Global

August 26, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo and Pier Two are pleased to announce that, effective immediately, Pier Two’s staking services will be natively integrated into BitGo’s platform, and accessible by BitGo’s global institutional customers. The coming together of BitGo’s globally regulated custody, financial services, and core infrastructure and Pier Two’s… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After a first semester of major events in the crypto world (Bitcoin halving , approval of ETH and BTC exchange-traded funds or ETFs, etc.), Bitso —the crypto-driven financial services company in Latin America— released the second edition of its report Crypto Panorama in Latin America:… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New research from MillTechFX reveals hedging strategy divergence among UK and US corporates. The latest research from FX-as-a-Service pioneer, MillTechFX, has “revealed UK corporates have dropped their hedge ratios by around six percentage points, possibly due to increased political certainty, while US corporates increased theirs… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The total venture capital (VC) funding raised by the US-based startups reportedly improved by 2.4% year-on-year (YoY) during January-July 2024 despite a 41% decline in VC deal volume. The country continues to lead the global VC landscape “with a significant gap over its peers, leading… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 11:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the August bank holiday approaches, the UK’s retail and hospitality sectors are anticipating a significant surge in sales, according to consumer spend insights from global data and technology company Experian and Reward, an industry participant focused on customer engagement. The forecast, which is based… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carta has shared the VC Fund Performance for Q1 2024. Carta’s inaugural VC fund performance report analyzes benchmarks for more than 1800 funds across six recent vintages. There has been tremendous upheaval in the venture capital markets “since interest rates began to rise in early… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 9:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a £6m loan to Gatehouse Hub Ltd to fund the development of 19 industrial logistics units spread over 43,487 sq.ft., and a wellness centre comprising of 6,458 sq.ft. on the outskirts of Burgess Hill in… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 7:53 pm By Michael Wong  |  

A significant majority of consumers, 78%, in India now prefer to conduct their banking digitally through mobile apps or websites, according to a recent report by Alkami Technology. This shift underscores the broader move towards cashless transactions and contactless payments, trends that have accelerated significantly… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru has shared the Loan portfolio overview for the month of July 2024. As of July 2024, Estateguru‘s loan portfolio has “demonstrated consistent performance, with approximately €8 million in repayments each month.” The 12-month portfolio remains robust, “delivering steady interest payments to our investors.” Of… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech Thunes noted that the Philippines is swiftly emerging as a fast-growing digital payments hub in Southeast Asia, fueled by significant advancements in its financial sector. Thunes explained in a blog post that government initiatives, particularly from the BSP, have driven “a surge in… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

4 in 5 consumes are spending the most time on X, Telegram and YouTube for crypto, according to an update from CoinGecko. The social media platforms most used for crypto “are X (formerly Twitter), Telegram and YouTube, which represented a combined 84.0% of the crypto… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Soneium by Sony Block Solutions Labs has officially been introduced in order to support the future of Web3. Soneium, by Sony Block Solutions Labs is “building a public Ethereum layer 2 next-generation blockchain ecosystem designed to invoke emotion and empower creativity.” Soneium will connect the… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca’s local currency trading API now supports limit, stop, and stop limit for both nominal and fractional order types. Additionally, Local Currency Trading now reportedly “offers extended hours trading to further open financial services to everyone on the planet.” Local Currency Trading API enables businesses… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of Israel announces the issuance of an identification code to a second global fintech company that has chosen to operate in Israel as “a participant in a controlled payment system” – Revolut Ltd. Participants in the Israeli payment systems are “identified using a… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 9:37 am By Michael Wong  |  

Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening. At one point, Durov sought to issue a native crypto TON (Gram), but following an enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 6:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a provider of solutions to help organizations manage their people and money, and Equifax (NYSE: EFX), a global data, analytics and technology company, today announced a partnership to help make employment and income verifications for Workday customers’ employees easier and faster… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 5:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments provider, announced it is the first payment provider to partner with Google Pay to bring its biometric-based secure payment authentication service to merchants. Checkout.com, which offers authentication to merchants “such as Remitly, will offer Google Pay’s biometric authentication to brands… Read More

August 24, 2024 @ 2:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The SUBSCRIBE alternative investment technology platform that helps institutional and wealth manager firms digitalize, centralize, and operate their complex private market programs is now available to financial advisors affiliated with MML Investors Services, a  independent broker/dealer and investment adviser subsidiary of MassMutual Vaughn Bowman, CFA,… Read More

August 24, 2024 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Baton Systems, a global capital markets tech provider orchestrating the optimized settlement of $20-30 billion (USD) in asset value daily, has introduced new treasury management tools designed to optimize intraday liquidity, reduce costly buffers and mitigate risk in real-time. The new liquidity management capabilities offer… Read More

August 24, 2024 @ 11:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Superstate Industry Council is welcoming the second cohort of institutions. This diverse group of institutions joins them in “shaping Superstate’s product roadmap and driving the adoption of tokenization within traditional financial services and capital markets.” Since the council’s inception in March 2024, dozens of organizations… Read More