December 21, 2022 @ 5:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Thor Technologies, Inc., David Chin, and Matthew Moravec with conducting an unregistered securities offering. Chin is a co-founder and CEO of Thor, and Moravec is a co-founder and former CTO. According to the SEC, in 2018, the… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra announced that Mechanics Cooperative Bank, a Massachusetts-based financial institution with more than $645 million in assets, has selected Finastra Payments To Go “to introduce new business payments services and enhance the customer experience.” The multi-rail payments hub “empowers Mechanics Cooperative Bank to leverage the… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 12:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Binance is pleased to announce that they have joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain and cryptocurrency trade association. Binance has joined the Chamber’s Executive Committee in order “to move the blockchain industry forward alongside other industry players.” Binance VP of… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink, a co-investment platform, says it has raised €150 million in funding since its launch in 2019. In Bulgaria, its home market, SeedBlink reports having raised €2.69 million since launching domestically. SeedBlink claims more than 200 investment partners, including Bulgarian Eleven Ventures, LAUNCHub Ventures, Silverline… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX:SPT), which claims to be the “only” white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card at checkout, and Worldline (Euronext: WLN), a global firm focused on payment services, announce “the signing of a partnership agreement with… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

This is a bit of a surprise. Paxful, a peer-to-peer platform for crypto, has decided to remove Ethereum, the second most popular crypto in the world, from its platform. In a Tweet, Paxful founder and CEO Ray Youssef said they were choosing integrity over revenue,… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a statement on its objectives. As part of a three-year strategy, the financial regulator said it would focus on reducing and preventing harm, setting and testing higher standards while promoting competition. The FCA claims that its new… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

GenesisAI is raising money on Netcapital as it aims to create an open marketplace for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. According to the offering page, GenesisAI is raising up to $3 million under Reg CF. Investors are receiving Class A Common Stock at a pre-money valuation… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV UK announced that it will start issuing Small Medium Enterprise (SME) loans as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approved the company’s Annex I financial institution registration, “a prerequisite to issuing loans in the United Kingdom under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

When people left big cities during the COVID-19 pandemic, “sweetheart” deals (aka COVID deals) ran the residential rental market, according to an update from Insurtech firm Lemonde (NYSE:LMND). While a lot of renters negotiated some cheap deals, many now “fear they are at risk of… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A multi-country consortium of Europe’s most “trusted” identity experts, of which iProov is a key member, has been chosen “to deliver a cross-border payments pilot, in line with the aims of the European Commission’s EU digital identity wallet program.” In September 2022, it was announced… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announced that it has agreed to acquire Acadia, a provider of automated uncleared margin processing and integrated risk and optimization services for the global derivatives community. The acquisition furthers LSEG’s strategy “to enhance and grow its multi-asset Post Trade… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZEBEDEE, a Fintech and next-generation payment processor for the gaming industry,  announced the relaunch of its flagship product, the ZEBEDEE app. The revamped app “brings shopping and digital identity features to transform the previously Bitcoin–gaming-focused app into a hub of virtual economies centered around rewarded… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Conotoxia has launched a multi-currency card 2.0. The new product makes it possible “to share cards with family members or company employees.” Users of the global fintech Conotoxia can now “order and share their cards with others.” Owners of the multi-currency 2.0 card… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to announce that their crypto trading platform now supports withdrawals to Taproot (Bech32m) Bitcoin addresses. Taproot is “an upgrade to the Bitcoin protocol that aims to improve the privacy and efficiency of the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency.” Taproot… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nemesis Technologies, a venture capital fund that invests in deep technology, announced that it is on course to become the world’s “largest” digitally securitized fund, with significant nine-figure backing from Institutional Investors & Family Offices across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the US. Set up throughout 2022,… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

​BOKIS, a Danish payment and card company, and Nets, part of the Nexi Group, have entered into a new agreement that “runs until 31 December 2029.” BOKIS member banks will continue “to issue and process the Danish domestic card, Dankort, and international payment cards through… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 6:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Hashgraph Association has announced the funding of its first round of projects for its innovation program. Based in Switzerland, the Hashgraph Foundation aims to accelerate the adoption of its distributed ledger technology.  Hashgraph states there are three cohorts of 12 projects each which will… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 5:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Oi2Go Media Technologies and its CEO Anthony Michael Hernandez with conducting offering fraud. According to the SEC, Hernandez raised about $1.317 million from around 750 investors in a Reg A+ offering, which took place in 2018. Under… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kava has partnered with cryptocurrency trading platform, Bitget. The partnership includes the KAVA token listing on the Bitget exchange Innovation Zone. By partnering with Bitget, Kava aims “to increase the liquidity of KAVA tokens by making it easier for users to access a wide range… Read More