Global

January 6, 2025 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin tech firm JAN3 has recently announced raising $5 million in seed financing to accelerate the development of the AQUA Wallet. Investors reportedly include the following business entities: Fulgur Ventures, Grupo Salinas, Tether, East Ventures, and NYDIG. JAN3 has officially concluded a $5 million seed… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital transformation, and use of emerging technologies like AI are the key issues Australian business professionals will focus on during 2025 and beyond, KPMG’s annual Keeping Us Up At Night survey finds. Concerns over the slowing economy, and cost of living are also prominent, the… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 5:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Finastra has announced that its CEO, Simon Paris, will resign and be replaced by Chris Walters. Paris joined Finastra as president in 2015 and became its chief executive officer in June 2018. Finastra is a global provider of financial services software applications for the full… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Infinant, a bank platform provider, announced it has raised $15 million through a Series A funding round, which was reportedly led by FINTOP Capital and partner JAM FINTOP BankTech, along with contributions from Raido Capital Partners, Woodforest Financial Group, and Bankers Helping Bankers. Infinant claims… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

ClearBank, a Fintech providing banking services, has distributed a note sharing predictions for 2025. Founded in 2017 and based in the UK, ClearBank is regulated and authorized by the FCA and PRA as well as the European Central Bank and De Nederlandsche Bank. Charles McManus,… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

​The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is launching the first selection procedure for the Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) for bonds. Entities interested to apply are encouraged to register and submit their requests in order to participate in… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 12:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The “Recurring Payments Market Report 2024” report has been released by ResearchAndMarkets.com. This Recurring Payments market research report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. The recurring payments market size has… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chiliz Group, the global enabler of blockchain technology for sports and entertainment, is pleased to announce that its platform, Socios.com, has secured authorization from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), building upon the in-principle approval announced in October last year. This milestone reinforces Chiliz Group’s… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine CEO Eyal Lifshitz shared a 2024 recap as well as the firm’s plans looking forward to 2025. Bluevine CEO Eyal Lifshitz noted that they spent this past year focused on bringing clients features that could help their business “run even more efficiently and effectively—like… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 9:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

deVere Group CEO Nigel Green believes the United States will acquire as many as 400,000 Bitcoin in 2025 as part of a strategic reserve. That will help propel a historic Bitcoin run while reinforcing the dollar’s dominance. Green, who predicted Bitcoin would top $100,000, believes… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amsterdam headquartered Ver.iD has reportedly finalized a $2 million angel round for its digital identity verification SaaS platform. Amsterdam‘s VeriD, a digital identity verification SaaS platform that has been founded in 2022 by Robert Van Altena, confirmed that it raised €2 million in funding to… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Zilch has reflected on what they claim was an extraordinary year, and their end-of-year update captures the defining moments of 2024. From significant milestones to transformative partnerships, Zilch stated that it has been a year of steady growth and “meaningful” progress. Over the… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amid this dynamic landscape, the blockchain industry advances at the intersection of security and innovation, according to a report from SlowMist. The research report from SlowMist provides an in-depth review of key regulatory policies and anti-money laundering (AML) developments in 2024. It examines major blockchain… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), a global firm focused on leveraging digital asset compute to support the energy transformation,  recently released unaudited BTC production and miner installation updates for December 2024. Fred Thiel, MARA‘s chairman and CEO said: “In December, we surpassed our year-end hash… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nearly $2.4 billion was stolen across 760 on-chain incidents in 2024. That was just one revelation in CertiK’s Hack3d: The Web3 Security Report 2024. Even though the total number of incidents decreased by roughly 4%, the amount stolen surged by 31%, meaning that even though… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Frax Finance, a “decentralized” stablecoin cryptocurrency protocol, has recently announced the launch of a new stablecoin, frxUSD, that will leverage BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), tokenized by Securitize, to deliver a “fully auditable” backing mechanism. This partnership marks a milestone in the integration… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thomson Reuters Corporation (NYSE: TRI), a global content and technology company, announced it has acquired cPaperless, LLC, doing business as SafeSend, for $600 million in cash. SafeSend is a US-based cloud-native provider of technology for tax and accounting professionals. Established back in 2008, SafeSend automates… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ryan, a global tax services and software provider, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its CAD $700 million acquisition of the property tax services business of Altus Group Limited. With the transaction closed, Ryan reportedly assumes complete ownership of Altus Group’s property tax… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The CaixaBank Group, alongside its asset management subsidiaries—VidaCaixa, CaixaBank AM, and BPI Gestão de Ativos—has reinforced its commitment to “responsible investment,” as reflected in the review conducted by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), supported by the United Nations. The ratings achieved in the 2024… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has acquired a license to provide derivatives in European markets via the recently announced acquisition of Bux‘s Cyprus division. Digital currency exchange Coinbase confirmed that it has now acquired a  license as part of its plans for European business expansion… Read More