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October 18, 2025 @ 10:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Sonatype, a provider of AI-centric DevSecOps, this week released the Open Source Malware Index, Q3 2025, which analyzed 34,319 open source malware packages discovered by Sonatype across major open source registries, including npm, PyPI, Hugging Face, and more. This quarter’s count brings the total number of… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) recently announced that its Business services division has introduced global payouts and payment links, allowing businesses to send and receive stablecoin USDC with competitive fees, instant settlement, and global reach. These tools aim to simplify vendor payments, eliminate chargebacks, and offer seamless API… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

There are now around 241,700 people with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency holdings worth $1 million or more, which is up a considerable 40% from the past year, according to Henley & Partners and New World Wealth. As first reported by CNBC, there are 450 crypto centimillionaires,… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut’s growth to more than 65 million users across 38 markets indicates how digital-first banks are transforming global finance. But the Fintech firm’s wait for a full UK banking license exposes a seemingly more pressing issue: how regulatory authorities adapt traditional frameworks to… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:10 am By Michael Wong  |  

The U.K.’s tax agency is turning up the heat on crypto traders, more than doubling the number of warning notices it sent to suspected underpayers in the latest tax year as digital-asset ownership swells. HM Revenue & Customs dispatched almost 65,000 so-called “nudge letters” in… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Monzo, the digital bank serving business customers, is helping simplify tax filing for sole traders and landlords with a new tool that lets them file directly to HMRC from their Monzo Business bank account. Built in partnership with Sage, the tool is designed to help sole… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 2:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

BondIT has taken the extraordinary step of issuing a press statement announcing that they are suing JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM), alleging theft of its tech. JP Morgan is, of course, one of the largest and most respected banking firms in the world. BondIT is an Israeli Fintech in the fixed… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fuel Ventures Follow-On EIS Fund is live on Republic Europe. Fuel Ventures is an early-stage technology investor in the United Kingdom that is said to be operating SEIS, EIS, and VCT Funds. Based currently in London,  Fuel Ventures operates in the sectors of Finance &… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, a self-described intelligent finance platform, has announced that it is collaborating with Oracle, becoming the fintech issuer that has been embedded within Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Leveraging Oracle’s integration with Mastercard, Brex will now enable Oracle’s global, embedded B2B payments solution… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has recently acquired Decho, a UK-based tech and AI consultancy that helps organizations reinvent through the design, delivery and scaling of Palantir solutions. The acquisition reportedly aims to enhance Accenture’s strategic advisory and advanced engineering capabilities for Palantir solutions for clients across… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stablecoin issuer Circle noted that in the fast-evolving digital economy, human attention drives trillion-dollar outcomes but the consumers contributing that value seldom share in it. Centralized platforms tend to capture the profits while fraud, bots, and misaligned incentives are distorting the system. For billions, particularly… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the economic outlook reportedly reaches its lowest point since 1997, consumers are looking for ways to more effectively manage their spending. This, according an update from Deloitte. The firm has noted that surveyed consumers now intend to spend an average of $1,595 this festive… Read More

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

Global HR and payroll platform Deel is reporting a Series E round, acquiring $300 million and achieving a $17.3 billion valuation. This capital injection, co-led by Ribbit Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Coatue Management, highlights Deel’s steady financial performance and its potential for growth in the… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YZi Labs reports that it is leading a $50 million round in Better Payment Network (BPN), which is described as a programmable payment network built for the multi-stablecoin era. The investment reportedly aligns with YZi Labs’ thesis of backing global financial infrastructure – systems that place… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mid-market firms remained the growth engine of the UK private sector economy during the past month. according to the NatWest UK Business Growth Tracker data. The Tracker – which has reportedly surveyed mid-market businesses operating in the manufacturing as well as services sectors – declined… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX, the financial data and market infrastructure provider, signed a seven-year strategic partnership with Barclays, the global banking group, in order to support the banking institution’s international growth and enabler greater cost efficiencies. Strengthening the relationship, the collaboration will reportedly see Barclays’ business – which… Read More

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

Sygnum Bank Middle East announces the launch of Sygnum Validators, a new service launched from Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) which includes operating institutional-grade validator nodes for select blockchain net​​works that enable non-custodial staking. The first validator to launch supports the Solana network, enabling eligible… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Advance, the credit card from Lloyds, provides support to help build a good credit score in a responsible manner- suitable for consumers with big aspirations on the horizon that will require substantial borrowing to help turn them into a reality. When working toward life goals,… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 12:57 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lightning Stock Exchange (Lise) this week announced that it has secured a DLT TSS license from the ACPR, under the European Union’s DLT Pilot Regime. This authorization process was carried out in collaboration with the ACPR, Banque de France, ESMA, AMF, Eurosystem and ECB. This… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 8:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced Merchant Cloud, a payments platform that brings together various services from Mastercard and its partners, helping firms navigate the complexities of commerce, supporting their ongoing expansion efforts into new markets and delivering enhanced experiences for end-users. The platform provides “scheme-agnostic” solutions… Read More