October 17, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX, the financial data and market infrastructure provider, signed a seven-year strategic partnership with Barclays, the global banking group, in order to support the banking institution’s international growth and enabler greater cost efficiencies. Strengthening the relationship, the collaboration will reportedly see Barclays’ business – which… Read More

 Tagged barclays, six, stock exchange, switzerland

October 17, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum Bank Middle East announces the launch of Sygnum Validators, a new service launched from Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) which includes operating institutional-grade validator nodes for select blockchain net​​works that enable non-custodial staking. The first validator to launch supports the Solana network, enabling eligible… Read More

 Tagged adgm, banking, digital bank, dlt, solana, switzerland, swizterland, sygnum bank

October 17, 2025 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital Bank, the federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., supports global USD wire transfers. With this feature, Anchorage Digital Bank becomes a crypto-native institution to offer cash and crypto services via a unified, federally regulated platform. Clients are able to now hold, send,… Read More

 Tagged anchorage digital, banking, Crypto Adoption, digital bank

October 17, 2025 @ 1:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Advance, the credit card from Lloyds, provides support to help build a good credit score in a responsible manner- suitable for consumers with big aspirations on the horizon that will require substantial borrowing to help turn them into a reality. When working toward life goals,… Read More

 Tagged advance, credit, lloyds bank, uk, united kingdom

October 16, 2025 @ 9:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Could zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs prevent data breaches? “Centralized servers that stockpile sensitive personal data will always remain prime targets for attackers – whether the breach comes through technical exploits or social engineering. Incidents like the Discord leak make it clear that this model is unsustainable…. Read More

 Tagged bima labs, David Carvalho, eran barak, G-Knot, Mento, naoris protocol, Nic Puckrin, RAAC, Shielded Technologies, stablecoins, The Coin Bureau, Web3, Wes Kaplan, Zero Knowledge Proofs, ZK proofs

October 16, 2025 @ 8:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced Merchant Cloud, a payments platform that brings together various services from Mastercard and its partners, helping firms navigate the complexities of commerce, supporting their ongoing expansion efforts into new markets and delivering enhanced experiences for end-users. The platform provides “scheme-agnostic” solutions… Read More

 Tagged ai, mastercard

October 16, 2025 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset firm Ripple has acquired GTreasury, a company that provides treasury services to CFOs and Treasurers. According to a release, Ripple purchased the firm for $1 billion. Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, said the combination of the two firms will bring the best of… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, gtreasury, ripple

October 16, 2025 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets and investing platform Kraken has announced it has acquired Small Exchange, which is described as a CFTC-licensed Designated Contract Market (DCM), from IG Group., for $100 million. According to Kraken, this latest update aims to establish the foundation for the crypto trading platform… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, cftc, crypto trading, digital assets, kraken

October 16, 2025 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca, a self-clearing broker-dealer that offers stocks, ETFs, options, and fixed income, announced its acceptance as a Nasdaq Exchange Member. This update helps to further strengthen Alpaca’s operations in the US market and reflects its ongoing progression toward building resilient, in-house, full-stack brokerage infrastructure. Nasdaq… Read More

 Tagged alpaca, investing, nasdaq, trading, us

October 16, 2025 @ 2:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has provided a provision bank charter to Erebor Bank, the first de novo national bank charter issued under the current administration. Erebor Bank is a digital asset-friendly bank that has the support of some big names,… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, erebor bank, occ, stablecoins