May 20, 2021 @ 2:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, US Senator Sherrod Brown, Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee,  issued a statement challenging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to review federal bank charters approved for digital asset firms. In the last year of the Trump Administration, the OCC… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

BlockFi, a top digital asset firm, made a significant distribution error yesterday when it transferred 700 Bitcoin to clients instead of sending GUSD (Gemini Dollar). In a series of Tweets, BlockFi outlined the mistake sharing that much of the crypto had been returned and they… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset trading platform and crypto mining firm Apifiny has hired Jason Jiang as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Apifiny, Jiang was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs where he led technical development efforts within the company’s Global Markets Division, overseeing Quantitative Trading, Electronic… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in the UK has long intermediated disagreements within the financial services sector including investment crowdfunding. A recent decision by the FOS has caused some concern amongst industry insiders as it may challenge the entire crowdfunding model based on the liability… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 2:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a letter addressed to Lemonade CEO and co-founder Daniel Schrieber, Muddy Waters, a firm who has shorted shares in Lemonade, accused the firm of an “egregious security vulnerability”. The allegation is there is a “security flaw that potentially exposes its customers’ personally identifiable information.”… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sweden-based Insurtech Hedvig has announced an expansion across Europe starting with Denmark. Hedvig reports that hundreds of Danes have signed onto Hedvig’s waiting list for a new type of home insurance. The digital-first insurance platform claims that it can manage claims in about eight minutes…. Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

WiseAlpha, a corporate bond trading platform providing access to smaller investors, says it has added green bonds to its marketplace for the first time. The initial bonds are from AMP Clean Energy and Canary Wharf Group. The company said its decision to list green bonds… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Pento, a Copenhagen-based payroll automation platform for startups, has raised $15.6 million in Series A funding led by General Catalyst. Other investors included Avid Ventures and UK’s LocalGlobe. Existing investors Point Nine Capital, Moonfire Ventures, Hustle Fund, and Seedcamp also took part, alongside strategic angels… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bolsa y Mercados Espanoles (BME), the Spanish stock exchange, has partnered with Switzerland-based Fintech accelerator F10 on a program to boost Wealthtech and Regtech startups. F10 is a global innovation ecosystem with offices in Zurich, Singapore, Madrid, and Barcelona. Its incubators and accelerators cover… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Accelerated Payments says it is now working with banks to provide access to capital for SMEs. Accelerated Payments is an invoice financing platform, including cross-border transfers, that speeds up the payment process for a fee. The company states that a decline in bank lending has… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, is tanking. After hitting a an all-time high of over $64,000 earlier this year, Bitcoin is now trading around $38,000 in heavy volume. Just this past week, a top fund manager at Bank of America called going long Bitcoin… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 9:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a recent speech delivered by the Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, of the Bank of England, Sir Jon Cunliffe, the public official appeared to commit to the UK creating a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The Bank of England, like many other central banks, is… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 9:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prospa Group Limited (ASX: PGL ) has topped $2 billion in lending to SMEs in Australia and New Zealand. In a public statement, Prospa said the milestone arrived after a solid increase in loan originations due to pent-up demand from small businesses. For the month… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 8:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoFi, a top US-based Fintech unicorn, is expected to trade on the Nasdaq on June 1st, according to a public statement. As was previously reported, SoFi decided to become a publicly listed firm in a SPAC merger with Chamath Palihapitiya’s Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp…. Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), a top crypto exchange that recently completed a direct listing on the Nasdaq, has announced a convertible debt offering for $1.25 billion for notes due 2026. The news took investors by surprise as the offering has not been previously disclosed. Shares declined following… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Judith Hartley, CEO of British Patient Capital – a subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has commented on the lack of UK institutional capital going into venture capital. British Patient Capital manages a £2.5 billion investment program that seeks to facilitate £5 billion of institutional… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alchemy Technologies has announced a new partnership with Flinks that enables clients to quickly verify their customer’s financial accounts and transaction history, while incorporating data analytics to assess risk, income, fraud, and more. Flinks is said to be fully integrated with Alchemy to provide banks… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 2:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was reported last March, five federal regulatory agencies joined in a consultation pertaining to the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) within financial institutions. The Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Getsafe is an emerging Insurtech based in Germany with international aspirations. This past December, Getsafe announced a $30 million funding round led by Swiss Re – bringing the company to $53 million in total funding. It was recently reported that Getsafe is looking to raise… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor has announced a new securities offering for shares in Foodtech NEOH while simultaneously stating they are “setting new standards in digital financing in Germany.” In 2019, the Nordic equity crowdfunding operation Invesdor Oy merged with German SME finance specialist Finnest. Invesdor is now pursuing… Read More