December 12, 2025 @ 5:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY (NYSE: BK) has recently announced its active participation in the U.S. government’s investment initiative for children, continuing the company’s long history of expanding financial access and opportunity for employees and their families. As reportedly one of the first financial services companies to join the… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 5:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital has opened its first office in the Middle East in Abu Dhabi within ADGM, the international financial center of Abu Dhabi, the Capital of the UAE. The firm has received its in-principle approval for advisory and arranging services in the ADGM, which is subject to… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Harness, the AI software delivery platform company, announced a $240 million Series E round. The funding round reportedly includes a $200 million investment led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives as well as a planned $40 million tender offer with contributions made from IVP, Menlo Ventures, and… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zodia Custody has been granted a Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) license by Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This approval will enable Zodia Custody Europe to provide regulated digital asset custody services across EU Member States. Sophie Bowler, Chief Risk and Compliance… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 1:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

R3 says it will launch a Corda protocol to support a Solana, curated yield vault offering managed RWA yield. The protocol is expected to be available in the first half of 2026. R3 explains the mission as supporting their vision of connecting TradFi and DeFi… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This year, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) says that it has helped companies save more than 250,000 hours via its CashPro Forecasting solution. The AI-enabled digital tool addresses one of treasury’s most time-consuming yet “business critical” tasks — forecasting. It has now reportedly transformed what… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

French Fintech Kéria has raised €1.5 million, including €0.5 million in debt, in a Seed Funding round. Led by Epopée Gestion (Xplore), other investors include Newfund, Fabien Breget, Bpifrance, and Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC. Kéria is building an AI-powered solution to automatically analyse mortgage applications and… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 12:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Trump Administration wants to ensure that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) is regulated at the federal level and not by individual states. While Republicans tend to give states broad leeway in governance, the current Administration fears a fragmented approach to AI development will… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is expected to enter the hot prediction markets. Currently exemplified by Kalshi and Polymarket, just this past week,  Gemini Space Station (NASDAQ:GEMI) just received approval for a DCM license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate its own prediction marketplace. While Coinbase has… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

As was reported earlier, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a preliminary review of Debanking. The action of Debanking individuals and other organizations was a nefarious pursuit that came to light during the Biden Administration. In effect, banks would close accounts,… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The Increasing Investor Opportunities Act of 2025, or Invest Act (HR 3383), was approved by the US House of Representatives yesterday, with 302 in favor and 123 opposed. Eight Representatives did not vote. This legislation may completely reform the definition of an Accredited Investor, which is currently a… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MassPay, a global payout orchestration platform, and Plasma, a company building vertically integrated stablecoin-powered products and infrastructure, today announced an integration that enables MassPay customers to send USD₮ payouts on Plasma across more than 230 countries. The addition of USD₮ expands MassPay’s payout stack beyond… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG noted that the German M&A market is beginning 2026 with confidence: companies, private equity firms, and family offices expect a noticeable upturn in transaction activity. After a year with fewer but larger deals – in the period from Q4 ’24 to Q3 ’25, the… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alternative investments have moved from the margins to the mainstream, according to insights from nearly 800 financial advisors surveyed in the fourth annual study conducted by CAIS and Mercer. The results reveal steady adoption, with “9 in 10 financial advisors (90%) currently allocating to alternatives,… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Do Kwon, the disgraced founder of Terraform Labs, has reportedly been sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for his alleged role in the spectacular collapse of the Luna tokens, a catastrophic incident that erased a massive $40 billion in capital back in 2022. Kwon… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced the results of its survey on the primary risks that are presently facing financial markets. DTCC’s Systemic Risk Barometer offers key insights into the evolving risks that… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 9:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, has recently announced the launch of its Subscription Manager tool, centralizing all of Nubank clients’ recurring charges in a single place. Internal Nubank data collected from Oct 2024 to Oct… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 9:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) reports that it has now strengthened its liquid alternative platform with the recent roll-out of the iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF (Nasdaq:IALT), which is described as a multi-strategy alternative fund meant to deliver “differentiated” sources of return across market cycles via the “transparency”… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpha Dhabi Holding PJSC, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing investment holding companies in the MENA region, listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX: AlphaDhabi), and Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investor, have recently announced that their joint venture… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 6:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is making a big move into tokenization. Currently, DTCC is a vital part of the securities trading and tracking ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at US$3.7 quadrillion, and its depository subsidiary provided custody and… Read More