February 9, 2022 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at MoonPay notes that they are pleased to announce that they are now live with CoinGate. This integration, which has been announced after a $555 million Series A at a $3.4 billion valuation, makes it easier for CoinGate’s users to purchase Bitcoin, Ethereum,… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 1:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European lender Bondora notes that they have kicked off the new year with many investors joining their platform. Originations and investments fell a bit, as they did during the month of December, but managed to maintain solid numbers when compared to January… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), an international provider of payments and financial services tech, announced that it entered a definitive agreement to acquire Finxact, Inc., the developer of the Cloud-native banking solution that is “powering digital transformation throughout the financial services sector.” The transaction advances the… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 10:37 pm By Therese Torris  |  

CapHorn Invest, a venture capital firm, has joined the Anaxago Group to create a leading player in alternative investment in France. The monetary terms of the deal were not disclosed. Anaxago is a multifaceted online investment platform that offers securities crowdfunding for early-stage firms, real… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Streetbeat, a free investing and trading app for stock and virtual currencies with a proprietary marketplace of investment strategies, announced that it has finalized a $10 million seed funding round led by TTV Capital with additional contributions from investors including Seraph Group and AAF Management… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 10:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rewire, an Israeli neobank that caters to the needs of migrant workers, this week announced a $25 million strategic investment that will allow it to develop insurance products for its customer base. Israeli insurance company Migdal participated in the round along with Standard Bank of… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 8:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Newt Corporation, an integrated platform for digital financial services, announced that it has entered into a service agreement with Belvo Open Banking API Platform to service its lending-as-a-service (LaaS) offering across North America. Under the terms of the Agreement, Belvo offers Newt with a tech… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 8:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Aliaswire, a provider of digital payment and credit solutions, today announced the addition of a new bank account validation (BAV) solution for banks and their commercial clients. The company said it is in preparation for the pending enforcement of a new web debit rule which… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 3:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Betterment, an independent digital investment advisor, has entered into an agreement to acquire cryptocurrency portfolio management company Makara. The move allows Betterment clients to invest in diversified cryptocurrency portfolios alongside their current investments. Makara personnel will move over once the deal is finalized later this… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anti-money laundering (AML) fines had a blockbuster year in 2021, according to a report by Kyckr. The data firm recently posted a report on AML occurrences around the globe indicating that while the total amount of fines dipped in 2021 the number of institutions that… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lending Works recently released their Q4 2021 performance update on their statistics page. As noted by Lending Works in a blog post, the expected annual returns and expected annual loss rates have “remained relatively stable compared to our Q3 2021 update.” The announcement from Lending… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 11:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it will transition away from using a third-party service for facial recognition in order to help authenticate individuals creating new online accounts. The transition will take place over the coming weeks in order to “prevent larger disruptions… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Modulr, a Fintech providing Payments as a Service API, has partnered with regional bank Hodge to power a real-time digital banking experience to its customers. This is the first time Modulr has partnered with a traditional bank in this method. Modulr’services enable businesses to automate… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

NFTGo.io, an NFT data analytics platform, has raised $6.75 million in a pre-Series A round, according to a statement from the company. The funding round was led by Qiming Venture Partners, with participation from SeaX Ventures, Youbi, Circle, Altonomy, Zonff Partners, Hash Global, and mask.io…. Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

  Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the largest public company in the world and creator of the ubiquitous iPhone, says that later this year it will begin allowing merchant payments directly on the iPhone. This will position Apple as a competitor with other merchant payment providers while potentially… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 10:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG in Canada has reportedly completed an allocation of crypto-assets to its corporate treasury, the company’s first direct investment in digital assets. The allocation includes Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), as well as carbon offsets to “maintain a net-zero carbon transaction to deliver on the… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Harjyot Singh, Technology Director at Human Protocol, which has been specifically designed for tokenizing work. HUMAN Protocol connects projects with millions of international respondents, offering not only access to a global Q&A, but the blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) infrastructure… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Seira Yun, the Founder & CEO at Socious, a Fintech/Community App for social change. Seira Yun, a Japanese serial social entrepreneur, full-stack developer, and impact angel investor told Crowdfund Insider that he’s interested in getting more involved in the decentralized/distributed autonomous… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Flow is pleased to announce that a FLOW/USD Chainlink Price Feed is currently available to decentralized applications (dApps) on the Ethereum blockchain. With a secure and reliable FLOW price feed, application developers and existing DeFi platforms on Ethereum may integrate FLOW into… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos has published the latest edition of Mintos Insight, which is their monthly publication that offers an overview of what’s been going on (on their platform), including commentary from their experts, recent investor activity, educational topics, and other updates. Key insights from… Read More