February 22, 2023 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klink Finance, a crypto startup based in London, has received its initial authorization to offer its cryptocurrency services across the European Union. Klink is “building a Prize Linked Wallet that offers cryptocurrency investors the opportunity to store their funds and earn regular rewards on top… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socotra announces a major drive into the European insurance markets, with an initial focus on the UK, DACH, France, and others, “following strong growth in 2022, including a 71% revenue increase, a 75% growth in customers, and a 117% YoY increase in policies managed on… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 2:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

indó, an Icelandic mobile first advanced neo-bank, has selected Lucinity as its AML compliance software, including its Transaction Monitoring and Case Manager solutions. Established in 2018, indó claims it is “the first neobank to operate in Iceland.” It was created “to restore faith in the… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 1:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, announced the launch of Hub71+ Digital Assets, a dedicated Web3 specialist ecosystem, “with more than $2 billion of capital committed to fund Web3 startups and blockchain technologies from the UAE’s capital.” Hub71+ is “a specialist ecosystem dedicated to advancing… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New data from Barclays, which sees nearly half of the nation’s debit and credit card spending, reveals that “a record 91.2 per cent of all eligible card transactions were made using contactless payments last year – a sign that consumers and businesses are continuing to… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) launched a consultation on the proposed requirements “for operators of virtual asset trading platforms.” Under a new licensing regime to take effect on 1 June 2023, all centralized virtual asset trading platforms “carrying on business in Hong Kong or… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2023 is “proving” to be an exciting year for the VeChain Foundation. They have many tech developments “in the pipeline, including a near-term deployment of some ground-breaking tools that promise to lower barriers to entry and elevate the VeChainThor ecosystem even further.” Their mission has… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 9:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the purpose of tapping into the collective expertise of our team, as well as keeping the team innovative and dynamic, the Alchemy Pay Board of Directors has “effected a significant restructuring of Alchemy Pay’s management.” As of January 1st, 2023, Alchemy Pay has “transitioned… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 6:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

TP24 is a new digital lender that provides credit secured by borrowers’ invoices. The company’s mission is to solve lending challenges by “offering flexible funding solutions … without the hassle of traditional credit providers.” CI had the chance to connect with Zurich-based TP24 during the… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 4:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BENQI — an algorithmic money market protocol on Avalanche — has integrated Chainlink Proof of Reserve and Automation in order “to help secure cross-chain asset lending and borrowing for BTC, ETH, DAI, USDC, and USDT.” The combination of these two proven Chainlink oracle services enables… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 4:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has released Q4 earnings along with full-year 2022 numbers, and while the crypto exchange beat both on the top and bottom line, shares are little impressed in after-hours trading. In its shareholder letter, Coinbase said that its Q4 results “were consistent with our… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bosch and Fetch.ai are announcing their new partnership “to form a new Web3 foundation – Fetch.ai Foundation, that aims to research, develop and harness Web3 technology for real-world use cases that will span across mobility, industrial, and consumer domains.” Fetch.ai Foundation will be “anchored in… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

The past few months have been choppy for AlphaFlow, a real estate investment platform. Last September, AlphaFlow listed a securities offering on Republic seeking to raise $5 million in a CrowdSAFE. The round never closed, and committed money was returned to investors – there was… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 11:43 am By JD Alois  |  

G2A.com has selected Ravelin to battle the fraudster and provide a more secure transactional environment. G2A is a marketplace for digital products that reports over 20 million purchasers. Ravelin is an anti-fraud platform that mitigates evolving fraud threats allowing payments to be accepted with confidence…. Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 11:34 am By Jeff Cunningham  |  

Happy New Year!  Welcome to a fresh start, a clean slate, 365 days of possibilities. Whether you are in a new business, doing familiar business a new way or simply picking up where you left off on December 31, the start of a new year… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

As previously reported, US regulators apparently compelled a cessation in the utilization of BUSD – Binance’s dollar-based stablecoin managed by Paxos. The action represents another step in the tightening vice of crypto regulation. Paxos Trust is a regulated entity by the  New York Department of Financial… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

According to Cynozure, a data and analytics consultancy, 27% of financial services firms in the UK do not have the right people with the correct skills to maximize the value of data at their firms. Cynozure bases this information on research undertaken by Obsurvant between the… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart, the London-headquartered fintech disrupting the global retirement savings market, has published its annual Future of Global Retirement report. This year’s report “looks at how knowledge, attitudes and concerns about retirement savings have progressed.” The report “includes findings from more than 8,000 savers across the… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Groundfloor, a real estate investment platform, has topped $1 billion in total investment, according to a note from the firm. Groundfloor was launched in 2013 by co-founders Brian Dally and Nick Bhargava. The platform leverages Reg A+ (Tier 1), as well as the Invest Georgia… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

The stablecoin market has emerged as a big target for US regulators. Following the news that BUSD, Binances’s dollar-based stablecoin managed by Paxos, was being targeted by regulators, industry observers began to wonder which shoe would drop next. According to crypto analyst firm Nansen, wallets… Read More