June 28, 2025 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank has completed its first triple-tranche debt issuance in U.S. dollars in the American market, marking the bank’s fourth visit to the U.S. capital markets. The first tranche was a 11-year senior non-preferred bond “amounting to USD 1 billion, with an early redemption option in… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 7:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) unveiled a new weapon in the fight against scams: a fleet of thousands of AI-powered bot profiles, deployed by Apate.ai – a cyber-intelligence firm and spin-out from Macquarie University. These AI-bots are engineered to engage scammers, gather critical intelligence and… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new Money Without Borders report from Thunes, the so-called Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, highlights how evolving consumer demands, especially among diaspora communities, are reshaping the future of cross-border payments. The findings indicate the significant “potential of emerging technology such as… Read More

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

Stablecoins, Circle’s IPO, China’s quantum progress, and Middle East tensions caught the Web3 community’s attention this week. What do Circle’s IPO and the GENIUS Act mean for decentralized crypto? “Early investors in Circle will no doubt be thrilled by the stablecoin provider’s share price performance… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 4:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech Sumsub has partnered with Data Zoo, a global provider of authoritative business and customer identity verification data, to support financial institutions worldwide with their compliance processes. Sumsub and Data Zoo will collaborate in “multiple markets, offering Sumsub’s full compliance suite of verification and anti-fraud… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European companies must strengthen the capabilities needed to scale AI faster if they are to “address the growing productivity gap and enhance the region’s overall competitiveness,” according to a report released by Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The study highlights that the average European worker “now produces… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform for financial advisors, today announced the first in a growing series of investment models—developed by BlackRock, Carlyle, Franklin Templeton, and KKR—onto the CAIS Models Marketplace. As recently announced, advisors can now “leverage single-click model allocations across private and registered funds, for… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has announced its acquisition of Banco Cetelem Argentina, a modest local lender owned by French banking giant BNP Paribas. This deal marks Revolut’s entry into Argentina, South America’s second-largest economy, and underscores its strategy to penetrate emerging markets. The acquisition, reported by… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move to democratize access to cryptocurrency derivatives, Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) has introduced micro futures contracts for XRP, Solana, and Bitcoin Friday futures, following the relisting of these tokens on its U.S. trading platform. This development marks a significant step in making crypto trading… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced it has teamed up with Taco Bell to deliver a fast, secure, and deliciously rewarding way to pay in the Taco Bell app and website. Now, Taco Bell customers can choose to pay with PayPal or Venmo, giving them “more choice… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FourTwoThree, the smart climate action platform, is launching with strategic investment from NatWest Group, NAB and SC Ventures . The platform will connect enterprise organisations and their SME value chain networks to collaboratively “measure, understand, and take action to reduce their aggregate climate impact effectively.” The University of Cambridge recently… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 2:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In Frankfurt, BBVA officially launched its new digital bank in Germany. It combines technology, through one of the most widely-used financial apps in the world, with a new value proposition: an “interest-bearing checking account paying three percent for the first 12 months, and a debit… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 1:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In an evolving global business landscape, German companies are doubling down on digital transformation and diversifying their investment strategies to navigate geopolitical uncertainties. Two recent studies by KPMG, in collaboration with key industry partners, highlight these trends, showcasing how German firms are prioritizing innovation and… Read More

June 27, 2025 @ 6:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple has noted that as tokenized assets and stablecoins gain momentum, financial infrastructure must evolve to support “movement across blockchain networks.” Institutions increasingly demand digital assets that can “move securely and efficiently, without added complexity, risk, or liquidity fragmentation.” To help meet this demand, Ripple… Read More

June 27, 2025 @ 6:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced it has facilitated end-to-end margin and collateral workflows on the Canton Network, connecting the blockchain-based technology to Nasdaq Calypso. The use case was developed in partnership with QCP, Primrose Capital Management and Digital Asset, “to demonstrate that the integration of on-chain capabilities… Read More

June 27, 2025 @ 5:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Retail workers across the country continue to face the challenge of paying bills on time with continued stubbornly high inflation, according to a new study from Talker Research, commissioned by DailyPay. However, most of the retail workers polled “say On-Demand Pay would help improve their… Read More

June 27, 2025 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform, announced significant momentum in its Canadian operations, demonstrating rapid growth in revenue and customer base and strong product-market fit among Canadian businesses on the international stage. In the past 12 months, Airwallex has seen a “390% growth in… Read More

June 27, 2025 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Less than two months since the U.S. Department of Education resumed collections activities among defaulted federal student loan borrowers, new research from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) reveals that the number of consumers delinquent on student loans and at risk for entering default continues to climb. The… Read More

June 27, 2025 @ 5:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Kevin Rusher, founder of the real-world asset (RWA) borrowing and lending ecosystem RAAC, recently shared his thoughts on several key recent moments for tokenization. RWAs counter global negativity “While intense geopolitical tensions have weakened both global and crypto markets, one sector of the on-chain… Read More

June 27, 2025 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taurus SA, a digital asset infrastructure firm, has announced the deployment of its first private stablecoin contract. Unlike legacy stablecoins, their offering is said to provide confidentiality, untraceability, and anonymity, yet permits “access to authorized parties (issuers, regulators, law enforcement).” This service is said to… Read More