General News

April 15, 2021 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

B2B healthcare service provider Biddano is planning to streamline offline pharma distribution networks by bridging key supply chain gaps between distributors and chemists. The company leverages the latest technology to develop its platform and is currently looking to expand its network to 25 cities across… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 10:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, Maxine Waters, and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Sherrod Brown, have jointly announced a new round of hearings that will see the CEOs of the top US banks testify in front of each… Read More

April 14, 2021 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a floor vote yesterday, the US Senate approved the selection of Gary Gensler as the next Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The current SEC Commissioners joined in welcoming the new Chair stating: “A warm congratulations to Gary Gensler on his Senate confirmation… Read More

April 14, 2021 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) released Q1 earnings results this morning and the prominent investment bank delivered a beat on both top and bottom line. According to the release, Goldman’s revenue came in at $17.7 billion with net earnings at $6.84 billion or EPS of $18.6 during… Read More

April 13, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a significant endorsement of the city, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has opened an office in Birmingham, UK – a community that has been promoting itself as an alternative to super pricey London. Goldman Sachs stated that Birmingham offers access to a deep talent pool, excellent… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CommBank’s x15ventures has reportedly made a £1 million investment in order to acquire a significant minority stake in Payble, an Identitii bill payment subsidiary. As mentioned on its official website: “Payble™ is a better way to get paid. Improve cash collection, lower transaction costs and… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 10:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Accelerating Asia has announced the fourth cohort of its flagship 100-day program for pre-Series A startups. According to a release, the 11 startups have raised over S$6 million coming into the program. The 11 new portfolio companies cover ten verticals and include companies from Singapore,… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Just six months into its launch, Maybank SME Digital Financing has reportedly cleared RM1 billion (appr. $240 million) worth of financing, serving over 8,200 SMEs, of which around 85% or 6,950 are startups and micro-enterprises based in Malaysia. Maybank stated that all applications that were… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Talon Cyber Security, an Israel-based cybersecurity solutions provider, announced on Monday it raised $26 million through its Seed funding round, which included participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Team8, and Zohar Zisapel. Founded earlier this year by Ofer Ben-Noon and Ohad Bobrov, Talon Cyber Security… Read More

April 10, 2021 @ 8:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ping An OneConnect Bank (PAOB) recently revealed that it has teamed up with JETCO in order to provide cardless ATM withdrawal services. PAOB clients will now have the option to make cash withdrawals from over 1,700 JETCO ATM machines based in Hong Kong. Customers may… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 11:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Axiata Group and Telenor Asia revealed on Thursday (April 8, 2021) that they’ve revisted and confirmed their merger plans involving Celcom and Digi. At present, the deal is in advanced discussions. Malaysian telecoms company Axiata Group Bhd and Norway-based Telenor ASA will be focused on… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billionaire Mark Cuban-backed Nifty’s has reportedly hired Olta Andoni, an NFT copyright legal expert as its new Chief Legal Officer. Andoni will notably be the first CLO of the nascent non-fungible token or NFT-focused social media platform. Nifty’s is a fairly new online network for… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Publicly traded VC firm Draper Esprit (LSE: GROW, Euronext Growth: GRW), has distributed an update on recent developments in its portfolio in advance of full year reporting for the year. Draper noted that it will provide a full year trading update on April 26, 2021,… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 1:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Madrid-based Allfunds, a B2B Wealthtech solution provider, will reportedy be listing on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. Allfunds has developed a comprehensive ecosystem that aims to cover the complete fund distribution value chain and related investment cycles, including through Allfunds Connect, which is a suite… Read More

April 7, 2021 @ 10:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

On April 1, 2021, the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) posted an update on “electronic trust services” in regards to video identification. Pointing to this update, IDNow said the decision to allow AI (artificial intelligence) based identification methods for new use cases in Germany is… Read More

April 7, 2021 @ 11:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clubhouse will reportedly be adding a payments option that’s meant to generate more revenue for creators. The company also revealed that it could launch other initiatives in the foreseeable future. The move to add the new payments feature has come at a time when several… Read More

April 7, 2021 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) is out with its annual report today and opening up the document is a letter from JPM CEO Jamie Dimon. The annual missive has emerged as the most widely read “dear shareholder” letter in the financial services sector as Dimon is broadly… Read More

April 7, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ABN Amro (AMS:ABN), a Dutch bank with headquarters in Amsterdam, and Rabobank, a Dutch multinational banking and financial services group, are reportedly working with research platform TNO in order to test technology that allows banking institutions to share data that’s used for identifying financial crime… Read More

April 7, 2021 @ 1:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dominik Schiener, Co-founder at IOTA, which claims it has “re-engineered the principles” of existing distributed ledger technology (DLT) to offer a fee-less, open-source, secure data and financial exchange protocol, has revealed that one of the biggest upgrades in IOTA’s history is “right in front of us.”… Read More

April 6, 2021 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-headquartered neo-banking platform StashFin has finalized a Series B extension equity financing valued at $40 million from several international investors. New investors taking part in StashFin‘s investment round included Altara Ventures and Uncorrelated Ventures along with contributions from investors such as Integrated Capital, Kravis Investment… Read More