General News

April 7, 2022 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

RockX, one of Asia’s largest crypto staking providers, announced the completion of its $6 million Series A funding round. The investment round was led by Amber Group, a global digital asset platform, and was joined by other prominent crypto industry leaders “including Matrixport, Primitive Ventures,… Read More

April 7, 2022 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Pocket Network, a relay infrastructure middleware protocol that provides abundant blockchain bandwidth from “a globally distributed network of 40k+ full nodes to applications in Web3 across 40+ blockchains, including Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Fuse, Avalanche, and Harmony,” announced its protocol has “processed a record number… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  CoinSmart Financial Inc., which claims to be one of Canada’s leading crypto-asset trading platforms, has announced its investment in NFT cross-bridge marketplace, Curate. The partnership agreement reportedly “includes an undisclosed investment from CoinSmart in Curate’s NFT Marketplace, with an option to acquire a majority… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 6:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), an international firm focused on driving connected commerce for the financial and retail industries, has announced that it will “operate and manage the entire self-service banking channel for Langley Federal Credit Union (FCU).” The credit union will implement “the full suite… Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 8:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Edison Partners, a growth equity investing firm, has announced the closing of its 10th fund, Edison Partners X, “oversubscribed at $450 million.” Fund X is the firm’s third consecutive fund “dedicated to growth equity since 2015 and the largest in the firm’s 36-year history.” Edison… Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Sandbox, a “decentralized” gaming metaverse and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, and Ledger, the hardware and software security company in crypto and Web3, have partnered “to bring Ledger’s best-in-class security technology to The Sandbox’s global user base.” The partnership will “empower The Sandbox’s 2.2… Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The JOBS Act of 2012 was signed into law by President Barack Obama ten years ago today, on April 5, 2012. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats joined together to help private firms raise much-needed growth capital via online securities offerings…. Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Today, at 2:30 PM ET, Congressman Patrick McHenry, the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, will be hosting a roundtable to mark the 10th anniversary of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012. The JOBS Act legalized securities crowdfunding including, Reg CF,… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightflag, the AI-enhanced legal operations platform, recently released several updates designed “to address the complex and varied budgeting requirements of corporate legal departments.” In combination with existing department-level budgeting and forecasting features, Brightflag’s versatile new matter-level controls “afford in-house legal professionals complete visibility and proactive… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 4:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jamie Dimon’s annual letter to JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) shareholders is out today. Dimon, probably the most respected bank CEO on Wall Street, crafts a shareholder letter each year where he shares his opinion and perspective on the financial services industry, challenges as well as opportunities. For… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

S&P Global has published a report on digital assets entitled the State of Consumer Cryptocurrency Adoption. According to S&Ps research, 20% of surveyed individuals have either purchased traded or received crypto – a solid percentage of the population. While awareness is growing, S&P adds that… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YouGov’s report The Future of Financial Services Report looks at the ongoing transformation of the US and international financial service industry as it “faces the headwinds of changing consumer expectations and wider industry fragmentation.” Recent data collected “paints a revealing picture of disruptions within the… Read More

April 2, 2022 @ 1:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the modern card issuing platform, has shared data from a survey of European consumers on their overall attitudes and experiences of lending. The survey‘s key findings, which will be highlighted in an upcoming report on the future of lending, indicates that many… Read More

April 1, 2022 @ 1:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, the provider of cryptocurrency anti-money laundering (AML) and investigations software, announced that former IRS-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI) Special Agent Chris Janczewski has joined TRM “as Head of Global Investigations, bringing extraordinary investigative expertise to the next generation blockchain intelligence company.” While at IRS-CI, in… Read More

April 1, 2022 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Millions of UK bank account holders are “putting themselves at a much greater risk” of fraud by ignoring warnings provided by the Confirmation of Payee (CoP) service. This, according to research by Lloyds Bank. When sending funds online to someone that hasn’t been paid before,… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 4:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto Raiders, a dungeon crawler role-playing game built on the blockchain that rewards players with NFTs, has announced $6 million in funding from DeFiance Capital and Delphi Digital which co-lead the round. GuildFi, Merit Circle, Three Arrows Capital, Yield Guild Games and others participated in… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dapio, a UK-based firm that assists businesses with accepting contactless payments via their Android devices, has acquires $3.4 million in capital via a round that was co-led by payments firm Flutterwave and Techstars. Dapio, previously known as Paymob, aims to transform Android phones into payment… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 6:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac Group recently announced the appointment of Yianna Papanikolaou to the newly created role of Chief Transformation Officer. Papanikolaou will be sitting on the Group’s Executive Team and report directly to company Chief Executive, Peter King. She will have responsibility “for major change and investment… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TIFIN, a Fintech platform using AI and investment-driven personalization to “shape the future of investor experiences,” has announced that financial industry veteran Bill Parsons has joined the company as Executive Vice President and General Manager of TIFIN Grow. Parsons will be responsible for overseeing the… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a vitally important entity for global securities markets, has announced two new Board members while pointing to their Fintech experience. DTCC has been deeply engaged in researching new technology, including blockchain, as it seeks to maintain relevance in… Read More