September 7, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

ShiftPixy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PIXY) has announced a plan to “duel list” its shares on digital securities marketplace Upstream, a platform powered by MERJ and Horizon Fintex. ShiftPixy has a current market cap of around $585 million. ShiftPixy has been going through a period of transition… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, announced the launch on September 12 of the Cboe One Canada Feed, a new real-time market data solution that “provides high-quality Canadian equities reference quote and trade information.” Through a… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of British Business Bank plc – the UK government’s economic development bank, has announced a €30 million “initial” investment to Atempo Growth’s inaugural venture debt fund. The new fund is expected to target VC-backed businesses in the UK and… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

SEBA Bank, a Switzerland-based “crypto bank,” is now offering Ethereum staking for institutional investors. The announcement aligns with the MERGE – the event when Ethereum migrates from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). SEBA Bank is a regulated entity providing compliant access… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

LANDE, a Latvian Fintech providing investment crowdfunding for farms, has raised €550,000 in pre-Seed funding, according to a statement by the firm. LANDE states that it will use the money to expand its services into Romania while planning entry into other European markets. The round… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading UK digital bank Starling Bank has added a new feature for its users by enabling “Bulk Payments”. The new service is designed to support payroll, supplier payments or employee expenses and more for firms using Starling business banking. The new service is a subscription-based… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

21.co, a Switzerland-based crypto platform, has raised $25 million in a funding round led by Marshall Wace. The valuation of 21.co was set at around $2 billion apparently making 21.c0 Switzerland’s largest crypto unicorn. Marshall Wace, regulated by the UK FCA, is a hedge fund partly… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of Debitum platform business partners, invoice factoring company FLEXIDEA, which operates in Latvia and Poland, has revealed that this summer, private equity fund HELENOS, managed by INPULSE INVESTMENT MANAGER (Brussels-based investment manager, Belgium), “acquired a 14,67% share in the capital of FLEXIDEA.” The acquisition… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Economic uncertainty, which peaked in the first half of 2022, “challenged investors to reconsider finance instruments in terms of risk-reward ratio,” according to an update from Robo.cash. The analysts at Robo.cash recently commented on “popular” assets and how they have been performing since the beginning… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos has shared key insights, as part of their monthly publication that summarizes what’s been happening on the platform, including broader market activities. As noted in the update from Mintos, energy prices, inflation, and interest rates “continued to dominate the global investment… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 1:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mihkel Stamm, Chief Operating Officer at EstateGuru, recently commented on how his team supports a real estate lending platform with a focus on crowdfunding. Mihkel Stamm explained that they “mediate loans secured by real estate to the international investor community across Europe.” On one side are… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Calastone, which claims to be one of the largest global funds networks, announced the opening of their regional headquarters in Singapore, “underpinning their aggressive growth strategy to expand product offerings and footprint across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.” Calastone claims it has been “disrupting the investment… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Versa Asia, a Malaysia-based digital cash management platform, recently revealed that they have finalized an “8-figure” investment round. Details of the funding have not been shared publicly. This latest investment round has reportedly been led by Hibiscus Fund, a VC fund that is being managed… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates Development Bank (EDB), the financial “engine” of the UAE’s economic diversification and industrial transformation agenda, has announced a lending feature that allows SMEs and startups “to apply for loans of up to AED5 million directly through its Digital Banking App and receive approval or… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maybank has designed its own Sustainable Product Framework (SPF) – the “first” by a Malaysian bank – “to enable greater development of green, social and sustainable products.” The framework, which will support the Group’s commitment of ‘Mobilizing RM50 billion in Sustainable Finance by 2025’, will… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 9:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indonesia’s “first” public-listed technology company, Bukalapak, and Standard Chartered officially launched BukaTabungan, a digital banking service that “leverages the reach of Bukalapak’s all-commerce platform and the technology of nexus, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution powered by Standard Chartered.” This follows from an earlier announcement on their… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aquis Exchange, the pan-European large and mid-cap equities trading arm of Aquis Exchange PLC, is pleased to announce “the launch of its European dark trading venue, the Aquis Matching Pool (AMP) EU.” This marks the expansion of Aquis Exchange’s dark trading service, which was previously… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has reportedly issued the nation’s first virtual payment licenses to Ooredoo Money and iPay by Vodafone Qatar. The announcement was made via social media on August 30, 2022. The update noted that the issuance was made to contribute to the development… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 6:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Frayt Technologies Inc., a shipping and technology company that connects enterprises with on-demand delivery services, has selected the workforce payments platform Branch in order “to provide their network of 10,000+ drivers accelerated payments, fee-free financial services, and cash flow management tools.” Founded in 2018, Frayt… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation technology company, has announced the launch of ClearInsight+, a technology-enabled set of valuation products “to support Freddie Mac’s ACE+ PDR (automated collateral evaluation plus property data report), a new offering for certain loan types.” Freddie Mac began offering… Read More