January 25, 2022 @ 6:38 pm By Adam Putz, PhD  |  

With a new SPAC launched seemingly every day and IPOs popping left and right, it might seem like the public markets are the place to be. Although following that path to liquidity might make sense for some companies, that’s just not the case for most… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 3:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital currency investment firm Grayscale has updated its list of assets under consideration, and some of the new entrants are Bancor, BitTorrent, Decred, Elrond, and Oasis Network. Such assets are not currently included in a Grayscale investment product, bit could be in the future, the… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SoftPOS is an app created by Nexi, which is one of Europe’s Paytech firms operating in high growth markets and technologically-advanced economies. SoftPOS has been introduced for the business customers of UniCredit Bank. With SoftPOS, users are able to provide the option of card payment… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ocean Protocol, the “decentralized” data exchange protocol for unlocking data for AI and business innovation, has entered into a partnership with Dimitra, an agricultural technology firm guided by the goal to provide tech to help farmers across the globe with enhancing  operations while delivering greater… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 10:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Latin American Fintech Creditas today confirmed a $260 million Series F financing round, leaving it with a valuation of $4.8 billion. The company raised $829 million across six fundraising rounds. Fidelity joins as a new key shareholder along with Actyus  (a Spanish fintech investment fund)… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

The Biden administration is planning to roll out a proposal for crypto regulation as soon as next month, according to reports. The White House’s policy push is expected to be accompanied by legislative proposals emerging from Congress as the Executive and Legislative branches work to… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 10:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WiseAlpha, the United Kingdom’s digital bond market platform, is pleased to confirm its strategic partnership with UK-headquartered Fintech firm, Fortu Wealth. This collaboration marks another key milestone for the Fintech companies, both planning to offer a smart financial solution to private banking customers. As noted… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, BitMEX announced its intent to acquire Bankhaus von der Heydt. The deal is actually structured so that BXM Operations AG, founded by BitMEX CEO  Alexander Höptner and CFO Stephan Lutz, will acquire the bank located in Munich, Germany. While the purchase is subject… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Gemini is pleased to welcome Pravjit Tiwana as their new  Chief Technology Officer. Pravjit reportedly joins Gemini from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he was working as the GM of Edge Services, which includes Amazon CloudFront, AWS Edge Computing,… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital Asset has appointed J. Christopher Giancarlo to its board of directors. Giancarlo is the former Chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and well known for his interest in crypto assets. Digital Asset stated that Giancarlo will provide counsel to Digital Asset’s leadership on… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Modulr, a payments Fintech based in Amsterdam, has been approved to operate as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).  Modulr is already approved to operate as an EMI in the UK and Ireland. Modulr states that it doubled its lifetime payment… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform EstateGuru has posted its 2021 financial results. According to the investment platform loan volumes increased by 69%, revenues 58%, new investors by 35% compared to 2020. EstateGuru said that all of the countries where they operate exceeded their targets with total lending… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digipost, one of Norway’s largest digital mailbox providers, has reportedly chosen the Neonomics unified API platform in order to support the introduction of account-to-account payments to its 2,7 million clients. Digipost is one of the most actively used digital invoicing services in the Nordic region…. Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European open banking platform Tink has confirmed the introduction of ‘Income Check’ in the United Kingdom – which is a service that improves the income verification process by leveraging Open Banking tech. Tink’s Income Check product enables banking institutions and lending platforms to quickly verify… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Everything, a UK-based Fintech firm focused on reinventing premium bonds with a social spin, has secured €2 million from angel investors. Merama CEO Sujay Tyle, Frontier Car Group founders Peter Lindholm and Ricardo Donoso, along with Axel Arigato co-founder Albin Johansson have all reportedly joined… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, one of the leading blockchain and crypto infrastructure providers, is pleased to confirm that it has officially joined the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), a nonprofit corporation primarily focused on identifying, validating, mitigating, and neutralizing cybercrime threats. Binance reports that it’s the first… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

M2P Fintech, which claims to be one of Asia’s leading financial Infrastructure firms, has announced a $56 million Series C1 raise that was led by New York-headquartered global private equity and VC firm Insight Partners M2P Fintech further revealed that their investment round included contributions… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 10:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital currency Decred (DCR) has added post-quantum secure mixing to Stakeshuffle, its opt-in privacy system, the company said today. The release of Decred v1.7 provides protection for privacy of mixed coins against quantum computers, a move it claims is an industry first. Decred v1.7 also… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aryza Holdings Limited has announced that it’s accelerating its European roll-out via the acquisition of Collenda, a DACH and Benelux credit management software provider. Collenda offers an end-to-end integrated credit lifecycle platform for banks, corporates, and debt collection agencies. It covers the complete credit value… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 10:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Former senior Westpac executive Jim Tate has been appointed as the Chairman of Fintech mx51. mx51 is a payments-as-a-service provider that enables banks and non-banks to provide multi-channel payments and value-added solutions to merchants. mx51 reports that it currently powers major Australian banks and payments providers… Read More