Global

November 21, 2023 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8 released a new research paper for the actuarial community entitled “Derivative Lasso: Credibility-Based Signal Fitting for GLMs.” Developed by a team of actuarial scientists at Akur8, including Mattia Casotto, Head of Product for the U.S. and Principal Scientist, and Thomas Holmes, Chief Actuary for… Read More

November 21, 2023 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the largest company in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, and leading global crypto exchange and Web3 technology company OKX, announced that they have assisted the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in an investigation that “led to Tether proactively and voluntarily freezing approximately 225 million in… Read More

November 21, 2023 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The World Economic Forum’s AI Governance Summit brought together more than 200 influential leaders from the Forum’s AI Governance Alliance (AIGA) and the broader artificial intelligence community “to exchange insights and collaborate on the establishment of action plans to promote the responsible development and deployment… Read More

November 21, 2023 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK witnessed 898 venture capital (VC) funding deals of worth $8.7 billion during January-August 2023. This represents “a 27.2% drop in the volume compared to the same period in 2022.” Notably, the decline in terms of disclosed deal value “was significantly steeper, registering at… Read More

November 21, 2023 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On 18 November 2023, Kronos Research announced, via social media platform X, that unauthorized access to their API resulted in “a loss of approximately $26 million.” As noted in an update shared by CertiK, the incident “isn’t a typical private key compromise which often refers… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 9:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

​Personal remittances from Overseas Filipinos (OFs) in September 2023 have reportedly “reached US$3.23 billion, 2.6 percent higher than the US$3.15 billion recorded in the same month last year.” The growth in personal remittances in September 2023 was driven “by increased remittances from 1) land-based workers… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the world’s first RiskOps platform for financial risk management, and Chartis Research, leaders in risk technology research and insights, have released a joint report exploring how financial firms are responding to fraud in the APAC region. Leading the charge in the global fight against… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes and Kapronasia, a strategic advisory and financial services consultancy, have issued a report, “From Cash to QR codes: Unpacking Southeast Asia’s Diverse Consumer Payments Culture,” examining the region’s world-leading payment landscape. The report explores why payment digitization has been on the rise in Southeast… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 2:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Xapo Bank, a fully licensed bank that combines traditional banking with access to Bitcoin, stablecoins, and altcoins, recently announced it is launching three more cryptocurrencies that members can buy, sell, and hold on the Xapo Bank app — Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and Polygon (MATIC)…. Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, the provider of Artificial Intelligence for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and sanctions screening has launched Sigma Synthetic Fraud v4. The product uses advanced machine learning and diverse, third-party and network feedback data “to uncover patterns linked to insidious synthetic identity fraud.” The Deloitte… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rokt, the ecommerce technology company using machine learning and AI to make transactions more relevant to each shopper, announced its partnership with Afterpay, one of the global leaders in “Buy Now, Pay Later” payment. The partnership enables Afterpay to offer its ecommerce shoppers “highly relevant… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CI recently connected with Layne Haber, Co-founder at Connext, which claims to be the HTTP of Web3. Haber touched on how crypto and digital assets are becoming increasingly popular investments for governments as well as private investors. She discussed investors’ top priorities as assets such… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the neobank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has today published new research with the Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think tank, revealing the outsized impact of scale-up businesses1 on the UK economy by region, country, and sector. The new report, titled ‘The Scale of the… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At Bitpanda Technology Solutions, they’ve always been at the forefront of innovation, “committed to expanding our horizons and strengthening our network.” That’s why they’re pleased to announce their strategic partnership with Fourthline, an Amsterdam-based firm focused on AI-powered compliance solutions. In today’s fast-paced financial environment,… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Enfuce, a provider of embedded finance solutions, has revealed a new partnership with UK-based small business lending platform Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) to launch its new small business credit card as part of its FlexiPay product. FlexiPay is a revolving line of credit that “helps small… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox, the European insurtech, has appointed Paul Onnen as Chief Technology Officer, with immediate effect. Mr. Onnen takes over the role from Sergi Banos who “was promoted to Chief Platform Officer (CPO) as the company accelerates its plans to launch the platform that will connect… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 2:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Regnology, a software provider with a focus on regulatory reporting solutions, announced a collaboration with Moody’s Analytics, bringing together two established market participants with the aim of “providing a full end-to-end risk and regulatory reporting solution in select global markets.” As the regulatory landscape continues… Read More

November 19, 2023 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AMP will be launching a digital bank division built specifically “for the transaction needs of sole traders and small business.” AMP will work with Engine by Starling, the SaaS subsidiary of UK digital bank, Starling Bank Limited, allowing it to leverage: Starling’s ‘Engine’ technology platform,… Read More

November 19, 2023 @ 8:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dapper Labs announced the upcoming launch of Disney Pinnacle, an all-new socially driven collectible experience that brings the magic of pin collecting to the digital age. Disney Pinnacle will aim to “bring together characters from 100 years of Disney, along with beloved icons from Pixar… Read More

November 19, 2023 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this month, crypto exchange Poloniex was hacked. At the time of the hack, there was not enough information available to determine the real extent of the damage caused by the security breach. However, the team at Certik has now provided a detailed analysis of… Read More