General News

August 5, 2021 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZSuite Technologies, a Fintech firm that aims to support community financial institutions with digital escrow products for commercial verticals, reveals that Jill Feiler has joined the company as Chief Client Officer. In her new role, Feiler will be tasked with ensuring client success with ZSuite’s… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

yellow.ai, a customer experience (CX) automation platform, “trusted” by over 700 enterprises internationally, reveals that it has acquired $78.15M through a Series C round, which was led by WestBridge Capital along with contributions from Sapphire Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures. As noted in a release shared… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 12:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Branch, which assists businesses with streamlining payments to empower working US residents, has shared findings from its third annual Branch Report, which has examined the financial, work, and lifestyle interests of today’s hourly workers. As noted in an update shared with CI: “In surveying over… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BlueVine, an established provider of innovative financial services for small businesses, reveals that it has teamed up with NEXT Insurance, a digital Insurtech firm that’s transforming small business insurance, in order to offer BlueVine clients with convenient access to customized, affordable insurance policies. As mentioned… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WeLab Bank, a digital bank that’s licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), is celebrating its first anniversary with solid results. Since it began offering services in July 2020, WeLab Bank claims that it has raised “public expectations” of banking services with the launch… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 10:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) and LeveL ATS have revealed that Nasdaq has acquired a significant minority stake in LeveL ATS, an independently operated US Equity Dark Pool trading portal. Through this strategic investment, Nasdaq has reportedly joined owners such as Bank of America, Citi, as well… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hippo Holdings Inc (HIPO.WS) says it aims to improve homeowners’ insurance by leveraging customer data in order to make it quicker and simpler to obtain coverage. This, according to the Insurtech firm’s CEO. As reported by Reuters, Hippo is valued at $5 billion and went… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ABN Amro (AMS: ABN), a Dutch bank with headquarters in Amsterdam and currently the third-largest bank in the Netherlands, will be offering clients a sustainability discount on mortgage interest rates for energy-efficient homes. ABN Amro‘s management noted that they will be using the EU’s Energy Label… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 10:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Allied Properties REIT has launched a $500 million series of green bonds. They are being offered by Scotia Capital, BMO Nesbitt Burns and CIBC World Markets. The debentures are Allied’s second green bond issuance under its previously announced Green Financing Framework. “This second green bond… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 6:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

New research with 100 leading hedge fund managers reveals widespread enthusiasm for quant strategies, SIGTech COO Andrew Little said. Collectively, the hedge fund managers surveyed manage over $231 billion in AUM across European, Asian and North American markets. Eighty per cent expect institutional investors to… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the parent firm of LendingClub Bank, the leading digital marketplace bank in the US, has shared key findings from its second Reality Check: Paycheck-To-Paycheck research series. The first report revealed that most US residents (54%) are living paycheck-to-paycheck; this second August… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 5:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

DEIP, a Web 3.0 protocol for the tokenization of high-value assets, has raised $2 million to drive Web 3.0 adoption with the help of a modular constructor, technology that allows both engineers and business leaders to create applications. The latest round follows one that included… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 4:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Microbusiness owners are hurt by the delay in receiving payments, results of a survey by small business money management solution Wave suggest. The company surveyed more than 1,000 owners of companies with fewer than 10 employees. One in four respondents have waited more than a… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss is one of the creators of Title III of the JOBS Act of 2012 – the legislation that legalized Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and launched a new sector of financial innovation. Neiss also co-founded Crowdfund Capital Advisors along with Jason Best –… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Malaysia-based telecommunications service provider U Mobile’s standalone digital wallet GoPayz has teamed up with gold bullion trader ACE Capital Growth (ACE), which operates as a subsidiary of Ace Innovate Asia. Through their partnership, the companies are introducing  GoGold. As noted on its official website, GoPayz… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

As has been previously reported, the spending bill that has been in the works for some time now is closer to become law. The ‘Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” lands at 2700 pages of government expenditure that aims to improve infrastructure like roads, airports, transportation… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Infinity Maritime has announced a partnership with Lloyd’s Register in order to enhance maritime sustainability As noted in a release shared with CI: “Following on from the announcement of collaboration with … international ship brokers, Infinity Maritime reflects the maritime ecosystem by announcing its partnership… Read More

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

Brett McLain, Director of Engineering – Crypto, Fiat, Staking at digital assets firm Kraken, notes that if you’re interested in digital currencies, payments, or staking and want to help create the financial system of the future, then you may be glad to know that the… Read More

August 1, 2021 @ 5:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong-based digital bank Mox has introduced a new Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service via its Mox Credit product, called “Split purchase.” Mox Credit clients are able to split their eligible or qualified transactions of HKD 400 or more into more manageable, equal monthly… Read More

August 1, 2021 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Open Earth Foundation has reportedly been awarded a Chainlink Grant to develop am open-source, planetary CO2 concentration Oracle. As mentioned in the announcement, Climate impacts everyone, from multinational corporations overseeing complex supply chains to individual farmers “managing unpredictable crop yields.” While the totality of… Read More