March 28, 2022 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

This coming Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets, will hold a hearing on “Oversight of America’s Stock Exchanges: Examining Their Role in Our Economy.” The Subcommittee is part of the House Committee on Financial Services. According to the… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security, has announced the signing of a business agreement with CAMO LABEL, an NFT studio, “focused on strengthening the security of digital assets (including… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 12:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Bondora recently celebrated its 14th year of launching operations. The team at Bondora has thanked all their customers who have chosen to work with them, supported them, and grown with them over all these years. The online lending platform’s management is also thankful… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The London-based law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is working to help craft regulations to enable securities crowdfunding in Armenia, according to a note from the firm. In partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Central Bank of Armenia, Norton Rose… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Venly, a blockchain tech provider, is pleased to confirm its partnership with Immutable X, which is an Ethereum (ETH) Layer-2 scaling solution for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), in order to “popularize and enable unbeatable blockchain solutions to its growing audiences.” Venly is a blockchain tech provider… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

  Global securities crowdfunding platform OurCrowd will open a global artificial intelligence innovation center in Abu Dhabi later this year, according to a report. The new center is part of the ongoing initiative to connect countries that have normalized relations with Israel because of the… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CityFALCON, which claims to be the “Spotify of Financial Content” disrupting the £25 billion market, has secured 287% (£575,590) of its £200,007 target via Seedrs (at the time of writing) from 636 investors with 24 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Based in London,… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

New rules in Europe designed to stymie illicit activity may go too far, according to Coinbase. New Transfer of Funds Regulation “would unleash an entire surveillance regime on exchanges,” explains the crypto exchange. In a blog post, Coinbase states that “bad facts, make bad law,”… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

According to multiple reports, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is poised to purchase the Brazil-based 2TM parent company of  Mercado Bitcoin (Bitcoin Market). Expectations are for an announcement soon in April. This past December, Mercado Bitcoin raised $50.2 million in Series A funding that was part of a larger… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Estonia-based Fintech Income has closed on a securities crowdfunding round raising €1.3 Million from investors on Seedrs and Seedblink, according to a note from the company. Income is a platform that offers secured investments in loans at getincome.com. The company reports that it has partnered… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s been a tough couple of years for the United Kingdom’s economy. Living costs are increasing, disruption continues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now there’s a war going on in Europe. So “all eyes were on Westminster” recently as the Chancellor, Rishi… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Katapult (Nasdaq: KPLT), a lease-to-own platform that went public in a SPAC deal with FinServ Acquisition Corp. in 2021,  has received an open letter from a shareholder telling the firm to sell itself. Infinitum Partners, L.P., a firm that reports a 1.3% equity stake in Katipult,… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

FOLK2FOLK, an SME lender that matches investors with borrowers, is reporting a “record year” for its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) for the tax year 2021/22, sharing that the company received 44% more ISA funds than in the previous year. FOLK2FOLK states that it has seen… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At the beginning of 2022, Gemini had welcomed their CTO, Pravjit Tiwana, who joined them from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Pravjit is responsible for leading Gemini’s Engineering, Product, and Information Security teams, with “a vision of building customer-centric innovative products that harness the opportunities of… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 1:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

QOALA, a “free” browser extension and mobile app that “automatically rewards users while shopping online” with the aim to help digital commerce sites to improve their conversion rates, has acquired 78% (€391,365) of its €500,000 target via Crowdcube (at the time of writing) with 29… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 12:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RBC Wealth Management-U.S. has a network of over 2,100 financial advisors in 180+ offices “managing $542 billion in client assets.” Their vision is “to provide best-in-class technology experiences for financial advisors through integration with Addepar’s platform.” Addepar provides RBC Wealth Management advisors “with robust data… Read More

March 27, 2022 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueAccord claims that it is an “intelligent,” digital-first collection and recovery company that uses the industry’s “only” adaptive intelligence: “a patented machine learning engine, powered by engagement data from over 16 million consumer journeys, that dynamically personalizes every facet of the consumer experience in real-time.”… Read More

March 27, 2022 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swiss financial services provider, Igson Capital AG, is enhancing its IBAN offer for firms by working in partnership with technology-first payments bank, Banking Circle. Utilizing Banking Circle Virtual IBAN, Igson Capital AG will also aim to “benefit from Faster Payments and SEPA instant transfers and… Read More

March 27, 2022 @ 8:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivered the Spring Statement outlining the challenges facing the economy and at least some of the government’s plans to alleviate some of the pain. A combination of COVID and then Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has helped… Read More

March 27, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Adam Putz, PhD,  |  

The blistering pace of venture capital deployment has emerged as one of the more salient investment themes from the pandemic. As Fred Wilson, partner at Union Square Ventures, observes, “It is tempting to mourn the loss of careful and considered investing but from where I… Read More