Global

February 28, 2022 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Treasury has issued a statement today following a flurry of international actions over the weekend that sought to cut off Russia from global markets while freezing assets of certain individuals and other entities. Treasury said the actions were taken following the… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweater, a Fintech firm building the “first” fully-managed venture capital fund that is open to “everyday investors,” recently finalized a $12 million seed round. Sweater’s investment round has been co-led by Motivate VC and Akuna Capital, with participation from Jeffrey Cruttenden (Co-founder of Acorns), Eli… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 9:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, a leading crypto and blockchain infrastructure provider, has committed $10 million minimum to “help the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine” via its Binance Charity Foundation. As mentioned in the update, the donation will be “split between major intergovernmental organizations and nonprofit organizations already on the… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Nosso, a Fintech app created to help parents invest and plan for their children’s financial futures, has raised a $2.8 million seed round led by Octopus Ventures and Anthemis. Other investors include, Entrepreneur First, Ventures Together, Errol Damelin, Tracy Doree, and Peter Hetherington. Nosso explains… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 4:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DIAL Global,  a Diversity & Inclusion Accelerator that powers growth for blue-chip firms, has acquired 125% (£500,081) of its £400,000 target from 146 investors (at the time of writing) via its crowdfunding campaign carried out through Seedrs. Located in Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, DIAL Global operates… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 3:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European marketplace lender October recently commented on the French state-guaranteed loans. On March 2020, the French State announced an “exceptional package of €300Bn state-guaranteed loans (PGE) to support SMEs during the Covid-19 crisis.” Since the launch of this first state-guaranteed loan via the October platform… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 2:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Bnext, a Spain-based Fintech, reports that it will issue a B3X token on Tuesday 1st March 2022. B3X is a utility ERC20 token hosted on the standard Ethereum Blockchain network. The funds from the token sale are expected to help Bnext scale its operations to… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 1:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EVERUP,  a prize-linked app boosting savings & spending rewards via games, has secured 107% (£429,668) of its £400,000 target from 310 investors (at the time of writing) via its crowdfunding campaign carried out through Crowdcube (with 18 days left in the sale). EVERUP is described… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 12:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum is pleased to confirm that their clients, as of now, will be investing in financial instruments – Asset-Backed Securities (ABS). According to Debitum, this is one of the final steps after acquiring a license for the Debitum investment platform from the Financial and Capital… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C6 Bank clients who have a global account with a US dollar or Euro balance are now able to withdraw cash from Chase ATMs free of charge beginning on February 24, 2022. The ATM network is available in the US and has over 16,000 units… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stephen Moss, Founder and MD at Sourced Capital, notes that it has been a while since they last discussed their business operations, the journey and what they have been working on “in the background.” Moss wrote in a blog post that in 2018, they became… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the humanitarian crisis grows in Ukraine and Russia’s unprovoked war rages on, the European Union (EU) announced that selected Russian banks have been removed from the SWIFT messaging system. While the names of the bank were not immediately available, any on the list will… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Tipalti reveals that its clients are now reporting steady growth. Recently, the firm noted that its payment volume increased 2x last year to over $36 billion. The San Mateo based Fintech company assists Amazon Twitch (Nasdaq: AMZN), Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) and other businesses… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The FBI Cyber Division notes that cyber threat actors have recently “deployed destructive malware” against organizations operating in Ukraine. The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency noted in an extensive update that “leading up to Russia’s unprovoked attack against Ukraine, threat actors deployed destructive… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) appears to be set to close a highly volatile week with a green candle — rebounding from a drop to around $34,000 after Russian forces “punctuated several weeks of tensions in the areas around Ukraine with what looks like a full-scale invasion,” the… Read More

February 26, 2022 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Mintos notes that they will be monitoring RUB currency dynamics on a daily basis, “closing positions at the end of the working day to prevent the risk of negative exposure.” The team at Minto wrote in a blog post that based on the assessment… Read More

February 26, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication or SWIFT, is in the news quite a bit as of late as discussions are ongoing as to whether Russia should be disconnected from the platform following its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and ongoing war terrorizing the country…. Read More

February 26, 2022 @ 4:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset manager Grayscale notes that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted international markets, including crypto-assets, which have “historically shown correlations to risk assets.” As noted in a blog post by Grayscale, this relationship has “become even more pronounced in recent years as institutional… Read More

February 26, 2022 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LatAm Fintech Belvo notes that enrichment products are able to offer out-of-the-box insights based on clients’ transactional data in order to enhance decision-making and allow firms to better understand customers. But how do these products work and what can you build with them, the team… Read More

February 25, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN) has opened up applications for its second annual accelerator program. It is a week-long program “aimed at EMEA-based social enterprises and impact startups.” Adyen, the international payments platform leveraged by established firms, has noted that it is looking for direct-to-consumer businesses “with a… Read More