfunding platform…. Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Open banking platform TrueLayer has appointed Rob Hale as its Head of Banking in Australia. According to a note from TrueLayer, Hale was previously at Regional Australia Bank (RAB) where he was Chief Digital Officer. Hale is said to have aided Regional Australia Bank to… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

A digital pound is taking another step forward, according to a statement by the UK government. HM Treasury and the Bank of England have announced a forthcoming consultation to set out their assessment of the case for a UK central bank digital currency or CBDC…. Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), says he is a crypto investor and that Apple is investigating crypto while adding that they have no immediate plans to utilize crypto. Cook was asked if he was a Bitcoin bull – a question he aptly dodged…. Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Roofstock, a real estate investment platform, has launched the ability for investors to participate in fractional shares of managed rental properties thus enabling a higher degree of diversification for property investors. Roofstock One is a turnkey vehicle where accredited investors can purchase shares in rental… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Boosted by the rapid rise of Bitcoin and Ether, crypto markets are now valued at more than $3 trillion. It was only this past August when crypto markets surpassed $2 trillion in value so the gain has been pretty spectacular. Both Bitcoin and Ether have… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (LSE:GROW) is rebranding to Molten Ventures. Draper Esprit trades on the London Stock Exchange as well as the Euronext Growth Market in Dublin, and is included in the FTSE 250. The venture capital firm has invested in numerous Fintechs including companies like Revolut,… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 9:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Thunes, a global payments platform, will be integrated into Finastra’s SaaS payments connectivity platform – Fusion Total Messaging. According to Thunes, the new partnership will allowFinastra’s 8,600 customers to access new payment rails across 115+ markets, helping them to instantly send money. Dawei Wang, Head… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 4:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) has announced its Q3 earnings results with an EPS beat of $1.11 (non-GAAP) and total payment volume of $310 billion and 416 million accounts. Net revenues were reported at $6.18 billion an increase of 13% versus year prior and net income arrived at… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 4:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) has revealed a security breach in its platform that apparently took place on November 3, 2021. An attempt at extortion took place following the theft of the information. According to a blog post, an “unauthorized third party obtained access to a limited amount… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alleged perpetrators of the ransomware attack on, Kaseya – an IT firm that helped systems administrators manage large networks, have been charged by the US Department of Justice for the attack. This case is part of the Department of Justice’s Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 3:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

For years the state of California has attempted to create an intrastate crowdfunding exemption and a bill that supports access to capital was finally signed into law last month. Assembly Bill 511 (AB 511) was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsome in early October… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Nimbla, an Insurtech startup, has announced a £5.1 million funding round led by Silicon Valley venture fund Fin VC with participation from Barclays Bank. Nimbla states that the funding will help it scale its operations with increased demand from embedded credit risk solutions through its… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech Igloo has partnered with HD to provide health-related micro-insurance products via the HDmall healthcare marketplace platform in Thailand. Muang Thai Insurance (MTI), a non-life insurance company, will be underwriting the health insurance products such as cancer and mobile syndrome insurance, and more, according to… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Matter Labs, a company looking to provide an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling protocol, has raised $50 million in new funding. The investment was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Additional investors included Placeholder, Dragonfly and 1kx. Matter Labs said that a second financing was closed with… Read More

November 6, 2021 @ 2:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The infrastructure bill (H.R.3684) is on its way to becoming law. After a circuitous legislative path that saw extreme left legislative vote against the bill while several Republicans helped to push it across the finish line, a pinnacle of the Biden Administration’s legislative ambitions is… Read More

November 6, 2021 @ 1:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

While there is plenty to sort through in the social spending legislation known as the Build Back Better bill it appears that the section effectively blocking private securities from being held in Investment Retirement Accounts (IRAs) has been pulled from the language as it stands… Read More

November 5, 2021 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment marketplace that matches borrowers to investors with secured debt securities, has topped 100,000 investors, according to a post by its Chief Operating Officer. Mihkel Stamm, who is a member of the Board as well as COO of EstateGuru, posted: “Today, we… Read More

November 5, 2021 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

British Business Investments has committed £5 million to Green Angel Syndicate, a green investor that supports early-stage UK firms. British Business Investments is a subsidiary of government-backed British Business Bank. According to a note from British Business Investments, the funding was made via the Regional Angels Programme,… Read More