August 29, 2023 @ 1:17 am By Michael Wong  |  

In a major strategic move to extend its footprint in Southeast Asia, CTOS Digital Bhd, a Malaysia’s based credit reporting agency, has announced the acquisition of two credit scoring companies in the Philippines and Indonesia. The deal, valued at $6.37 million, was disclosed in stock… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over the past three months, Bitpanda claims it has “called bull on the bear market and increased the number of tradeable crypto assets on their platform from around 230 to 300+, including Arbitrum (ARB), SUI (SUI) and SingularityNET (AGIX).” This means Bitpanda now is “the… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The increased cost of doing business is “preventing the UK’s 5.5m small and medium-sized businesses from going green,” new research finds. With core inflation rates at 6.8% – the highest in 31 years – protracted high costs could be delaying SME owners’ plans “to green… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 10:34 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Vietnam’s central bank, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), has officially joined the Regional Payment Connectivity (RPC) initiative, a scheme initiated by central banks in Southeast Asia to strengthen and enhance collaboration on payment connectivity. SBV officially signed the supplemental Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 9:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has announced today an investment of ₹ 8,278 crore (approx. $1bln) into Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (Reliance Industries). QIA’s investment “will translate into a minority equity stake of 0.99% in RRVL on a fully-diluted… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team is pleased to share that GradRight has raised ₹50 crore ($6.1 million) in Series A funding from IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited. This investment round will allow for “a scale-up of our AI-based platform that makes quality international higher education more accessible and… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 8:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nagad, a mobile money carrier based in Bangladesh, has equipped itself “to grow into a digital bank, which will make available all financial services on a single platform.” The company’s current outreach to Bangladesh‘s every nook and corner “for having a large customer base as… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Many investors are eager to embrace cryptocurrency, but don’t feel they “have the data to do so safely,” according to an update from Chainalysis. With traditional assets, there are established providers “for a variety of metrics that investors can use to assess opportunity and risk:… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Deel is pleased to roll out their new series, Meet the Integrations, where they’ll spotlight all of the new integrations they’ve brought onto their Integrations Store. Since they officially launched the Deel API, they’ve “had countless organizations build custom workflows that best… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

LHV Bank, a fully regulated bank in the UK, says the business transfer from its Estonian affiliate to the UK is now completed. LHV received its banking license in May 2023. LHV specialises in providing services for global Fintechs and SME Lending solutions for UK… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 3:43 pm By Michael Wong  |  

OKX Wallet, a universal crypto wallet available on multiple platforms, has integrated with BaseLend, a decentralized lending protocol on the BASE chain, for seamless crypto lending. The integration allows users to access flexible and transparent borrowing and lending services within the DeFi ecosystem, according to… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding or Reg CF has surpassed $2 billion in money raised, according to an email from Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA). Reg CF was created by the JOBS Act of 2012, signed into law during the Obama administration in a unique act of bipartisan legislation… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Representative Patrick McHenry, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, along with the Chairman of the Digital Assets, Fintech Subcommittee, French Hill, and the Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Bill Huizenga, have sent a letter to US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, criticizing… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against Impact Theory and the issuance of an NFT or non-fungible token that was deemed to be an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities. This is the first NFT offering that the SEC has targeted for… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the central bank of Viet Nam, has officially joined the Regional Payment Connectivity (RPC) initiative. This recent development is “an expansion of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Regional Payment Connectivity (MOU RPC) that was initiated by the… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 9:31 am By Michael Wong  |  

Raleon, a North Carolina-based Web3 engagement platform, has announced raising $3.8 million in a Seed funding round anchored by Blockchange Ventures, a venture capital (VC) firm that invests in early-stage blockchain companies, protocols, and applications. The funding round also saw participation from gaming-focused VC Play… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Metro Bank’s ‘Scam of the Month’ of August 2023 is a warning “about the rise in malware attacks against UK bank customers.” Malware, or malicious software, is “designed by criminals to compromise devices including computers, laptops, and mobile phones.” Globally, 5.5 billion malware attacks “were… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

P2P digital currency exchanges have reportedly assisted crypto traders with circumventing globally-enforced sanctions against Russia’s banking institutions. Crypto exchange Binance‘s recent activities might worsen its regulatory challenges in the US. The recent crackdown attempts to place a ban on transactions completed with payment cards that… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Michael Wong  |  

BIGG Digital Assets, the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)-listed owner of online cryptocurrency brokerage Netcoins, has agreed to acquire shares of Web3 company Terrazero Technologies Inc that BIGG does not currently own in a transaction valued at $20 million. This transaction, which is expected to close… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Xero, the global small business platform, has revealed that 80% of small business owners are concerned AI development and adoption is “outpacing regulation, as generative AI tools permeate various industries and the workforce.” Xero’s Future Focus AI research “surveyed over 3,000 small business… Read More