Global

July 22, 2024 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Exodus and Syrup have revealed a new partnership. Users of the Exodus wallet can now access Syrup and “earn 18% net APY on USDC as well as ‘double Drips’ on their deposit, boosting SYRUP token rewards.” Exodus’ multi-chain desktop and mobile wallet “enables secure peer-to-peer… Read More

July 22, 2024 @ 12:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks Off Exchange enables businesses across the world to trade on centralized exchanges without introducing counterparty risk. Today, they’re sharing that Bybit is the newest exchange to integrate with Off Exchange. Bybit, a crypto exchange, joins Deribit, with further integrations to follow. These include BIT,… Read More

July 22, 2024 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Approval phishing is an increasingly popular tactic used by criminals to steal funds through different scamming techniques such as fake crypto apps and romance scams (also known as pig butchering), according to an update from Chainalysis. With the approval phishing technique, the scammer tricks the… Read More

July 22, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matías Andrade and Tanay Ved have recently shared key takeaways from a Coin Metrics report which noted that Mt. Gox creditors are finally receiving repayments, “with approximately $9 billion worth of Bitcoin set for distribution in July.” As mentioned in the Coin Metrics report, the… Read More

July 22, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bondsmith, which says it is empowering clients to unlock the full potential of cash with innovative financial solutions via trusted partnerships,  announced that they have joined forces with abrdn in order to launch a fully integrated cash savings solution, providing their clients with even greater… Read More

July 22, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Midlands Engine Investment Fund II has announced its first major equity deal. Aircraft robotics firm True Position Robotics has raised £1 million to support business expansion. The British Business Bank has announced the first deal from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II “with a £1… Read More

July 22, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Bondora is reporting a key milestone. Bondora reveals that 1 billion Euros have been invested via their platform. This latest achievement has marked a significant point in Bondora’s journey since 2008, and it was made possible by their customers. In order to mark… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 11:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Executives from two Fintech companies believe this week’s system outages could hurt SMEs the most and highlight the need for additional resiliency in an increasingly connected world. The past seven days began with an outage at CHAPS. While it was temporary, it significantly affected European… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 8:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockbuster deals to Stripe and AlphaSense buoy an otherwise flat quarter for the Fintech sector, according to an extensive update from CBInsights. On the surface, Q2’24 was a return “to growth for fintech, with funding increasing 19% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) to $8.9B,” the CBInsights report revealed…. Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 6:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matera, a banking software provider, announced a $100 million investment from Warburg Pincus, a global growth investor. The investment will be used to fund the company’s “expansion into the North American market and further expand product development.” Founded in Brazil, Matera is a technology “provider… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 6:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The co-founder of a cloud platform for global card processing insists that recent payment systems outages are the price the world pays for widely used yet outdated infrastructure. Robert Kraal is the CBDO of Silverflow, which offers a cloud-native solution with a single API for… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 6:24 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Amid the accelerating shift towards digital banking, nearly half of banking customers in Ghana still favor traditional banking methods, according to the 2024 PwC Ghana Banking Survey Report. The survey reveals that 47% of respondents prefer to conduct their banking transactions through conventional means, highlighting… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 2:20 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Misr Digital Innovation, the investment arm of Banque Misr, has received approval from the Central Bank of Egypt to launch One Bank, the country’s first native digital bank. This marks a significant milestone in Egypt’s banking sector, as it embraces the latest technological advancements in… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 12:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To transform and expand their prime brokerage business lines and as part of its broader efforts to add and enhance value for its clientele, AmInvestment Bank, a company in the Ambank Group and one of the largest banking groups in Malaysia, has deployed global Fintech… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 12:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stratyfy, a Fintech confronting bias in AI and optimizing credit risk decisions with transparent machine learning solutions, announced its partnership with Prism Data, a cash flow underwriting and data analytics platform. Prism Data enabled modern cash flow underwriting “that uses digital deposit account data to… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

It is now possible to pick up a packet of flour or a bottle of wine around the clock – including weekends – in the village of Freckenfeld (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). The local village store had been closed since May 2023 and was recently reopened with… Read More

July 20, 2024 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JTL-Software GmbH, a German e-commerce solution provider, and the Dutch financial services provider Mollie are entering into a strategic partnership. The long-term partnership is the result of collaboration “on individual projects since August 2023.” It enables integration of Mollie’s payment services “into JTL’s e-commerce solutions… Read More

July 20, 2024 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following its entrance in other European Union countries, Mintos, the investment platform providing a range of alternative and traditional investment options, is now focused on continuing its European launch by making its entry in the Czech Republic investment ecosystem. Since its inception back in 2015,… Read More

July 20, 2024 @ 5:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Coinvestors, a blockchain venture fund-of-funds and co-investment program with a combined portfolio of more than 1,250 blockchain enterprises and projects, including 95 blockchain unicorns, announced its bi-annual Meet the Blockchain Unicorns report which includes the most comprehensive list of blockchain unicorns globally – “including… Read More

July 19, 2024 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has recently shared New Zealand’s progress in its efforts focused on “strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing.” FATF noted in a blog post that since the 2021 assessment of New Zealand’s measures to tackle money laundering… Read More