March 31, 2022 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dapio, a UK-based firm that assists businesses with accepting contactless payments via their Android devices, has acquires $3.4 million in capital via a round that was co-led by payments firm Flutterwave and Techstars. Dapio, previously known as Paymob, aims to transform Android phones into payment… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mosaic, the “first” strategic finance platform, recently announced that it has raised $25 million in Series B financing. This brings its total funding to $46 million “in under 14 months,” the team at Mosaic confirmed while revealing that the investment round was led by Founders… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Today is the deadline (March 31, 2022) for crypto firms to be registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority. Reports have filtered in that multiple UK-based crypto firms have abandoned the effort with some planning a departure from Great Britain. The list of UK crypto… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s FCA recently revealed that they are interested in what the industry “sees as the role of the regulator in the provision of synthetic data.” The FCA pointed out that they are particularly interested in synthetic data when it comes to their “competition remit,… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Danish Fintech firm Anyday has secured €4 million in capital via a seed round in order to bring its split payments (Buy Now, Pay Later) BNPL-style service to Scandinavia. Anyday’s split payment concept allows consumers to divide the cost of a purchase into four manageable… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deepki, which claims to be the only company in the world “offering a fully populated ESG data intelligence platform for the real estate sector,” has announced that it secured €150 million in a Series C round. As mentioned in the update shared with Crowdfund Insider,… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finicity, a Mastercard company, and Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), both key players in Open Banking tech, are supporting the future of open finance via secure data sharing. A data access agreement between the firms should enable Fiserv financial institution customers to enable consumers to “provide… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Hypernet Labs, a Web3 company developing enterprise-scale NFT technology, has gone live on Polygon, a full-stack scaling solution on Ethereum, to create digitally-native IDs and functional NFTs through Hypernet.ID and Hypernet.Mint. The integration will allow Hypernet to mint millions of NFTs for companies and creators and,… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 6:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Caduceus, a blockchain for metaverse infrastructure development, has raised $4 million, at an $80 million valuation, in an oversubscribed Series A round, according to the company. The funding was led by Susquehanna International Group, founded by Jeff Yass. Other investors include Bin Zayed Group, BlockFills,… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 6:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac Group recently announced the appointment of Yianna Papanikolaou to the newly created role of Chief Transformation Officer. Papanikolaou will be sitting on the Group’s Executive Team and report directly to company Chief Executive, Peter King. She will have responsibility “for major change and investment… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 11:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  The HBAR Foundation, an organization that directs the development of the Hedera ecosystem by providing grants and other resources, this week announced the launch of a $155 million Crypto Economy Fund to bootstrap Hedera Hashgraph’s decentralized finance ecosystem. The Crypto Economy Fund is focused on… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 10:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

LayerZero Labs today announced that it raised $135 million in a round co-led by Sequoia Capital, FTX Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz and with participation from Coinbase Ventures, PayPal Ventures, Tiger Global, and Uniswap Labs. This funding round values LayerZero Labs at $1 billion and will accelerate… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 10:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tokenize Xchange (aka Tokenize), a Singapore-headquartered digital asset exchange, has joined the VerifyVASP alliance as it aims to create a seamless, compliant experience for its users of digital assets. According to a note from Tokenize, the company will utilize VerifyVASP’s network to connect with other… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 9:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CRB Group, the parent company of Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, today announced a $620 million financing. The round was led by Eldridge and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Investment… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto rewards platform Cultos recently announced that it has teamed up with gaming company Secret Pirates in order to launch “an exclusive loyalty program for Lumiii, the decentralized edutainment ecosystem.” Lumiii’s animated series, The Secret Order of Lumiiis™, and its blockchain games empower players and… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TIFIN, a Fintech platform using AI and investment-driven personalization to “shape the future of investor experiences,” has announced that financial industry veteran Bill Parsons has joined the company as Executive Vice President and General Manager of TIFIN Grow. Parsons will be responsible for overseeing the… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 8:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Douugh Ltd (ASX: DOU), the banking “super app” that’s on a mission to help customers manage and grow their money, has announced it has entered into “a $20 million equity placement facility agreement with Long State Investments Limited.” Based in New York City, Long… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has posted its annual list of examination priorities emanating from the SEC Division of Examinations. Last year’s list included Fintech and Innovation including Digital Assets, this year’s list includes Emerging Technologies and Crypto-Assets, so a slight change. To quote… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 8:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paystand, which claims to be the leader in blockchain-enabled B2B payments, has introduced the “first” corporate expense card with native crypto rewards. A technology-forward spend management platform, the DeFi Corporate Card provides instant provisioning of virtual and physical cards, as well as “advanced spend controls,… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Private markets investment firm Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) has teamed up with digital securities exchange ADDX in order to tokenize a class of shares “issued by Hamilton Lane Global Private Assets Fund, to enable access to the private markets for a broader set of investors… Read More