September 4, 2022 @ 11:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arturo, the Proptech company that delivers intelligent analytics from individual property to portfolio, announced “the appointments of Greg Oslan as chief executive officer and Joe Brown as vice president of sales and service.” Oslan will be “responsible for leading Arturo through a new period of… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Autobooks, the Detroit-based small business payment and accounting services platform that’s reportedly used by over 1,000 financial institutions, recently announced that it has been named to Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 list for 2022 — landing at No. 258 overall, and #2 in Michigan. The Inc…. Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Ajman Bank have strengthened their commitment to inclusion through a new initiative “designed to expand access to the digital economy.” The Touch Card is “an accessible payment card that will allow blind and partially sighted people to easily facilitate payments and… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bosonic, a decentralized Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI) business, announces that Onramp Invest, a crypto management solution providing access to crypto assets for registered investment advisors, will join the Bosonic Network™. This latest addition to Bosonic’s growing institutional client base “supports the Wealth segment, providing safety… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, led SPACE ID’s seed round. SPACE ID is “a universal naming service network that connects people, assets, and dApps across different blockchain networks.” SPACE ID is “building decentralized, censorship-resistant, and open-sourced universal identifiers.” The naming… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 8:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry starts a new month with a solid portfolio of EUR 93 million. Over EUR 45 million of loans have been funded “on the PeerBerry platform in August, i.e., a 17% higher amount compared to the previous month.” 1152 new investors “have joined the PeerBerry… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novant Health, which claims to be one of the largest healthcare systems in the Southeast, has significantly improved its patient financial experience by partnering with Cedar, an enterprise healthcare engagement platform that “improves the end-to-end consumer financial journey.” By investing in Cedar Pay, Cedar’s post-visit… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

So far in 2022, $2,338,910,183 billion has been “lost to various scams and exploits in the Web3 world and a total of ~377 attacks recorded this year,” according to an update shared by CertiK. Just like in July, August has “seen the same number of… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capdesk – Europe’s equity management solution – is announcing it has been “acquired by Silicon Valley unicorn and equity giant Carta.” Founded in 2015, London-based Capdesk claims it is “trusted by over 3500 of Europe’s fastest-growing companies – including Gousto, VOI, Checkout.com, Plum Guide and… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Insurtech Fairmatic “destealths” a unique offering that pioneers an unconventional approach to fleet insurance — “focused on enabling savings for safer fleets and improving road safety for all.” Fairmatic is led by a team “including former Allstate President Jamie Trish, as its President of Insurance,… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Landa, a real estate investing company, announced a $25 million Series A funding round, “bringing their total equity raised to $33 million with the inclusion of a previously raised $8 million seed round.” The company has also “raised $62 million in debt financing.” Through a… Read More

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

The Blockchain Association posted a series of tweets last week critizing pending legislation they believe will undermine the digital asset ecosystem in California. The Association claims that State Assembly Bill A.B. 2269 is “shortsighted” creating “unhelpful restrictions that would impede crypto innovators’ ability to operate.”… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fairmarkit, the automated sourcing platform that is transforming the procurement of goods and services for enterprises, announced a $35.6 million Series C investment, “bringing its total funding to date to $78 million.” The investment round was “led by OMERS Growth Equity with participation from investors… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 1:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alloy, which claims to be the leading Identity Decisioning Platform for banks and fintech companies, announced that it “raised an additional $52 million led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Avenir Growth with participation from existing investors Canapi Ventures,” Bessemer Venture Partners, Avid Ventures, and Felicis… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 11:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The economy is facing massive disruptions: inflation, great resignation, and possible recession, among others. This has driven customers to switch financial institutions at a click of a button, looking for the ones that provide them the most benefits and help with their financial health. However,… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 11:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestCloud, which claim to be the global leader in digital transformation for the financial industry, announced 80 new features to its digital planning tool NaviPlan, “to further support the most complex needs of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs).” The upgrade also “further integrates NaviPlan into the InvestCloud… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against credit services company Credit Karma for “deploying dark patterns to misrepresent that consumers were ‘pre-approved’ for credit card offers.” The FTC alleges that the company “used claims that consumers were ‘pre-approved’ and had ‘90% odds’ to… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chip, the saving and investing app on a mission to build wealth for our generation, has introduced the Prize Savings Account – the “first” Fintech to offer a savings account of this type. The account will give users the opportunity to win a Grand Prize… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Over half (59%) of consumers are “more concerned about becoming a victim of fraud now than they were in 2021.” That’s according to research released by specialized payments platform, Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE) which indicates that consumers across North America, Latin America and Europe are “prioritizing… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On September 1, a beta group of 50 art curators will start “launching drops through their own NFT storefronts on Nifty Gateway.” With Publishers, Nifty Gateway “handles the complexity of creating an NFT storefront so that curators can focus on what they do best —… Read More