August 22, 2022 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, the provider of digital asset custody, prime services and trading infrastructure to institutions, is reportedly becoming the first digital assets custodian “to support decentralized finance (DeFi) connectivity with Solana, the high-performance public blockchain ecosystem.” The integration with Solana “provides Copper’s customers with the unique… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The past 12 months have seen phishing attacks rise 29% globally to reach a new record of 873.9M attacks, with the highest uptake of over 400% in the retail and wholesale industries, according to the 2022 ThreatLabz Phishing Report by ZscalerTM. The United States, Singapore,… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

‍The National Football League (NFL), the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), and Dapper Labs Inc. recently announced that NFL ALL DAY – the “exclusive” digital video highlight NFT platform – “is officially open and available to fans worldwide, just ahead of the 2022 NFL season.” Joe… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vyzer, an Israeli-based Fintech consumer-focused startup, joined forces with Salt Edge, a key player in offering open banking solutions, “to enable high net worth investors to instantly connect and sync their European bank accounts, offering a comprehensive analysis of investment performance and fully digital cashflow… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 11:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

QED Investors, one of the most prolific and successful Fintech VCs, distributed an email last week commenting on the Fintech marketplace. QED said that “while the past several years have been a whirlwind for Fintech, we are in chapter 2, not chapter 8. We are… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru notes that summer is in full swing, which is also evident in their loan volumes. During July 2022, their investors financed €11.8M worth of loans “with Estonia contributing the most with €4.0M, followed by Latvia (€2.3M) and Lithuania (€2.2M).” EstateGuru further noted that they… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry partners continue regular repayments of “war-affected” loans. The repayment of over EUR 1.4 million of war-affected loans was reportedly completed on August 17, 2022. EUR 1.2 million is “dedicated to repaying war-affected Ukrainian and Russian short-term loans,” the team at PeerBerry revealed. The also… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for large businesses, is pleased to announce “the launch of its first in-house designed terminals.” Innovated to facilitate diverse payment use cases, the terminal range “marks the latest step forward in Adyen’s growing unified commerce… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 9:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Australian government has announced that work is “underway on crypto asset reforms” as it aims to regulate digital assets better. In a statement by the Treasury, jointly delivered by the Honorable Jim Chalmers MP, Treasurer and the Honorable Dr. Andrew Leigh MP,  Assistant Minister… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 9:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) launched a public consultation about the “National Blockchain Blueprint for Qatar,” which was collaboratively “developed by CRA, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Qatar University, with the aim of receiving the views and comments of stakeholders and concerned parties in Qatar on… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 9:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has posted its Corporate Plan, which seeks to chart its course over the next four years. As one may anticipate, it is heavy on tech-related items, including crypto or digital assets. Joseph Longo, Chair of ASIC, states in… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 8:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Surge a “rapid scale up program” for Southeast  Asia, has announced its 7th cohort including 15 startups. Surge is operated by Sequoia Capital India and Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia. The accelerator actively partners with founders from a wide range of companies, across categories, including BYJUs,… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After a slow June, Bondora‘s collection and recovery figures “rebounded as anticipated.” Bondora further noted that “the number of recovered loans, as well as the total cash recovered, increased.” The total recovered cash also “climbed to exceed €1 million once again.” The count of loans… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 8:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Gemini are pleased to announce the launch of Gemini Staking, which allows you to seamlessly “receive staking rewards in [their] Gemini account.” As of August 18, you may “start staking MATIC on the Polygon network.” Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Polkadot (DOT), and… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 6:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

DAM Finance (or dPRIME Asset Modules Finance) has raised a $1.8 million pre-seed found that was led by Digital Finance Group and Jsqare. Other investors included; Arrington Capital, Ledgerprime, D1 Ventures, 11-11 Capital, Stacker Ventures and “prominent angels within the Dotsama community.” DAM is creating… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins (Netcoins.ca), the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it “easy” for Canadians to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and owner of Blockchain Intelligence Group (blockchaingroup.io), a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enfuce is pleased to confirm an extended partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) in order to expand the company’s Card as a Service platform in the Nordics. Through the partnership, Mastercard powers Card as a Service “with tokenized multi-currency BINs in the Nordics, enabling Enfuce’s customers… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the organization behind the largest real-time payment solution, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and the RuPay card Scheme, has  “signed an MoU confirming a partnership with the payments solutions provider… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 5:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s C6 Bank notes that this latest update was prepared according to global “best practices” for publishing information on economic, social and environmental impact. In the midst of celebrating its three-year launch, C6 Bank has published the 2021 Annual Report. Available in the Documents section… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Owlin, the AI-based news analytics platform, and ApeVue, which claims to be the global leader in market-based pricing data for private stocks, announced they will offer select insights “across both of their data platforms to better service private capital markets customers.” ApeVue’s mission is “to… Read More