June 25, 2023 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY) announced the launch of Payrailz Fraud Monitor, a cloud-native, AI-based feature of the Payrailz Digital Payments Platform that “provides real-time fraud detection when payment transactions are initiated.” This customizable, proprietary feature “supports person-to-person (P2P) payments, consumer and business bill payments, and… Read More

June 25, 2023 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, which claims to be the “longest-standing” DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the original decentralized stablecoin, has announced that it has “completed the purchase of an additional $700 million worth of US treasuries, bringing the value of its total bond allocation to $1.202… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment service provider Clik2pay announced it has developed a Clik2pay plugin for WooCommerce, “enabling any business on the platform to quickly and easily enable Clik2pay for their online store.” WooCommerce users can now “offer their customers a direct-from-account payment option and begin accepting debit payments… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prime Trust, once one of the most successful Fintechs serving the securities crowdfunding industry, is now insolvent, according to a document filed by the State of Nevada, Department of Business and Industry, Financial Institutions Division (NFID). In a cease and desist (C&D) order, NFID claims… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 1:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Mastercard Foundation, in consultation with Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA), filed an application with the Ontario Public Guardian and Trustee for a court order to modify its Deed of Gift. Once the order is granted, the changes are “expected to deliver greater flexibility in the… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PostFinance wants to drive the development of a digital franc and is entering into partnership with Swiss Stablecoin Ltd for this purpose. As part of a joint proof of concept, a digital image of the Swiss franc “will be released for specific use cases and… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure provider, Token.io, announces the launch of its virtual settlement accounts, enabling payment providers to unlock the full potential of ‘Pay By Bank’ for ecommerce. Token.io’s new virtual accounts solution will “provide payment providers with real-time notification of settlement as they collect… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Volatility Shares Trust has submitted a filing to launch a Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on the Cboe. According to the document, the Bitcoin ETF utilizes leverage to drive daily returns. The 2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF aims to accomplish the following strategy: “2x Bitcoin Strategy… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com announced that it has received its Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration from the Bank of Spain. Crypto.com secured this registration “following a comprehensive review of its compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD) and other financial crimes laws, as well as measures to safeguard… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 6:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stone Ridge Holdings Group announced today that former New York Life Chairman and CEO Ted Mathas has joined as Senior Advisor. With his leadership and product development track record, Mathas will “help Stone Ridge scale its innovative suite of products purpose-built for financial advisors and… Read More

June 24, 2023 @ 6:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Street, an independent, non-bank prime broker, has reportedly hired Kevin McCarthy as the firm’s first Chief Administrative Officer and Head of Clearing. McCarthy will “report to Clear Street Co-Founder and CEO Chris Pento and oversee the firm’s clearing services for Market Makers, while increasing… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 8:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Celo is pleased to announce that Animoca Brands, the company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the metaverse, joins the Celo ecosystem in order “to scale up Web3 gaming in a shared effort to drive social impact and climate action by… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 7:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) and KKR, a global investment firm, announced the signing of an exclusive multi-year agreement “for a €3 billion replenishing loan commitment under which private credit funds and accounts managed by KKR will purchase up to €40 billion of buy now,… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 7:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Algorand, the “pure” proof-of-stake Layer-1 blockchain network, continues to deliver the advanced technology required to power real world applications with its latest protocol upgrade that unleashes faster block times, as well as other improvements. This recent protocol upgrade, “now live on Mainnet, reduces block time… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 7:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase, the Engagement Banking leader, is bringing additional convenience to bank customers and credit union members with features from the Entrust Digital Card Solution. Leveraging push provisioning from Entrust, Backbase now “enables end customers to securely add their payment cards to third-party wallets like Apple… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MPOWER Financing, a mission-driven Fintech firm and a leading provider of scholarships and no-cosigner loans to promising students from around the world, has announced the launch of the Global Citizens Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit scholarship fund designed to support refugee, DACA, and international students more… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 5:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Stella, a leveraged strategies protocol with 0% cost to borrow — announced that it has integrated Chainlink Price Feeds on Arbitrum mainnet. By integrating the decentralized oracle network, Stella has access “to high-quality, tamper-proof price feeds needed to help power lending and… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 5:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Union has introduced the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC), a new entity that aims to focus on promoting blockchain policy in order to move Europe’s “digital decade” forward in a meaningful manner. The EDIC should become operational towards the end of 2024 and… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pine Labs’ Qwikcilver, a provider of end-to-end gift card and stored value solutions, has partnered with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates to enable seamless issuance of refund and compensation vouchers through Qwikcilver’s Asset Manager solution. This solution has been “integrated… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 3:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Energy Web, the world’s “largest” ecosystem of companies using open source, decentralized technologies to accelerate the energy transition, is coming to Polkadot, the next-generation blockchain network powering the movement for a better web. The move will allow Energy Web “to create the framework for a… Read More