January 11, 2022 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Genesis, a crypto prime brokerage, has published a report covering last month (December 2021). According to Genesis, their perspective shows that Bitcoin acts more like a “risk asset” than an inflation hedge – something many observers frequently ascribe to BTC. The firm said that the… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 11:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Agicap, a Fintech company focused on developing the software that simplifies your cash flow management, claims that they’re streamlining the way firms track and forecast cash flows. Agicap, which helps businesses navigate an uncertain economic environment, drive your business through cash flow… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Fly Now Pay Later is not just a service, it is a company – a Fintech that has just raised $75 million in a debt round led by funds managed by Atalaya Capital Management. According to a public release, the investment also included an undisclosed… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at LatAm Fintech Belvo has reflected on a great year for all the financial innovators working towards “leveraging open finance in Latin America.” Belvo has shared their latest product updates and releases “on three fronts: data enrichment, data aggregation, and [their] developers portal.”… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Brex has confirmed the $300 million funding as part of a Series D-2 round led by Greenoaks Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). It was reported in October 2021 that Brex had raised $300 million as part of the Series D and the company… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gratitude, which aims to help offset carbon emissions by allowing users to “receive cashback from in-game purchases,” has raised 54% (£149,570) of its £275,000 target (at the time of writing) from 132 investors through a crowdfunding campaign carried out via Crowdcube with 22 days left… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 5:56 am By JD Alois  |  

PayU has partnered with SBM Bank India to launch LazyCard, a prepaid card backed by a credit line. LazyPay is PayU’s BNPL solution. According to a company statement, the card aims at empowering the financially underserved with easy access to credit. LazyCard is said to… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 2:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amber Group, a firm that helps clients buy and sell cryptocurrency products, earn yield, manage risk, and access liquidity, notes that one of the most “pressing” challenges that the Ethereum (ETH) network faces is scalability. In an extensive report, Amber Group explained that this issue… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 1:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian P2P lender Robo.cash notes in an update that rates will be changing starting from January 10, 2022. As mentioned in a blog post by Robo.cash, the new interest rates “will range from 9% to 12.3%, and they will be directly related to the terms,… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 12:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Azimo, a firm that claims to enable faster, cheaper global money transfers, has explained that Abono Automático (or automatic deposit) is a legal requirement that Bancolombia customers have to “enable before receiving Colombian pesos (COP) from overseas.” After that, users may deposit COP directly into… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 12:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Remitly, a payments company that leverages digital channels, including mobile phones, to send money internationally, has explained how you can send funds securely to Thailand. Remitly writes in a blog post that if you’re looking for a safe way to send funds to Thailand, then… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 11:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Indian Fintech firm Razorpay notes that the developer experience is at the “core” of all their innovations. The Fintech Unicorn writes in a blog post that they know that you “love Postman for its simple platform for building and testing APIs.” Razorpay… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zac Prince (Founder and CEO at BlockFi) and Flori Marquez (Co-founder and SVP of Operations at BlockFi), noted that  2021 was “not the year anyone predicted.” Prince and Marquez wrote in a blog post published by BlockFi: “Across the globe, we experienced challenges and joys… Read More

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

The team at digital asset platform CoinList is introducing their first-ever NFT collection: FiatWorks. As noted in an update, dated January 5, 2022,  CoinList started with “a small, dedicated base of true crypto believers that supported projects like Filecoin, Stacks, Solana, Algorand, and more.” As… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin-focused tech firm Blockstream notes in their Markets Weekly Report that BMN is launching a capital raise via Bitfinex Securities in the coming days. Meanwhile, El Salvador is preparing its regulatory framework for the upcoming BTC bond, and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) recently stated that BTC… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finix Payments notes that 2021 was another “crazy” year in Fintech (and for the planet in general). Finix wrote in a blog post that they wouldn’t be here “without the people behind the scenes working hard to bring better payments processing technology to software platforms,… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) says they are pleased to announce Steve Quirk is joining Robinhood Markets as its Chief Brokerage Officer. Robinhood writes in a blog post that Steve Quirk will be responsible for overseeing their broker-dealers, Robinhood Financial and Robinhood Securities, “effective January… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Callie Cox, the US-based Investment Analyst at eToro, notes that she’s always thinking about how market moves and headlines affect your finances. Starting January 7, 2022, Cox confirmed that she’ll be publishing a weekly blog, titled The Bottom Line, which will look into what’s happening… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 4:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC), a federally chartered digital bank, will share Q4 results and full-year 2021 performance later this month on January 26, 2022. LendingClub now has a complete year of operating as a digital bank following its acquisition of Radius Bank. LendingClub, once an online lender,… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a leading online capital formation platform that is becoming the future of investment banking and investing in general, has finally acquired Republic.com. Previously, the platform was using Republic.co. While most users will not notice any change, the acquisition of the domain – one previously… Read More