November 18, 2025 @ 8:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cloudflare, one of the most vital internet infrastructure firms serving tens of thousands of businesses, saw its services fail today, causing many well-known sites like X, Spotify, and this site you are visiting now. After several hours of disruptions, Cloudflare issued a statement sharing that… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CyberCube, the provider of cyber risk analytics for the insurance industry, has entered into a Strategic Technology Ecosystem Partnership with Envoy Insure, a digital distribution platform for insurance brokers. This integration will embed CyberCube’s analytics into brokers’ workflow, allowing for real-time cyber risk insights during… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 4:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Traditional markets are in correction mode, with some investors running for the exits and others staying calm, noting that the markets had gotten too hot. The artificial intelligence trade is emblematic of the decline, as pundits wonder if the AI sector is now overhyped. Crypto… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LevelField Financial, Inc., a U.S. financial services firm aiming to bring together traditional banking and digital asset products in a unified platform, announced that it received conditional approval from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) in order to finalize its acquisition of… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fidelity Investments, the $6.4 trillion asset manager, is poised to debut its spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) under the ticker $FSOL. Scheduled for launch on November 18, 2025, this product arrives with a management fee of 0.25%, positioning it as a gateway for institutional and… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Franklin Templeton, the global investment firm managing approximately $1.6 trillion in assets, is set to introduce its spot XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) on November 18, 2025. Called the Franklin XRP ETF and trading under the ticker EZRP, this product marks the firm’s latest foray into… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now becoming a key driver in accounting and is also said to be noticeably changing processes. Over half of companies (53 percent) currently use AI in this area or are “in the process of implementing it.” This is shown by the… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Corporate Finance (CorpFin) announced an update to its role regarding proxy decisions. CorpFin stated that “due to current resource and timing considerations following the lengthy government shutdown and the large volume of registration statements and other filings… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved the second PISCES, or Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System, for JP Jenkins. The first platform approved was by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in September. PISCES is an initiative to improve the market for private securities… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Michael Selig, selected to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) by President Trump, is expected to go through the hearing process at a meeting of the Senate Agriculture Committee this Wednesday. President Trump selected Selig following the decision to withdraw Brian Quintenz’s nomination to… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The international custody business of SIX has now reportedly surpassed CHF 1 trillion in international assets under custody for the “first time” as the business claims that it is experiencing a solid year. Steady demand for SIX’s custody services was underpinned by the recent international… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Robert Cooke, CEO of 3forge, recently shared some interesting insights with CI. The team at 3forge pointed out that currently, global banks run on billions of lines of legacy code, some even written half a century ago, and nowhere is that inheritance more visible… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 10:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) has reportedly finalized agreements that will make sure it will get paid by the fintechs that are responsible for almost all the data requests issued by third-party applications being connected to customer banking accounts. This, according to an update from CNBC. JPMorgan… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) and KKR, a global investment firm, announced the signing of a new agreement for an up to €6 billion replenishing loan commitment under which credit funds and accounts managed by KKR will purchase “up to €65 billion of buy now,… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research released by Euroclear’s UK CSD, Euroclear UK & International in collaboration with Thinks Insights & Strategy indicates that around 4.7 million individuals in the United Kingdom are still holding paper share certificates. The research follows the July release of the Digitisation Taskforce’s final report,… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DigiFT, a digital asset exchange for institutional-grade real-world assets (RWAs), and SBI Holdings (Nasdaq : SBHGF), one of Japan’s financial groups, announced the establishment of a joint venture company, SBI Onchain, in order to enable the ongoing adoption of onchain finance across Japanese and international markets…. Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 1:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commercial Bank Money Token (CBMT) Working Group announced the launch of the CBMT Sandbox, a test environment for banks and enterprises to pilot CBMT in institutional and corporate use cases. A launch session will be held on November 19 in Frankfurt. As part of… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 12:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Viola Credit, a global alternative credit asset manager with $4 billion in AuM to date, announced the launch of a Growth Lending fund dedicated to the European tech market. The fund, targeted at €300 million, has completed its first close with commitments from “a mix… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 11:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian, a global firm focused on data and technology, announced the Experian Credit + Cashflow Score. The model combines Experian’s credit, alternative and trended data, and consumer-permissioned banking information into a “singular score.” Scott Brown, Group President, Financial and Marketing Services for Experian North America… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 10:09 pm By Michael Wong  |  

StraitsX, a Singapore-based stablecoin settlement firm, has secured a $10 million strategic investment from cross-border payments provider UQPAY to fund regional expansion, while existing backer NTT Docomo also joined the round, the company said on Wednesday. StraitsX said the funding strengthens its ability to link… Read More