July 16, 2020 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The dust is yet to settle in the Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) hack that saw multiple high profile accounts hacked. Twitter continues to dig through the breech and earlier today, Twitter provided some additional insight as to how the individual was able to exploit the platform. Tough… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 1:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Plaid is a Fintech that jumped to the top of the news cycle when Visa (NYSE: V) announced in January that it was acquiring the Fintech for $5.3 billion. Plaid’s services enable consumers the ability to share their financial information with thousands of apps and… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published draft guidance on their expectations for banks and availability to cash in a market that is seeing a growing number of bank branches closing and ATMs going away. The regulator states that it wants to ensure that… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the City of London Corporation are partnering on a digital sandbox designed to support firms that are addressing the COVID-19 challenge. The digital sandbox will support both big finance and early state Fintechs seeking to play a role in… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru is reporting strong results during the first 6 months of 2020. According to a release, the pan-European P2P marketplace for asset-backed loans saw significant year over year growth in revenue of 65% even during the COVID-19 lockdown. Marek Pärtel, co-founder and CEO at EstateGuru,… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Fidel, a Fintech that provides real-time data for credit card transactions with clients like British Airways, Royal Bank of Canada, and Klarna, has expanded into the US with the establishment of a New York office. Fidel is backed by Nyca Partners and QED… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) was hacked today and the perps used prominent accounts to pilfer crypto, according to multiple reports. Apple, Uber, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Warren Buffet, and yes, even Kanye West more were said to be targets of the scam. The Tweets were… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 5:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jackson Mueller has long been a key voice and industry participant in the policy realm in regards to the Fintech ecosystem. Until recently, Mueller was the Associate Director, Fintech Program at the Milken Institute, Center for Financial Markets. Mueller’s reports have long been a solid… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale, a digital currency asset manager, is reporting growing interest in its crypto-focused funds. In fact, during Q2, total investment into Grayscale’s products hit $905.8 million. That is double what was previously reported in Q1 and 1.5X the entire amount of capital raised during 2019…. Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset financial service firm BlockFi has appointed a new General Counsel, according to a company release. BlockFi has hired Jonathan Mayers as BlockFi GC. Mayers was previously at  Renaissance Technologies. BlockFi notes that it continues to build an executive branch staffed by legacy financial… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Paxos Trust Company, the first regulated Trust company for digital assets in the US, is introducing Paxos Crypto Brokerage – a service that integrates digital asset trading and sending within its portfolio of services. Paxos reports that it is the largest issuer of regulated stablecoins… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 7:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), the top global investment bank, is out with Q2 numbers and they are pretty good. Earnings per share (EPS) were reported at $6.26 – a big beat versus what the street was anticipating. During the quarter, net revenues came in at $13.30… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Manhattan Street Capital, best known for its Reg A+ securities offerings, is pitching shares in Impossible Foods, a competitor to Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND). As you probably know, Beyond Meat went public in mid-2019 raising about $240 million on a valuation of $1.5 billion. Shares were… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 3:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coconut, an accounting and business finance app, has topped its offering target on Crowdcube.  Coconut originally sought £700,000 at a pre-money valuation of £12 million. In the end, Coconut closed the securities offer at £2,456,286 backed by 3037 individual investors. Coconut has raised growth capital… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

  nCino (NASDAQ:NCNO), a Wilmington, North Carolina based Fintech that offers a cloud banking platform built on the Salesforce platform, launched its initial public offering (IPO) today and shares have rocketed on the NASDAQ since trading commenced. nCino listed at $31/share after the offer price… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a highly influential global organization that engages with top political leaders, business executives and other prominent members of global society to demonstrate that combined with integrity and high standards of governance, entrepreneurship is in the global public interest. Among… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has invested in a tokenized fund offered by Cosimo Ventures according to a company release. The Fund, Cosimo X, is facilitated by Securitize and is said to be the first time a university has invested in a tokenized fund…. Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

This week’s update on COVID-19 support schemes indicates that over 1.1. million UK businesses have been approved to receive £46 billion. The numbers breakdown as follows: Approximately 1.05 million smaller firms have received a total of £31.7 billion through the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, an… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

The future of payments is in contactless payments and the transition away from physical cash has been boosted by the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is reporting its contactless payment service Tyl is generating solid uptake in Scotland during the… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report indicates that COVID-19 has hit UK Fintechs hard as this sector of finance may need to raise £825 million for these firms to make it beyond the global pandemic. According to KPMG‘s Fintech Focus report, annual losses for Fintech startups are hovering… Read More