November 26, 2024 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Although globally there has been positive moment for insurance technology platofrms, Insurtech funding has continued its downwards trend in certain regions. But APAC has been fairly resilient, according to a BCG report. As India aims for Viksit Bharat by 2047, a stable and resilient financial… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This year has seen a number of seemingly positive developments for the cryptocurrency ecosystem, according to an update from Chainalysis. Chainalysis noted in a blog post that in many ways, crypto has continued to gain mainstream acceptance, following the approval of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Colombia, a subsidiary of Nu Holdings, confirms that the Colombian Financial Superintendence (SFC) has formally approved its request to consolidate its account and credit operations under the entity Nu. As stated in the update, this latest milestone, which aims to reinforces its long-term vision… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 11:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rumble (NASDAQ:RUM), the video-sharing platform and cloud services provider, announced that its Board of Directors has approved a corporate treasury diversification strategy of allocating “a portion of the company’s excess cash reserves to Bitcoin.” This move emphasizes Rumble’s belief in Bitcoin (BTC) as a valuable… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 11:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cantor Fitzgerald, which currently maintains the majority of Tether’s $133 billion+ held in reserves, has reportedly negotiated a 5% ownership stake in the stablecoin USDT issuer within the last year (as reported recently by the WSJ). Cantor Fitzgerald Chief Executive Officer and majority owner Howard… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thousands of Americans have reportedly seen their savings vanish following the Synapse fintech crisis. It’s now being reported that many Americans will most likely receive very little or nothing from their savings accounts that had been locked during the major collapse of fintech platform Synapse…. Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 11:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by machine learning, is announcing that it has partnered with the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), the not-for-profit advisory organization for the Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry, to enhance the “quality of their predictive modeling.”… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nick Forster, Founder of onchain options DeFi protocol, Derive ($77.3M TVL, $7.1B total trade volume), noted that in the past 7 days, they’re seeing notable stability in Bitcoin’s volatility, with the 7-day ATM IV “maintaining at 63% and the 30-day ATM IV at 55%.” This… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iwoca, one of Europe’s SME lenders, announces access to a £500,000 fund to help small businesses and employees build skills in artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics. Teaming up with learning provider Multiverse, iwoca can now transfer half of its unused apprenticeship levy (~£250,000) to… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 1:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink has announced the launch of its secondary marketplace thus providing access to trading in private securities. SeedBlink is a pan-European online capital formation platform that aims to pair retail investors with issuers that have been backed by investment professionals. To kick off the secondary… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO of digital identity authentication and security enablers Concordium, recently shared his views and insights with CI. Bohrer-Bilowitzki, Concordium’s Chief Executive Officer, discussed whether the crypto and digital assets market can sustain its dramatic increase in value following Donald Trump’s US election victory. In… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 12:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK recently revealed it intends to pursue comprehensive regulation of the digital asset sector in 2025. This includes the key stablecoin market, which is one of the most robust sectors of crypto. Today, much stablecoin activity incorporates onboarding or an off-ramp for crypto trading—an… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc., a firm focused on technology solutions for capital markets, has announcesdthe launch of tZERO Digital Asset Securities as a new Special Purpose Broker-Dealer for digital asset securities custody. Investors are now reportedly able to on-board and open their custodial brokerage account with… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a full Committee hearing to discuss Fintech. Entitled “Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance,” this may be the last Fintech hearing under Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, who has announced his retirement from Congress. The hearing… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says ownership of crypto is on the rise in the country. According to the securities regulator, 12% of UK adults hold digital assets, an increase from their previous study when 10% reported holding crypto. The FCA says that awareness… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant,  reported its financial results for the first nine months of 2024, achieving net income of SEK 216 million in Q3, up 57% YoY. Klarna noted that this marks the Fintech firm’s second profitable quarter, as the… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Secretary to the Treasury Tulip Siddiq now expects stablecoin rules to emerge next year. Originally, stablecoin regulations were on the calendar for 2024. Bloomberg reports that the delay is due to the change in government, and the new Labour leadership needs more time. Simultaneously,… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced it is bringing on-premises Temenos generative AI — built with the NVIDIA AI platform — to banks, allowing them to transform data into real-time insights while retaining control over their information. Banks are now able to deliver customer-centered experiences by processing… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eurobank has announced that it expanded its strategic partnership with UK-based Plum Fintech Limited by advancing a second €5 million minority capital investment to Plum, which claims to be one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs that has built a “smart money management” app. With its latest… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Clear Europe, a pan-European clearing house, today announced that it has received regulatory approval to clear European Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs). This has reportedly been granted by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM). With this approval, Cboe Clear Europe is… Read More