General News

March 17, 2021 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A teenager who’s responsible for taking over many high-profile Twitter accounts, as part of a huge Bitcoin scam last year, has now agreed to serve 3 years in prison in a plea deal. Graham Clark, 18, has confirmed that he’ll be pleading guilty to State… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 3:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The shares of LendingClub (NYSE: LC), an online lender and nascent digital bank, have been surging recently. Last week, LendingClub reported an adjusted net loss of $(22.1) million in the fourth quarter, compared to an adjusted net income of $7.0 million the same quarter last… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 1:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV), a provider of intelligent systems for wealth management and financial wellness, announced on Wednesday it has expanded its Variable Annuity Program to become the Envestnet Insurance Exchange, powered by Fiduciary Exchange, LLC (FIDx).  According to Envestnet, the Envestnet Insurance Exchange provides… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Flutterwave, a U.S. and Lagos-based fintech that’s on a mission to build payments infrastructures to connect Africa to the global economy, announced on Wednesday it has joined force with global digital payments giant PayPal. Flutterwave reported that through the partnership, PayPal customers will be enabled to… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 10:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital, a peer-to-peer lender that originates secured loans, recently promoted Andrew Fraser to its UK Director for the North. The new appointment comes as the firm plans to focus on driving more lending to small businesses after exceeding the £1 billion mark in 2020…. Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Draper Goren Holm, a venture capital firm in the digital asset/blockchain sector, is once again hosting the Security Token Summit taking place this month (March 25). The Summit is said to be the largest gathering of digital securities experts in existence seeking to educate and… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Approximately 10% of stimulus checks could go toward Bitcoin (BTC) purchases and stocks, according to Dan Dolev from Mizuho – which recently performed a survey asking respondents what they plan to do when they get their stimulus checks. Dolev, whose comments came during a CNBC… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 10:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd portfolio company SaNOtize says that a UK clinical trial has delivered solid results as COVID-19 treatment. A self-administered nasal spray is said to reduce the viral load by more than 95% in 24 hours and by 99% in 72 hours. Trial results indicated that… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 5:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

As previously reported, the House Committee on Financial Services will host part two of the hearing tackling the GameStop/Robinhood/Reddit trading phenomenon tomorrow. “Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide, Part II” will be live-streamed on the Committee’s… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano (ADA), a major blockchain platform for building decentralized applications or dApps, has introduced an extended UTXO accounting model that’s developed specifically to support multi-assets and smart contracts. Cardano developers recently provided an overview of the Extended UTXO model that’s being employed by Cardano. The… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

American Airlines Arena, home of the Miami Heat NBA team, may be getting a name change following the expiration of the deal with American Airlines. According to a report, the Arena’s name may be picked up by FTX Trading, a cryptocurrency trading platform. First covered… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 10:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    MSTS, a global B2B payment company, recently announced it has rebranded to TreviPay. The company reported that the new branding reflects its role as the preferred B2B payment provider for Fortune 500 companies and small- to mid-sized businesses. TreviPay describes itself as a… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 7:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  PowerPay, a provider of home improvement financing, recently announced it has surpassed $1 billion in loan originations following its launch in December 2019. The company reported that through its network of 7,000 home improvement contractors, it has financed more than 50,000 projects nationwide with an average project… Read More

March 14, 2021 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Russian technology firms Yandex, Mail.ru Group, Ozon and Wildberries are reportedly creating their own Fintech platforms so that they can potentially compete with some of the largest banks in the country, according to a report from Forbes Russia. As first reported by the New Economy… Read More

March 14, 2021 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Börse, the German stock exchange company, has reportedly completed the pilot or testing of various quantum computing algorithms which are used to evaluate or create risk models. The pilots found that quantum tech may bring down the time needed for certain simulations from years… Read More

March 14, 2021 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink notes in a blog post that “secure, up-to-date” price data is the “centerpiece” of many financial applications. This data is regularly used to initiate transactions and “derive” various other instruments and products, particularly in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, Chainlink explained. The decentralized Oracle network… Read More

March 13, 2021 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based Carta, a firm that helps private and public companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership, notes that VC investors have underwritten “massive transformations in technology, society and culture.” However, there have been certain changes to the actual investment process, Carta explains. Although… Read More

March 13, 2021 @ 4:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

California-based Fintech firm Wealthfront has explained how we can choose between taxable and “tax-advantaged” investment accounts. Wealthfront notes that if you’re ready to begin investing, then you need to figure out what type of account you should be opening and maintaining. You can open up… Read More

March 12, 2021 @ 10:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Digital money transfer service MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) recently announced a five-year extension to its partnership with Ooredoo Qatar, a telecommunications operator based in Qatar. MoneyGram reported that the renewal enables its customers to continue to send money in near real-time to family and friends… Read More

March 12, 2021 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

While there is a good amount of discourse regarding the risk of digital assets and the ability for bad actors to use crypto to launder money or perhaps finance illicit activities FinCEN recently indicated their attention in a more tactile direction. Earlier this week, FinCEN… Read More