May 25, 2022 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recently unveiled three different initiatives in order to expand consultation with market/industry participants and various stakeholders on the design and development of the TNFD’s recommendations on nature-related risk and opportunity management…. Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) has announced that John Caplan will become the company’s new CEO. Caplan is expected to operate as co-CEO until the end of 2023 at which time current CEO Scott Galit “will continue in a strategic role.” Payoneer is a global payments platform… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercado Bitcoin, which claims to be the largest exchange in Latin America, has teamed up with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) in order to develop one of the nine projects selected for the LIFT Challenge Real Digital, “a collaborative environment carried out by the Central… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With cybercrime expected to cost $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, innovating cybersecurity remains critical across industries “facing rapid digitization.” Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has announced the launch of new attack simulation and assessment platform Cyber Front, “enabled by a strategic minority investment in Picus Security.” The… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 1:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

M1, The Finance Super App helping consumers manage and grow their money, has announced it has chosen Thought Machine, the Cloud-native banking tech firm, in order to power and grow their platform. Thought Machine’s Cloud-native core banking engine, Vault Core, will be “deployed by M1… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 12:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a UK Credit Union “first,” Optimus Cards, the UK’s provider of white label card and banking solutions for traditional and new forms of currency, has introduces a flexible and “responsible” Credit Card product to Credit Unions at the Annual ABCUL conference. As mentioned in… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sveriges Riksbank has successfully completed the initial phase of the migration to TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS). As noted in the announcement, this paves the way for “the instant settlement of payments in Swedish kronor in TIPS.” The first phase included establishing “a connection between… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 11:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Bank has teamed up with software provider Alfa in order to make it simpler for clients to use asset finance to manage their working capital. Managing capital properly, ensuring the appropriate balance between funding growth, increasing stock, and retaining funds for financial resilience, is… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 10:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfrost, the fintech ecosystem that supports financial institutions in their adoption and management of digital assets, announced its successful registration “as a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) with the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC).” Now, Bitfrost can “provide clients with access to fiat-to-crypto, crypto-to-fiat and… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Blockchain Business Council – the international industry association for the blockchain technology ecosystem – has announced a merger with market standards association for the adoption of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, Global Digital Finance (GDF). The merger sees the two organizations “join their respective resources,… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the international Fintech with 7 million clients, has announced that it has grown its customer base in the United States by 66% in the past 12 months, to more than 500,000. This growth has been “driven by recent expansions of Paysend’s cross-border money transfer… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, the digital identity verification and authentication provider, has announced the expansion of its Real Identity Platform, “improving fraud accuracy by 54% and fully automated performance by 12x.” The platform “simplifies identity for everyone.” Now customers can “reduce the complexity of sourcing and managing multiple… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Since the advent of computing in the 1940s, there has been a “major computing cycle” every 10-15 years, including PCs in the ‘80s, the internet in the ‘90s, and mobile computing in the ‘00s. The team at Andreessen Horowitz believes that blockchains will “power the… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Yapily has partnered with B2B buy now – pay later (BNPL) provider Two, according to a statement from the company. Yapily, an Open Banking provider, explains that when a business chooses to pay with Two online using Yapily Data, Two can instantly retrieve the buyer’s… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the parent company of LendingClub Bank, has announced a “major enhancement” to its automated loan auction platform, LCX. LendingClub states that institutions may now trade directly thus increasing liquidity for loans. LendingClub describes LCX as a “digital revolution in marketplace investing.”… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 7:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Buenbit, an Argentinian crypto exchange that also operates in Mexico and Peru, has announced layoffs due to the sagging market. In a series of Tweets, founder Federico Ogue revealed the news. Querida comunidad,Hoy les vengo a contar una noticia que me duele mucho. Dado un… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 6:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has revealed the creation of a new office designed to promote competition in financial services. The Office of Competition and Innovation is on a mission to identify stumbling blocks for new market entrants. The office will replace the prior… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 6:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alviere, the embedded finance platform that enables any brand to deliver a full suite of financial products and services to clients, fans, and workers, has announced a partnership with Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the modern card issuing platform. With Alviere’s expansion across Europe, Marqeta will “provide… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 5:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Giving Block, a Shift4 company, has announced the launch of the “Miami Impact Index Fund”, a fund that enables donors “to give to numerous local nonprofit organizations with a single crypto donation.” The Giving Block claims to be a leader in crypto philanthropy, “making… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 5:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fundbox recently announced that its working capital platform is now embedded “within Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses.” A key player in providing embedded working capital solutions for B2B sellers, Fundbox’s collaboration with Stripe is “the first of many new integrations to come as… Read More