July 24, 2022 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IQM Quantum Computers, which claims to be the European leader in building superconducting quantum computers, announced that it has raised €128 million ($128m) in Series A2 funding led by World Fund to “expand its international business and accelerate product development to tackle the world’s most… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FTX Trading Ltd., owner and operator of FTX.com, a global cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced a joint offer with West Realm Shires Inc., the owner and operator of FTX US, and Alameda Ventures Ltd, “to provide early liquidity to customers of Voyager Digital, LLC, which filed… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 6:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Judith Hartley has been appointed CEO of British Business Investments, which is one of the British Business Bank’s commercial subsidiaries. Judith Hartley, who was appointed acting CEO of British Patient Capital and British Business Investments in September 2020, will “take up the permanent role of… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd, the technology-as-a-service provider and an associate of Ping An Group, recently announced the launch of OneCosmo, a “one-stop” omni platform for all-in-one digital banking solutions jointly “developed with Brazil-based tech company Pismo, one of the fastest growing banking Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Services Innovation Lab (FSIL), which serves as an interface between the financial services industry and faculty and students at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Fiserv (Nasdaq: FISV), a provider of payments and financial services tech with a “flagship” presence in Georgia, are… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain.com is joining a handful of other crypto firms that have cut jobs while slowing its expansion. As has been widely reported, Blockchain.com will let go approximately 150 employees or about 25% of its staff while shuttering an office in Argentina and slowing growth of… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to announce that their crypto trading platform now supports new margin pairs “for Bitcoin (BTC), Ripple (XRP), Ethereum (ETH), Polygon (MATIC), Chainlink (LINK), Dogecoin (DOGE), Solana (SOL) and Decentraland (MANA)!” Margin trading is now available for… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Integrating Youtility’s platform enables Pockit clients to compare and save on household subscriptions helping to save hundreds of pounds every year. The current cost-of-living crisis is expected to get worse throughout this year, especially in October when energy bills are set to increase by as… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 1:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moneyhub, which claims to be one of the market-leading Open Data and payments platform, is teaming up with Pennyworth, a financial planning and banking app, “to redesign digital banking for the aspiring-affluent consumer.” Pennyworth, which has applied for a UK banking license, has “developed a… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), which claims to be the global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software, announced that IR (ASX:IRI), a global provider of performance management and analytics for payment ecosystems, has extended its partnership with ACI “to include enriched end-to-end enterprise transaction monitoring.” Part… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 11:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ATRAM Trust Corporation, which claims to be the largest independent asset and wealth manager in the Philippines, recently announced that it has “signed a strategic partnership with additiv, a global Wealthtech platform provider.” The partnership will “enable ATRAM to modernize and digitize their wealth management… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Branch, which empowers working Americans by helping businesses accelerate payments, announced findings from its fourth annual Branch Report, “a look at the financial, work, and lifestyle interests of today’s hourly workers.” Surveying over 3,000 hourly employees across a variety of sectors including food service, logistics,… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The number of APIs needed to “drive a business forward is only going to increase,” according to an update shared with CI. Gartner predicts that even with multiple API management platforms, “soon less than 50% of APIs will be managed by existing platforms as the… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 12:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

21Shares AG, which claims to be the largest issuer of cryptocurrency exchange traded products (ETPs), recently announced the listing of two new ETPs on SIX Swiss Exchange, to offer investors “exposure to the largest cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin and Ethereum – while targeting less volatility.” These… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Arvest Bank, a community bank with over $26 billion in assets, announced a five-year partnership with Google Cloud to “enable and accelerate its multi-year digital transformation strategy.” The announcement “follows the bank’s partnership with technology leader Thought Machine, and comes on the heels of its… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Security Token Market (STM) has announced that the global market “leader” in US real estate tokenization, RealT, has joined the STM data partnership network. RealT was “launched in 2019 and has built a vibrant and growing investor community of over 9,200 active investors from 135… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform Hashflow, founded in 2021, has announced it has raised $25 million in funding “bringing its valuation to $400 million.” The investment round included returning investors Electric Capital, Dragonfly Capital Partners, LedgerPrime, and Balaji Srinivasan, “along with crypto-native new investors and… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 7:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investing in tech to optimize data and modernize data management are the “top priorities” for financial services firms according to research by Fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR). The research was “compiled from a survey of 200 financial services professionals, conducted at the recent SIFMA… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 6:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

peaq, the Web3 network powering the Economy of Things (EoT), announces joining the Substrate Builders Program. Run by Parity, the blockchain solutions company behind Polkadot, the program “will support peaq on its mission to build a decentralized Economy of Things.” Parity’s Substrate Builders Program “supports… Read More

July 22, 2022 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Immutable, a global blockchain gaming company bringing digital asset ownership to billions, announced the appointment of Aviral Avasthi as Senior Vice President, Marketing. Avasthi will “head marketing, communications and community teams for Immutable X, leveraging expertise gained in prominent web2 and web3 roles for Polygon,… Read More