Global

July 19, 2025 @ 5:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Orum.io, a company enhancing money movement through its payment orchestration platform, has joined forces Stripe, a global Fintech enabling online payment processing. This milestone, shared by Orum’s Founder and CEO Stephany Kirkpatrick, CFP, on LinkedIn, marks a step forward in the mission to make financial… Read More

July 19, 2025 @ 11:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

CEOs Michael Carbonara of Ibanera and Nigel Green of deVere Group weighed in on the GENIUS Act and the Clarity Act. “The GENIUS and Clarity Acts represent a long-overdue inflection point for digital finance in the United States. For years, innovation has outpaced regulation, forcing… Read More

July 19, 2025 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Consensys has released a report titled “The Industrialization of Trust,” declaring Ethereum as the cornerstone of a new era in digital trust. This report introduces the concept of “Trustware,” an infrastructure that aims to redefine how trust is created, managed, and scaled in the digital… Read More

July 19, 2025 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 is expanding its travel offering with the launch of a Travel eSIM – fully digital data plans designed to keep travelers connected in more than 100 different countries. Travel eSIM allows customers to activate their Travel eSIM “within the N26 App without the need… Read More

July 19, 2025 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Remitly, an international payments company, is harnessing artificial intelligence to streamline its operations and enhance customer experiences. As outlined in a recent letter from CEO Matt Oppenheimer, published on July 17, 2025, Remitly is embracing AI as a potentially transformative tool, comparable to the advent… Read More

July 19, 2025 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As Bitcoin surged to new all-time highs this week, peaking at $123,231 on Coinbase, market data suggests traders are not yet caught up in the speculative frenzy seen in past cycles. According to NYDIG’s latest analysis, indicators like perpetual swap funding rates, CME futures basis,… Read More

July 19, 2025 @ 1:19 am By Michael Wong  |  

Italian defence and aerospace group Leonardo said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy Sweden-based cybersecurity firm Axiomatics AB, bolstering its “zero trust” product line as Europe races to secure critical networks. The acquisition adds a key capability to Leonardo’s Global Cybersecurity Platform by enhancing… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency market staged an impressive recovery in the second quarter of 2025, rebounding from a challenging Q1 to showcase resilience and shifting dynamics, according to CoinGecko’s 2025 Q2 Crypto Industry Report. The total crypto market capitalization surged by 24.0%, recovering $663.6 billion to reach… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elon Musk’s vision to transform X, formerly Twitter, into an all-encompassing “super app” is taking a leap forward with the introduction of in-app trading and investment features. According to now former X CEO Linda Yaccarino, the platform is poised to integrate financial services seamlessly, allowing… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 10:10 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The FICO European Fraud Map 2024 has revealed a worrying trend of rising card fraud levels and losses across the continent. The data from Euromonitor International on 18 countries shows that card-not-present fraud dominates card fraud losses and has increased across most countries. E-commerce fraud, e-wallet, social… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeff Ren, founder of OKX Ventures, noted that at digital assets firm OKX, they’ve always believed that “access, transparency, and freedom are the cornerstones of the future financial system.” OKX has reportedly joined the Global Dollar Network as a core partner, along with well-known names in… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 9:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has released its third progress report on the digital euro preparation phase, spanning November 2024 to April 2025, alongside a letter from ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone to Aurore Lalucq, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The World Economic Forum launched the Global Regulatory Innovation Platform (GRIP) – an international initiative designed to strengthen how governments design and “adapt regulation in step with accelerating technological change.” Developed in partnership “with the United Arab Emirates’ General Secretariat of the Cabinet, GRIP comes… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 1:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse has been focused on its global expansion plans and various partnerships in the web3 and crypto space. Recent updates from the Zug-based crypto-financial service provider highlight its advancements in 2024 and plans for this year. At its Annual General Meeting in late June… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum Investments, a Latvia-based peer-to-business (P2B) lending platform, has commented on its goal of becoming a key player in Europe’s alternative finance sector. Debitum Investments has earned an A-level taxpayer rating from the Latvian State Revenue Service (VID) in 2024, a testament to its commitment… Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace for co-owned luxury vacation homes, continues to focus on second-home ownership with its recent expansion into Mexico, steady financial results, and an investment opportunity for individual investors. Founded in 2020 by former Zillow executives Austin Allison and Spencer Rascoff,… Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 10:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the evolving ecosystem of online investing, Bondora Group continues to make significant strides, as highlighted by their June 2025 performance statistics and their transparent approach to managing loan recoveries. In June 2025, Bondora Group reported loan originations of €28,747,468, representing a 17.0% increase from May’s figures…. Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group, Aberdeen Investments, and Archax announce a partnership to advance the use of blockchain technology, utilizing tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) as collateral for their trading businesses. In a UK-first initiative, tokenised “units of Aberdeen Investment’s money market fund (tMMF) and tokenised UK gilts… Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 9:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest NatWest Regional Growth Tracker showed improved performances across most parts of the UK in June, with business activity rising in eight out of the 12 nations and regions monitored. The Tracker – which did a survey of businesses operating in the manufacturing and… Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Canton Network announces the addition of B2C2, Cumberland DRW, FalconX, and GSR, four digital asset liquidity providers, to its on-chain collateral initiative. This marks an expansion of the project, which began in January of this year. The new additions join Flowdesk and QCP as… Read More