August 14, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments company, unveils data showing that consumers in Asia and the MENA region, are embracing digital identity wallets and biometric verification, “closely followed by Brazil and New Zealand.” Meanwhile, adoption remains sluggish “across Europe, including the UK, and North America.” The… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iwoca, one of Europe’s SME lenders, announces a partnership with Teya, the “all-in-one” financial services platform built for small businesses. This partnership will bring iwoca’s Flexi-Loan to “more business owners,  integrated into Teya’s digital platforms.” Teya customers can now apply “for iwoca’s Flexi-Loan directly within… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 6:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TPG Twin Brook Capital Partners, the middle-market direct lending platform of TPG Inc. (NASDAQ: TPG), and Coller Capital, the private market secondaries manager, announced the closing of a $3 billion credit-focused continuation vehicle, marking a significant transaction in the private credit secondaries market. The continuation… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 5:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

H.I.G. WhiteHorse, the direct lending credit affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, a global alternative asset management firm with $70 billion of capital under management, today announced the final closing of H.I.G. WhiteHorse Middle Market Lending Fund IV. Fund IV closed with “$5.9 billion of assets and… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 5:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a financial ecosystem where every dollar counts, a new analysis from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) offers a bit of hope for American auto loan borrowers. According to the study, approximately 18 million of the nearly 80 million open auto loans in the U.S. are “in-the-money”… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 3:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Business activity rose in just over half of the UK’s nations and regions in July, the latest NatWest Regional Growth Tracker showed, with the survey indicating increased confidence towards future growth prospects in most areas. The Tracker – which surveyed businesses operating in the manufacturing… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 2:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global financial platform for modern businesses, today announced it has received its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) licence from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) and will soon launch Airwallex Yield to enable European businesses to generate returns on idle… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 1:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia may not be creating the environment to foster the next generation of global companies, with research from small business platform, Xero, revealing only “17% of small business owners aspire to grow internationally.” Xero’s latest report, which surveyed “500 Australian small business owners, found that… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca, a self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure, announced that it has been approved as a clearing member by The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), the world’s equity derivatives clearing organization, and the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC), which provides central clearing “for U.S. government Treasuries and… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, announced that it is expanding its collaboration with Google Pay and making its flexible payment options available “via autofill on Chrome.” This announcement builds on Affirm’s launch “on Google Pay in… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 4:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset exchange Bullish (NYSE:BLSH) listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange today, initially priced at $37/share. At the end of business, shares of Bullish were significantly higher, trading at the close up by 83% or $68. The company now has a valuation of… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 4:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yieldstreet co-founder and former CEO Michael Weisz has joined NextNRG (NASDAQ: NXXT) as an advisor. Yieldstreet is an online investment platform that supports access to alternative investments for Accredited Investors. Weisz remains a member of Yieldstreet’s board of directors. Wiesz left the CEO position this… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU)—a joint initiative by TRON, Tether, and TRM Labs—announced the launch of “T3+,” a global collaborator program made up of some of the key players in the crypto ecosystem. It is designed to expand public-private collaboration to “combat illicit… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 1:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com and VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ: VVPR) announced that VivoPower has selected Crypto.com to be a partner to provide custodial support for the expansion of its digital asset treasury holdings strategy, as well as with regards to Caret’s digital asset mining strategy. Crypto.com Custody, Crypto.com’s… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Debanking, or compelling financial services firms to close accounts due to allegations of disfavored associations such as political affiliations, is hopefully at an end. During the Biden Administration, there were too many reports of individuals and businesses finding their banks had decided to shutter their… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), a digital energy and infrastructure company, and EDF Pulse Ventures, the corporate venture of EDF, one of the world’s low-carbon energy producers, announced the signing of an investment agreement allowing MARA to “acquire a 64% stake in Exaion, a subsidiary… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Transak, a global enabler of fiat-to-crypto infrastructure, has raised $16 million in strategic funding to expand its stablecoin payments stack and scale operations across new markets. The round was led by Tether and IDG Capital, “with participation from Primal Capital, 1kx, Protein Capital, CEiC, KX… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Bullish (NYSE:BLSH) has listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange at an offering price of $37/share at a valuation of over $5 billion. Initially, Bullish had anticipated a price of $28 to $31 a share. The IPO is for 30 million shares with… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The tax preparation industry is undergoing a transformative period, driven by evolving customer expectations and technological advancements. The J.D. Power U.S. Tax Preparation Satisfaction study provides a look at customer satisfaction among both do-it-yourself (DIY) and professionally advised tax filers. This survey evaluates key performance… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei announced an expansion of its money movement capabilities, enabling faster and more cost-effective payouts to bank accounts worldwide, including in emerging markets where traditional infrastructure causes delays and inefficiencies. By leveraging stablecoin rails to “facilitate the backend movement of value, Nuvei offers businesses a… Read More