September 6, 2022 @ 5:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was reported earlier, Binance has decided to remove competing stablecoins on its exchange and replace them with its homegrown version BUSD. In a corporate statement, Binance said it would “auto convert” holdings in dollar-based stablecoins with BUSD later this month. Paxos, a regulated “blockchain… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Villyz, an online investment platform based in Paris, says it has received approval to offer securities across the European Union under ECSPR (European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation). The new rules went into effect in November of 2021 allowing issuers to raise up to €5 million… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Live Oak Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ: LOB), is reporting that it made a $28 million gain on its exit of Payrailz which wsa purchased by Jack Henry & Associates – a banking tech provider. Payrailz is a digital payments… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 3:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the US, says it had its largest week ever for raising money on its platform. According to an email, StartEngine raised $10.6 million topping its previous high water mark by $600,000. The previous high took place… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 3:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Top Latin American crypto exchange Bitso is collaborating with Africhange, an African-Canadian remittance platform that aims to enable payments cross-border from Canada to Mexico. According to a corporate statement, Africhange first focused on transfers between Canada and Nigeria – having processed around CAD 70 million…. Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 3:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

EnergyFunders has launched a new fund, Yield Fund II. EnergyFunders previously listed Yield Fund I which reportedly raised the most of any offerings on the platform to date. EnergyFunders is an energy-related investment platform that has also entered into the crypto mining sector – which… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Inswitch has partnered with Binance Pay to “improve their fintech solutions and offer Binance Pay to all merchants in Latin America.” Inswitch is an embedded Fintech platform aiming to help financial services provides to quickly provide digital offeerings. Binance Pay, part of Binance, is crypto… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Siege, the FX Dark Pool provider, recently announced the launch of its new service NetFix. This follows the successful first Spot trades which were “completed among a group of early participants on 26th July 2022 using the WMR 4pm Fix.” NetFix is “an anonymous mechanism… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance has cut loose competing stablecoins including USDC, USDP (Paxos), and TUSD (TrueUSD). USDC, issued by Circle is the second largest dollar-based stablecoin after USDT (Tether) and may receive the brunt of the change. In a corporate statement, Binance said it would “auto-convert” these stablecoins… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) has scheduled a meeting for September 21st. According to the Sunshine Act Notice, the IAC will be discussing Climate Disclosure along with a recommendation made by the Committee. Currently, the SEC is proposing new rules… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 11:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Beeline is raising growth capital on Seedrs – seeking £1 million. As of today, Beeline has raised over £800,000 and is well on its way to achieving its funding objective. According to the offering page, Beeline is raising equity capital at a pre-money valuation of… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 10:41 am By Freddie Digby  |  

As firms battle with reduced revenue, Freddie Digby, CCO of Adsum, stresses that halting your investment in tech should be the last thing a business should be considering ahead of a recession The identity of the nation’s next Prime Minister was just one of many… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Credix, a Brazilian Fintech, has raised $11.25 million in Series A funding, according to a corporate statement. The Credix funding round was led by Motive Partners’ Early Stage fund and ParaFi Capital. Other investors include Valor Capital Group, Victory Park Capital, MGG Investment Group, Circle… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ondato,​​ a KYC and AML firm that offers video-based ID verification systems to banking institutions as part of its techy, has introduced a virtual branch service that supports physical, digital and hybrid banking platforms with providing clients with virtual face-to-face appointments. The solution has the… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Easy4Cloud, which conducts operations in Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain and the US, digitizing different business areas and simplifying their management, has selected Fabrick to expand its offer and introduce BancheinCloud, a Business Intelligence platform for the aggregated management of Current Accounts through which personal,… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital financial advisor Selma Finance has reportedly extended its Series A round with an additional CHF 7 million. This investment has been led by TX Ventures, the venture capital division  of Swiss media firm TX Group, bringing its Series A fundraise to a total of… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GXS Bank, the virtual bank joint initiative of ride-hailing company Grab Holdings and Singapore Telecommunications, have reportedly introduced a digital bank in Singapore. Nasdaq-listed Grab’s financial services have become a vital part of its business expansion strategy as it aims to provide banking, virtual payments,… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich-headquartered digital signature firm Skribble has finalized a EUR 10M round of funding. The firm’s investment round has been led by Munich’s Acton Capital Partners and Swiss VC company VI Partners. Contracts including employment and supplier agreements, along with delivery notes or tenders, have long… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The virtual banking sector in Singapore has grown significantly in the past few years. Recently, the launch of Trust Bank was announced via a partnership between Standard Chartered and retailer FairPrice. The Southeast Asian challenger bank platform provides the typical retail banking service, along with… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConnectWise, which claims to be the world’s leading software company dedicated to the success of IT solution providers, announced it has acquired Wise-Sync, an integrated payment automation platform and “long-term” partner in the ConnectWise ecosystem. The acquisition will pair ConnectWise’s IT solution provider (TSP) software… Read More