March 9, 2023 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Grasshopper, the “client-first” digital bank built for the business and innovation economy, recently announced steady growth and solid momentum for the year ending 2022. The bank has reportedly “expanded its management team, relaunched last March with a new vision, and has built strong lines of… Read More

March 9, 2023 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink, a European securities crowdfunding platform that is based in Bulgaria but is expanding across Europe, has announced the launch of a secondary trading marketplace, thus providing liquidity for private securities. SeedBlink received its ECSPR approval last fall, enabling it to solicit investors across all… Read More

March 9, 2023 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, the provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions, announced it has entered into a $95 million, three-year credit facility with J.P. Morgan, Silicon Valley Bank, and KeyBanc Capital Markets. This line of credit will further strengthen the company’s financial position as it “continues… Read More

March 9, 2023 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex announced it will be launching advanced AI-powered tools for CFOs and their teams, all built “using advanced machine learning and natural language processing technology from OpenAI, an AI research and deployment company.” The new features will “provide relevant insights on corporate spend and answer… Read More

March 9, 2023 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

GIACT, an LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) business, announces a partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA), a global technology company in the payments industry, “to leverage its Open Banking capabilities to provide a secure account verification solution for customers.” The partnership will “build on LSEG‘s existing… Read More

March 9, 2023 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Intergiro, a European Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform based in Sweden, announces its partnership with Retreeb, a Swiss payment solution empowering consumers to support social causes. This partnership marks a significant milestone “towards the launch of Retreeb‘s sustainable payment solution and reinforces its commitment… Read More

March 9, 2023 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Big Data Healthcare, a technology solutions provider for healthcare payments and remittance. This transaction “adds national healthcare revenue cycle capabilities, addressing the complex and complicated needs of clients, while building on Fifth Third’s legacy… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deep Instinct, the first company to apply deep learning to cybersecurity, today announced an investment from PayPal Ventures. This investment further “validates confidence in Deep Instinct’s unrivaled ability to see cyber threats well before other solutions can.” The funding will help further “accelerate Deep Instinct’s… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pismo, which claims to be one of the world’s fastest-growing banking Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firms, has announced a new capability of its core banking and payments platform: digital lending. Digital lending is “part of Pismo’s cloud-native and API-based platform.” It brings agility and flexibility “to accelerate… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 10:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a top securities crowdfunding platform owned by Republic, has revealed that it has helped female-founded firms raise £459 million. When you compare this number to the total amount raised on the platform, Seedrs is clearly generating significant traction in leveling the playing field for… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onbe, a corporate disbursements platform, published its 2023 Future of Payments Survey, finding that digital payments continue “to drive US consumer preferences in today’s connected economy.” 70% of respondents prefer “to receive payments digitally and 73% prefer to shop and pay with digital methods, including… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for sophisticated investors and their teams, announced the broad availability of its newest cross-asset class, real-time risk platform: RiskSmart X. RiskSmart X is a SaaS solution “designed for prime brokerage and risk… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 6:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Green United, LLC, its founder Wright W. Thurston, and a promoter, Kristoffer A. Krohn, with allegedly defrauding investors in connection with an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities. The SEC noted that Krohn is a repeat offencer,… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 4:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE:SI), the holding company for Silvergate Bank, has decided to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate the Bank in an “orderly manner and in accordance with applicable regulatory processes.” Shares in Silvergate are trading down by over 30% in after-hours trading. Silvergate was… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Opkit has launched with an automated health insurance verification platform that is purpose-built for the new telehealth companies and virtual medical clinics that are “providing care for a wide range of patients across the United States.” The startup, which “participated in Y Combinator, is emerging… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) has severed its relationship with the Winklevoss brothers crypto platform Gemini, according to a report by Reuters. The article cited a contact that was “familiar with the situation.” At the same time, Gemini is disputing the claim. In a Tweet, Gemini stated… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 4:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase, BitGo Representatives Set to Testify. The Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion, part of the House Financial Services Committee, will hold a hearing tomorrow (March 9, 2023) on digital assets. The title of the hearing is Coincidence or Coordinated? The Administration’s Attack… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced another enforcement action taken against crypto ATMs. This time, the FCA targeted unauthorized crypto ATMs operating in East London. The FCA requires all crypto firms, including ATMs, to be registered and adherent to anti-money laundering rules…. Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 12:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mysten Labs, a Web3 infrastructure company and initial developer of the Sui Layer 1 blockchain, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group. Under the terms of the MOU, Alibaba Cloud will aim… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

  Established by the LawtechUK panel, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) has issued a statement on digital asset clarity, which will “cement” the UK as the digital financial market leader in digital securities. The research was completed in partnership with the finance and economics consultancy… Read More