July 4, 2025 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets exchange Gemini has taken a significant step toward merging traditional finance (TradFi) with decentralized finance (DeFi) by launching a new batch of tokenized stocks for European Union investors. Announced on July 3, 2025, this release includes U.S. equities such as Tesla (TSLA), NVIDIA… Read More

 Tagged defi, digital assets, europe, gemini, investing, stocks, trading

July 4, 2025 @ 9:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, announced a strategic partnership with Bolt—the checkout, identity, and payments platform—to integrate Klarna’s flexible payment options directly into Bolt’s CheckoutOS. With customers increasingly seeking flexible payment solutions tailored to their needs, this integration empowers merchants to… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, bolt, klarna, payments

July 4, 2025 @ 2:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas Cardif has finalized the acquisition of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) and signed a long-term partnership with the AXA Group to manage a large part of its assets. This operationwill “enable the BNP Paribas Group to create a leading European asset management platform with… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, asset management, axa im, bnp paribas, cardif, investments

July 4, 2025 @ 1:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New insights from Experian reveal that more than a third (35%) of UK businesses reported being targeted by AI-related fraud in the first quarter of 2025, compared to just 23% last year. The sharp rise is being driven by the “use of deepfakes, identity theft, voice… Read More

 Tagged ai, analytics, experian, fraud, insights

July 3, 2025 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, a provider of On-Demand Pay as well as financial wellness solutions, announced a $200 million asset-backed securitization (ABS) of its On-Demand Pay receivables. This transaction, backed by some of the world’s financial institutions, establishes “a new asset class and extends DailyPay’s capacity to partner… Read More

 Tagged dailypay, ewa, new york city, on-demand pay, worktech

July 3, 2025 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard Start Path is offering a new Security Solutions program designed to support startups that are developing technologies in “cybersecurity, fraud mitigation, digital identity, and payment resiliency.” OneID, Scamnetic, Spec, VanishID, and Shield-IoT are “the first startups to participate following a global application and vetting… Read More

 Tagged digital financial services, digital technology, mastercard, startups

July 3, 2025 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment, which claims to be one of the largest independent digital financial advisors, released its Retail Investor Survey examining how investors are navigating a financial landscape “marked by inflation concerns, political uncertainty, and market volatility.” Betterment’s Retail Investor Survey “surveyed 1,200 investors across four generations… Read More

 Tagged betterment, digital investing, insights, survey

July 3, 2025 @ 3:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Qonto has filed for a banking license, according to a public statement. Qonto, a Fintech that is already serving more than 600,000 SMEs and freelancers in eight different countries including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, and Austria. Qonto is currently operating under… Read More

 Tagged banking, france, qonto

July 3, 2025 @ 3:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

From 1 August 2025, PostFinance is permanently reducing the prices for transfers in pounds sterling to the United Kingdom to a fixed fee of 9 francs, and for euro transfers to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia to 7 francs. In doing so, PostFinance is… Read More

 Tagged digital financial services, europe, payments, postfinance, switzerland

July 3, 2025 @ 2:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX has reportedly completed its acquisition of Aquis, creating a pan-European exchange innovator with an aggregated 15% market share and access to 16 capital markets across Europe. By combining Aquis’ technology with the multi-asset class services of SIX, the transaction strengthens “the position of SIX… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, aquis, europe, six, switzerland