Global

May 19, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, which claims to be the “leader” in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced a partnership with FINCI, the Lithuanian online international money transfer provider, “to deliver instant and cost-effective retail remittances and business to business (B2B) payments via RippleNet’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), which leverages… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Percent, the platform powering the “future” of private markets, recently announced the launch of Corporate Loans, which offers VC-backed startups “a fast and seamless way to tap minimally-dilutive venture debt financing options – amid a slowing pace in growth-stage VC equity rounds.” Via its proprietary… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 12:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, the digital asset and crypto technology provider, recently announced the launch of a Web3 Engine with a suite of tools for developers “to build DeFi, GameFi and NFT products and services.” Fireblocks has also “unlocked secure access to the world of decentralized applications, exchanges,… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The venture community is getting gloomy, chattering about deal volume, down rounds, and a dismal economy. From war in Ukraine, too much government spending, and rocketing inflation chased by the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates, things look bad. It does not help that markets… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Neon is reporting that revenue has grown by 3X while predicting it will grow 2X in 2022. This is following a Series D round that raised $300 million at a valuation of $1.6 billion. BBVA (NYSE: BBVA) provided the growth capital for Neon and agreed… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

21Shares US Advisers LLC, an affiliated entity of 21Shares AG, the “largest” issuer of cryptocurrency exchange traded products (ETPs), recently marked its entrance into the U.S. market “with the launch of two private funds, providing accredited investors with broad, convenient exposure to both large-cap and… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 12:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HPD Lendscape, a secured finance technology vendor, recently announced that Rabobank, the second-largest bank in the Netherlands, has “welcomed their first clients to the secured lending solution Lendscape.” HPD Lendscape’s secured lending technology will “help Rabobank streamline its lending processes and support customers while allowing… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Foley & Lardner LLP recently represented Nomad, a Latin American Fintech firm that enables Brazilian consumers to maintain bank accounts in the United States, in its $32 million (R$160 million) financing. The Fintech company’s investment round was led by Stripe, followed by monashees, Spark Capital,… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 6:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

in3, a Netherlands-based buy now – pay later (BNPL) provider has raised $85.5 million in equity and debt funding. The Series B funding round was provided by British VC Force over Mass, U.S. institutional asset manager Waterfall Asset Management LLC and Dutch investor Finch Capital…. Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 2:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Revealed last week,  Anchorage, the first digital asset bank with a national bank charter, has announced “Capital Strategy” designed to connect crypto firms and financial institutions. The new services are described as a unique path for networking between establishment finance and emerging digital asset firms…. Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Institutional digital asset trading platform Talos is going on a hiring spree after raising a solid $105 million Series B funding round. Last week, Talos announced that it had raised capital at a unicorn valuation of $1.25 billion. Big-name investors participated in the round with… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

After a painful drop where Bitcoin crashed below $30K and many other cryptocurrencies chased it down, GlobalBlock (TSXV:BLOK) sees light at the end of the tunnel – at least for now. Marcus Sotiriou, Analyst for GlobalBlock, operating in the UK has distributed a comment on… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto wallet and payments platform, recently appointed Jonathan Sepulchre to serve as Head of Growth, a newly-created function “to drive the next stage of the company’s development.” An experienced “growth leader” with a comprehensive background in digital marketing, Jonathan will work closely… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC) and client lifecycle management (CLM), recently announced the launch of FinCrime Risk. This application programming interface (API)-first software as a service (SaaS) solution will “allow financial institutions to centralize and automate risk assessment processes… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capital funding into Irish tech companies increased by 52% to €379.7 million in the first quarter of 2022, when compared to €249.4 million in same period last year, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey published recently in association with William Fry…. Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 5:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercer, an international leader in “redefining” the world of work, “reshaping” retirement and investment outcomes, and “unlocking real health” and well-being, and a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), has “named Max Messervy Head of Sustainable Investment (SI), Americas.” Max will work across Mercer’s Investment… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 3:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nahmii AS are pleased to confirm that they have been chosen to work with Norges Bank (the central bank of Norway) on their upcoming experimental CBDC (central bank digital currency) sandbox project. This “prestigious” award confirms Nahmii AS’s position as “a global leader in the… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 2:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mindtree (NSE: MINDTREE), a global tech services and digital transformation company, and Finastra, a financial technology provider, has announced a partnership to bring Finastra’s Fusion Payments To Go payments technology “to banks in the Nordics, the UK and Ireland, as a managed service.” As part… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 1:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking Circle, the Payments Bank for the “new economy,” is reporting a “significant” uplift in its performance in 2021 as it continues “to help Payments businesses, Banks and Marketplaces access global cross-border payments, accounts and liquidity management that enables their business customers to transact more… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptix, the Fintech Web 3.0 venture builder, recently announced that it has received regulatory approval to launch Equito – which is described as “a fully regulated, all-in-one investor platform designed to unlock new financing channels for European start-ups and SMEs (small to medium sized enterprises).”… Read More