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US-Israeli Supply Chain Fintech 8fig Raises Combined $50M in Series A to Provide Digital Commerce Sellers with Flexible Capital

US-Israeli supply chain Fintech platform, 8fig, recently finalized a $50 million Series A round. The company’s investment round has been joined by existing investors Battery Ventures and LocalGlobe, along with serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Nested and GoCardless’ Matt Robinson. As mentioned in the update,… Read More

Veem Partner Connect Provides SMBs with Flexible, Configurable Payment Options

Online payment solutions provider Veem recently announced the rollout of Veem Partner Connect program, enabling partners with flexible and configurable integration options. As services continue to shift online, embedded financial products are expected to become the norm for SMBs as they look for simple and… Read More

Fig Publishing, Part of Republic, Files Innovative Reg A+ Offering Similar to Close Ended Fund

Fig Publishing is a unique investment crowdfunding platform that targets the gaming sector enabling investors the ability to generate income by backing video games. Fig was acquired by Republic in 2020, a leading online capital formation provider, that has expanded its verticals to encompass a… Read More

Figure Completes Digital Securities Transaction, Secondary Trading of Private Company Occurs on Blockchain

Blockchain-based fintech Figure today announced the completion of a digital securities transaction using Figure ATS, an alternative trading system that is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and that is part of Figure’s Marketplace trading platform. The trade included the minting of a… Read More

Two Successful Fintechs Partner: Marqeta Powers Figure Pay + BNPL

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), a top Fintech that powers modern card services, has announced a partnership with Figure, a Fintech that leverages blockchain technology, to launch Figure Pay, a digital money app. According to a release, Figure Pay is now available in 26 different states and… Read More

New York Community Bank Completes Blockchain-Based Digital Payment Process Using Figure

New York Community Bancorp this week announced its banking subsidiary, New York Community Bank, successfully completed a new digital payment process through the creation of a blockchain-based digital marker. It allows Figure Technologies to conduct real-time secondary trading in digital shares of its stock utilizing… Read More

Digital Asset Staking Service Provider Figment Secures $50M from Senator Investment Group, Others

The team at Figment is pleased to confirm that during Q2, they secured $50 million from institutional as well as strategic partners in the “largest funding round to date for any staking provider.” As mentioned in the update from Figment: “Led by Senator Investment Group… Read More

Mike Cagney’s Figure Inks Two Deals With Fintech Software Provider Sagent

Fintech software company Sagent, which modernizes mortgage and consumer loan servicing for American financial institutions, today announced two major strategic deals with digital lending and payments firm Figure. Sagent will power Figure’s mortgage servicing services, and the firms will partner to accelerate Figure’s blockchain vision…. Read More

Blockchain based Fintech Figure Merges with Mortgage Provider Homebridge Financial Services

Figure, a financial services firm utilizing blockchain technology, has announced a merger with Homebridge Financial Services. Figure was founded by CEO Mike  Cagney, the founder of publicly-traded SoFi, a Fintech unicorn. The terms of the deal were not revealed. At the end of July, Figure… Read More

Figure Completes $200M Series D

Blockchain-based financial services provider Figure officially closed its $200 million Series D, leaving it with a $3.2 billion valuation. New investors including entities and funds associated with affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Blockchain.com, Rockaway Blockchain, HOF Capital, Endeavour Capital, National Bank Holdings, Goldentree Asset Management… Read More

Canadian Firm Figment Explains how Cosmos based Provenance Blockchain Supports Nascent DeFi Ecosystem

Provenance is a Cosmos-powered blockchain whose goal is to create a “vibrant” ecosystem of decentralized financial (DeFi) services for a variety of financial institutions such as asset originators, fund managers, servicers, banks, and investors. The Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchain is “distinguished by three elements:… Read More

European Union Creates New EU Authority to Fight Money Laundering: No More Anonymous Crypto Transactions

The European Commission has updated the European Union’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT) rules. Included in the new policy is a requirement that anonymous crypto asset wallets will be prohibited. Along with the new policy on AML/CFT is the creation of a new… Read More

New Insurtech Hub for Wealth Management Introduced by Fintech SIMON Markets and FIG

A new Insurtech hub for wealth management has launched with a hybrid distribution model. Financial Independence Group has joined SIMON to provide a centralized digital platform for structured investments and various insurance products with “powerful” education and analytical tools. As mentioned in the update, wealth… Read More

Biden Administration to Include Crypto as Part of Fight Against Corruption

In a press briefing today, a senior Biden administration official speaking on background discussed initiatives regarding the ongoing fight against corruption. The administration is “formally establishing the fight against corruption as a core national security interest of the United States” while seeking to “bring additional… Read More

Mike Cagney’s Blockchain Firm Figure Technologies Acquires $200M via Series D at $3.2B Valuation

Figure Technologies, Inc., which aims to transform financial services by leveraging the power of blockchain tech, has finalized a $200 million Series D round at a $3.2 billion valuation. 10T Holdings and Morgan Creek Digital have reportedly co-led the investment round. They’ve been joined by… Read More

Fraudulent Activities: Which? Requests UK Banks to Release Figures on Percentage of Clients Refunded for Authorized Push Payment Scams

UK-based consumer group Which? has asked local banking institutions and building societies to release figures on the number or percentage of clients they refund for authorized push payment (APP) fraud. APP scams have been increasing during the Coronavirus crisis, with losses reaching almost half a… Read More

Mike Cagney from Figure Technologies Says their Blockchain Enabled Provenance Platform can Open Up Universe of Security Tokens

Figure Securities, a division of the digital lending service provider Figure Technologies, has reportedly acquired approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to serve as a broker-dealer and also operate as an SEC-registered Alternative Trading System for digital securities that are custodied on… Read More

Mike Cagney’s Figure Technologies Receives Regulatory Approval to Operate Alternative Trading System

Figure Technologies, a lending platform that uses blockchain technology, announced on Wednesday its subsidiary, Figure Securities, Inc. has become a FINRA-approved broker-dealer and an SEC-registered Alternative Trading System (ATS) for digital securities custody on Provenance Blockchain. As previously reported, Figure is the creation of Mike… Read More

Blockchain Firm Figure Receives $100 Million from JPM for Jumbo Mortgages

Figure Technologies, Inc., founded by prominent Fintech entrepreneur Mike Cagney, has received $100 million from JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) to finance jumbo mortgages, according to a release. Figure uses blockchain technology to reduce friction and cost to the loan origination process. Figure notes that this is the… Read More

Conference of State Bank Supervisors Targets OCC Chartering Authority of Fintechs in Lawsuit, Points Finger at Figure Technologies

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) has filed a lawsuit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), as well as Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks, regarding the agency’s ability to issue federal bank charters to Fintechs. The complaint mentions Figure Technologies, a… Read More

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