April 12, 2025 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Raze, a tokenization engine for real-world assets (RWAs), announced a partnership with Redbelly Network, a blockchain designed specifically for real-world asset tokenization. This collaboration creates a solution for asset issuers looking “to tokenize and trade compliant on-chain structured products.” The partnership brings together Raze’s no-code… Read More

April 12, 2025 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mayer Brown continues to expand its complex structured financing capabilities with the addition of two lawyers—Rudgee S. Charles and Jeff O’Connor—who have joined the firm’s Banking & Finance practice. Rudgee joins the firm’s New York office as a partner. Jeff joins the firm’s Chicago office,… Read More

April 12, 2025 @ 6:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Schroders Capital real estate team, acting on behalf of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), has acquired a 59-bed, best-in-class care home in southwest London for £14.2 million. This deal marks the fifth acquisition for GMPF “over the past 12 months, with investments totaling… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper, a digital assets custody, collateral management and prime services provider, has partnered with Ondo Finance. Copper’s multi-party computation (MPC) custody “allows clients to securely hold money-market fund tokens, including support for two of Ondo Finance’s flagship tokenized US Treasuries products, OUSG and USDY.” Ondo… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jamie Dimon, the most respected big Bank CEO on Wall Street who guides JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), shared his annual shareholder letter last week and once again, Dimon mentioned the growing Fintech sector. In 2022, Dimon addressed the looming challenge of upstart Fintechs, stating that “Banks… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Weixin Pay users can now receive cross-border transfers from Xoom, a PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) service and a digital remittances provider. This new partnership between Tenpay Global, Tencent’s cross-border payment platform, and Xoom allows Weixin Pay users to “receive money directly into their Weixin Pay Wallet… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 2:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ruslan Lienkha, YouHodler’s chief of markets, answered some questions about Bitcoin this week. Could BTC’s recent movement signal a shift in how institutional investors treat Bitcoin (as a risk asset, hedge, or both)? “Bitcoin is often viewed as a hedge or “digital gold” primarily by… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) (NYSE: BK) has piloted the “first” intraday repo trade settled through its triparty infrastructure. The USD-denominated pilot transaction, which “took place in February, saw UBS borrowing cash from Swiss Re while delivering collateral via BNY’s global collateral… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s derivatives and securities exchange network, announced the expansion of its Derivatives Market Intelligence team with the hiring of Wei Liao as Director, Derivatives Market Intelligence. Based in Hong Kong, Ms. Liao will lead the “buildout of Cboe’s… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments company, announced its intention to expand its card issuing capabilities in the UAE. Checkout.com aims to roll out domestic card issuance “in the region in 2026, pending regulatory approval.” This will enable businesses to launch branded cards, whether physical or… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Institutional participation in crypto markets is key to their success and ability to scale. While many established institutions are already participating in this sector of finance, the growth will take some time. This week, global bank Standard Chartered and crypto exchange OKX revealed a partnership… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

From AI’s growing dominance to a crypto resurgence, the CBInsights team break down the trends shaping fintech ecosystem. As noted in the CBInsights research report, on its face, fintech funding appeared to have had “a strong quarter in Q1’25, topping $10B for the first quarter… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a paper on trading apps and consumer behaviour. Today, apps are the norm not the outlyer, but it was not too long ago trades were completed by phone, and then by accessing a website. As smartphones are… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Justice is pursuing criminal charges against Albert Saniger, the former CEO of nate, for allegedly defrauding investors out of $40 million. Nate was an artificial intelligence firm that claimed to have proprietary technology while employing real people to do the work…. Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

As public markets dim, private securities markets have boomed. Many early-stage firms seek to remain private for as long as possible due to burdensome regulatory requirements and excessive costs. This has pushed big money to jump to the head of the line and invest in… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Next week, Forge Global (NYSE:FRGE) will have fewer shares trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Forge plans to complete a 1 for 15 reverse stock split on the commencement of trading on April 15th. On March 27, 2025, shareholders approved a reverse stock… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 8:19 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

SPACE ID, a digital identity platform, has launched Payment ID. It links centralized and Web3 applications to allow crypto transfers to any address, chain or wallet. A Payment ID can be as simple as a name – like “jane” – which can then be mapped… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global, indicated that hiring activity across the UK fell again in March. Recruiters reported that weaker confidence “around the economic outlook, tighter client budgets and fewer job openings led to notable falls… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinList has announced the return of the fiat-to-crypto onramp. CoinList noted that users may fund their USDC account with US Dollars (USD) or Euros (EUR) directly via credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay (ACH, SEPA, and wire deposits coming soon). CoinList also… Read More

April 11, 2025 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Europe’s open banking infrastructure platform Yapily has partnered with the UK Fintech, Allica Bank, to bring the “benefits” of open banking top-ups to UK SME current accounts. Having launched to market in 2020, Allica has become the challenger bank for established SMEs with “between 5… Read More