General News

April 9, 2023 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) has announced the launch of a new sustainable time deposit solution designed to assist U.S. institutional clients when investing excess cash while supporting their sustainability goals. Citi’s new Sustainable Time Deposit (TD) will “deliver competitive yields and supports projects identified under Citi’s… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at TwoX Protocol, which claims to be a decentralized finance protocol issuing yield generative stablecoin, is pleased to announce that TwoX protocol will be “launched on Arbitrum.” Their team have been “researching & discussing which infrastructure is great fit to deploy TwoX primarily since… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Railsr, the embedded finance platform, has announced the appointment of Philippe Morel as Chief Executive Officer, Debbie Lotz as Chief Financial Officer and Nick Charteris as Chief Operating Officer. Philippe will report directly to Rick Haythornthwaite, Chair of the Board. Philippe Morel was “the CEO… Read More

April 8, 2023 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced it is accelerating efforts to remove first–use, PVC plastics from payment cards on its network by 2028. This move further “reinforces the company’s sustainability commitments and scales the accessibility of more sustainable card offerings for consumers seeking a way to reduce… Read More

April 8, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that Experian (LON:EXPN), the global information services company and credit reporting bureau, “has named AWS as its preferred cloud provider to power its multiyear information technology (IT) modernization initiative.” As part of the… Read More

April 7, 2023 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, the global payments infrastructure for on-demand money movement, announced the appointment of Volker Steinle as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas. Steinle will be responsible “for accelerating sales and revenue growth in the region, building an exceptional go-to-market team, and engaging customers and… Read More

April 6, 2023 @ 5:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Drawbridge, a provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the alternative investment industry, announced it has appointed Chris Aronis as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Aronis will “lead the Drawbridge sales, account management and business development teams to accelerate the company’s global growth, enhance client… Read More

April 6, 2023 @ 1:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) has distributed a report highlighting the top cities in the US for “pre-IPO startups.” CCA states that the annual study utilizes data harvested from its platform that tracks more than 6000 companies that have raised money online. CCA is best known… Read More

April 6, 2023 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

The JOBS Act of 2012 was signed into law eleven years ago, on April 5, 2012. While it took some time for the various acts to become actionable – with Title III Reg CF not going into effect until 2016, the bipartisan act of legislation… Read More

April 6, 2023 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans aren’t only for fancy shoes, kitchen appliances and gaming systems, according to an update from LendingTree. Millions of Americans “use these loans as lifelines.” The latest LendingTree survey finds “that 27% of BNPL users say they use these loans… Read More

April 5, 2023 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), a software research & development company, and one of the builders behind sustainable blockchain platform Cardano, has appointed Eran Barak as CEO of Midnight, “its new data-protection focused protocol.” Barak has previously “held senior roles in the financial services industry.”… Read More

April 5, 2023 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Volante Technologies, the global provider of cloud payments and financial messaging solutions to accelerate digital transformation, is celebrating Women’s History Month with the announcement of “a series of female hires to strategic positions in the business.” Emer Murphy was “hired in October 2022 as Vice… Read More

April 5, 2023 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Valued at $2B, the global talent solution provider “reports significant momentum as the demand for remote-first workplace solutions accelerates.” Velocity Global, the provider of global talent solutions, announced new financial metrics and corporate momentum to include: Crossed the $200M ARR threshold. More than 40% organic… Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cybereason, the XDR company, announced a $100 million investment led by SoftBank Corp. to support the company’s global growth and advance its innovation in XDR, EDR, and EPP solutions. In addition, Cybereason announced that Eric Gan will “serve as the company’s new CEO, subject to… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HYPR, the Passwordless Company and Vanson Bourne released the 2023 State of Passwordless Security Report. This third annual edition reveals “that insecure authentication is a primary cause of cyber breaches and that cumbersome login methods take an unacceptable toll on employees and business productivity.” Respondents… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding, under the Reg CF exemption, is experiencing a “roller coaster ride,” according to the most recent quarterly update provided by Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA). According to the report, Q1 2023 saw the lowest capital committed since Q4 2020 – so several years ago… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Surging oil prices are likely to mean higher interest rates “for longer as the price rally adds to inflationary pressures,” warns the CEO of an independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organization. The warning from deVere Group’s Nigel Green comes as the price of… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) explores how technology-driven risks originating in financial services sectors “could become systemic threats to the global financial system.” Pushing Through Undercurrents, developed in collaboration with Deloitte, “examines how different forces influence the way tech-driven risks spread and… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Rapyd reveals that 41% of global organizations believe that international business expansion is imperative “to ease their current trading concerns.” That’s according to a study released by global fintech-as-a-service partner Rapyd, which shows that a sizeable contingent of cross-border businesses are “looking to… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 4:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FedML announced $6 million in funding to spearhead a “collaborative AI” movement that empowers companies and developers to work together on machine learning tasks by sharing data, models and compute resources – “fueling waves of AI innovation beyond the largest technology companies.” To meet that… Read More