June 29, 2021 @ 3:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Data analytics and research company Brave New Coin is teaming with systematic trading solutions provider QuantHouse to provide its data feeds, indices, and analytics to QuantHouse customers.  Once the integration is complete QuantHouse’s data offerings will include Brave New Coin’s top 10 crypto asset high-speed… Read More

June 29, 2021 @ 2:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) subsidiary Neovest, Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.75 million fine for failing to register as a broker-dealer in violation of federal securities laws. This is the first time the agency has… Read More

June 29, 2021 @ 2:13 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain technology provider tZERO has partnered with Wazuzu to provide its regulated ATS  to Wazuzu’s platform. Wazuzu is an end-to-end blockchain-based asset digitization platform that offers a full suite of compliant tools and services. They will implement tZERO’s regulated ATS operated by its FINRA member broker-dealer… Read More

June 29, 2021 @ 2:01 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

European IPO activity has surged during the pandemic, data from BuyShares.co.uk shows.  In 2020 investors saw many IPOs along with outsized average returns, with total IPO deal value up 64 per cent to more than $300 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal and Dealogic…. Read More

June 29, 2021 @ 7:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Close to two out of three banking executives believe branch banking will be dead by 2026, a new report published this week by Temenos suggests. Produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Branching out: can banks move from city centres to digital ecosystems? Includes a survey of 305… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 1:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Small business Fintech NorthOne, has added a pair of Fintech veterans to its leadership team.  Natalie Keogh was named head of compliance. She was a compliance lead at Square and had similar roles at Google and Citi. While at Square she also led product, management… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 10:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Collaborative business analytics platform Facet has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Harrison Metal with participation from Bedrock, Breakpoint Capital, Gokul Rajaram, Slava Rubin, Brian Long, and Andrew Jones. The funds will be devoted to analytics unification and collaborative cloud data exploration. Originally designed as a data… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 10:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Coinbase Pro has added three new cryptocurrencies to its roster. An Ethereum token, BarnBridge’s BOND token governs its protocol which helps users hedge against DeFi yield sensitivity and price volatility. Its SMART Yield application let users select different risk profiles for lending on different DeFi… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 9:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While recent levels of investment in the most attractive tech sectors are impressive, you ain’t seen nothing yet. According to market reports nanotechnology, AI, digital twins, genomics, and other biotech life sciences, which attracted $893 billion of investment last year, will draw $2.44 trillion by… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 5:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A decision by the Canadian Securities Administration on June 23 to harmonize securities crowdfunding rules could be a huge blessing for Canadian business. On June 23 the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) introduced National Instrument 45-110 Start-up Crowdfunding Registration and Prospectus Exemptions.  According to Canadian online… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 4:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin and Ethereum have both bounced back somewhat after dropping below crucial support levels earlier this week, a sales trader at UK-based digital asset broker GlobalBlock said. Alexandra Clark said it is believed Bitcoin’s drop is partially due to a mining shift in China resulting… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 4:04 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Consumer software platform Atom Finance this week announced a $28 million Series B funding round led by the SoftBank Latin America Fund with participation from existing investors General Catalyst and Base Partners. The funding will be directed to partnership and subscriber growth, staffing, and opening… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 7:45 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The amount business spends on digital identity verification processes is forecast to nearly double over the next five years, data from Juniper Research suggests. The processes, which include selfie scans, address checks and knowledge-based authentication will generate a $9.4 billion spend in 2021 but grow… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 7:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Canadian policy group the Public Policy Forum is working with TD Bank Group to increase the financial inclusion of Canadians. The initiative builds on their current collaboration, Brave New Work, which began in 2018. It concludes this week with a virtual conference where its findings… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 7:32 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Voice, data and messaging solutions provider Cloudli Communications, has acquired Omnivigil Solutions, a Quebec-based provider of cloud PBX, mass notification and call center solutions. The deal allows Cloudli to grow its customer base while simultaneously expanding its product offerings such as contact center, CRM and… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 6:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Oasis Pro, a US-regulated alternative trading system (ATS) that allows users to trade and pay for digital securities with digital cash, is the newest node operator on Polymesh, a security token-focused blockchain being built by Polymath that is currently in its testnet phase. This move… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 4:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has issued an exemption order which allows a Canadian platform to offer tokenized production financing opportunities. The decision was issued after the OSC’s LaunchPad team reviewed the proposal to ensure investors will avoid lengthy waits before monetizing their investment. Armed… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 3:50 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Details of an analysis revealed this week by the United States Public Interest Research Group USPIRG) show complaints about peer-to-peer payment apps have grown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual Wallets, Real Complaints analyzed data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) Consumer Complaint Database. In… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 3:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Swiss-based SEBA Bank, along with partners Banque Internationale à Luxembourg and LuxCSD, has successfully completed their CBDC experiment with Banque de France. The process involved completing the delivery versus payment of a listed security with TARGET2-Securities as a delivery platform in a test environment along… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Recent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) statements on the growth of cryptocurrency ownership among adults in the United Kingdom highlight the need to provide more support and protection for those investors Ziglu founder and CEO Mark Hipperson said. A UK-based money app, Ziglu allows users to… Read More