General News

August 26, 2022 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) issued an advisory cautioning the public on the rise of “Finfluencers.” NASAA is the association that represents state and provincial financial regulators. It also lobbies on behalf of state authority over securities and providers. Finfluencers… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, announced that it plans “to launch options on UK Carbon Emission Allowances (UKA Options) on October 10, 2022, subject to regulatory approval.” Gordon Bennett, Managing Director of Utility Markets at ICE,… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research released by specialized payments platform Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE) reveals how retailers “may be missing out by not accepting payments in crypto.” A significant 80% of crypto owners “want to pay for goods with their crypto balances but are held back by a lack of… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MEW (MyEtherWallet), the platform to access the Ethereum ecosystem, announced the launch of its mobile NFT Manager “within the MEW wallet app, a user-focused way to access non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the go with an iOS or Android device.” App users “can now browse, purchase,… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has announced a new ENABLE Funding facility to Propel, an independent asset finance provider. Propel was launched in 1996 to provide accessible finance to SMEs in the UK. Today, Propel has grown to become one of the UK’s largest independent finance… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Transact365, a UK-based global payments platform powering merchants across the globe, has partnered with digital asset exchange FINECTUM. The partnership means that merchants using Transact365’s payments platform “can now accept and process crypto payments, including BTC, LTC, USDTE, USDTT, ETH and more, across five continents.”… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquidnet, a technology-driven agency execution specialist, recently announced the appointment of Nichola Hunter as the firm’s Global Head of Sales for Fixed Income. In fast-evolving markets, Hunter will be tasked with growing customer relationships through the delivery of tailored and innovative solutions. Based in London,… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

First Federal Bank of Kansas City released a refreshed, innovative online and mobile banking platform powered by Narmi, an enterprise digital banking provider. Together they “enhanced the end-to-end digital experience from online account opening through online and mobile banking for First Federal’s 25,000 consumer and… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The New Zealand payment card market is expected to “gradually recover” from the COVID-19 pandemic to register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.0% “between 2022 and 2026 and reach NZ$98.0 billion ($67.1 billion) in 2026,” forecasts GlobalData, a data and analytics company. According… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) announced that it has acquired key strategic assets from Zaloni, a key player in data technology solution delivery. Through this agreement, Truist will “acquire the Zaloni Arena platform to accelerate its data governance, metadata management, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 6:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a key player in automating, digitizing and transforming the way people bank and shop, announced that Joe Myers has joined the company ‘as executive vice president, Global Banking.” Myers will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Octavio Marquez and will “lead… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neobank Chime is pleased to announce the promotion of several of its executive leadership team members “in the areas of people, customer experience, and technology.” The following leaders will now be officers of the company. Their promotions “are evidence of their contributions and impactful work… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell Cyber, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises, recently announced the addition of Julia Cederroth as senior director of reinsurance. This new position “empowers policyholders by helping to build cyber resiliency and close insurability gaps as part of Cowbell’s reinsurance solutions.”… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Web3 venture studio SuperLayer is announcing a $25 million fund “led by anchor investor and strategic partner Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform onboarding millions to Web3.” SuperLayer is “a Web3 venture studio founded by early pioneers in blockchain, gaming, and social tokens who are applying… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

‍The National Football League (NFL), the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), and Dapper Labs Inc. recently announced that NFL ALL DAY – the “exclusive” digital video highlight NFT platform – “is officially open and available to fans worldwide, just ahead of the 2022 NFL season.” Joe… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 11:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

QED Investors, one of the most prolific and successful Fintech VCs, distributed an email last week commenting on the Fintech marketplace. QED said that “while the past several years have been a whirlwind for Fintech, we are in chapter 2, not chapter 8. We are… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 8:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Surge a “rapid scale up program” for Southeast  Asia, has announced its 7th cohort including 15 startups. Surge is operated by Sequoia Capital India and Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia. The accelerator actively partners with founders from a wide range of companies, across categories, including BYJUs,… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Owlin, the AI-based news analytics platform, and ApeVue, which claims to be the global leader in market-based pricing data for private stocks, announced they will offer select insights “across both of their data platforms to better service private capital markets customers.” ApeVue’s mission is “to… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has gone live with retail banking services on Temenos Banking Cloud “for customers served under the BOQ and Virgin Money brands.” Work has commenced on “the migration of BOQ’s ME brand to Temenos Banking Cloud.” Using… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC), is telling the Commission to help SPACs [Special Purposed Acquisition Companies] work – not shut them down by over-regulating. Posted last month, in a letter to Chairman Gary Gensler, the SBCFAC stated:… Read More