Global

October 11, 2025 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest has released their eleventh legal report analysing the financial performance of law firms across the UK following a survey of 110 participants. Optimism in the legal industry remains fairly high, with the majority or 84% of firms feeling generally positive about the foreseeable future,… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 3:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with George Kailas, CEO & Founder of Prospero, a Fintech startup with a mission to democratize access to financial markets for retail traders and investors. Prospero explains that it simplifies institutional trading behavior into more meaningful and “actionable” data-driven insights that… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 9:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Finzly, a provider of modern payment infrastructure for financial institutions, announced that its customers are ISO 20022-ready on FX STAR, the company’s foreign exchange and cross-border payments platform. By adopting SWIFT MX messages, Finzly’s customers join the first wave of financial institutions embracing the… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Navro, the UK Fintech that aims to simplify international payments for businesses, announces an expansion of its real-time, pay-to-bank capability – that is, the ability for businesses to send funds instantly to someone’s bank account at any time of day, “irrespective of banking hours,” with… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP), which claims to be largest bank and the largest supplier of integrated financial services in Peru, and BitGo, the digital asset infrastructure company, announced the launch of Criptococos, the banking platform in Peru, to allow for the purchase and… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the establishment of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) and a Digital Assets Stockpile (DAS), the United States declared that it intends to add to its pool of digital capital via additional asset seizures. Chainalysis has recently noted that the cryptocurrency ecosystem presents law enforcement with an opportunity. According… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Private investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown has issued a statement on crypto and Bitcoin specifically, describing the world’s most popular crypto as “not an asset class.” To quote the firm:  “…we do not think cryptocurrency has characteristics that mean it should be included in portfolios for… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Luxembourg sovereign wealth fund has reportedly invested 1% of its portfolio into Bitcoin ETFs, which is said to make it the first sovereign wealth fund in the Eurozone area to officially gain exposure to Bitcoin. With the update, Luxembourg appears to be asserting its… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The way that AI is being used by the investment management sector is shifting from a focus on operational efficiency to allowing for more sophisticated investment-centric applications. According to a Citi report, this is being driven by AI’s ability to handle very large amounts of… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilch, the consumer payments platform powering commerce, unveiled product developments marking the next phase of its growth. Recently, the company has introduced Zilch Intelligent Commerce – an AI powered data intelligence platform for retailers and brands to potentially increase their return on ad spend when… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 12:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CyberCube, a cyber risk modeling and analytics business, today announced an investment of $180 million+ by Spectrum Equity, which is said to be subject to customary regulatory approvals. With this investment, Spectrum Equity is joining existing investors ForgePoint Capital, Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd, and… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from global small business platform Xero reveals a significant problem facing small business owners: many acknowledge the potential of targeted promotional strategies, but are being held back from taking part in these initiatives primarily due to lack of adequate financial resources. A Xero research… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent report highlights fintech startup Ramp‘s seemingly aggressive push to disrupt American Express‘ current dominance in the $2 trillion U.S. corporate and small-business credit card sector. Founded in 2019 by Eric Glyman and Karim Atiyeh, Fintech firm Ramp has scaled to $1 billion in… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 3:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QED Investors, a VC firm focused on investing in high-potential financial services firms in the US, has looked into why 2025 appears to have been the year of the bank charter. Since January of this year, there have been 20 filings for de novo charters,… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AI Venture Builder, a UK-based startup studio focused on launching B2B AI-powered software solutions, has secured 103% of its £600,003 target via its fundraising campaign carried out via Republic Europe (with 7 days remaining in the crowdfunding campaign). AI Venture Builder is reporting a total… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The Laffer Curve continues to shed light on how to manage tax policy more effectively. Unfortunately, too few recognize the pragmatech theory that posits a too high tax burden will alter individual behavior. As taxes rise, especially on the affluent, who may relocate easily, this… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

21X, the operator of the EU-regulated on-chain trading and settlement system, and DekaBank, the securities services provider of the German Savings Banks Finance Group (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe), announced the  completion of an on-chain trade on the Polygon testnet. This marks a step forward in their collaboration “to… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funds and public companies have now acquired more Bitcoin this year already than during the entire 2024. This, according to a recent update shared by André Dragosch, Director, Head of Research – Europe at Bitwise. André Dragosch of Bitwise noted that as of August 10,… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The majority of FIs worldwide lost clients during the past year because of relatively slow onboarding, according to an update from Regtech Fenergo Notably, this is said to be highest rate recorded to date and appears to be a serious issue because UX and frictionless… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Timeless Bamboo has reportedly secured 10 acres of land for a bamboo-based carbon pilot by working cooperatively with Swiss blockchain-focused Fintech Fedrok AG. This was done by recording project data on-chain. Baseline surveys were carried out this past month and planting is expected to commence… Read More