February 27, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Northern Ireland (NI) Office Minister of State Steve Baker has announced £18.9 million investment in NI’s cyber security industry at Queen’s University Belfast’s (QUB) Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT). This includes £11 million funding from the New Deal for NI. The investment will “see… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, announced that Community Bankers’ Bank (CBB), is “extending the platform to its network of independent community banks in the Fifth Federal Reserve District and contiguous states.” CBB selected Pidgin to “provide its community… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for leading businesses, is partnering with Buildertrend, the construction project management solution, to broaden its suite of financial capabilities. By using Adyen for Platforms, Buildertrend will “have access to Adyen’s innovative technology – such as… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE:WU)  and Beforepay (ASX: B4P) announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration, allowing consumers “to boost their cross-border money transfers by accessing reliable, ethical and affordable short-term lending.” Consumers can ‘Send Now, Pay Later’ by “borrowing up to AUD 2000 through Beforepay’s wage-advance product on Western… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the global firm focused on the generational shift away from credit cards, announced strong momentum in the US, “with a 71% YoY increase in GMV, while improving credit loss rates by 37%.” Now with 34 million consumers in the US, the market has “become… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earnix, the provider of intelligent cloud-based real-time rating, dynamic pricing and product personalization solutions for insurers and banks, announced the appointment of Mike Keller, Board Member at Guidewire and Encova Insurance, and Scott Fitzgerald, Chief Marketing Officer at Intapp, to its newly-formed advisory board. The… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astra, the automation platform for money movement, announced the success of its Instant Payment solution leveraging the Visa Direct network. Through a strategic partnership with Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, Astra provides first-of-its-kind infrastructure “that enables fintech developers… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pundi X is pleased to announces its latest partnership with Binance Pay. This partnership will bring Binance Pay, Binance’s payment service, to Pundi X’s XPOS devices, “enabling thousands of merchants across 30 countries to accept payments in cryptocurrencies more easily.” Binance Pay, “backed by Binance,… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 5:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Law firms face “a ton of challenges,” according to an update from Embroker. Lawyers are focused on “ensuring their clients get the best possible outcome for their cases, requiring their full attention and dedication to justice.” Unfortunately, that isn’t all that lawyers “have to deal… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kiavi, an online mortgage lender, has securitized $209 million in real estate loans, according to a company statement. This is the 12th securitiztion that Kiavi has completed and the second securitization this month. In total, Kiavi reports that  the company’s total issuance in notes now… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 4:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Conflux Network, a permissionless Layer 1 blockchain connecting decentralized economies across borders and protocols, has teamed up with Alchemy Pay for easy fiat on-ramp to its ecosystem. The on-ramp payment solution “enables users to purchase crypto via local fiat currencies, which will take Conflux’s ecosystem… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite signs of slowing inflation, a majority of working Americans (62%) feel anxious about their current financial situation, according to new Harris Poll research commissioned by BPC’s Funding our Future Coalition and DailyPay among “over 1,300 employed Americans.” This anxiety is “heightened among women (69%).”… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

AngelList continues to build out its ecosystem. Originally, AngelList started as a path for private firms to raise capital online from qualified investors. Over time, more features and functionality have been added, driving more value and making the platform stickier for its customers. Not too… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has announced via Twitter that it will cease trading in Binance USD (BUSD) on March 13, 2023. We regularly monitor the assets on our exchange to ensure they meet our listing standards. Based on our most recent reviews, Coinbase will suspend trading for Binance… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chain Reaction, a semiconductor company focused on disruptive blockchain and privacy hardware, announced that it raised $70 million in its Series C funding round “led by Morgan Creek Digital and participation from Hanaco Ventures, Jerusalem Venture Partners, KCK Capital, Exor, Atreides Management, and BlueRun Ventures.”… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 12:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trade finance platform Marco says it has raised $200 million in a line of credit from MidCap Financial and Castlelake.  At the same time, Marco says it has raised $8.2 million in equity from Arcadia Funds. Marco states that the capital will help it to… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TransferMate have announced the launch of ‘TransferMate Connect’, an integrated payments solution for banks and financial institutions “to deliver faster and more cost-effective payments products and services for their customers.” TransferMate claims it has “built the largest non-bank payments infrastructure in the world, covering more… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 11:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bitpanda is pleased to announce the launch of the Pantos public beta. This is a major milestone for “developing technology-agnostic digital assets, and they’re proud to be part of it.” Pantos, the “first” Multichain Token System, has been designed “to make digital… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

In recent weeks, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stepped up its enforcement activities in regard to the digital asset ecosystem. In the past, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has asserted that all digital assets are securities, with the exception of Bitcoin. At one point,… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry and its partner Aventus Group continue a strategy to diversify the business by country and bring more diversity to investors. Recently, the Czech lender PůjčkaPlus joined the PeerBerry platform. The company reportedly “issues short-term non-bank loans with an average amount of around EUR 300.”… Read More