April 18, 2023 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra announced that Plaid, the open finance provider, is now integrated within Finastra’s Fusion Digital Banking platform. The partnership, delivered via Finastra‘s FusionFabric.cloud open APIs, “provides financial institutions of all sizes within the Finastra ecosystem with account verification tools, making it easier and more secure… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm By Barry James  |  

As the USA House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Fintech, and Inclusion, hold a hearing on stablecoins Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in the USA, in the UK, and around the world, attempts to shoe-horn digital money from central and private banks (CBDCs and Stablecoins) into existing… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, part of Republic, has commented on its performance in the impact investing sector. In a Tweet, Seedrs noted that, to date, the online investment platform has enabled the following: £330 million in funding for sustainability-focused startups Sustainability securities offerings listed on the platform hold… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Velocity Global, the provider of global talent solutions, recently announced the appointment of prominent software executive Frank Calderoni as its new Chief Executive Officer. Founder and former CEO, Ben Wright, will “remain in his role as Board Chairman.” Calderoni joins Velocity Global “with extensive leadership… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Challenger credit card Fintech Yonder announces a raise of $15.5 million (£12.5 million) in equity and $62 million (£50 million) in debt following its Series A funding round. The investment round was “co-led by Northzone and RTP Global alongside angel investors Joseph Moore, founder of… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Following the release of Goldman Sachs‘s (NYSE:GS) quarterly earnings, which fell short of analyst expectations, Goldman revealed its intent to pull back from its consumer operations and focus its efforts on its Platform Solutions. At the same time, Goldman announced that it would sell GreenSky,… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdStreet Advisors has announced the launch of CrowdStreet REIT I  (or C-REIT) with iCapital. This represents an expansion of access for the fund, which has been available on CrowdStreet and now may be accessed via iCapital channels. CrowdStreet Advisors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CrowdStreet and… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC) has posted the recommendations for the next stage of Open Banking in the United Kingdom. JROC is made up of HM Treasury, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR)…. Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Later today, the House Financial Services Committee will hold an oversight hearing regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission with Chair Gary Gensler testifying on his leadership of the Commission. In the hours before the scheduled start of the hearing, Committee Republicans have posted a letter… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Association published a letter sent to Senator Laura Ellman and Representative Mark Walker of the Illinois Assembly stating industry opposition to HB 3479. The following statement is attributed to Kristin Smith, Blockchain Association CEO: “Illinois Assembly Bill HB 3479 would effectively outlaw crypto in… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marcus Sotiriou, Market Analyst at the publicly listed digital asset broker GlobalBlock (TSXV:BLOK) has shared a note on the recent moves and news focused on the Bitcoin and digital assets sector. As mentioned in the update shared with CI, Bitcoin’s (BTC) momentum has “slowed now… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is taking a beating in pre-market trading as earnings missed on the top line according to anaylist expectations. Goldman reported Q1 2023 net revenue of $12.22 billion and net earnings of $3.23 billion. Earnings per share (EPS) came in at $8.79. The… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) notes that we should never doubt the importance of the UK and Europe to their business operations. Coinbase writes in a blog post that they may be a US-listed company but they know that “to succeed in their mission of increasing economic freedom,… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Capitola, the digital marketplace for commercial insurance that connects brokers and carriers and uses AI-based risk appetite matching to streamline the placement process, today announced it has raised $15.6 million in its Series A funding round. Led by Munich Re Ventures, this investment round will… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 1:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clearstream, the global post-trading services provider, has created a new bank in Luxembourg dedicated to serving institutional fund investors: Clearstream Fund Centre S.A. The new entity “operates under a commercial banking license in Luxembourg.” It will be “an important cornerstone of Deutsche Börse’s and Clearstream’s… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Curve, the financial super app and digital wallet that empowers you to maximize rewards from your existing cards and gives you the ability to earn in cashback or in crypto, has announced the launch of a new function that “enables its customers to transfer their… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Exactly Protocol has successfully integrated Chainlink Price Feeds, streamlining the process of connecting smart contracts to asset prices. This integration enables developers at Exactly “to provide a more secure and efficient user pricing mechanism.” At Exactly, they aim “to democratize a new generation of financial… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ForwardAI, a fintech providing aggregated access to accounting and business data and analysis, announces that it has successfully completed its Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II certification. The SOC 2 Type II audit, “completed by Sensiba San Filippo LLP, further validates ForwardAI’s commitment to… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Templum, Inc., a provider of Cloud-based capital market infrastructure for alternative assets and private securities, announced today its partnership with Sydecar, a “frictionless” deal execution platform that provides venture investors, syndicates, and funding platforms with the foundational services needed to execute deals. The explosion of… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tomorrow (April 18, 20223), SEC Chairman Gary Gensler will testify in front of the House Financial Services Committee. The oversight hearing will “examine the regulatory developments, rulemakings, and activities that the SEC has undertaken in the period since the last hearing on October 5, 2021.”… Read More