February 23, 2023 @ 12:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinanZero, the online credit marketplace in Brazil, announces that it has reached 40 million loan applications made through its platform to date. FinanZero was “founded in São Paulo in 2016 by Swedish entrepreneurs Olle Widén and Kristian Jacobsson together with Swedish-Brazilian investment firm Webrock Ventures.”… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Ruben Merre, Co-founder and CEO at NGRAVE. a digital asset security provider focused on making the safest, most reliable products in the blockchain industry. Ruben Merre talked about how centralized crypto exchanges and online digital currency wallets may not be the… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), have joined once again in issuing a warning on crypto. Last month, the three federal entities issued a statement cautioning banks… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has added Euro Coin (EUROC) as a stablecoin option to its marketplace. Trading availability will commence on February 27, 2023 – “if liquidity conditions are met.” In a series of Tweets, Coinbase said it was adding support for EUROC with the Experimental label,… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The fraud charges continue to pile up for disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Earlier today, the US Department of Justice filed an updated complaint that outlines twelve charges – an increase from the previous criminal charges. The claims continue to be damning and expansive, highlighting… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Justice has issued a statement that a federal grand jury in the District of Oregon has returned an indictment charging the four founders of Forsage, a DeFi decentralized finance (DeFi) crypto investment platform, alleging a global Ponzi and pyramid scheme that… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

I had to ask. Interest in artificial intelligence (AI) is booming right now. It has been a hot sector of tech for years, but the rise of ChatGPT has given it a boost as the consumer application is freely available to answer just about any… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spoke.ai, the AI-powered tool suite founded by early N26 employees, has secured a €2 million pre-seed round. The investment round was “led by byFounders, with participation from Possible Ventures and a syndicate of experienced operators.” The funds will be “used to start onboarding the 500+… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After an official tender process to procure a prepaid payment card service, the State Treasury of Finland and Kela (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland) awarded the contract to Finnish issuer processor Enfuce. The State Treasury of Finland, Kela, and Enfuce “signed the five-year contract… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 2:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, and Eurex Frankfurt AG, the European derivatives exchange, announced that they have “entered into a commercial partnership in which TT will offer direct access to the Eurex EnLight… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 1:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the constantly evolving world of payment solutions, transaction volumes are “growing exponentially.” Scaling securely and compliantly is “key,” according to an update from Napier. Lyra Group, the €79 million turnover European and unified payment solutions provider processing over twenty billion transactions worldwide annually, has… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Purpose-driven fintech Mission Lane announced it is expanding its partnership with the data network Plaid in order “to bring secure open finance solutions to its two million-plus customers.” The expanded partnership “leverages Plaid’s innovative open finance API data connectivity solution, which allows customers to securely… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 11:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ALMIS International is pleased to announce that GB Bank, which was awarded their full banking license in August 2022, have chosen “to add additional ALMIS International products as it continues to drive forward its ambitious growth plans.” Having already trusted ALMIS International for their ALM… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SmartSave Bank, the savings brand of UK digital bank Chetwood Financial, has today announced a new partnership with Flagstone, the UK’s cash deposit platform. Flagstone claims it is “the UK’s largest smart cash platform for corporate, charitable and individual clients.” It offers “a choice of… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UAE-based Fintech firm InvestSky has launched a social investing platform with assistance from Alpaca. InvestSky is a social investing platform that “offers a new generation of investors the opportunity to embark on trading stocks in a more inclusive, intuitive, and informed way.” InvestSky was established… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vietnam’s Fintech start-up GIMO has announced the first close of its Series A funding with a US$5.1 million investment “led by TNB Aura.” Other investment firms joining the investment round “are returning investors including Integra Partners, Resolution Ventures, Blauwpark Partners, ThinkZone Ventures, and Y Combinator.”… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 6:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AML RightSource, the provider of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance solutions, announced that Florida-based bank Banesco USA has “selected its Automated EDD (Enhanced Due Diligence) solution for efficient, compliant customer risk reviews with streamlined, AI processes that… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 6:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker, a tech platform designed to streamline online capital formation and broker-dealer, has appointed Chris Adamkowski as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Adamkowski reportedly spent over a decade at Google working in several divisions, including Financial Services, Government, Energy, and Tech. Before joining Google, Adamkowski held Sales and… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced the launch of Enhanced Issuer Network, a set of partnerships with major US card issuers. Stripe provides secure access “to transaction fraud scores from Stripe Radar, its fraud prevention solution, through an encrypted pathway with issuers including… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 5:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have tightened requirements for platforms in the crypto exchange sector. The CSA is an entity that works to coordinate regulation with the various provincial and territorial securities regulators. Unlike the US Securities and Exchange Commission, it does not have federal… Read More