March 23, 2023 @ 5:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nomura‘s digital assets subsidiary, Laser Digital, announces a strategic investment in ClearToken, a startup that will introduce a clearing house to the digital asset marketplace, enabling “the scale and structure required for mass institutional engagement with digital assets.” As part of Laser’s strategic investment, its… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aumni, a provider of investment analytics software to the venture capital industry. Financial terms of the transaction “were not disclosed and closing is expected in the first half of 2023.”… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 4:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CF Global Trading, a global firm specializing in outsourced trading on an agency basis for a variety of asset classes including equities, listed derivatives and fixed income. The transaction is… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 4:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SAP Fioneer, which claims to be a leading global provider of financial services software solutions and platforms, has announced the launch of “Fioneer Embedded Finance as a Service” (EFaaS), which is described as the world’s “first” B2B embedded finance platform facilitating orchestration between SAP users… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) has published a set of “Crypto Industry Principles” that are described as “foundational statements of best practices” for the digital asset sector. WSBA is a non-profit advocacy group that supports the utilization of blockchain technology in financial markets. The… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the only publicly traded digital asset exchange, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), announced that it has received a Wells Notice from the SEC indicating there is a high possibility of an enforcement action. Coinbase criticized the move by the SEC, stating that it has attempted to engage with the… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has increased its Bank Rate by 25 basis points, echoing the move by the US Federal Reserve, which did the same yesterday. Unlike the Fed, the vote was not unanimous in a 7-2 majority decision. The MPC said… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Shares of Block (NYSE:SQ), formerly Square, are plunging in pre-market trading following the release of a report by Hindenburg Research, a noted short seller. Hindenburg is not kind in its assessment of the Fintech, stating their 2-year investigation has concluded that Block has taken advantage… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Merchants National Bank and Teslar Software recently announced their partnership in order to streamline the banking institution’s lending processes, “replacing manual tasks with robust automated workflows and supporting strategic growth efforts.” Linda Smith, VP and head of credit administration at Merchants National Bank, said: “As… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency ATM operator General Bytes says a certain vulnerability allowed a hacker to drain around $1.5 million. The General Bytes team also confirmed that their Cloud servers were breached. In a blog post, the firm noted that on the night of 17-18 March, it was… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Billie, the provider of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment solutions for business customers, and Mollie, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing payment service providers in Europe, have launched their pan-European partnership in order to bring Buy Now, Pay Later payment solutions to… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-headquartered B2B-focused Buy Now, Pay Later Fintech Mondu is reportedly opening a new office in London and appointing a UK-based professional sales team. The recent UK launch has come on the heels of the firm’s ongoing expansion into the Netherlands as well as Austria, offering… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As of March 16, 2023, NYCCoin (NYC) and MiamiCoin (MIA) were no longer available to trade, buy, or sell via Okcoin. However, you can still “hold these coins in your account or withdraw them and trade them on the ALEX decentralized exchange.” The trading suspension… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Telegram users are now able to send Tether’s USDT stablecoin to each other. As part of a recent notification, the messaging app provider told its users that the app’s wallet feature can support USDT-TRON, commonly referred to as the TRC-20 standard. The ability to accept… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ID Finance has announced a €30M investment “led by a leading UK-based asset manager, Kingsway Capital.” The transaction “has been officially endorsed by the Spanish Council of Ministers, after obtaining a favorable review from the External Investment Board, thus officially becoming the biggest investment inflow… Read More

March 22, 2023 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swiss payment startup Centi announces the launch of its Swiss Franc pegged stablecoin, backed 1:1 by a Swiss bank, which will “serve as the basis for Centi’s groundbreaking Global Payment Network.” Combining the efficiency of blockchain technology with the rigor of Swiss banking, Centi has… Read More

March 22, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qolo, which claims to be one of the leading omnichannel payments and card issuing processors, recently announced its partnership with PayQuicker, a key player focused on financial technology solutions for the global payouts market, in order “to provide unified disbursement services to PayQuicker and its… Read More

March 22, 2023 @ 11:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Roofstock says it has sold another tokenized home. The property is located in Georgia and leveraged RealT – a real estate tokenization service = to assist in the transaction. The settlement was via an NFT sold on OpenSea “enabled by”Roofstock onChain – part of Roofstock…. Read More

March 22, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zeta, a credit card processor, and Featurespace, a firm focused on addressing enterprise fraud and financial crime prevention, announced their partnership “to bring to market a solution that combines best-in-class credit card processing and fraud detection for Issuers in the US.” Featurespace offers what it… Read More

March 22, 2023 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arf, the Swiss-regulated global settlement banking platform, with support from the Stellar Development Foundation, is now offering what it claims is “the world’s first unsecured, short-term, USDC-based working capital financing solutions for licensed financial institutions.” Making cross-border payments faster, cheaper, and more transparent and inclusive… Read More