General News

September 17, 2022 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Modern Treasury, a software platform that helps companies modernize money movement, and Goldman Sachs Transaction Banking (TxB) announced a partnership “to accelerate the shift to embedded payments, helping joint customers seamlessly embed and scale domestic and international payments into their products to drive growth.” Modern… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler testified in front of the Senate Banking Committee today, reiterating his opinion that in regards to digital assets  (or crypto assets) that the vast majority are securities. The exception being Bitcoin, and perhaps Ethereum – which entail much of the crypto… Read More

September 14, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tuum, an Estonian-born “next-generation” core banking platform, has partnered with Salt Edge, a key player in open banking solutions, “to help financial services providers from all over Europe to leverage the full spectrum of open banking features – fast and secure.” As technological advancements make… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced that John Kim will join the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer, “effective September 26, 2022.” Kim reportedly “brings unique skills and experience building foundational consumer products and marketplaces from the ground up.” Throughout his career, he… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Web3’s commerce layer Boson Protocol is partnering with Alterrage, a DAO-led fashion label leveraging blockchain technology, “to create interoperable collections across physical, augmented, and digital spaces.” The partnership will see Alterrage “open a phygital Web3 store where buyers will be able to purchase the unique… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 12:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA), International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) have announced the appointment of FINOS to “provide a repository, with a view to fostering the growth of an open-source community for the Common Domain Model… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ErisX, a Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE) company, announced it has introduced the ErisX Settlement Service, a solution designed “to help remove settlement risk for over-the-counter (OTC) crypto transactions.” The offering expands ErisX’s suite of tools for institutional investors, “enabling them to settle OTC trades… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Securrency, a blockchain-based financial markets infrastructure and products company, announced that it will deploy its proprietary Digital Asset Composer on the XDC Network, a blockchain “with a mature ecosystem and a particular focus on real-world applications in global trade and finance.” Digital Asset Composer is… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Interledger Foundation (ILF) has awarded Bowie State University (BSU) a $25,000 grant to partner on an undergraduate course that will “enable students to explore open payments technologies and issues in eCommerce and personal finance.” Open payments technologies “allow individuals and businesses to pay for… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 12:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AtomicHub, the high-scale NFT platform, has officially implemented Banxa’s NFT Checkout. Through the partnership, AtomicHub users will “benefit from a seamless, frictionless and faster process to purchase NFTs.” Built on the WAX blockchain, AtomicHub’s NFT marketplace “enables users to explore, purchase, trade, and list NFTs.”… Read More

September 10, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India’s Cashfree Payments, a payment and API banking solutions company, is enabling door-step payment collection for DASH, a tech-led go-to-market platform for brands in Tier-3 towns. DASH will be using Cashfree Payments’ point of sale solution, ‘softPOS’, “to offer this service to more than 2,000… Read More

September 9, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, announced that it has agreed to acquire DIAMOS AG, the specialized Wealthtech provider for the asset and wealth management industry, “to further enhance its global wealth management platform.” The acquisition will “strengthen FNZ’s global client proposition adding advanced product… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 4:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

ShiftPixy (NASDAQ:PIXY) shares rocketed higher a whopping 176% today following the announcement it would trade its shares on digital securities platform Upstream (by MERJ) along with spinning out ShiftPixy Labs as its own company. While shares dipped slightly in after-hours trading, ShiftPixy started the day… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 3:49 pm By Steve Loader  |  

Just 14 of the last 97 recently launched IPOs saw a share price improvement between their first-day trading price and the end of August 2022. The remaining 83 suffered a decrease, according to data published by IPOScoop. The figures could indicate the real growth potential… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced an interest rate increase of 75 basis points – matching the US Federal Reserves’ last bump – as it targets a 2% rate of inflation. The rate increase was the largest ever in the history of the ECB. The… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 11:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With financial services globally and in Singapore shifting towards embedded finance, KPMG announced the launch of Singapore’s first Embedded Finance Hub with ambitions “to accelerate the adoption of embedded finance in the country.” The Hub, set to run for at least 2 years is expected… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maps.me, alongside Monavate, announced a new prepaid card offering, powered by Mastercard (NYSE: MA). Today’s consumers are digital, borderless, and proving “to be increasingly open to using financial products that are integrated with apps that they use daily and trust.” With a waiting list of more… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of British Business Bank plc – the UK government’s economic development bank, has announced a €30 million “initial” investment to Atempo Growth’s inaugural venture debt fund. The new fund is expected to target VC-backed businesses in the UK and… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Versa Asia, a Malaysia-based digital cash management platform, recently revealed that they have finalized an “8-figure” investment round. Details of the funding have not been shared publicly. This latest investment round has reportedly been led by Hibiscus Fund, a VC fund that is being managed… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation technology company, has announced the launch of ClearInsight+, a technology-enabled set of valuation products “to support Freddie Mac’s ACE+ PDR (automated collateral evaluation plus property data report), a new offering for certain loan types.” Freddie Mac began offering… Read More