May 30, 2025 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shakepay Inc. recently noted that their CIRO-regulated securities dealer has officially joined Payments Canada. Shakepay also mentioned that they are joining an “exclusive” group of fintechs, and this milestone marks a significant step “towards bridging the gap between the crypto industry and traditional finance in… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, digital assets, payments, payments canada, shakepay

May 30, 2025 @ 12:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle, the issuer of USD Coin (USDC), is making significant strides to enhance the security and efficiency of global financial transactions. Two recent developments—the introduction of a graph-based approach to blockchain fraud prevention and the launch of the Circle Payments Network (CPN)—highlight Circle’s commitment to… Read More

 Tagged circle, payments, stablecoins, usdc

May 30, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethical lender Salad Money has secured a £2 million investment from Ceniarth, a family office dedicated to supporting underserved communities, marking a significant 67% increase in its existing facility agreement. This funding boost, partially backed by Fair4All Finance, a not-for-profit focused on financial inclusion, builds… Read More

 Tagged lending, salad money, uk, united kingdom

May 30, 2025 @ 8:06 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to a series of recent studies of bank and credit card mobile app and online users, released today by J.D. Power, the gap between best-performing and lowest-performing apps and websites has shrunk to its lowest level to date, providing customers a highly consistent but… Read More

 Tagged apps, J.D. Power, Jon Sundberg, research, Sean Gelles

May 30, 2025 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fundbox, the embedded capital engine for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), introduced a new brand identity that reflects its transformation into a partner-first financial infrastructure provider. With a sharper focus on platform integrations, Fundbox is “building the infrastructure that enables seamless access to capital—right where… Read More

 Tagged fundbox, small businesses, smbs

May 30, 2025 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PensionBee, a UK firm focused on the consumer retirement market, has found significant public support for a shareholder resolution urging Meta to address growing concerns over “how it uses personal data to power its AI systems.” The poll found that more than 50% of respondents… Read More

 Tagged ai, meta, pensionbee, retirement, uk

May 29, 2025 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vault Wealth Limited, MENA’s digital private wealth platform built for the modern affluent, announced its public launch, alongside an investment round led “by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA), with continued support from Outliers VC.” This marks Peak XV Partners’ first wealthtech… Read More

 Tagged funding round, mena region, vault, wealth management, wealthtech

May 29, 2025 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s workplace pension providers, launches its new investment strategy, which will see 15% of its flagship growth fund invested in private markets. This commitment supports the UK Government’s efforts to “encourage investment into national infrastructure and private companies, and reflects… Read More

 Tagged private markets, smart pension, uk, united kingdom, workplace pensions

May 29, 2025 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant cybersecurity incident, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a prominent data broker, disclosed that the personal information of approximately 364,000 individuals was compromised in a data breach that occurred in December 2024. The breach, which has raised alarms about the security of sensitive personal data,… Read More

 Tagged data breach, lexisnexis, privacy, security

May 29, 2025 @ 2:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), the world’s leading asset manager, recently issued a notable warning about the future of Bitcoin in its updated iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) filing, submitted in early May 2025. The firm, overseeing assets worth more than $11.6 trillion—greater than the combined GDP of… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, blackrock, encryption algorithms, quantum computing, security