General News

June 23, 2022 @ 9:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Well, this is interesting. While many active market participants view crypto as similar to an online casino and some think it may be a longshot home-run, about 25% of Americans expect crypto to be a source of income in their retirement. This is according to… Read More

June 23, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, the payments company making crypto accessible to everyone, recently announced its integration with the GameStop Wallet. The Ramp integration “allows GameStop Wallet users to purchase Ethereum quickly and without needing to leave the Company’s self-custodial Ethereum wallets.” Ramp enables enterprises “to deploy fiat to… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ARA Venn, a specialist investment manager of private debt in the residential sector, has “completed a fund-raise of up to £280m to invest in home-finance plans” to be originated by StrideUp, a digital home finance group that is “co-owned by ARA Venn.” Over the past… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TD Bank Group announced that it would offer open-source access to its Equity Resource Hub, a digital platform “created by TD Lab to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into all stages of product & service design.” By making the Hub, initially a proprietary tool launched… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital is pleased to announce early access to programmatic transfers for protocols, “unlocking new efficiencies in treasury management.” Anchorage Digital‘s external transfer API, the “first” from a federally chartered crypto bank, “reduces overhead and manual approvals of payment requests by enabling automated and high-volume… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has shared the results of its annual Small Business Equity Tracker and the numbers for 2021 appear pretty strong. The Equity Tracker uses data from Beauhurst on publicly announced equity deals into UK SMEs. According to the Bank, equity investments in… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 8:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), which claims to be the leader in virtual payments, recently announced the launch of its global She’s Next initiative in the United Arab Emirates in order to economically empower women entrepreneurs. The initiative has been introduced with assistance from First Abu Dhabi… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republican members on the US Senate Banking Committee have requested more information from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the Commission’s proposal to require reporting companies to disclose their climate impact. In a letter addressed to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, signed by the 12… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, Goldman Sachs upped their expectations for a recession in the not-so-distant future raising the probability to 30% from 15%. Goldman is not alone in predicting a recession that would bring more economic pain to everyone. A survey distributed today appears to indicate that… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 1:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), which claims to be global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, recently released the findings of a new customer survey detailing trends around “how families in the United States are transferring money around the world this year.” These… Read More

June 19, 2022 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Efma has recently unveiled a new name, new logo, and new purpose “as part of an extensive rebranding initiative.” Now, Efma is called Qorus (pronounced kaw-ruhs). Efma has “approached the half-century mark of its existence and undertaken the most important transformation in its history –… Read More

June 19, 2022 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Okcoin notes that even when the crypto markets are down, they are still  focused on hiring “top” talent and building for the long term. Okcoin confirmed that they are hiring globally “for over 100 roles across all teams.” They’re also “doubling down… Read More

June 18, 2022 @ 1:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PPRO, the provider of digital payments infrastructure, has appointed former Wayfair Europe finance executive Rahul Raswant as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rahul takes over the role from Götz Möller, who will be stepping down after over 3 years at the firm. Rahul brings… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

The cost of living is rising higher and credit is along for the ride. With no end in sight to rising interest rates and inflation, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking lenders to help consumers during a difficult time. In a release, the… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With summer firmly upon us, Lisbon’s technology scene is beginning to heat up as it welcomes the launch of “plug-and-play” finance provider, Weavr, to Portugal. In recent times, Portugal has become “a noted hub for startups,” according to an update shared with CI. In fact,… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 2:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

As has been anticipated by the markets, the US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by 75 basis points. At the last meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised rates by 50 bps while setting an expectation the next rate increase would fall along… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The HBAR Foundation and Merkle Science, the predictive crypto risk and intelligence platform, have announced their partnership. This collaboration “supports Hedera’s journey to build the world’s first mass-adopted public decentralized ledger, empowering network participants to better identify and mitigate crypto crime, comply with local and… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank is distributing an “Evaluation Report” on the impact of the COVID loan guarantees that indicates 150,000 to 500,000 businesses were saved and between 500,000 to 2.9 million jobs were maintained. The report was authored by London Economics and Ipsos. The document… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Inflation continues to rocket higher with no end in sight. Today, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that prices rose by1% in May driving the annual rate of inflation to 8.6% – a 40-year high. All prices are going up but perhaps most acutely… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant payments are at “the top” of P27’s agenda. And more than a dozen banks connected to Swedish instant payments solution Swish are “set to test the Nordic payments platform by the end of the year.” Customer Relations Director Jacob Groth said: “We’re doing everything… Read More