November 21, 2024 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Technology Association (FTA) has issued a statement criticizing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new rules addressing digital payments and transfers. The CFPB revealed final rules today that are said to “strengthen oversight of large technology firms in consumer financial markets” that offer digital… Read More

 Tagged cfpb, consumer financial protection bureau, fta, payments, penny lee

November 21, 2024 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The private securities market is hot. This market is far larger than public markets as excessive regulation and policies that lack foresight have undermined public markets, pushing activity away.  Reg D issuance is measured in the trillions, and some of these issuers are for private… Read More

 Tagged globacap, private markets, secondaries, uk, united kingdom

November 21, 2024 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced final rules for non-bank digital payments and transfers. The payments sector of Fintech is one of the hottest segments of innovation, as users have quickly adopted digital wallets and more efficient payment methods. The CFPB’s move is… Read More

 Tagged cfpb, consumer financial protection bureau, payments, transfers

November 21, 2024 @ 7:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Riksbank noted that Sweden needs to modernize its infrastructure and create processes for more secure, efficient as well as accessible retail payments. As noted in the update from Riksbank, these are payments of smaller amounts and a collective term for payments between “private individuals, companies… Read More

 Tagged payments, Research Study, riksbank, sweden

November 20, 2024 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has released the latest Enterprise Fintech report. PitchBook noted in its report that in terms of deal value and count, during Q3 2024, enterprise fintech companies raised “$3.4 billion in venture capital across 212 deals.” The PitchBook report also stated that while both deal… Read More

 Tagged enterprise fintech, fintech adoption, funding, Research Report

November 20, 2024 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

80% of asset and wealth managers say AI will fuel revenue growth while ‘tech-as-a-service’ could see 12% boost to revenues by 2028, according to an update from PwC. PwC also mentioned in its research study that almost three-fourths (73%) of asset and wealth management (AWM)… Read More

 Tagged pwc, wealth management, wealthtech

November 20, 2024 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 Group has reported its first quarterly profit as growth in customer numbers accelerates “strongly.” Since the lift of its growth restrictions by BaFin in June of this year, N26 has claims that it has accelerated its growth momentum. The European digital bank reports organic… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, europea, germany, n26

November 20, 2024 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk, a spend management solution, announced it selected JP Morgan Payments, to improve its payment services for enterprise customers in the UK. Payhawk notes that has worked closely with JP Morgan Payments to enhance its global payment services for enterprise clients. Payhawk expects to enable… Read More

 Tagged jpmorgan payments, payhawk, spend management, uk, united kingdom

November 20, 2024 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple is pleased to announce Unlocking Opportunity, which is described as the next phase of their partnership with Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV) supporting emerging market SMEs building solutions for financial “resilience” via blockchain and Fintech innovation. The partnership will include financial and technical support from… Read More

 Tagged emerging markets, mcv, mercy corps ventures, ripple

November 20, 2024 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) intends to explore strategic opportunities to spin-out its wholly-owned technology platform, GS DAP from its Digital Assets business, to “ultimately” become an “industry-owned” distributed technology solution, subject to regulatory approvals. Goldman Sachs has also introduced a collab with partners to underscore a… Read More

 Tagged crypto-assets, digital assets, goldman sachs, gs dap