Global

November 17, 2025 @ 2:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: FIGR) announced that its subsidiary, Figure Certificate Company (FCC), plans to start minting $YLDS, a registered public debt security, natively on Solana. $YLDS is described as being a security-version of stablecoin, intended to maintain a fixed dollar price and offer a “continuous… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

ByteDance, a Chinese firm that operates TikTok, CapCut, and Douyin, is the operator of some of the most popular social media verticals in the world. Republic is offering access to ByteDance’s growth via a Mirror Token, which aims to match the valuation of ByteDance’s equity…. Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Around 1 in 5 or 20% of financial services industry professionals have reported having crypto-assets as part of their firms’ main operation in a sentiment poll conducted across GlobalData’s FS media sites during the H1 of 2025. An additional 20% are expected to “follow suit,… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG UK has recently noted that recruitment consultancies signaled a relative improvement in hiring conditions in October of 2025. This, according to the KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey, which is compiled by S&P Global. Temp billings have reportedly expanded for the first… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky has introduced its Security Bulletin, which aims to examine the key cybersecurity trends of the past year and offers a glimpse into the potential future of these developments. The update from Kaspersky is dedicated to cybersecurity issues in the financial services ecosystem, offering an… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG noted that the vast majority or 86 per cent) of energy and technology business professionals in the UK now believe that without AI it would take longer for their organisation to achieve its net zero goals, according to KPMG’s report on AI and the… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European digital bank N26 announced the appointment of Dr. Andreas Dombret, Byron Haynes and Dr. Daniel Terberger as new members of its Supervisory Board. They were elected at an Extraordinary General Meeting by shareholders, and will join N26’s Supervisory Board with “immediate effect.” Andreas Dombret… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 2:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank OakNorth provided a £7.5m loan to McAvoy, one of the UK and Ireland’s market leaders in the manufacturing and rental of premium modular buildings. The facility supports the business’ working capital requirements after its acquisition by European mid-market private equity firm, Duke… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 1:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK crypto investors are nearly twice as likely to be motivated by long-term wealth building than by short-term gains, according to research from investing and trading platform IG (LSEG:IGG). In a recent survey of more than 500 UK crypto holders, the majority or 51% stated that… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights has reportedly analyzed over 1,350 early-stage deals in October 2025 in order to identify the most promising or high-potential firms, major investors, as well as emerging categories to watch closely (all this was said to have been based on CB Insights predictive intelligence)…. Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 11:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) and Swift announced a trial that seemingly confirms the feasibility of settling payments between fiat and digital currencies, in a Payment-versus-Payment workflow. The trial now reportedly demonstrates a hybrid model for interoperability between TradFi systems and DLT networks. This was achieved by… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wall Street is now seemingly betting big on venture secondaries as the market reaches nearly $95 billion. This, according to an update from PitchBook which noted that the US venture secondary market is accelerating rather quicklty, reaching an estimated “$94.9 billion in annual value across direct… Read More

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