December 18, 2021 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitOoda, an international digital asset financial technology & services platform offering risk management solutions, best-execution brokerage & expert market analysis, notes that Bitcoin declined 3.3% week-on-week, settling at around $48,830 as of midnight UTC on December 15, but has now dropped further to about $46,300 at… Read More

December 18, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo, the provider of digital asset financial services, now supports the Avalanche (AVAX) native token and assets launched natively on Avalanche’s C-Chain “across its custody and hot wallet products.” As mentioned in the update, this gives BitGo’s clients the “most secure and reliable way to… Read More

December 18, 2021 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, the Ethereum software firm, has announced the launch of ConsenSys Rollups, in order to offer enterprise-grade scalability to various financial organizations, addressing the key use case of “scalable applications on the Ethereum blockchain.” ConsenSys leveraged the expertise of Mastercard’s engineering team to “design the… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 7:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aliaswire, a provider of digital payment and credit solutions for businesses and financial institutions, and Nacha have revealed that Aliaswire will be joining the Phixius Peer-to-Peer Network for the exchange of payment-related data. Established and operated by Nacha, the Phixius Peer-to-Peer Network enables participants to… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Synchrony, a consumer financial services firm, has announced a strategic investment in Skipify – a digital payments firm that allows merchants to provide an instant, one-tap checkout solution. In addition to the investment made via Synchrony Ventures, Synchrony will team up with Skipify on “commercializing… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an international provider of real-time digital payment software, has announced a partnership with KyckGlobal, a virtual payments company, in order to improve digital disbursements for biller organizations across the US, offering a wide array of options including global and cash payments…. Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthemis Group, an investment platform that’s focused on cultivating change in the financial system, has announced that they’ve now closed multiple funds. Combined, the total raises exceed $700M, bringing the company’s AUM to $1.2 billion. This key milestone comes more than 10 years after the… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the US Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes, is issuing a request for information (RFI) “seeking comments on ways to… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ViewTrade Holding Corp. has announced its partnership with Seminario y Cia Sociedad Agente de Bolsa S.A., which claims to be the largest “independently owned” retail broker-dealer in Peru. As mentioned in a release, the integration with the Fintech solutions provider ViewTrade is now “enabling Seminario’s… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital platforms for private securities, including the issuance, trading, and management of these assets, are becoming a thing in the Fintech sector. As individual investors have learned, much value is generated before a company pursues a public listing – or gets acquired. Jumping ahead of… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Flywire Corporation (Nasdaq: FLYW), an international payments enablement and software company, has announced that it has acquired WPM, a software provider that enables secure payment experiences for universities and colleges across the UK. As mentioned in the announcement, the acquisition will build on Flywire’s education… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Plaid, a leading open banking platform, has published a blog post that reflects on 2021 while providing some insight into their expectation for 2022. Authored by Keith Grose, GM of International at Plaid in London, explained that Fintech’s disruptive capacity is far beyond financial services…. Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide, one of the world’s largest building societies, has reportedly moved its member website to Microsoft Azure. The move, which was designed, built and released by Nationwide’s Cloud team with assistance from digital transformation consultancy Contino, aims to improve the robust security features of the… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei Corporation (Nasdaq: NVEI) (TSX: NVEI), the international payment tech partner of major brands, announced that it has entered into a partnership with FTX Trading LTD, which is the owner and operator of FTX.COM, a global crypto exchange. This partnership with Nuvei will allow FTX… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyLion Inc. (NYSE: ML), the digital financial platform, has announced that it has agreed to acquire Even Financial Inc., the embedded finance marketplace, in order to “accelerate its mission of providing financial access and advice to hardworking Americans.” The transaction provides for total consideration to… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 7:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AIB, an Irish bank with key positions across various segments, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have announced a €65 million 3-year agreement designed to help “deliver the bank’s 2023 strategy by accelerating its ongoing digital transformation, meeting its customer-first commitment and providing a clear pathway to… Read More

December 17, 2021 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Börse has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Crypto Finance, a FINMA-regulated provider of trading, custody, and investment services for digital assets. The agreement was “signed in June, and closing was on 15 December 2021,” the announcement confirmed. The acquisition lays the… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 11:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Haiyan Huang from marketplace lender Prosper has shared performance data from the Prosper Portfolio for November 2021. Here are the key highlights (shared by Prosper) from the report. Performance Update In November 2021, around 62% of loan originations “were rated AA-B.” Average loan size “decreased… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 8:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

bolttech and Samsung have expanded their device protection partnership to multiple European markets. Today, the collaboration exists in 13 markets including Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. A similar arrangement exists in seven countries in Asia. The Samsung Care+ program, operated in partnership… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 8:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong tech startup, Bloom, has announced a collaboration with AIA Hong Kong  in order to launch “Care for You 24” – AIA’s first scenario-based protection that “revolves around customers’ lifestyle touchpoints and scenarios – to offer instant cover for their purchases.” “Care for You… Read More