Global

August 1, 2022 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wise (LSE:WISE), the international tech firm focused on creating the best way to move funds across the globe, recently announced the appointment of Isabel Naidoo as Chief People Officer. Naidoo joins Wise, one of Glassdoor’s best places to work in the United Kingdom, with considerable… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Latin American Digital bank Nubank (NYSE: NU) has emerged as the largest brokerage in Brazil as it tops 5 million investors. According to a blog post, Nubank has the largest number of active investors on a digital brokerage in the country. Nubank facilitated the investing features with… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and the Investment Company Institute (ICI) have published a “playbook” on T+1 settlement. The T+1 Securities Settlement Industry Implementation Playbook outlines the approach to identifying the implementation activities, timelines, dependencies, and… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinshares is reporting that crypto, or digital assets, have booked their 5th consecutive week of inflows after a period of prolonged decline. According to the report, last week digital assets saw $81 million of purchases and a 5 week total of $530 million as investors… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Webull, a trading platform that offers both traditional securities as well as crypto, has launched services in Singapore, according to a corporate statement. Singapore residents have been able to trade using Webull since May accessing US-listed equities, ETFs, options, and fractional shares, as well as… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

GenoCrowd is reporting that it has taken just three days to raise its funding threshold for a real estate project. The “Das Rosenthaler”  property located in Nuremberg and managed by W&L AG, will return 5.5% interest to investors with early backers adding 50 basis points… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The volume of P2P funding decreased from 511 million Euros in May 2022 to 447 million euros in June 2022, i.e. by 13%, according to an update shared by Robo.cash. The fourth quarter of 2021 “saw significant growth in P2P lending, but so far in… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lending Wokrs is pleased to release their Q2 2022 performance update on their statistics page. In Q2 2022, Lending Works have “continued to focus on understanding the impact of cost of living challenges on [their] active loan customers and the overall impact on portfolio performance.”… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ID Finance Spain has published its results for the first half of 2022. The firm has provided the following operational and financial information: Net profit up 25% YOY, to €5m Revenue up 57% YOY, mainly due to the positive performance of MoneyMan’s lending activity in… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 9:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Molo Finance team are pleased to announce their strategic partnership with ColCap Financial, which claims to be a leading Australian mortgage lender (that is joining forces with Molo in order to expand into the United Kingdom). The partnership “includes a broader strategic alliance between… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ageras Group—whose suite of financial and accounting software powers more than one million small businesses across Europe and North America—announced that it has acquired Kontist, a Berlin-based neo-bank “focused on the complex accounting and banking needs of Germany’s growing populations of microbusinesses and self-employed workers.”… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recently, Jorn van Duijnhoven was asked to take on the role of Head of Customer Success at European online lender at October. Jorn van Duijnhoven has been appointed “due to changes” within October’s organization. He stated: “I have to say that I didn’t see it… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At the beginning of July 2022, the Debitum Asset-Backed Security (ABS) offer was 5, TRIPLE DRAGON had 15 underlying assets in 3 ABSs, EVERGREEN CAPITAL had 45 underlying assets in 2 ABSs. The number of registered users (activated) in June 2022 “reached 9357 registered users.”… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, which claims to be the leading provider of orchestrated end-to-end identity proofing, eKYC and AML solutions, recently announced the “highest sales” of any quarter in the history of the company, “fueled by an ongoing need for modern enterprises across all industries and geographies to… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has an established history of supporting U.S. government agencies. They’ve helped on cases “involving terrorism financing campaigns, child abuse material, darknet markets, ransomware gangs, North Korean hacking and more, leading to the seizure of billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies.” These successes demonstrate “the… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of its strategy to power its next phase of growth, global crypto exchange CEX.IO has appointed Checkout.com as its preferred global payment processor, which uses Visa Direct, Visa’s real time money movement network, “to provide real-time off-ramps for its customers.” Since its launch… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 9:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KuCoin, a global cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the launch of its NFT ETF Trading Zone (on July 29, 2022). The new product aims “to improve the liquidity of NFT assets and lower the investment threshold of blue-chip NFTs for over 20 million users.” The launch… Read More

July 30, 2022 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Commonwealth Bank has unveiled its latest technology hub designed “to support more than 400 software developers, cloud engineers and cyber specialists in the Melbourne CBD and help create new opportunities for Victoria’s expanding digital economy workforce.” The hub, based in the heart of Melbourne’s central… Read More

July 30, 2022 @ 4:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech startup Lightyear, which launched in the UK in 2021 and in 19 European countries in July 2022, has “expanded its product suite with the launch of Price Alerts, a highly requested feature by customers.” Lightyear, founded by early Wise alumni Martin Sokk and Mihkel… Read More

July 30, 2022 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro, the social investment network, announced that it has registered with the Italian regulator Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM), becoming the latest investment platform to “join the registry of crypto-asset providers in Italy.” This demonstrates eToro’s commitment “to working hand in hand with regulatory authorities… Read More