Digital Bank OakNorth Provides Property Investment Facility to Elysian Residences

Digital bank OakNorth has reportedly provided an £87.6m property investment facility to Elysian Residences, the specialist retirement living developer and operator, to refinance its completed schemes – The Denton in Berkhamsted and The Beckett in Tunbridge Wells. These schemes are now said to be part… Read More

European Alternative Assets Manager Arrow Global Focuses on Middle East with UAE Office

Arrow Global Group Limited, a pan-European alternative asset manager specialising in credit and real estate, announced the opening of its new office in the UAE, strengthening its commitment to one of the world’s financial hubs. Located in the center of the UAE’s financial district, the… Read More

ACI Worldwide Announces Acquisition of European Fintech Payment Components

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW), an enabler of global payments technology, announced that it has acquired Payment Components, a provider of AI-powered financial messaging and Open Banking solutions. ACI will integrate Payment Components tech into ACI Connetic, accelerating the roadmap of the industry’s cloud-native unified payments platform… Read More

Worldline, Fipto to Support Digital Payments Rails with Stablecoin Solutions

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global enabler of payment services, and Fipto, a European fintech providing stablecoin payment infrastructure, announced a partnership to look into how stablecoins may enhance settlement and payment services across Europe. Through collaboration, Worldline and Fipto are helping build the payment infrastructure… Read More

Concordium Teams Up with Crypto Payments Enabler Transak

Concordium is announcing a partnership with Transak, a global fiat-to-crypto payment gateway, expanding access to CCD, the native token of the Concordium blockchain. The integration is now live, enabling users to interact with CCD through Transak’s on-ramp infrastructure. According to the update, the impact of… Read More

Ripple Payments and Stablecoin RLUSD Being Leveraged by Non-Profits to Improve Aid Delivery

Ripple, a financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses, announced that several of the world’s development and humanitarian nonprofit organizations – including World Central Kitchen, Water.org, GiveDirectly, and Mercy Corps – are leveraging Ripple Payments and the Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin to help… Read More

Bitcoin Treasury Firm Strategy Announces Acquisition of Additional 397 BTC for $45.6M

Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) (previously doing business as MicroStrategy) has reportedly acquired an additional 397 bitcoins for around $45.6 million at an average quoted price of about $114,000 per BTC between October 27 and November 2, 2025. This, according to a recent 8-K filing… Read More

Eventus and Huron | Treliant Partner to Improve Trade Surveillance Capabilities for FIs

Eventus, a provider of trade surveillance as well as financial risk solutions announced recently its collaboration with Treliant, a global consulting and managed services firm recently acquired by Huron Consulting Group. As part of Huron, Treliant brings considerable financial services expertise, regulatory insight and tech-enabled… Read More

Alpaca Joins Global Dollar Network, Bringing Stablecoin USDG to Clients on Solana

Alpaca, a global provider of brokerage infrastructure APIs providing access to crypto, stocks, ETFs, options, and fixed income, announced that it joined Global Dollar Network (GDN). This should offer clients access to USDG on Solana, one of the “most used” blockchains with reported benefits such… Read More

Galaxy Digital Announces Integration with Coinbase Prime

Galaxy Digital Inc. (NASDAQ/TSX: GLXY) announced its integration with Coinbase Prime (NASDAQ: COIN) – a full service platform that combines liquidity and institutional-grade custody supporting institutions by powering their staking solutions. Via this latest collaboration, Coinbase Prime clients can access Galaxy’s staking infrastructure – placing… Read More




Global Digital Finance Reports Results of Tokenized Money Market Funds Initiative

Global Digital Finance (GDF) has reported the results of an initiative to test the viability of Tokenized Money Market Funds (TMMF). As part of the working group 30 firms participated in the GDF Industry Sandbox, powered by Ownera, the firm which operates the FinP2P routers… Read More

Institutional Digital Assets Tech Firm Talos to Focus on Business Expansion with Key Appointment

Talos, the provider of institutional digital assets technology and data for trading and portfolio management, announced the appointment of Drew Forman as SVP and Head of Strategy. In this executive role, Forman will spearhead various companywide initiatives such as ongoing market expansion, product development and… Read More

Falconedge Expects to List Bitcoin Treasury Strategy on Aquis

Falconedge plc says it anticipates listing a Bitcoin Treasury Strategy offering on London’s Aquis Exchange. The anticipates the listing will go into effect on November 5, 2025. Falconedge is a London-based financial-advisory and infrastructure platform focusing on Bitcoin-treasury management. Falconedge says that under a WRAP Retail… Read More

DeFi Breach : AMM Protocol Balancer Exploited via Smart Contract Vulnerability

Balancer—an automated market maker (AMM) protocol claiming over $750 million in total value locked (TVL)—suffered a security breach on November 3. Blockchain analytics firms like PeckShield and Lookonchain reported outflows exceeding $116 million across multiple chains, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon, and Sonic. The… Read More

QAI, EnterpriseSG Launch Quantum-AI Accelerator in Singapore

Switzerland-based QAI Ventures has partnered with Enterprise Singapore to launch a venture-backed accelerator and an IP-led venture builder targeting QuantumAI startups and advanced computing. The partnership expands a model QAI Ventures has run in Europe and North America, according to an announcement. The initiative adds… Read More

Retail Fintech VC Activity Pulls Back in Q3 2025 : Research

Venture capital deal activity in retail Fintech reportedly pulled back in Q3 2025 but saw several positive developments, according to an update from PitchBook. The research report noted that overall funding reached $1.9 billion across 131 different deals, down a considerable 20.8% in value and… Read More

Privacy Coins : Zcash Developer Releases Updated Roadmap Following ZEC Price Surge

Electric Coin Co. (ECC), the company that launched Zcash (ZEC) and maintains the Zashi wallet, recently shared its roadmap for Q4 of this year, following a significant increase in the privacy-focused cryptocurrency’s shielded supply and market price. ECC’s latest roadmap includes on a focus on… Read More

Crypto.com Introduces AI LLM Integrated Model Context Protocol

Crypto.com has recently announced the introduction of its Model Context Protocol (MCP), Crypto Market Data by Crypto.com, in order to offer a high-performance cryptocurrency and financial data service that now integrates directly with AI large language models, such as Anthropic’s Claude as well as OpenAI’s… Read More

AI Funding on Track to Double 2024’s Record Total of $108B, Report Reveals

Artificial intelligence funding this year is said to be on track to double 2024’s record total ($108.0B). This, according to an update from CB Insights. Although deals fell in Q3’25, billion-dollar rounds to AI infrastructure providers continued to fuel the ongoing funding surge. However, the… Read More

UK’s Starling Bank Introduces AI Tool to Combat Scams

Starling Bank is leveraging AI in order to help customers spot the warning signs of so-called purchase scams. The digital tool, Scam Intelligence, allows clients to upload images of various items as well as ads from various marketplaces, and analyses them for potential signs of… Read More

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