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April 29, 2025 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a transformative step toward bridging traditional finance and the digital economy, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has unveiled an initiative to incorporate stablecoins into its global payments network. This move aims to make stablecoin transactions as intuitive and secure as conventional payments, enabling consumers to spend… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 9:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank announces the accreditation of Creative Growth Finance as a delivery partner under the Growth Guarantee Scheme. Creative Growth Finance (CGF) is Creative UK’s specialist £35m debt fund, which provides growth capital “to high-potential smaller businesses in the UK’s creative sector.” The… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 4:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

bunq, a digital bank based in the Netherlands, now offers crypto investing within its app. The service is now available in the Netherlands, France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, and Belgium. Bunq states that it will roll out crypto trading across the entire European Economic Area, as… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 1:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Internet Group, Inc., a global financial technology company and stablecoin market participant, announced it has received In-Principle Approval (IPA) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM to operate as a money services provider. This IPA marks a significant step towards Circle securing… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, FCA Chief Data, Information, and Intelligence Officer Jessica Rusu delivered a speech on the regulation of digital assets. Delivered at the CityUK International Conference 2025, Rusu said the regulator is supporting growth via innovation while reducing regulatory burdens. She noted that entrepreneurs are “looking for predictability,… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As financial advisors increasingly adopt defined-outcome strategies to capture market opportunities, manage risk, and meet client goals, CAIS, the  alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, announced an expansion of its “defined-outcome capabilities” through CAIS Capital Markets, a new division. CAIS Capital Markets will centralize… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, reveals an accelerating push towards Crypto-TradFi treasury management by its DLT foundation and corporate clients. The demand for advanced tools to manage multi-asset treasuries – on the same banking platform – has led “to a doubling of clients… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX, operator of the Swiss Stock Exchange, has launched SIX Fixed Income Data. The data offering reportedly delivers coverage of “pricing, reference data, corporate actions, and underlying source documents for the global fixed income markets.” The solution provides reliable global fixed income data “to banks,… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LSEG announced it has extended its multi-year collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), naming AWS as the preferred cloud provider for its Markets, Risk Intelligence and FTSE Russell divisions. This agreement reportedly builds on the existing relationship “between the two companies.” By migrating internal systems… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), Fabric Ventures, Animoca Brands and Founders Factory have launched a multi-million pound accelerator in the UK, set to transform the UK’s blockchain and AI ecosystem. This initiative reportedly aims to unlock product market fit and growth for the so-called “next generation” of… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s SME lending market needs a full reboot, according to new research by the UK fintech Allica Bank. With the UK having the lowest business investment rate in the G7, the report highlights how small businesses invest at only “a third of the level… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 1:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to Peer lender Folk2Folk has posted a preview of 2024 performance. According to the company, its platform generated record revenue for the full year of 2024, marking its sixth consecutive year of profitability. Folk2Folk said the top-line revenue was £6.6 million for the year,… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent incident impacting the web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi) space, Term Finance, an Ethereum-based platform offering fixed-rate lending, reportedly recovered $1 million of the $1.6 million lost due to a misconfigured oracle in its Treehouse (tETH) market. The error is said to have… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the so-called “Smart Superhighway” to move money around the world, is proud to announce the raise of its $150 million Series D at a valuation increase over its last round. Thunes welcomes Apis Partners and Vitruvian Partners, two private equity firms, both globally recognized… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky’s GReAT team has uncovered a new Lazarus campaign, combining a watering hole attack with the “exploitation of vulnerabilities in third-party software to target organizations in South Korea.” During the research, company experts have also “discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the widely used South Korean… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), a multi-faceted payments provider, was hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack last week. In a blog post, Adyen said the attacker was targeting their European data centers, with certain services experiencing degraded service or outages. The attack was marked as “resolved”… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokenization enabler Tokeny and blockchain entity HBAR Foundation have revealed a partnership pertaining to the digitization of Real World Assets (RWAs). The collaboration is said to deliver a “compliant, scalable, and green institutional tokenization on the Hedera Network. The agreement is described as a “major milestone”… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexo, the global digital assets wealth platform, has announced its return to the United States after recognizing a more favorable regulatory environment under the Trump Administration. The re-entry was unveiled at a business session featuring addresses from Donald Trump Jr., EVP of The Trump Organization;… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 6:01 am By Michael Wong  |  

Visa and Maroc Telecom Group have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance mobile payment services in Morocco and explore wider digital financial inclusion efforts across Africa, the companies announced. The collaboration will initially focus on integrating Visa’s payment solutions into MT Cash, Maroc Telecom’s… Read More

April 27, 2025 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital payment landscape is evolving rapidly, with recent developments highlighting the strengths and challenges of various providers. According to a study by Consumer Reports, digital wallets from fintech companies like Block and PayPal offer improved fraud monitoring and liability protection compared to those from… Read More