December 7, 2024 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Entrust, a global enabler of trusted payments, identities, and data security, announces a partnership with PetProov, an online platform that verifies pet buyers, breeders, and adopters. The collab will equip the PetProov platform with the Entrust Onfido identity verification (IDV) to bring “transparency, accountability, and… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the U.S., announced the latest innovation in its Data & Marketing Solutions platform. With this enhancement, Alkami has strengthened its behavioral data tag suite to empower financial institutions with deeper… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At Plaid, they’re seeing a renewed interest in businesses expanding into Europe from the United States and from the US into Europe, as “demand for online finance continues to grow.” Nearly nine in ten consumers use fintech tools, according to Plaid’s The Fintech Effect report,… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore’s Temasek announced the formation of a wholly-owned private credit platform. Temasek explained that it has been investing in credit funds for more than 10 years, the announcement noted. In 2016, Temasek assembled a credit & hybrid solutions team to buildout its direct and fund investments… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Political turbulence in Europe and Asia is driving renewed focus on decentralized, non-government-backed currencies like Bitcoin. That is one reason why deVere Group CEO Nigel Green sees the cryptocurrency’s value topping $120,000 in the coming months. Green made the comments in the wake of a… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain Coinvestors, a blockchain venture fund-of-funds and co-investment program with a combined portfolio of more than 1,250 such enterprises and projects (including more than 110 blockchain unicorns) this week unveiled its bi-annual Meet the Blockchain Unicorns, a comprehensive list of unicorns – including private enterprises… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment at Work, a provider of modern, scalable 401(k)s for growing businesses, released the fourth installment of its annual survey on the state of retirement readiness and financial benefits across the U.S. workforce. Betterment’s 2024 Retirement Readiness Report, which examines data from 1,000 full-time U.S…. Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 1:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, MatterFi, a foundational layer designed for financial services to build into the crypto ecosystem, has officially launched its enterprise-ready platform. The move follows a successful six-month beta phase. Phishing in Web3 is at an all-time high. In 2024, phishing attacks surged by 150%…. Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PrimaryBid, the capital markets technology platform, has facilitated the placing of over £125 million of new investor capital into UK Treasury Bills since launching its Retail Eligible Debt Capital Market Service earlier in 2024. This marks an evolution in UK investor access to products that… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), a firm focused on digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, announced access to new private market funds via a relationship with Templum, which operates Templum One, a platform for transacting in private alternatives: The Cosmos… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 10:08 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Seven crowdfunding and donation platforms in the Netherlands have agreed to provide clearer information about the fees they charge, following action by the Dutch consumer authority ACM. The platforms—Doneeractie, Doneerveilig, Geef.nl, Getfunded, GoFundMe, Steunactie, and Whydonate—will improve transparency around deductions, including value-added tax (VAT), to… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 9:10 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Ant International has joined Swift’s Network Interoperability Reference Implementation program, becoming part of a select group of global payment service providers (PSPs) working to enhance interoperability across cross-border payment systems. The initiative, announced on Friday, is structured as a pre-pilot designed to improve payment transparency… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital is pleased to announce support for Liquid Collective’s Liquid Staked ETH (LsETH), providing institutions with a way to participate in ETH staking while maintaining access to liquidity. Institutions—including VC firms, wealth and asset managers, protocols, and others—can participate in liquid staking using ETH… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Archax, the UK’s FCA regulated digital securities exchange, broker and custodian, announced a new partnership with XDC Network, an enterprise-grade Layer-1 EVM-compatible blockchain. The firms will combine the power of a regulated digital asset platform with  blockchain solutions to enable FIs to access tokenized real-world… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 12:51 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

In the latest episode of Capital Ideas, hosts Nick Morgan and Dara Albright of the Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) sat down with Jim Row, founder and managing partner of Entoro, a technology-enabled investment bank specializing in alternative assets. During the discussion, Row shared his… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bergos, the independent Swiss Private Bank, is pleased to announce its partnership with Sygnum Bank, a global banking group for digital assets. This collaboration provides the Zurich-based Private Bank’s clients with  access to “regulated trading and secure custody of cryptocurrencies.” The range of tradable cryptocurrencies… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Xero, the small business platform, has found leaders of the UK’s smallest businesses (1-9 employees) and sole traders spend less than half (46%) of the working week on their core jobs. According to the report from Xero, these businesses effectively aren’t starting work… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Webull has garnered some unwanted attention from the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, according to a report. Webull is regulated in the US as a broker-dealer. Webull is controlled by China-based holding company Hunan Fumi Information Technology, and its US operations are headquartered in… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

SaveLend Group, an online lender, is reporting that its current savings products are generating average accumulated net return before tax of 6.93% for Balanced and 7.51% for Yield. SaveLend launched these products in May 2023, seeking to improve the customer experience by offering more savings… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

CoinShares (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS) (OTCQX: CNSRF) is reporting that its CoinShares Physical Bitcoin ETP (ticker: BITC; ISIN: GB00BLD4ZL17) is now the top European Bitcoin physical exchange-traded product (ETP) by assets under management (AUM). Morningstar shows that BITC currently holds almost $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. CoinShares… Read More