March 1, 2026 @ 9:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bloomberg and Kaiko this week announced a joint initiative to develop a pathway for Bloomberg’s trusted Data License offerings to be accessed on-chain via Kaiko’s infrastructure. The work is intended to focus initially on support for tokenized U.S. Treasuries and repo workflows on the Canton… Read More

 Tagged blockchain, bloomberg, Canton Network, data infrastructure, kaiko

March 1, 2026 @ 8:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rowspace, an AI platform that accelerates financial services firms’ decision making based on their proprietary data, launched this week with $50 million in funding across a Series A co-led by Sequoia and Emergence Capital and a seed round led by Sequoia. Stripe, Conviction, Basis Set,… Read More

 Tagged Alfred Lin, data management, Jake Saper, Michael Manapat, Rowspace, sequoia, yibo ling

March 1, 2026 @ 7:58 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

LoanPro, a credit platform, and NXTMOVES, a credit card program management platform with issuing capabilities and embedded transaction-level controls, this week announced a strategic partnership integrating credit servicing, issuing infrastructure, and program management to power compliant, scalable credit card programs. As American consumers continue to… Read More

 Tagged credit cards, credit platforms, LoanPro, NXTMOVES, Rhett Roberts, ROOK, Steve Nigri

March 1, 2026 @ 6:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Deepfake videos are spreading across TikTok and Instagram, using AI-generated faces and voices to promote products that are fake, misleading, or too good to be true. A deepfake is a piece of audio or video that has been digitally manipulated using artificial intelligence to make… Read More

 Tagged deepfake, instagram, Marijus Briedis, NordVPN, tiktok

March 1, 2026 @ 5:44 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Dots, a global payouts platform for marketplaces and service-based businesses, has secured $8.9M in Series A funding led by DCM with participation from Y Combinator. The company has raised more than $14.6 million to date and processes north of $150 million in payouts each month…. Read More

 Tagged dcm, Dots, funding round, Ibrahim AlSuwaidi, payouts, Sahil Hasan, y combinator

March 1, 2026 @ 5:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

LoanBud, a financial technology company that facilitates access to Small Business Administration (SBA) financing, this week announced the launch of its LoanBud Prequalification Platform (LoanBud.io), a solution that prequalifies businesses for SBA financing prior to listing—bringing financing validation to the start of the sales process instead of the… Read More

 Tagged Burke Purcell, LoanBud, prequalification, SBA loans

March 1, 2026 @ 2:24 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The British Business Bank has committed an additional £25 million to invest in angel syndicates. The platform is managed by Haatch, a bank partner, and follows an initial investment of £7 million into a cohort of five emerging syndicates last year. The total of £32… Read More

 Tagged angel syndicates, british business bank, Fred Soneya, Mark Barry, Startup Funding

March 1, 2026 @ 1:01 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

African Heads of State and Government have formally launched the Africa Infrastructure Financing Facility (AIFF), a coordinated, Africa-led platform designed to accelerate the preparation and facilitation of financing for priority cross-border infrastructure projects aligned with Agenda 2063. The launch took place during the Third Presidential… Read More

 Tagged Dr. George Elombi, financial infrastructure, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, H.E. Mrs. Francisca Tatchouop Belobe, Samaila Zubairu

February 28, 2026 @ 1:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Zafran Security, a provider of AI-native threat exposure management, has announced a strategic investment from Amex Ventures, the venture capital arm of American Express. Amex Ventures joins Zafran’s latest $60M C round, including existing investors Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Cyberstarts.  The investment reflects a… Read More

 Tagged Amex Venture, cybersecurity, funding round, Kevin Weber, Sanaz Yashar, Zafran Security

February 28, 2026 @ 1:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In yet another recent move signaling Wall Street’s embrace of digital assets, financial services firm Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has submitted an application to establish a specialized banking entity focused on handling digital currencies. The firm, which oversees approximately $9 trillion in client assets, aims to create… Read More

 Tagged digital assets, morgan stanley