August 4, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Messari, a provider of crypto market intelligence products, announced its acquisition of the assets and business of Dove Metrics of Blackrose Capital. Dove Metrics is “a provider of fundraising data and intelligence for the crypto fundraising landscape.” Messari Vice President of Market Intelligence, Eric Turner,… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New announcements mark another benchmark underscoring Compliance.ai‘s leadership in providing RCM solutions “for the banking, financial services and insurance industries.” The company has “secured $6 million of funding with existing investor Cota Capital and new investment partner JAM FINTOP to support market growth.” John Philpott,… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Caary Capital announced a joint effort with Ceridian, which claims to be global leader in human capital management (HCM) technology, “to extend its value to Ceridian’s Powerpay customers.” Powerpay, a Cloud-based payroll and HR solution, is “designed to meet the needs of Canada’s small business… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the company “reimagining finance” for growing businesses, recently announced the appointment of Doug Adamic as its Chief Revenue Officer. Doug will “lead revenue and growth strategy for Brex as the company expands into financial software with Brex Empower and grows its global offerings for… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX:SPT) announced that letus has selected Splitit to bring its Installments-as-a-Service to its Cloud payment platform “for the property rental market, allowing tenants to pay expenses in several interest-free installments on their credit card.” The collaboration “brings a new payment option to letus’s Cloud… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 7:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India-based Fintech firm Tartan has secured funding to scale its business operaitons. The investment round included contributions from 500 Global, InfoEdge Ventures, Naval Ravikant-supported AngelList Quant Fund, among other investors. The company has acquired about $6 million in capital, to date. It intends to double… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 5:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Roofstock has acquired RentPrep, a firm that offers tenant screening solutions that are said to be currently in use by over 100,000 landlords. Roofstock recently raised $240 million at an almost $2 billion valuation, thus providing capital for more M&A activity. The terms of the… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ping Identity (NYSE: PING), provider of the Intelligent Identity solution for the enterprise, today announced that it has “entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm, for $28.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at an Enterprise… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Are central bank digital currencies a solution looking for a problem? That seems to be what the Japanese believe, as it has been widely reported that the Bank of Japan has halted its potential pursuit of a digital yen. https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1553899519359737859?s=20&t=sSopC7cJnxHkiSeg_b9oTw Sayuri Shirai, of Keio University… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 2:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, a bipartisan group of US Senators announced legislation designed to give certain digital assets better regulatory clarity. Senators Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and John Boozman, Ranking Member, along with Senators Cory Booker and John Thune, have joined to craft the language of… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 2:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MEXC Global, a digital asset and cryptocurrency trading platform based in Estonia, has introduced the MX/USDT perpetual trading pair and supports 1-20x buying power “for long and short two-way trades, and this will significantly contribute to expansion of MX Futures and bring the MEXC ecosystem… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paystand, the provider of blockchain-enabled accounts receivable and B2B payments, announced the acquisition of Yaydoo, a firm focused on accounts payable, cash flow management, and liquidity solutions in Mexico and LATAM. The deal represents “one of the biggest technology unions in Mexico and LATAM and… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 2:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yapily, an Open Banking service provider, has launched a new service – Yapily Virtual Accounts. According a company statement, Yapily Virtual Accounts enables merchants and payment service providers (PSPs) to create multiple accounts gain more control over flow of funds while collecting payments, initiating instant… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 10:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Automation (FTA) announces it has been “selected as one of the technology partners for open banking within Mastercard’s Engage partner network.” The Engage program has “developed a network to provide businesses easy access to technology partners that can quickly build and deploy open banking… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

  Robocash Group, an operator of online lending and investment platforms, has announced that Natalya Ischenko is the new Chief Executive Officer and Ivan Adamovich is now Chief Financial Officer. Sergey Sedov, who founded and led the company will remain as Chairman of the Board…. Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

An inquiry into the UK crypto industry has been announced by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the UK Crypto and Digital Assets sector. The inquiry aims to focus on the UK’s approach to regulating crypto, the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs),… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MercadoLibre, Inc. (Nasdaq: MELI), which claims to be Latin America’s leading e-commerce technology company, reported financial results “for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.” The company hosted an earnings video as well as a conference call and audio webcast “for any questions that investors may… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem behind the largest cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced the appointment of its Co-Founder Yi He “as the new head of its venture capital (VC) arm and incubator, Binance Labs.” Binance CEO CZ (Changpeng Zhao) stated: “As… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 5:00 am By JD Alois  |  

EIS has acquired Metromile’s Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) from Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), according to a company statement. The terms of the deal were not immediately available. The all-cash transaction was completed following the close of Lemonade’s acquisition of Metromile last week. EIS is a digital… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 11:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum Bank announces that it has expanded its bank-grade staking offering with Cardano (ADA), the eighth-largest protocol by market cap (at the time of writing). Clients can “conveniently and securely stake Cardano through Sygnum’s institutional-grade banking platform to generate staking rewards.” Cardano (ADA) joins Sygnum’s… Read More