Global

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

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