September 28, 2022 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States,  launched a new industry resource, the Use Case Repository in its Faster Payments Knowledge Center. Supported by The Clearing House, the FPC Education & Awareness… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 7:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chase, which is reportedly one of the largest co-brand card issuers in the U.S., and DoorDash, the local commerce platform, announced plans “to launch the first-ever DoorDash credit card, with Mastercard as the exclusive payments network for the new card.” The DoorDash Rewards Mastercard will… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 7:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LevelField Financial, which claims to be the premier U.S. financial services firm, uniting digital assets and traditional banking services in one “trusted” platform, announced the selection of Cryptoquote, a provider of highly available data, analytics, and research tools, “to deliver LevelField customers industry-leading, real-time digital… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 6:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SECI  has filed charges against The Hydrogen Technology Corporation, former CEO, Michael Ross Kane, and Tyler Ostern, the CEO of Moonwalkers Trading Limited, for allegations regarding the sale of unregistered “crypto asset securities” of Hydro. The SEC also alleges that… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Gemini is pleased to announce a partnership with Betterment, which claims to be one of the largest independent digital investment advisors in the U.S., in order “to begin offering crypto investment portfolios to customers across its retail and Betterment for Advisors offerings.”… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, led a $8.5 million seed funding round for Bitquery as part of its ongoing drive “to support innovative blockchain data solution providers.” The investment round was “co-led by dao5, with Susquehanna, DHVC, INCE Capital, and… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, a global identity verification company, has expanded to Singapore in response to growing customer demand in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The move allows Trulioo “to directly serve its extensive and expanding enterprise-level APAC customer base.” Steve Munford, CEO of Trulioo, said: “As businesses in… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thriday, the “all-in-one” financial management platform, takes another leap on its mission to become the fastest way for SMEs “to manage their banking, accounting, and tax with a circa $6 million pre-Series A round led by NAB Ventures and significant participation from existing investor Lempriere… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recurly, Inc., a subscription management and billing platform for high-growth brands, has announced an agreement to acquire LeapRev, a revenue recognition and forecasting solution. This acquisition will “create a single source for subscription management, recurring billing, and revenue management that empowers Recurly customers to better… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Volante Technologies, which claims to be the global leader in cloud payments and financial messaging, announced that ACH Colombia, a financial technology company, “has gone live with a new banking portal featuring a superior digital payments experience aligned with the social media and ecommerce platforms… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital is pleased to announce its role “as one of the preferred institutional custodians for Aptos at mainnet launch.” Aptos is described as “a next-generation Layer 1 blockchain, built with safety and user experience in mind, enabling developers to build scalable, consumer-ready projects.” The… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Congressman Patrick McHenry, the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, has announced a “capital formation agenda.” McHenry said that Republicans want to bring the issue “back to the forefront” helping small businesses and entrepreneurs. McHenry said that capital formation is a vital to… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zepz, the group making remittance payments fair, fast and affordable by powering global cross-border remittance brands WorldRemit and Sendwave, recently announced the 2021 financial results that will be “published in its upcoming Companies House Listing Annual Report as well as an H1 ‘22 performance update,… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 10:30 pm By João Vitor Menin  |  

When COVID-19 cases first appeared in late 2019, its contagion abilities were wildly unanticipated by world leaders, and it was ungracefully downplayed by mainstream media. This caused a subsequent uncontrollable outbreak that eventually dampened the quality of life for billions and dented economies across the… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Samsung, which claims to be India’s largest consumer electronics company, and Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank, have partnered “to launch an exclusive co- branded credit card, powered by Visa.” With the Samsung Axis Bank Credit Card, consumers will “get 10% cashback across… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced that the life insurance and pensions company Irish Life has chosen Stripe as “a strategic payments provider for its Smart Invest app.” The partnership will “make it easier for Smart Invest users to initiate both one-off and… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 9:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grab Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GRAB) announced at its first Investor Day that it is targeting to achieve breakeven on a Group Adjusted EBITDA basis “by the second half of 2024, as it accelerates its path to profitability.” For the second half of 2022, Group Adjusted… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 8:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkmate, a personalized smart shopping tool that makes it easy for users to discover brands, apply savings and manage their orders post-purchase, announced it has secured a $5 million seed funding round led by Fuel Capital. Checkmate will use the new investment “to accelerate its… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ChargebackZero is partnering with Ethoca, a Mastercard company, “to help merchants minimize chargebacks, lower consumer transaction confusion, and share details of confirmed fraud and dispute information.” As part of the integration, the firm would help “prevent chargebacks using an alert mechanism.” These Chargeback alerts are… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), one of the world’s leaders in digital payments, has announced its participation in the Canadian expansion of instant transfers, Square‘s solution for rapid merchant settlement. Square’s instant transfers are “enabled by Visa Direct, a VisaNet processing capability helping transform global money movement… Read More