January 19, 2023 @ 7:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coincover, which claims to be the leading digital asset protection technology company, announces a new partnership with Fireblocks, an easy-to-use platform “to create innovative products on the blockchain and manage day-to-day crypto operations.” The partnership provides Fireblocks customers “with a secure alternative for key backup… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, which claims to be the longest-standing DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the original, decentralized stablecoin, announces Societe Generale-FORGE, a subsidiary of French multinational investment bank Societe Generale, has “completed an initial DAI drawdown from the MakerDAO protocol of 7 million DAI. SG-FORGE… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 8:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finance software startup Quartr and investment platform Lightyear announce a partnership to bring Quartr’s convenient “access to earnings calls audios, reports and slide decks to the Lightyear platform.” Quartr has “collected company information from roughly 7,000 listed companies and have, since this autumn, started redistributing… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 8:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zelle, a payments and transfers service that was created by multiple big banks, has been having some issues today, according to multiple posts on Twitter. While Zelle has not issued a press statement reassuring users it is on top of things, it appears that Zelle… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trakx, an emerging global Fintech company providing thematic Crypto Tradable Indices through its registered Tier-1 trading platform, announced the launch of three new indices named: Growth, Balanced and Conservative. The new indices are “designed to meet the increasing demand for risk-adjusted crypto indices from high-net-worth… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Fueled a high-tech axis of cryptocrime.” The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the arrest of Anatoly Legkodymov, 40, a Russian national who resides in Shenzhen, China, as the founder and operator of Bitzlato, a crypto exchange the feds have alleged to have processed… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citcon, the “one-stop” service global payment platform in providing in-store, online, and mobile payment solutions, and Klarna, which claims to be the global leader in the generational shift away from credit cards, announced an integration and business partnership which will add Klarna as a featured… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earnix, the provider of mission-critical cloud-based intelligent real-time, dynamic pricing and rating solutions for insurers and banks, announced it is appointing insurance and fintech industry veteran, Robin Gilthorpe, as its new Chief Executive Officer “effective February 1, 2023.” Mr. Gilthorpe will be “taking over the… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Syndio, which claims to be the world’s leading workplace equity analytics platform, announced a new partnership with global Fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR). The company is “employing Syndio’s technology to better enable the critical steps of measuring and deepening their commitment to pay equity.”… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, a leading US-based investment crowdfunding platform, is reporting that it raised $33.9 million during Q4 2022 under the Reg A+ (Regulation A) and Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) exemptions. StartEngine added that this surpassed its two largest competitors. According to StartEngine, Wefunder raised $23.9 million,… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

“Pioneering” issuer processing powerhouse, Enfuce, announced a new partnership with Orka Ventures, the Nordic-Czech fintech holding company, “to launch Orka Card, a new consumer lending card and mobile app that challenges the traditional understanding of ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) lending.” Until now, Orka Ventures… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Payoneer Global Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYO) has announced a new Chief Financial Officer. According to a corporate statement, Bea Ordonez  – currently the Deputy CFO – will replace current CFO Michael Levine, who will step down in March. Ordonez will then report to Payoneer co-CEO John… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Biz2Credit, an online funding provider to small businesses, announced the findings of its Small Business Inflation Study that “analyzed the revenues and expenditures of more than 140,000 U.S. small businesses from January 2019 to October 2022.” The Biz2Credit Small Business Inflation Study identified three distinct… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of FTX who is now under indictment for allegations of fraud, has returned to his substack, declaring that FTX US was and is solvent. Bankman-Fried previously provided an FTX “post-mortem” following his release on bail. He disputes a… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

  Tim Draper and the Draper Venture Network (DVN) have just announced a new option to invest in private investments.  The Draper Round Table will launch this January that aims to enable family offices, venture capitalists, angel investors, and other “solo-capitalists” to access a syndication… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HashKey Capital, a global asset manager specializing in crypto and blockchain, has announced the final closing of its third fund, HashKey FinTech Investment Fund III  with a total commitment of US$500 million. Fund III received strong support “from institutional investors namely sovereign wealth funds, renowned… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BFC Payments B.S.C. (C), the Fintech arm of BFC Group Holdings W.L.L., has collaborated with M2P Fintech, which claims to be Asia’s largest API infrastructure company, “to launch an advanced multicurrency card, BFC PAY TRAVEL BUDDY that offers international travelers great convenience as it allows… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) released Q4 2022 and full-year 2022 results yesterday which have been deemed a disappointment by analysts and many investors. It has been widely stated that Goldman has not missed expectations this badly in many years. Shares quickly reflected this sentiment, sinking dramatically…. Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial services sector has evolved considerably during the past decade, with many new Fintech startups and banking challengers raising substantial funding to fundamentally improve how consumers perform transactions. Individuals and business organizations across the globe have been moving their activities online, a digital transformation… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lynk, the payment solution providing merchants a secure alternative to costly credit card processing fees while powering customer loyalty programs,  announced it has added Pay by Bank, the No. 1 customer-requested feature, to its platform. Pay by Bank allows businesses “to reduce their credit card… Read More