July 17, 2023 @ 7:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A Koch Industries subsidiary and Andreessen Horowitz are among the backers behind a $132 million infusion into Silo Technologies, a Fintech provider focused on the food supply chain. The funds consist of $100 million to introduce the funding program Cash Advance and a $32 million… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 5:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finery Markets has announced the appointment of Stanislav Bublik as the company’s new Chief Product Officer, as part of an ongoing investment in the company’s senior leadership team. Stanislav joins Finery Markets after an impressive tenure “as the Head of Trading Products at Exness, one… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 5:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has made an equity investment in Wollemi Capital, as part of the global climate specialist investment firm’s Series A capital raising. Headquartered in Sydney and with staff and investments across Australia and the US, Wollemi invests in the businesses and projects… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 4:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Brain Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and SMBC Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd. will jointly establish JPY 30 billion “SMBC-GB Growth Fund” in order “to enhance its capabilities to invest in promising startups that will underpin future economic growth in Japan.” While many… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 7:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sustainability is a fundamental aspect of Vision 2030, and Saudi Arabia is committed to achieving its net-zero target by 2060; however, “the adoption of sustainability considerations remains its initial stages in Saudi Arabia.” As the concept of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) gains momentum in… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hex Trust Group, an institutional-grade digital asset custodian licensed across global financial hubs, has announced Ether (ETH) staking services have now been relaunched following the Shapella upgrades on the Ethereum blockchain. Hex Trust has an Ethereum Validator Node and “plays a vital role in… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Adyen, a global fintech platform, is among the first to complete testing and receive certification to utilize FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s instant payment infrastructure that is launching this summer. The news comes two years after Adyen obtained a U.S. banking branch license. In a release,… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new report from the United Kingdom-based The Payments Association suggests the area’s burgeoning Fintech sector can play a key part in helping folks emerge from poverty. Navigating the rising cost-of-living: Payments innovation as a game-changer analyzes the cost-of-living crisis and poverty premium in the… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZestyAI, the provider of climate and property risk analytics solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), announced an agreement with Coterie Insurance, a partnership-focused Managing General Agent (MGA), leveraging data and technology to provide instant quoting and issuing of small business insurance policies. Coterie will use… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socotra, the modern core platform provider for innovative insurers, announced that Steadily, America’s landlord insurance solution, has adopted the Socotra Connected Core policy administration system. The collaboration has allowed Steadily to enhance its systems and deliver an exceptional user experience to its customers. One of… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KTX.Finance, a “decentralized” perpetuals exchange on BNB Chain, announces a $4 million USD seed round financing led by Hashed. Other participants in the investment round “include: AlphaLab Capital, CRIT Ventures, 100&100 Ventures, Trinito Corporation / Morpheus, GSG Asset, KuCoin Ventures and Sky9 Capital.” Edward Tan,… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitMEX, which claims to again have become the world’s “leading” crypto derivatives exchange, introduces a new concept in social trading for professional traders, Guilds . Currently in βeta (testing), Guilds is accessible “to all BitMEX users – new, existing and returning, offering them the opportunity… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 11:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Key findings and insights from primary research on the evolution and growth of the gig economy workforce were released by the study’s supporter, PayQuicker, an innovative financial technology firm focused on the global payouts market. The research, conducted by gig economy experts Dr. Robert A. Peterson,… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Magnifi, the AI-powered co-pilot for sensible investors from TIFIN, has launched a new feature that allows its over 20,000 subscribers now get AI help to not only manage investments held within their Magnifi brokerage accounts but now also from assets held in external accounts. This… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Iberpay and Spanish banks such as BBVA, Santander and CaixaBank have carried out the first test of this pioneering service in Europe in anticipation of the official entry into force, on November 28th, of the new One-Leg-Out Instant Credit Transfer (OCT Inst) scheme of the… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CFIT, the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology, announced that its initial ‘Open Finance Coalition’ will demonstrate the power of leveraging financial data to deliver better financial outcomes to consumers and SMEs. It also announced the first coalition partners who have “committed to progressing Open… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 7:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On June 6, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) primarily about a small number of assets listed on their platform, but also their retail staking services. The same day, state securities agencies in ten states – Alabama,… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIT, a professional digital asset exchange, today announced an update to its existing integration with Copper ClearLoop, a digital asset settlement network. BIT’s integration upgrade with Copper will “allow Copper via ClearLoop to support BIT’s Unified Margin feature, which allows traders to use all of… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 6:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin, the direct-to-consumer home insurance company built for every new normal, today announced its expansion into Arizona. The Grand Canyon State marks Kin’s first move “into the U.S. Southwest, and it builds upon Kin’s growth and success in coastal, catastrophe-prone states like Florida, Louisiana, South… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayIt, the leader in digital customer experience solutions with integrated payments for local and provincial governments, has appointed Jon Telch as Vice President, Canada. Telch joins the growing team at PayIt’s Canada headquarters and will “focus on partnering with government leaders to enable them to… Read More