October 29, 2025 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Barclays PLC announces its wholly-owned US consumer banking subsidiary, Barclays Bank Delaware, has agreed to acquire Best Egg, Inc. for $800 million. Completion of the transaction is currently said to be subject to required regulatory approvals as well as other customary conditions. Best Egg is a US D2C personal loan… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 5:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The recent large-scale Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage represents a moderate incident for cyber (re)insurers, according to CyberCube, the cyber risk analytics provider. The scale, duration, as well as geographic concentration of the disruption, “centered in the US-East-1 (N. Virginia) region, underscore the systemic risk… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 2:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SOL Strategies Inc. (NASDAQ: STKE), a company that combines a Solana treasury with a “revenue-generating” validator business, announced it has successfully completed its SOC 2 Type 2 & SOC 1 Type 2 examination with no exceptions noted. The audit reportedly validates SOL Strategies’ controls, effective… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 1:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Somewhat unsurprisingly, a court in India recently ruled in favor of an XRP investor against crypto exchange  WazirX and provider the trader with interim protection by preventing the digital assets platform from reallocating the customer’s XRP holdings. In an order issued this past Saturday (on… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 12:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zcash (ZEC) has emerged as a standout digital currency recently in the Bitcoin and crypto markets, posting considerable gains and outperforming many leading virtual currencies in recent weeks. As a privacy-focused digital asset, Zcash has seemingly captured the attention of investors and enthusiasts alike, driven… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 12:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the Fintech focused on moving money around the world, announced a new chapter in global payments with the launch of its Pay-to-Stablecoin-Wallets solution, part of its single global API enabling instant payouts across countries in fiat and stablecoins. This positions Thunes at the center… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 11:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of AI-powered identity intelligence anchored in biometric authentication, automation and data-driven insights, announced the launch of selfie.DONE, a solution that delivers on the regulatory technology firm’s vision for reusable identity. selfie.DONE enables trusted users to be recognized right away and reverified with… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the technology-powered clearing bank, announced that it has signed a framework agreement with a subsidiary of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), a financial technology firm and stablecoin market participant, to collaborate on a various initiatives in the European market. At first, this collab… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venmo, the money movement app redefining social payments for the next generation, announced a partnership with Bilt, the nation’s housing and neighborhood commerce platform, to expand how people use Venmo for everyday payments. The collab brings rent payments, mortgage repayments, and neighborhood commerce into the… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments provider, announced a new strategic partnership with Uber Technologies, Inc (NYSE: UBER), the world’s digital mobility platform. The collaboration will now reportedly see Checkout.com offer acquiring and gateway services to Uber’s ridesharing and on-demand delivery platforms across markets. Uber selected Checkout.com… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Internet Group, Inc. (CRCL:NYSE) has recently announced the launch of the public testnet for Arc, which is described as an open L1 blockchain network intended to meet the needs of developers and companies bringing more economic activity to an onchain ecosystem. The launch arrives… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 4:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Kraken has issued an alert about the increase in recruitment and job-related scams via networks like LinkedIn and social media platform X. Indeed, job scams are nothing new but they continue to take on new forms with an increasing level of sophistication…. Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CSI, a provider of end-to-end financial software and technology, has completed its acquisition of Apiture, a provider of digital banking solutions to U.S. financial institutions. The Apiture Digital Banking Platform delivers tools that help institutions win and retain account holders. “Acquiring Apiture supercharges our mission to deliver… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 10:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, an identity platform with proven global coverage for person and business verification, announced steady growth in U.S. Know Your Business (KYB) transaction volume with a considerable year-over-year increase. The KYB growth is said to have helped fuel an increase in U.S. verification volume across… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

In recent days, Senator Elizabeth Warren took to X to criticize President Trump’s decision to pardon Changpeng “CZ” Zhou, Binance founder and former CEO. Senator Warren is a longtime critic of digital assets and financial services firms in general. She sits on the key Senate… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Last night, Elon Musk revealed that his solution to Wikipedia, Grokipedia version 0.1, is now live. Musk has criticized the information on Wikipedia for years, calling it unbalanced. Musk said even this first version of Grokipedia was superior to Wikipedia. Wikipedia has been challenged for… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Payroll firm ADP says it will now offer its Jobs Report weekly, starting today. The US data point is important as it can drive markets and set expectations for future policy actions. The report published today indicates a preliminary estimate of an average increase of… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeel, the tech subsidiary of Riyad Bank, has teamed up with Mambu, the cloud-native core banking platform, to enhance the ecosystem powered by the recently launched Jeel Sandbox, Saudi Arabia’s fintech sandbox accelerator – developed by Jeel in collaboration with Fintech Saudi. The Jeel Sandbox… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

bunq, which claims to be one of Europe’s largest neobanks, has reportedly been approved by FINRA in order to operate as a US broker-dealer – a move that is said to have been driven by users who reside, work, and invest across Europe as well as… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Natural, a fintech company building the infrastructure powering agentic payments, announced its emergence from stealth, driven by a $9.8 million seed round. Co-led by Abstract and Human Capital, the round was also supported by Forerunner Ventures, Terrain, Restive Ventures, Genius Ventures, and a coalition of… Read More