May 20, 2025 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Avalanche and Helix are working with Faculty Group on the launch of Fusion, which they say will deliver “measurable real-world value.” Alongside a $100 million commitment, the goal is to support new Layer 1 networks and on-chain services for practical applications across sectors like AI, healthcare,… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 11:30 am By Nikolay Mironenko  |  

Fraud has escalated into a major threat within the fintech sector. In 2024, global financial crime losses—including scams, cyberattacks, and identity fraud—are estimated to have reached $485.6 billion, according to Nasdaq’s Global Financial Crime Report. This surge is largely fueled by the rise of AI-driven… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Tomorrow (May 21st), the UK government will release its monthly inflation numbers. As of March, the annual rate of inflation is trending at 2.6%. The Bank of England holds a mandate to move inflation down to 2% but last month the Bank decided to cut… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Kraken is now offering crypto perpetual futures in the European Economic Area (EEA). The crypto exchange says it is the first platform to offer this regulated feature. Kraken will offer the derivatives through Payward Europe Digital Solutions (CY) Ltd – a Cyprus-based MiFID II-regulated entity…. Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 9:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Veratad Technologies, a global enabler of identity verification, age verification, fraud prevention, and compliance solutions, is pleased to announce the completion of its SOC 2 Type 2 examination. This milestone reinforces Veratad’s dedication “to earning and maintaining the trust of its global clients through rigorous… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

QuantumLight, founded by Nik Storonsky, co-founder and CEO of digital bank Revolut, has announced the closing of a $250 million venture capital fund. According to a release, the money will be utilized to invest in firms in the AI, Web3, Fintech, SaaS and Healthtech sectors…. Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments and commerce network, announced its Q1 2025 results, unveiling consumer milestones, surging market traction, and exceptional returns from its AI strategy. Klarna is a Fintech that is widely expected to list its shares in an initial public offering (IPO) later… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Droit, a technology firm at the forefront of computational law and regulation, now supports LSEG’s Global Shareholding Disclosure Data in its Position Reporting product. The data, paired with Droit’s rules logic, enables financial institutions to efficiently “automate their regulatory reporting of shareholder disclosures in one… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, has signed an agreement with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions to provide a portfolio guarantee of up to €200 million. Supported by the InvestEU program, this initiative aims to enhance access to business… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MeaWallet, a digital payments enabler specializing in card tokenization, proudly announces its support for Central Cooperative Bank in launching Click to Pay push provisioning functionality for its customers. This feature will enhance the digital payments experience “for users by enabling seamless card enrolment into Click… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian, the money platform, has revealed the transformative impact ReFi powered loans are having on UK consumers. As of May 2025, ReFi technology has “enabled the lending of over £70 million in debt consolidation loans.” Since becoming part of the Experian credit comparison marketplace in… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 5:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications, and funds advised by Apax Partners LLP, a private equity advisory firm, announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Finastra “intends to sell its Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) business unit to an affiliate… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Monzo has launched a new feature that empowers customers to cancel bank transfers almost instantly if they spot an error. This development, aimed at addressing a problem costing Brits an estimated £825 million annually, is set to redefine how users manage their… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EV payment specialist Paythru has partnered with global fintech Adyen to co-develop a next-generation, omni-channel payments platform for EV charging. The collaboration aims to address the problem of inconsistent EV charging payments – where EV drivers “face different payment methods at different charge points –… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 10:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

This evening, the Senate Stablecoin Bill, the Genius Act, or The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S 1582), garnered sufficient votes on a cloture motion to proceed in the Senate. Previously, on May 8th, the bill failed to gain the needed votes to end debate… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move aimed at expanding investment opportunities for retirement plan participants, Empower is announcing a program that will pave the way for private market investments to be included within defined contribution retirement plans. Empower has reportedly aligned “with private investments fund managers and custodians,… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global insurtech bolttech announced its partnership with Sumitomo Corporation, one of Japan’s largest trading houses. The two companies will enter a joint venture to “deliver technology-enabled embedded solutions to distribution partners” across a number of markets in Asia. The technology-enabled embedded solutions will enable distribution partners… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Confluence Technologies, Inc., a tech solutions provider for regulatory, analytics, and investor communications solutions for the investment management industry, announced that Allspring Global Investments has selected its Style Analytics solution for “enhanced transparency and improved competitive intelligence analysis for factor-based portfolio insights.” An independent global… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 5:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Circle has undergone several iterations during its existence (remember SeedInvest?), but its position in the stablecoin sector looks like a winner. Today, Circle is the second-largest stablecoin issuer in the dollar market with USDC, after Tether (USDT). However, Tether has received some criticism due to… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, a worktech company and a leading provider of On-Demand Pay (also known as earned wage access), marks another regulatory achievement as Indiana becomes the latest state to sign into law legislation regarding the product. Indiana’s HEA 1125 codifies the industry’s best practices “into law,… Read More