March 26, 2022 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Triple Whale, the all-in-one or comprehensive operating system for Shopify brands, recently announced that it has secured $27.7 million in “an extended Series A, the company’s first announced funding round since its foundation in May 2021.” Triple Whale’s investment round consists of “a $24M investment… Read More

March 26, 2022 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi Research Institute, the blockchain research organization, has released its latest report, titled “Unveiling the Mysterious Bored Ape Yacht Club”. The report from Huobi analyzes the rise of the “infamous” Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection, and explains Yuga Labs’ ambitions “to branch into Gamefi… Read More

March 26, 2022 @ 12:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carta Worldwide, a virtual payments technology, and card issuer processing enabler, recently entered a partnership with digital payments specialist Acquired in order to mutually support their networks with “value-added” payment processing and acquiring services. Acquired’s data-driven payment solutions have been custom built so they can… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 8:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian Fintech firm Credilio has acquired $4 million in capital via a pre- Series A round from several key investors. Credilio’s investment round has been led by Cornerstone Venture Partners Fund. The round also included contributions from Exfinity Venture Partners and the founder of Param… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australian expense management Fintech Cape has acquired $33.1 million in capital from Aura Ventures, Investible, Scalare Partners, Mercury Capital and various business angels. Cape intends to offer a centralized node for handling internal expense controls, eliminating duplicate and unnecessary expenses, in order to assist firms… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 6:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Coinweb, a layer-2 blockchain interoperability protocol, this week announced the addition of the Ethereum underlying chain to its expandable blockchain infrastructure. This integration lays the groundwork for protocol-level unification of the Bitcoin-derived chains and the Ethereum family of chains. By integrating and unifying the chains… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 3:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Neobank Revolut has hired two new executives for its US operations as it continues to pursue the highly fragmented market. According to a release, Revolut has hired Yuval Rechter as General Manager and Danil Ovechkin as Head of Growth. Revolut states that as US General Manager,… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Alviere, the international embedded Fintech that enables “any brand” to deliver a full suite of financial products and services to clients, fans and employees, has announced a partnership with Coinbase Prime, a service of Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN), in order to offer cryptocurrency… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spanish Fintech platform SeeDCash has chosen Nordigen for an enhanced financial data import process. SeeDCash is described as an intuitive and advanced analytical system for managing and predicting companies’ liquidity and finances. The application reportedly includes custom payment and transaction categories, automated daily treasury processes,… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 12:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On 22 March 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland  “reprimanded” and fined BNY Mellon Fund Services (Ireland) DAC €10,780,000 pursuant to its Administrative Sanctions Procedure (the ASP) for 16 regulatory breaches “relating to the outsourcing of fund administration activities.” The 16 breaches “arose because of… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto wallet and payments platform, has appointed Dagmara Aldridge as its first Chief People and Culture Officer as it “seeks to reflect Future of Work trends and the latest neuroscience teachings.” With 15 years’ leadership and coaching experience, Dagmara, who was previously… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England has enlisted the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to engage in a project to review the potential of a digital pound or central bank digital currency (CBDC). The collaboration between the Bank and the MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 11:06 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Government of Canada this week named its open banking lead. Abraham Tachjian was named to the post by the Hon. Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance. Tachjian is currently a director in the financial services practice at PwC Canada, where… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 11:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RTGS.global, which is focused on developing a Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) for the digital world in order to address issues with cross-border settlements, recently confirmed that it has joined Temenos Exchange, which is the open marketplace for Fintech solutions. Temenos banking clients will now get… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FintechOS, a tech partner offering “high-productivity” Fintech infrastructure solutions for firms providing financial services, confirmed the launch of its accelerators for SME mobile lending and onboarding. The accelerators enable service provides to conveniently and efficiently enhance the SME customer onboarding process and streamline the loan… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

  The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a statement outlining its recommendations regarding the pursuit of Open Banking. The statement follows a consultation that was initiated in the spring of 2021. The CMA said its recommendations will guide a future entity that… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 9:02 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

U.S. Fintech company Brex has provided $10 million in growth capital via venture debt to Zesty.ai, a provider of predictive data analytics in the climate risk space. The financing will help Zesty.ai expand into use cases beyond insurance, including lending. Zesty.ai uses AI to deliver real-time assessments… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Chetwood Financial has confirmed the acquisition of core banking provider Yobota in order to extend their Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) capabilities. Established alongside them back in 2016 and developed as a separate business entity, Yobota is a London-headquartered tech firm that has built “a… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 8:58 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) this week again warned consumers about some of the risks it sees associated with cryptocurrencies. While acknowledging benefits cryptoassets bring, such as the abilities to reduce costs and increase efficiencies, the FCA said they also present risks to… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Avast (LSE:AVST), an international firm focused on digital security and privacy, recently announced the acquisition of SecureKey Technologies, a global provider of digital identity and authentication solutions (with head offices in Canada). SecureKey’s privacy-enhancing services are “focused on simplifying access to online services while giving… Read More