August 12, 2025 @ 10:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, inflation numbers were released, and the rate of increase landed about where expected. The CPI increased by 2.7% in July on an annual basis. The core CPI, removing food and energy, was a bit hotter at 3.1% in July 2025 from July 2024…. Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX says that Apple Pay is now available as a payment option on OKX for customers in the United States and the European Economic Area (EEA). Starting now, Apple Pay is fully integrated into the OKX Buy Crypto flow. Customers can use Apple Pay to… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 3:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency sector in 2025 has matured significantly, offering opportunities for growth while serving as a breeding ground for sophisticated financial crimes. As scams and money laundering tactics evolve, compliance professionals face mounting challenges in safeguarding platforms and users. A recent report from Elliptic, a… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 2:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

How things have changed at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). During the last administration, digital assets were vilified to an extreme. While telling crypto innovators to come in and chat, the offer was viewed as more of a trap. Some in the cryptosphere simply… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial sector is in a technological arms race against increasingly sophisticated fraud, driven in large part by the pervasive application of Artificial Intelligence. As fraudsters leverage AI to scale and precision-target their attacks, regulators worldwide are taking notice, signaling a fundamental shift towards tougher… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 10:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Brightwave, an agentic AI research platform, has introduced background agents, enabling users to control fleets of research autonomous agents from a single, unified control plane. This release enables multi-agent research systems. Inspired by system and user interface design patterns drawn from AI-powered software engineering tools… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PwC US has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Kunai, an agile software consultancy specializing in AI, cloud-first web, mobile and infrastructure platforms for the financial services industry. This proposed strategic acquisition aligns with PwC’s commitment to helping clients “reach… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence platform, continues to develop products and shared its latest updates, designed to empower investigators, compliance teams, and intelligence professionals to detect and mitigate crypto-related risks more effectively. These enhancements from TRM Labs focus on surfacing actionable risk signals faster, improving… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sound Point Capital Management, LP, a global alternative credit manager with more than $44 billion in assets under management1, announced the first close of Strategic Capital Fund III with $1.1 billion in capital commitments, “exceeding its first and final close targets of $500 million and… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

ALT5 Sigma Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTS) has partnered up with Trump-backed World Liberty Financial. ALT5 Sigma has entered into definitive agreements for the issuance and sale of an aggregate of up to 100,000,000 of its shares of common stock in a registered direct offering at a… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 8:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK government is claiming that Amazon is in breach of its “no delay in payments” rule, harming its UK-based vendors. In the UK, it is recognized that delayed payments to vendors can impact a company’s performance, especially for smaller firms. The Groceries Code Adjudicator… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 7:50 am By JD Alois  |  

ClearBank, a digital bank based in the Netherlands and authorized by the European Central Bank (ECB), has partnered with UK-based Algbra, a Fintech regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). ClearBank is already authorized by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the FCA… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

eToro (NASDAQ:ETOR), a global trading platform that offers access to both traditional and digital assets, has reported Q2 2025 net income of $30.2 million. This compares to the same quarter last year of $30.6 million. Q2 top-line revenue was $2.09 billion compared to 2024 $1.85 billion…. Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitMart and , a digital assets custody, collateral management, and prime services provider, have announced the completion of their technical integration, enabling institutional clients to access off-exchange settlement through Copper’s ClearLoop network This milestone marks the official go-live of “a partnership first announced in 2023,… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 5:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Railpen, one of the pension funds in the UK, has awarded a securitised credit mandate to Neuberger Berman – a private, independent, and employee-owned investment manager. It builds on an existing partnership between the two firms and “will provide Railpen with additional exposure to liquid… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 4:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, announces a variety of custody, trading, and lending solutions for layer-one cryptocurrency, SUI, broadening access for professional and institutional clients to the Sui ecosystem. Sygnum’s regulated product portfolio and bank-grade infrastructure provides Sui with “a gateway to tap… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 3:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a step toward advancing digital financial services, Banking Circle, a global correspondent bank, has strengthened its partnership with Elliptic to ensure robust compliance for its EURO-based stablecoin, EURI. Launched in August 2024, EURI is one of the first stablecoins compliant with the European Union’s… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 2:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recruitment activity across the UK continued to fall sharply at the start of the third quarter, according to the latest KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global. The latest reductions in permanent placements and temp billings “were often linked to… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 12:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New research from iwoca shows alternative lenders are surging ahead in the SME finance market, as high street banks “lose their foothold among growth-focused businesses.” According to iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index, “almost two thirds (61%) of SME finance brokers report submitting over half of their… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 12:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain firm Riva Money is reporting a $3 million Pre-Seed funding round led by Project A, alongside participation from individual investors from Monzo, JP Morgan, and Revolut. Riva was founded by former Revolut and Wise executives as they seek to “bypass banks”and enable global value… Read More