December 7, 2024 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PrimaryBid, the capital markets technology platform, has facilitated the placing of over £125 million of new investor capital into UK Treasury Bills since launching its Retail Eligible Debt Capital Market Service earlier in 2024. This marks an evolution in UK investor access to products that… Read More

 Tagged primarybid, uk, uk treasury bills, united kingdom

December 7, 2024 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), a firm focused on digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, announced access to new private market funds via a relationship with Templum, which operates Templum One, a platform for transacting in private alternatives: The Cosmos… Read More

 Tagged anthony noto, digital financial services, private market funds, sofi, templum

December 6, 2024 @ 9:10 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Ant International has joined Swift’s Network Interoperability Reference Implementation program, becoming part of a select group of global payment service providers (PSPs) working to enhance interoperability across cross-border payment systems. The initiative, announced on Friday, is structured as a pre-pilot designed to improve payment transparency… Read More

 Tagged ant international, Network Interoperability Reference Implementation, swift

December 6, 2024 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital is pleased to announce support for Liquid Collective’s Liquid Staked ETH (LsETH), providing institutions with a way to participate in ETH staking while maintaining access to liquidity. Institutions—including VC firms, wealth and asset managers, protocols, and others—can participate in liquid staking using ETH… Read More

 Tagged anchorage digital, digital assets, ethereum, staking

December 6, 2024 @ 12:51 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

In the latest episode of Capital Ideas, hosts Nick Morgan and Dara Albright of the Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) sat down with Jim Row, founder and managing partner of Entoro, a technology-enabled investment bank specializing in alternative assets. During the discussion, Row shared his… Read More

 Tagged capital ideas, Capturiant, dara albright, entoro, ican, interview, Investor Choice Advocates Network, jim row, nick morgan

December 6, 2024 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bergos, the independent Swiss Private Bank, is pleased to announce its partnership with Sygnum Bank, a global banking group for digital assets. This collaboration provides the Zurich-based Private Bank’s clients with  access to “regulated trading and secure custody of cryptocurrencies.” The range of tradable cryptocurrencies… Read More

 Tagged bergo, digital assets, switzerland, sygnum bank

December 6, 2024 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Xero, the small business platform, has found leaders of the UK’s smallest businesses (1-9 employees) and sole traders spend less than half (46%) of the working week on their core jobs. According to the report from Xero, these businesses effectively aren’t starting work… Read More

 Tagged productivity, Research Report, small businesses, uk

December 6, 2024 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Webull has garnered some unwanted attention from the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, according to a report. Webull is regulated in the US as a broker-dealer. Webull is controlled by China-based holding company Hunan Fumi Information Technology, and its US operations are headquartered in… Read More

 Tagged china, Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, webull

December 6, 2024 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance released its Household Finance Review for Q3 2024, which explores trends in household spending, saving, and borrowing. According to the update from UK Finance, mortgage lending grew for the second successive quarter, rising by “15 per cent year-on-year, despite the continuing affordability challenges… Read More

 Tagged mortgages, research, uk, uk finance, united kingdom

December 6, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Street, a cloud-native financial technology firm on a mission to enhance the brokerage ecosystem, announced the launch of Clear Street UK, following recent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approval. Clear Street UK was reportedly approved as a Category 1, Ring-dealing member by the London Metal… Read More

 Tagged clear street, fca, uk, united kingdom