General News

October 10, 2022 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the leader in digital payments, shared an updated look at how fraud has evolved since the height of the pandemic, with criminals simultaneously “targeting online and offline vulnerabilities as our daily lives return to a blend of in-person and e-commerce experiences.” Paul… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 3:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Business intelligence (BI) platform Lightdash has raised $8.4 million in Seed funding in a round led by Accel. Simultaneously, Lighthouse announced that hosted product Lightdash Cloud, is also now available in public beta, after receiving a waitlist of more than 600 pre-qualified companies. Other investors… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

For the entire world, and especially for the European region, the year 2022 is associated with significant fluctuations in the global economy, which also “have left a remarkable impact on every local market,” the team at Debitum noted. Such a difficult and critical period has… Read More

October 9, 2022 @ 11:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new independent survey of more than 2,000 European SMEs has found: 68% plan to adopt real-time payment processing in the next 12 months At present, just 10% of SMEs can receive payments instantly 23% say their international growth has been hindered due to delays… Read More

October 9, 2022 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, the “longest-standing” DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the “original,” decentralized stablecoin, announced “the strategic investment of $500M USD (converted from $500M DAI) into a combination of US Short Treasuries and Investment Grade Corporate Bonds.” The move, which will be initiated by DeFi… Read More

October 9, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Orca, a Solana-based liquidity platform, has announced the launch of the Orca Climate Fund. The fund is “reflective of its mission to combat climate change and promote sustainable practices in crypto.” The Orca Climate Fund “evolved from Orca’s Impact Fund which was born in August… Read More

October 9, 2022 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThriveDX, which claims to be the “premier” cybersecurity and digital skills provider, and Exclusive Networks, a globally “trusted” cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure,  announced the expansion of their partnership “to deliver end-to-end cybersecurity training and talent solutions to its global network of more than 25,000… Read More

October 8, 2022 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bizcuit provides invoice financing to Rabobank clients in their need for flexible liquidity. These services are for those who need money quickly to meet their payment obligations in the short term, want to take advantage of a purchasing option with their supplier, or because they… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aleph.im, the Web3 cloud platform for computing services, file storage and indexing solutions, announced the launch of their open source and “decentralized” indexing solution for the Solana ecosystem, in order “to accelerate the development of decentralized applications through accessible data queries and integrations.” As the… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Monthly non-farm payrolls came in hot today, alongside a robust employment report, causing markets to swoon as the likelihood of a Fed pause diminishes. Everyone now believes that the Fed will continue its path to curb-stomp inflation after a too-long period where the central bank… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PKO Bank Polski says the Metaverse initiative will be used as a laboratory “to broaden experience and to test relevant technological solutions.” According to Paweł Gruza, vice president of the management board of PKO Bank Polski managing the work of the management board, in the… Read More

October 6, 2022 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

British teenagers say they go online for help “on everything from hair hacks to video game tips, with one in three (33%) preferring to seek advice on the web to avoid the ‘awkwardness’ of asking someone face to face.” The Lloyds Bank research – which… Read More

October 6, 2022 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global network and Infrastructure-as-a-Service pioneer Transaction Network Services (TNS) announced a partnership with Blue Ocean Technologies (BOT), owner and operator of the Blue Ocean ATS, a global alternative trading system (ATS) that “operates from 8pm to 4am EDT.” Blue Ocean ATS will “leverage TNS’ robust… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 9:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Reserve Board announced that it has finalized updates to the Board’s rule concerning debit card transactions. Pursuant to statute, the updates “specify that debit card issuers should enable at least two payment card networks to process all debit card transactions, including ‘card-not-present’ transactions,… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 5:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the Association of Online Investment Platforms (AOIP), a young group aiming to advocate on behalf of online capital formation including securities crowdfunding, visited Congressional staff as well as individuals at the Securities and Exchange Commission. The AOIP members discussed possible legislation and regulations… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Almost 28,000 investors backed Reg CF securities offerings in September 2022 – over 20% greater than the year prior but 2.3% down from August as the economy sputters with high inflation and a recession. A report from Crowdfund Capital Advisors indicates that people are writing… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 8:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

From re-using back-to-school items to starting side-hustles, new data from Barclaycard reveals how Brits are “changing their spending behavior to make their money go further during the cost-of-living crisis, while also trying to make the most of the summer holiday period.” Insights are taken from… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain technology company TradeStrike BVI has announced the launch of its new mobile crypto wallet, which will “enable retail investors, as well as the 10,000+ holders of its $STRX utility token, to track their portfolio’s performance via a mobile app.” The launch has been “accompanied… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at 83North recently revealed that they closed a $400 million fund, which brings their total capital under management to more than $2.2 billion. This is reportedly their 11th fund, “raised from the same small group of Limited Partners who have supported [them] for… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pensions are invested in global stock and debt markets, and therefore “what happens around the world will also be felt in our pensions,” the team at UK’s PensionBee explains. PensionBee wrote in a blog post that September saw “the continuation of the domino effect created… Read More