Global

November 16, 2025 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a continuing challenging economic environment, global private equity activity remained fairly steady in Q3 2025. According to the “Pulse of Private Equity” report from KPMG International, global investment volume reached appr. $1.5 trillion in the first three quarters, including $537 billion in the third… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 6:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Younger consumers in Australia, particularly Gen Z, are now said to be leading the surge in first home buying intentions as the overall optimism grows among young consumers. As reported by Westpac, around 35% of Gen Z’s now intend  to acquire a first home in… Read More

November 15, 2025 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank and imagin are offering customers two investment vehicles designed to replicate the performance of Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency. The bank is said to be supporting crypto-assets investment via two ETPs (Exchange Traded Products) – financial instruments that allow participation in the so-called “evolution”… Read More

November 15, 2025 @ 11:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech HYPR and Yubico have been focused on the mission to eliminate passwords and enhance identity security. Yubico’s push for FIDO-certified hardware authenticators and HYPR’s role as part of the FIDO Alliance mission to reduce the reliance on passwords have brought workers and clients into… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the derivatives and securities exchange network, announced that Cboe Clear Europe, its pan-European clearing house, has reached a key step in the development of its Securities Financing Transactions (SFT) clearing service, with BNY (NYSE: BK), a financial services company,… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FanDuel, the online gaming firm in North America, part of Flutter Entertainment (NYSE: FLUT), and CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world’s derivatives marketplace, unveiled that they will launch prediction markets via the FanDuel Predicts app that will expand access to financial markets for clients in… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 5:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brookfield announced its private wealth platform has partnered with iCapital to launch a new interactive asset allocation tool for financial advisors and their clients. Powered by iCapital Architect, “Alts Allocator” utilizes three research-based high-net-worth investor profiles to illustrate how adding alternative investments to a traditional… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the so-called “Smart Superhighway” to move money across the globe, announces a new collab with Mashreq, a financial institution in the MENA region, to launch real-time mobile wallet payouts for millions of Mashreq customers. Enabled by Thunes’ Direct Global Network, the partnership will allow… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 1:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aave Labs is reporting that it will soon roll out regulated on and off-ramping for its native stablecoin GHO and other stablecoins integrated into Aave Labs products across the European Economic Area via its service, called Push. This service is made possible by Push Virtual… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 12:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Capital Economics, commissioned by SME lender iwoca, reveals that SMEs receiving a loan are able to boost their monthly revenues by an average of nearly 20%. The recent analysis, which is said to be based on data from current accounts of iwoca customers,… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 12:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), one of the world’s digital financial services platforms, announces the launch of products that aim to enable greater autonomy for customers. The Nu Guaranteed Limit (Nu Limite Garantido) and the Limit Mission (Missão Limite) reinforce Nubank’s positioning as “a partner in the… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 12:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carta, the software platform for private capital, announced that it has acquired Sirvatus, a loan administration platform for private credit funds. The acquisition reportedly makes Carta the first integrated platform for private credit fund CFOs, combining fund administration, loan operations, and investor reporting into an… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, a digital asset platform for tokenizing real-world assets, and Cantor Equity Partners II (Nasdaq: CEPT), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald, revealed that on November 12, 2025, Securitize Holdings, Inc. (Pubco), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Securitize, confidentially submitted… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 1:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the provider of institutional digital asset technology and data for trading and portfolio management, has recently announced it is operating as a Super Validator on the Canton Network, focused on supporting its mission of connecting institutions to the digital asset ecosystem. After its acquisition… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 12:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, announces it is enabling the launch of savings accounts with crypto-native exchange, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). via its Embedded Banking solution. This launch marks a significant milestone in the UK’s financial ecosystem as it is the first time savings… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one of the largest companies in the digital asset ecosystem, is taking a step forward to advance open, freedom-first AI and cloud services. Tether has signed an agreement to lease a share of a 20,000+ GPU network to power its… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) announced a breakthrough pilot enabling businesses and platforms to send payouts directly to recipients’ stablecoin wallets. For businesses using Visa Direct, payouts may now be funded in fiat money, while recipients can choose to receive their funds in USD-backed stablecoins such as… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 8:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have recently announced a new partnership on artificial intelligence in Finance between Singapore and the United Kingdom (UK) – termed the UK-Singapore AI-in-Finance Partnership. Announced at the Singapore FinTech Festival, the partnership… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 8:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fourthline, Europe’s identity services provider, has been selected by Tiime, the French specialist in accounting software, as their Identity Verification Partner. The partnership aims to ensure Tiime’s compliance with French regulatory requirements while improving the security as well as overall efficiency of its customer onboarding… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Perennial crowdfunding poster Clive Reffell recently posed a pertinent question. In the UK, the number of securities crowdfunding deals tanked in 2024. Reffell asked why this happened. “Is it too hard for retail investors to work out a required ROI?” Valid question. Reffell referenced data from… Read More