June 16, 2023 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The convergence of AI and NFTs has far-reaching implications for the gaming industry. It introduces a new level of customization and creativity for players, enabling them to personalize assets within the gaming space. NFTs, providing the technology for creative ownership, synergize with AI, which breaks… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 9:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VC firm Molten Ventures has reportedly written down its current holding in digital banking platform Revolut by a sizeable 40%. This move is adding to the Fintech firm’s recent challenges as it struggles to obtain a UK banking license. Molten Ventures has discounted the value… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Zopa has appointed Peter Donlon and Kate Erb as CTO and COO respectively, pending regulatory approval. Peter and Kate add significant technology and operations experience “to Zopa’s leadership roster as the company matures and enters its next stage of growth to become Britain’s… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) and One Inc, Guidewire’s strategic payments partner, announced that the new Built by Guidewire One Inc integrations are now available to ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter, and BillingCenter Cloud users in the Guidewire Marketplace. Built by Guidewire apps are standardized integration solutions, pre-built and managed… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Yapily has hired Tanya Ziv as Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead operations and strengthen their position as the leading open banking platform in the UK and Europe. With over 15 years of experience leading compliance and risk departments in the fintech… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capita plc  announces it has been awarded a contract by the City of London Police to deliver customer contact and victim engagement services for the force’s new fraud reporting service. The contract will reportedly “run from 2024 and is worth approximately £50m over five years,… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strike, the global money app for fast, “safe” payments and bitcoin, announced the expansion of “Send Globally” to Mexico, “bringing its revolutionary payment service to the largest market for remittances from the U.S.” In 2022, Mexico received “a record of $60 billion in remittances from… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIA Tech, which claims to be a leading futures industry technology provider, announced that it raised an additional $25.4 million in a funding round “led by six existing shareholders, Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo, in addition to BNP… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capital firm Menlo Ventures announced a new partner: Amy Wu. Amy joins Menlo “to grow the firm’s consumer and gaming practice and build on Menlo’s track record, which includes early investments in well-known consumer companies like Chime, Pillpack, Poshmark, Roku, Rover, Siri, Uber, and… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astra, a provider of infrastructure for faster payments, today announced a partnership with Alloy, the identity risk management company, to streamline the onboarding process for existing Alloy customers to leverage Astra’s advanced transfer technology in their applications. Gil Akos, CEO and co-founder of Astra, said:… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Horizen, a layer-0 public blockchain, and Auros, a global algorithmic trading and market making firm, have entered a strategic partnership that will increase widespread access to $ZEN in preparation for the launch of the EON ecosystem, Horizen’s new EVM-compatible smart contracting platform. The partnership is… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 6:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

BlackRock subsidiary iShares has filed an S-1 registration statement for a Bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). The iShares Bitcoin Trust aims to reflect the performance of the price of Bitcoin, similar to the other ETFs that have attempted to do the same. To quote the registration… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 6:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Biz2X is pleased to announce its new Account Opening product. This “breakthrough” technology reportedly “allows banking clients to quickly and efficiently open new deposit accounts, enabling faster funding for borrowers. ” New small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are “cropping up every day.” The integration of Biz2X’s… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cover Whale Insurance Solutions, Inc., a commercial trucking insurance provider and rapidly growing Insurtech, announced it has surpassed the $500 million mark in all-time written premiums. This recent milestone reportedly “represents the company’s rapid growth since it wrote its first commercial trucking policy in March… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ), a technology company serving the global financial system, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Adenza, a provider of mission-critical risk management and regulatory software to the financial services industry, from Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm,… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Umpqua Bank announced the rollout of Integrated Receivables, a “powerful” cloud-based platform for business customers that will help accounting departments “streamline the processing of high volumes of invoiced payments each month, strengthening companies’ cashflow management and overall efficiency.” Umpqua’s Integrated Receivables helps “eliminate a critical… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Brian Dally, co-founder and CEO of Groundfloor, operates a unique online investment platform for real estate investors. By using the Reg A+ exemption, Groundfloor enables smaller investors to gain access to residential properties – a sector of the market that continues to experience robust… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Boson Protocol, an open-source, foundational infrastructure for facilitating decentralized commerce on Web3, has made the strategic appointment of Holly Wood as Director of Business Development. Holly will be “driving adoption of the protocol after Boson moved from closed beta to open access earlier this month.”… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The failure of several prominent banks, “highlighted the need for financial services institutions to better anticipate and manage risk.” To address these challenges, Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has “launched new cloud-native services that can help banks strengthen their finance and risk management processes to reflect their… Read More

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Real estate crowdfunding and investment have emerged as a popular alternative to traditional investment avenues. With the rise of technology and the internet, investors are now able to access a wide range of investment opportunities that were previously only available to a select few. Real… Read More