General News

September 5, 2021 @ 6:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

StashAway, a digital wealth management platform, has officially launched in Thailand, which marks a completely new overseas market for the Singapore-headquartered Fintech firm. StashAway, which mainly offers Robo-advisory services, has already established operations in Dubai, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. The StashAway platform, currently accessible to… Read More

September 4, 2021 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX, the Swiss Stock Exchange which is Europe’s 3rd-largest stock exchange and one of the industry’s most-respected post-trade providers, will be acquiring a 50% stake in REGIS-TR from joint venture partner Clearstream Iberclear, part of SIX, in order to become the “sole shareholder” of Regis-TR… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GoldenSource, an independent provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and Master Data Management (MDM) services, reveals that it’s creating 50 new professional jobs at its Mumbai offices. As first reported by Finextra, the new roles are being created to support GoldenSource’s expanding software product portfolio… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 7:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MEFF, the Spanish Derivatives Market, has introduced BME FX, a web-based platform meant for banking institutions and various other financial service providers. It will aim to help with hedging against the currency risk with MEFF’s xRolling FX futures contracts. BME FX consists of a tech… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at IHS Markit reveals that they’ve teamed up with Fintech Studios to offer market intelligence, research and analytics as part of thinkFolio, their multi-asset investment management solution. Fintech Studios’ Apollo.ai makes use of an artificial intelligence engine to curate content that may be… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) reveals that it has taken an important step towards establishing a derivatives market in 2021 by entering an agreement with Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) in order to provide marketplace tech services, such as matching, real-time clearing and settlement technology. Abu… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 2:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Perception of investment crowdfunding in Germany continues to tick up, according to crowdfunding.de. In its annual barometer report, almost 3/4 of surveyed individuals are aware of the ability to raise money online at 74.3% The segment of people that understand crowdfunding is almost half at… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

First DAG, which has created global virtual payment platform as a service, reveals that Diem Association’s Technical Steering Committee (TSC) has appointed its CTO, Daniel Prinz, as an official Maintainer of the Diem blockchain, which is a distributed, programmable database developed to act as the… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has decided to put John Flint, ex- Chief Executive at HSBC, at the helm of UKIB. Flint will be responsible for leading the UKIB to promote investments into various infrastructure initiatives that aim to lower emissions and assist with leveling up… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (LSE: GROW), a publicly-traded venture capital group, will join the FTSE 250 with a market cap of around £1.6 billion. Year to date, shares in Draper Esprit have almost doubled. Draper Esprit seeks to reinvent European venture capital investing in early-stage as well… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardknox, a developer-friendly payment tech provider, reveals that it has released its payment facilitator (payfac) model, Cardknox Go. As a complete payments facilitator platform, Cardknox Go gives application developers, ISVs, and VARs the option to onboard merchant accounts easily and in “record time.” The platform’s… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FTX and DFG have reportedly agreed on the acquisition of LedgerX, fueling DFG’s commitment to Web 3.0 and Polkadot. FTX, a major virtual currency derivatives exchange, revealed on August 31, 2021, that it would be moving forward with its acquisition of LedgerX, the first digital… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astra has announced a new partnership with Plaid in order to enable Fintech companies to embed automated bank transfers. The Astra team noted that they’re pleased to be working with Plaid, a data network powering the digital financial ecosystem, in order to offer an integrated… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), an international enterprise tech provider, revealed on August 24, 2021, that $2.7-billion asset TruMark Financial Credit Union has chosen NCR to offer “a more seamless, consistent digital banking experience to its retail and business members.” As noted in a release, the… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 8:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS), an electronic payment solution provider, has confirmed the appointment of Susan Hwee, UOB’s Head of Group Technology and Operations as its new Chairperson. Susan’s appointment should become effective from September 1, 2021. The chairmanship of NETS is usually rotated… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 5:13 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Financial Health Network today released its latest Financial Health Pulse Points for the second quarter of 2021. This regular examination of consumer transactions found that despite the economy reopening post lockdowns, most household incomes remain flat, savings are stagnant, and spending declined slightly for… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 11:14 am By Dror Futter  |  

Imagine a Baskin Robbins where you can get any flavor you want, as long as it is vanilla. Based on recent data provided by the National Venture Capital Association in partnership with Aumni, the market for venture capital deal terms seem to be that kind… Read More

August 30, 2021 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThycoticCentrify, a provider of Cloud identity security services established via the merger of privileged access management (PAM) leaders Thycotic and Centrify, recently revealed that it has made updates to its PAM solution for DevOps, Thycotic DevOps Secrets Vault. The updated version provides certificate-based authentication and… Read More

August 30, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), recently revealed that Sun Life (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) has chosen AWS as its Cloud tech  provider in order to become a “Cloud-first” organization, supporting ongoing innovation, and develop digital client experiences. Sun Life… Read More

August 29, 2021 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and assists merchants with driving growth reveals that its “flexible” payment service will soon be available to Amazon.com clients at checkout. As mentioned in the announcement, Amazon and Affirm are currently testing with select customers, and… Read More