May 25, 2023 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TMX Group Limited and Clearstream Banking S.A., the international central securities depository of Deutsche Börse Group, announced plans to launch a new, automated Canadian Collateral Management Service, or CCMS. Together, TMX Group and Clearstream are working “to leverage the combined strength of their complementary services… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 8:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of Kraken’s commitment to client security, they have reportedly completed and passed an independent auditor’s examination over internal controls as defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) SOC 2, Type I compliance standard. Kraken has shared details “about this process… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 6:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tipalti, the global payables automation solution, announced that charitable emergency financial relief provider E4E Relief has joined its customer base. E4E Relief selected Tipalti “to help the organization support the well-being of individuals worldwide by expediting the distribution of much-needed funds during some of the… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital Innovation for America, a lobbying group advocating on behalf of digital assets, has updated its campaign to highlight the ability of crypto to streamline transfers or payments globally by promoting the need for Ukrainians living in the US to support the ongoing war against… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Credora, a real-time credit analytics for the crypto industry, recently announced that it had raised a $6 million strategic funding round supported by S&P Global and Coinbase Ventures as lead investors. In a statement  from last month, Credora CEO Darshan Vaidya, explained that his company… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vespia, an AI-powered Business Verification Service for verifying and onboarding business customers that helps minimize the risk of fraud, has highlighted the significance of business verification for non-AML obligated firms, like supply chain, digital commerce, as well as the sharing economy. Vespia explains that by… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment orchestration provider BR-DGE has announced today its latest partnership with global real-time payments gateway Volt to support merchants countering payment fraud. Through a single point of integration, BR-DGE’s merchants can “access a world of payment providers, fraud capabilities, and alternative payment methods.” This new… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shoorah, a startup created by Ferne McCann and Lorri Haines, is preparing to launch an investment round on Seedrs. The pair became popular following the success of ITVBe’s First Time Mum series. McCann has been a TV personality and presenter for 10 years. Shoorah recently… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, in a Twitter Spaces interview which was delayed due to overwhelming interest, Florida Governor and candidate for President Ron DeSantis expressed his support for Bitcoin while re-iterating his opposition to central bank digital currency (CBDC). Florida has passed a law that they do not… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Kin Insurance has completed its Florida reinsurance program for the following year. Kin is a direct-to-consumer digital insurer focused on the homeowner’s insurance market. Florida is struggling to regain its homeowner’s insurance footing following Hurricane Ian, which caused billions of dollars in losses. Reinsurance is… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an enforcement action in the US District Court for the Central District of California against David Carmona, Juan Arellano Parra, Moses Valdez, David Brend, and Marco A. Ruiz Ochoa, who were all doing business as a company… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TP ICAP Group, a provider of market infrastructure, announces that Fusion Digital Assets – its marketplace for spot cryptoassets – is now live and has successfully completed its first XBTUSD pairs trade with the associated settlement processed by Fidelity Digital Assets. Fusion Digital Assets is… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

On March 22, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shortened the settlement cycle for trades via broker-dealers from T +3 to T +2. This change meant that when you bought or sold shares, the trades would need to be settled in 2 days instead… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global blockchain technology company and start-up accelerator Cronos Labs announced that it will participate as the main blockchain network partner of the ‘Seoul Web 3.0 Festival 2023’ (SWF2023), organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. SWF2023 aims “to enhance the competitiveness of Korea’s Web3 industry and… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TradeStation Group, Inc., a Florida-based company whose operating subsidiaries provide self-clearing online brokerage services for trading stocks, ETFs, options, futures, and crypto that aim to offer the ultimate trading experience, has announced its integration with Plaid, a data network powering the digital financial ecosystem. The… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anne Boden, the founder of Starling Bank – a top UK digital bank, is to step aside as CEO on 30 June. Boden will remain on the Board as a non-executive director. John Mountain, Starling’s COO, will take over as interim CEO to lead the… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Num Finance, which claims to be the “premier” issuer of local stablecoins in Latin America, announced it has “raised $1.5 million following the closure of its pre-seed funding round led by Reserve.” Investors in the round also “included H20 Scouter Fund, VC3, Ripio Ventures, and… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accel-backed finbots.ai, a Singapore headquartered B2B SaaS FinTech announced signing Sathapana Bank—Cambodia’s commercial bank—as their latest client. With this, finbots.ai’s client case “has extended to 9 countries across APAC and MEA markets.” Sathapana Bank claims it is “one of the leading commercial banks in Cambodia… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 6:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) is launching a new tool to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to embed sustainability into their operations. CBA’s new Sustainability Action Tool “provides insights into actions businesses can take to reduce their environmental impacts and lower costs.”… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 2:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Builder.ai announces over $250M Series D led by QIA to push new boundaries for its AI powered composable software platform Strong customer tailwinds “continue to push Builder.ai’s vision of empowering everyone to build the software they need for their business or ideas and making it… Read More