August 3, 2022 @ 12:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNB Chain recently announced the 27 finalists of the Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Incubation Program, which is an accelerator program that’s co-led by Binance Labs to offer mentorship and funding “to emerging projects built on top of the BNB Chain.” The MVB Incubation Program aims… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 11:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Penfold, the digital pension “disrupting” the broken £8 trillion UK pension industry, has raised 194% (£1,945,413) of its £1,000,000 target (at the time of writing) from 942 investors through its crowdfunding campaign carried out via Crowdcube (with just 1 day left in the sale). Backed… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alif, a Central Asian Fintech operating as a “full-fledged” Bank in Tajikistan and as e-commerce and Fintech company in Uzbekistan, has announced “a record 150%+ year-on-year revenue growth in the 12 months leading to June 2022.” During the same period, the total number of Alif… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

StormX (STMX) is currently available via digital asset platform Okcoin. Customers may now deposit, withdraw, and trade STMX tokens via Okcoin. This offer is for “all Okcoin customers except for residents of the EU, the UK, Singapore, and Brunei.” Deposits, withdrawals, and trading are “live… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Gemini are pleased to further their partnership with  Australian fund manager Holon Global Investments, “serving as the custodian partner for their unlisted retail Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Filecoin (FIL) funds.” The BTC, ETH, and FIL held by the… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 7:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) met today to discuss liquidity for certain exempt securities in the form of secondary trading. More specifically, the Committee addressed securities issued under Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) and Regulation A (Reg… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 5:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) has appointed Faiz Ahmad and Kathryn Reimann as its newest members of its Board of Directors, effective August 15, 2022. LendingClub also announced that Patricia McCord has decided that she will resign from the Board, effective September 30, 2022. Scott Sanborn, CEO… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) released Q2 2022 financial results that delivered a sequential increase in net revenue of 6% or $318 million, but the slight improvement was not enough to please analysts as it was deemed a miss. Shares in Robinhood were trading at around $9… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Singapore government has posted a response to questions emanating from Parliament pertaining to the collapse of TerraUSD – LUNA. TerraUSD was an aspiring algorithmic stablecoin that was tied to LUNA. TerraUSD sought to maintain a US dollar peg but failed in its mission, thus… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 1:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nairobi-based Insurtech firm Lami Technologies has finalized a $3.7 million seed extension in order to expand business operations across Africa. The firm’s management noted that the investment round was led by early-stage VC company Harlem Capital along with contributions from Newtown Partners; Peter Bruce-Clark, a… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has determined that Robinhood Crypto failed to maintain effective bank secrecy act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance in regards to reporting requirements. Adrienne A. Harris, Superintendent of Financial Services, said Robinhood Crypto will pay a $30… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In yet another initiative with the goal of transforming consumers’ financial lives via education, Brazil’s C6 Bank is promoting the second edition of the Financial Expedition, a project that takes free workshops “to communities in small municipalities.” This edition takes place between the 9th and… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Fireblocks, a digital asset services firms that provides custody solutions, has partnered with Tokeny – a top security token platform. According to a company statement, Fireblocks aims to provide the ability for customers to mint and manage permissioned digital assets such as securities and stablecoins…. Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Open banking provider Yapily now offers Yapily Variable Recurring Payments (VRP), the ability for users to enable scheduled payments that are not consistent amounts. Yapily is joining other open banking firms in providing the service. VRP is a service that is mandated by the UK… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance.US supports “responsible” regulation of digital assets by state and federal officials and is “committed to transparency and consumer education,” explains the world’s largest crypto exchange. The statement arrived as the entire industry reviewed claims by the SEC that Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) had listed digital asset… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OneID, the UK-headquartered identity tech firm that makes it simpler for consumers to prove who they are online or in an all-digital environment, recently announced that it has teamed up with DocuSign in order to offer government-certified ID verification to the firm’s electronic signature solution,… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Goparity, an impact finance app empowering citizens and companies “to use their money for good,” has secured 125% (€1,521,419) of its €1,200,000 target from 692 investors at the time of writing via Crowdcube with 16 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Goparity reports a… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finance Secretary (in the Philippines) Benjamin Diokno recently noted that the government will be focused on accelerating the rollout of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys ID) in order to further expand public access to financial products/services while achieving “e-governance.” Former President Rodrigo Duterte had reportedly… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After stabilizing in May 2022, investment figures declined “from €15,458,394 to €12,913,190 in June 2022” on the Bondora platform. And with loan originations, there was “an overall decline of 17.3%.” This was expected, as there “have been slowdowns in origination and investment activity during the… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TNG Digital, the owner and operator of the Touch ‘n Go eWallet, has secured RM 750 million (appr. $168.5 million) as part of its latest round of equity funding. This investment round has been led by a fresh investment from the Lazada Group and a… Read More