May 14, 2023 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hex Trust, an institutional-grade digital asset custodian licensed across global financial hubs, has partnered with The Sandbox, a decentralized gaming virtual world to enable fully-licensed and highly-secure custody of assets such as LAND in The Sandbox’s metaverse. Hex Trust has fully “integrated LAND into its… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aragon, the platform for building and running decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), has implemented a number of safeguards to protect its treasury in response to a coordinated attack focused on draining value from the project. In the wake of the attack and in order to mitigate… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantum Brilliance, the developer of room-temperature miniaturized quantum computing products and solutions, today announced the first quantum software reseller agreement through PTC, a Singapore-based provider of enterprise data management solutions and services to Asia. The agreement enables PTC customers “to explore hybrid classical-quantum computing for… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd has announced a partnership with Belvo, the Open Finance data and payments platform in Latin America. By combining Rapyd’s extensive global payments network with Belvo’s expertise in open banking, the partnership will “enable businesses across Latin America to deliver seamless open finance experiences to… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Freepay has announced a collaboration with Finaro to strengthen its position in the Danish market as a payment provider (payment gateway). Through this collaboration, Freepay can now “offer a broader solution within online payments on various technical platforms, both physically and online, where card payment… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Boost.ai, a conversational AI solution provider, today announced Version 12 of its platform, the first of a series of planned updates by the company to incorporate Large Language Model (LLM)-enriched features. This iteration is “focused on key customer experience (CX) improvements, including content suggestion, content… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 12:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TIFIN Wealth, the AI engine for organic growth, has announced a partnership with NAPFA. To support the smallest advisors to grow faster, TIFIN will “provide free access to the AI platform’s advanced investment assessment and proposal capabilities for NAPFA-affiliated advisors with less than $100M in… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On the back of strong growth in the Middle East, Ripple, the enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions provider, is expanding its presence in Dubai by “opening a new office location in the heart of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and bringing Swell Global 2023, the… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 11:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) is furthering its commitment to transparency in cybersecurity by making its security and privacy controls framework public for the benefit of security and privacy teams at organizations of all sizes. By enabling the larger technology ecosystem with the tools to design, build… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 11:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThreatFabric, a provider of fraud detection solutions & intelligence for the financial services sector, has raised €11.5 million in a seed round “to expand its technical capabilities and support the company’s growth.” Specifically, the funds were secured “to increase ThreatFabric’s international expansion and extend its… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, a global firm focused on Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, announced that ING is deploying Quantexa’s platform to strengthen its risk detection and investigative efforts. Being a global bank serving 37 million customers, corporate clients, and financial institutions in… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credit card and financial technology company Petal announced today that it has raised $35 million in new funding and has spun off its B2B-focused data infrastructure and analytics subsidiary, Prism Data. Petal claims that it pioneered “the use of automated cash flow underwriting in consumer… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 4:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

After a bit of a struggle to gain access to the Canadian market, Binance has decided to exit the country. In an extended Tweet, Binance announced its decision. Unfortunately, today we are announcing that Binance will be joining other prominent crypto businesses in proactively withdrawing… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, the provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), today released its Cyber Round-Up: Q2 2023 report. The report explores insights from small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders “across the U.S., revealing that many SME leaders with cyber insurance feel better prepared… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Last year, it was reported that late-stage tech backer Liquidity Group had raised $775M for its Fintech platform from Apollo (private equity) and MUFG (a Japanese bank). Liquidity is “part tech platform and part lender, using its technology to make decisions on deploying debt facilities… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Underpinning its ambitious plans to build a super-correspondent bank for global B2B payments, Banking Circle has joined the UK Faster Payments Service (FPS) as a Direct Participant for GBP. This latest initiative means clients now “have access to real-time direct clearing and settlement for both… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut announced its strategy for France over the next few years, including the launch of customer credit products towards the end of May 2023. At a recent press conference held in Paris hosted by Antoine Le Nel, VP of growth at Revolut, Le Nel said… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

RTGS.global, which claims to be the next-gen settlement service delivering real-time cross-border payments and liquidity management, says it is “scaling up quickly in 2023 with very strong market acceptance.” In order to react to this rapid growth, RTGS.global is “strengthening its executive leadership team by… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest PLC (AIM: LINV) has revealed that BNP Paribas SA joined its £300 million financing syndicate with HSBC Holdings PLC and Barclays PLC in order to support the ongoing growth of its short-term mortgages. LendInvest is a London-headquartered  non-bank mortgage lender, and BNP Paribas is… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology, or fintech, companies “integrate digital technology into financial services to build new markets and reach established ones in new ways,” the team at Cross River Bank explains. They drive digital transformation and competition in traditional financial services “by expanding the marketplace and creating… Read More