February 10, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Home-grown startup PDAX (in the Philippines) has announced that it acquired over $50 million in funding, led by Tiger Global. Tiger’s investment completes the firm’s Series B round of funding, which began with $12.5 million back in August of last year. Alex Cook, Partner, Tiger… Read More

February 10, 2022 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is watching. It likely will not be long before the first enforcement action against a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) issuer is announced. The 80+ enforcement actions the regulators have taken to date on cryptocurrency, digital assets, and Initial Coin… Read More

February 10, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deel, a Fintech that has been co-founded by Alex Bouaziz, has been expanding its business operations and focusing on UK-based firms. Deel, a remote worker platform, has started taking digital currency payroll payments from firms, which it then provides to working professionals wherever they might… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumer lending Fintech Selina Finance has finalized a £150 million Series B round that included equity and debt financing. Selina Finance acquired $115 million in debt funding from Goldman Sachs and GGC and $35 million in equity financing led by Lightrock along with existing investors…. Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Silicon Valley Fintech Alchemy has acquired $200 million, making it the latest crypto firm to achieve unicorn status (valued at $1 billion or more). Led by VCs Lightspeed Partners and Silver Lake, Alchemy’s Series C investment round takes the firm’s valuation to $10.2 billion —… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 10:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Philippines neobank Tonik announced this week it has raised $17 million in Pre-Series B funding. The news follows less than one year after Tonik’s March 2021 public launch that saw it secure more than $20 million in retail deposits in under one month – a… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thndr, the Egyptian digital investment platform, announces a new $20 million Series A investment. Thndr’s investment round was co-led by Tiger Global, BECO Capital and Prosus Ventures, in addition to participation from Base Capital, firstminute and existing investors Endure Capital, 4DX Ventures, Raba Partnerships and… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DNA Payments, an independent vertically integrated payments provider, and Verifone, a global Fintech platform and payment solution provider to major retail brands, are pleased to announce a key partnership supporting innovation and reliability within the payments ecosystem. DNA Payments has teamed up with Verifone in… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 7:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

SaNOtize, an OurCrowd portfolio company, has shown to be 99% effective against COVID-19 in a phase three trial, according to a note distributed by OurCrowd. Simultaneously, the treatment has received regulatory approval in India. OurCrowd has participated in the funding of the firm providing access… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Acting Chair Martin J. Gruenberg released on February 7, 2022 the following statement and summary of the FDIC’s priorities for the coming year: “The FDIC’s core mission is to maintain stability and public confidence in the U.S. financial system…. Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) has hired Mike Milotich as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer, effective February 22, 2022, according to a company statement. Milotich is said to have been at Visa for ten years most recently as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 4:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Smarter.ai, the creators of an AI marketplace to democratize artificial intelligence and help SMEs meaningfully compete with Big Tech, has announced its pre- seed raise, which was led by Fuel Ventures and Hambro Perks. As noted in the update, this comes at a time when… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 3:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Highline, a payroll-linked bill payment method, launched this week with $4.5 million in seed funding led by Foundation Capital and Costanoa Ventures. The company said its goal is to enable Americans to take control of their finances based on their income rather than their credit… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sila Inc., a Fintech software platform that offers payment infrastructure as a service, announced that it teamed up with TrueAccord, the debt collection firm offering intelligent, digital-first collection and recovery solutions, “to make it easier for Sila’s customers to use TrueAccord’s products and services.” Having… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) has announced various working groups to tackle specific issues within the blockchain sector. WSBA advocates on behalf of blockchain technology, such as tokenization, within the financial services sector. Ron Quaranta, Chairman of WSBA, commented: “Given the impact and importance… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

  Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)  announced yesterday that soon it will accept merchant payments directly on an iPhone, turning the mobile phone into a payments terminal. The “Tap to Pay” service utilizes the iPhone’s NFC (near field communication) technology that has been incorporated into the devices for… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 8:42 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Indian payments unicorn Razorpay has acquired a majority stake in Curlec, a Malaysian recurring payments solutions provider. The cost was just under $20 million. Curlec is the first international acquisition for Razorpay, and taken together with the previous ones it shows a very deliberate growth… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On August 2, 2016, Bitfinex – notably one of the largest virtual currency exchanges in the world – experienced a massive security breach. In a span of fewer than two hours, around 120,000 Bitcoins (BTC) had been stolen from Bitfinex and spread across 2,075 different… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK Fintech LiveFlow notes that they are really excited to announce that they listed the LiveFlows Google Sheets Add-on on Quickbooks Marketplace. LiveFlow has also shared a recap on some key milestones:‍ We launched our Google Sheets Add-on on Google Marketplace‍ LiveFlows… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Just a few days following the Wormhole Portal hack that led to losses of more than $302 million, Meter’s Passport bridge has experienced a similar attack. The hack on meter.io has been estimated to be “a loss of around $4.3 Million, comprising $4.2 million in… Read More