December 21, 2021 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), an international provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, has announced that one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s established banks, Community Bank of the Bay, is furthering its digital transformation strategy “with the implementation of real-time payments technology from… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThinkSmart Limited (AIM: TSL), a specialist virtual payments platform business, has announced that it has agreed terms with Afterpay for ThinkSmart’s subsidiary, ThinkSmart Europe, in order to sell its 10% holding in Clearpay in exchange for 1,650,000 shares in Afterpay. As noted in the announcement,… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 3:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has halted the lending at LendUp Loans, according to a statement by the regulator. Currently, its website states that the company has made a business decision to cease lending and is no longer servicing loans. According to the CFPB,… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 3:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Futuur, which provides a wide selection of prediction markets available at one URL, has officially launched its real-money markets to forecasters around the world.  Real-money markets have been added alongside Futuur’s already existing play-money markets, with trading available in seven cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH),… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 1:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Novea, a Fintech software company, announced this week it has closed $50 million in equity and $5 million in debt financing. The equity proceeds will go towards wholly-owned subsidiaries Jacana Warranty and Jacana Insurance, to support a proprietary user application platform it developed which services… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Sage Group plc (FTSE: SGE), which claims to be the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll tech for SMEs, announced that it has agreed to acquire Brightpearl, a Cloud native multichannel retail management system for retailers and wholesalers. At Sage, the company aims… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Securitize, a top digital security platform and trading venue, has listed COSIMO X – a tokenized VC Fund. The security is offered by COSIMO Ventures, a VC firm that is enabling access to blockchain and crypto projects with the fund. Rob Frasca, Managing Partner of… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UnionPay International (UPI) has introduced its SoftPOS (Point-of-Sale) solution for the first time using a payment tech that’s powered by SoftPOS provider, Soft Space. The SoftPOS solution will reportedly be launched in Malaysia and it’s expected to create various market opportunities for UPI to expand… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission hit JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) with a $125 million penalty. JP Morgan Securities, a subsidiary of JP Morgan, was fined for “widespread and longstanding failures by the firm and its employees to maintain and preserve written communications,” said the… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

PlainID has announced a $75 million  Series C funding round led by Insight Partners. Additional investors included Itai Tsiddon, Viola Ventures and all other existing investors, according to the company. PlainID offers its “Policy-Based Access Control” (PBAC) to enable firmst to control who can access… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Proxymity has acquired $31 million in capital via its second funding round. Proxymity’s management confirmed that they will use the proceeds from the investment round to further expand their product and market presence, as part of a larger effort to offer digital global investor communications…. Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DOGAMÍ, which claims to be the first-ever mass-market play-to-earn NFT game powered by Tezos (XTZ), has secured $6M in capital from Ubisoft, Animoca Brands, and The Sandbox co-founders. The funding from DOGAMI’s investment round should help with “establishing the future of pet ownership 3.0” and… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Monday (December 20) that for the week ending December 17,… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Rnwl, an Insurtech startup, has closed its funding round on Seedrs. According to the offering page, Rnwl raised £492,225 from 534 investors in 34 days. Rnwl was offering equity at a pre-money valuation of £6 million. The security was EIS qualified and approved for the… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (COIN: Nasdaq) is pleased to confirm the introduction of the Community Analyst Program (or the CAP Program). As explained in a blog post by Coinbase, this is a great way for students, professionals and community members who share their “core beliefs” to contribute to… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Broker Insights – the “high-growth” firm whose digital platform is focused on transforming the commercial insurance market – has secured nearly $8 million (appr. £6 million) in a Series A round led by Mercia Asset Management. Chroma Ventures, which first backed Broker Insights with seed… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 11:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published an action plan to address the recommendations of an independent review “mandated by the ECB’s Governing Council in November 2020, following the five major incidents that affected TARGET2 and TARGET2 Securities in 2020.” The update from the ECB… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined HSBC Bank plc £63,946,800 for “failings in its anti-money laundering processes.” As noted in an update from the FCA, HSBC used automated processes to “monitor hundreds of millions of transactions a month to identify possible financial crime.”… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Avant, a financial technology firm that aims to give middle-income consumers access to the credit they “deserve,” has announced the official launch of Avant Banking. The launch of Avant Banking further expands the firm’s financial product portfolio of personal loans, credit cards and auto refinance…. Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 10:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

CHAI, a digital wallet and payment service provider including credit cards, e-wallets, and wire transfers, has raised $45 million in a Series B+ funding round led by SoftBank Ventures Asia (SBVA) and B Capital. Other investors participating in the round include KT Investment, Conductive Ventures,… Read More