July 21, 2021 @ 9:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

OwnHome, an Australian Proptech seeking to help turn renters into homeowners, has raised $3.6 million from investors including Global Founders Capital, Entrée Capital, AfterWork, and InVentures. OwnHome had previously secured seed funding from the Commonwealth Bank’s x15 Xccelerate program. The company notes that skyrocketing property… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 4:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed fraud charges against Rahulkumar M. Patel regarding an offer of securities that was conducted on an investment crowdfunding site. According to the SEC, Patel created a company DNA Lodging East Hartford LLC, to renovate and reopen a… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Savings interest rates have hit record lows says Raisin citing ECB data. According to the ECB, retail interest rates in the eurozone have dropped to 0.16% on average, the lowest average interest rate on record.  If you are a corporation, things get worse as businesses… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut, a neo-bank currently serving over 16 million customers, has added a new travel feature, “Stays,” that it expects to provide £70 million to its customers in a 10% cashback scheme for UK and European customers. As the world attempt to turn the corner on… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the European Commission announced an update to the European Union’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT) rules. Part of the update is a requirement that anonymous crypto asset wallets will be prohibited. Additionally, the Commission is creating a new  EU AML Authority (AMLA)…. Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Upgrade, an online lender, has announced the launch of the Upgrade Bitcoin Rewards Card a new version of Upgrade Card featuring Bitcoin rewards. Under Upgrade’s new program, users may earn unlimited 1.5% Bitcoin rewards on every purchase as they make payments.  The custody and trading… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Fabrick, an Open Banking Fintech and Prometia, a company offering wealth management solutions, have joined to launch the Global Investment Portfolio, a digital wealth management solution that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) as well as Open Banking tech. According to a release, the two companies have… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Solda has raised $180 million in a Series C funding round led by Singapore-based Temasek. The European pay and spend automation platform reports that the investment round is the largest in its category to date. The funding round included new investors Sunley House Capital, Advent… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

  In 2018, BOX Digital Markets and tZERO entered into a joint venture that was predicted to become the world’s first regulated exchange for trading security tokens.  At the time of the announcement, it was reported that tZERO would manage the tech stack, maintenance, and… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinFund says it has closed on its 3rd VC fund in an oversubscribed offering that raised $83 million, according to a note from the company. CoinFund stated that the raise was backed by Venrock partners as well as a number of other institutional investors and… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 2:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prime Trust has received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 designation, certifying that the company meets the financial industry’s most stringent information security management standards. Prime Trust is an infrastructure Fintech that provides compliant services such as custody, settlement and a growing number of APIs to facilitate innovative financial… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 2:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fast-growing crypto exchange FTX has raised $900 million in funding at an $18 billion valuation according to multiple reports. Investors in the company include SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, and Third Point. According to WSJ.com, other investors included Israel Englander, Alan Howard; the family of Paul Tudor… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 2:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nasdaq has joined with several large banks to create Nasdaq Private Market, an independent company that will facilitate secondary trading in private securities. As the market for initial public offerings has slowed, largely due to the excessive cost and compliance demands, more and more companies… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission has updated the European Union’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT) rules. Included in the new policy is a requirement that anonymous crypto asset wallets will be prohibited. Along with the new policy on AML/CFT is the creation of a new… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the U.S. Presidents Working Group (PWG) on Financial Markets met to discuss stablecoins with an expectation of a recommendation in the coming months. The meeting was convened by the Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen. According to a readout distributed by Treasury, during… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinsquare, a cryptocurrency trading platform, has announced a new CEO.  Former Tradelogiq executive Martin Piszel will succeed Stacey Hoisak who will assume a new role as President and Chief Legal Officer. Piszel will also join the Coinsquare Board of Directors. Based in Toronto, Coinsquare is registered… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The Future Fund: Breakthrough, opens today for applications.  The new programme was revealed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, during the budget speech this past spring. The £375 million scheme is designed to encourage private investors to co-invest with the government in high-growth… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jeff Dorman, Chief Investment Officer at Arca – an “institutional-grade” digital assets firm, threw some shade at the world’s largest stablecoin today. Dorman noted in a blog post that he is hearing that several macro and credit funds are trying to short Tether – a… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 3:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced fraud charges against Aron Govil of Jacksonville, Florida, for defrauding investors in two companies he controlled, Cemtrex Inc. and Telidyne Inc. Allegedly, Govil, the controlling shareholder and executive director of Cemtrex, misappropriated over $7 million of investor… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood’s initial public offering (IPO) is nearing as it fine-tunes its registration statement for the Securities and Exchange Commission. As was reported earlier today, more details on the IPO were shared in an updated S-1 posted today. Robinhood is expected to float its shares on… Read More