November 18, 2024 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear enters a partnership with Transcend with the aim to introduce a new joint collateral optimization service. The service will aim to bring together Euroclear’s collateral management infrastructure and data with Transcend’s optimization platform to address clients’ collateral optimization requirements. The collab is announced before… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 11:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut UK CEO has posted that it has been approved for stock trading as the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved a trading license. Francesca Carlesi stated on a blog post: “Today [marks] another important milestone here at Revolut, as our UK trading business… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

MiCA, or Markets in Crypto Assets regulation, is a transformative change in the European Union that provides regulatory clarity for digital assets that are not deemed to be securities. As the market is quite large, MiCA should help boost crypto innovation in the region—something other regions, like… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Ai16z and Ryze Labs have revealed a new incubator, the AICombinator program. The new partnership is described as the first venture capital firm run by autonomous AI agents investing in AI-driven innovation. Ryze Labs invests in blockchain tech around the world. Initially, the program will… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has posted its Risk Monitor for 2024. According to the regulator, there are nine top principal risks for the financial sector aggravated by heightened geopolitical challenges. These highlighted risks are as follows: Risks associated with real estate and… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Neo Financial, a Canada-based neobank, has raised $258 million in Series D funding. The new money included around $79 million in equity and $179 million in debt capital. Neo Financial offers various digital banking services in partnership with Peoples Bank of Canada. As a neobank,… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the UK government shared its National Payments Vision – what policymakers are seeking to do to enable “world leading payments” for the country. The UK is a global Fintech hub and payments are seem as  vital to the growth of the UK economy…. Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Truelayer, which was once a Fintech Unicorn (valued at over $1 billion), has made the decision to cut around a quarter of its workforce. This appears to part of Truelayer’s overall business strategy to substantially lower costs and attempt to move towards profitability in order… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gurvais Grigg, a former Special Agent and senior executive for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with 30+ years of public and private sector experience, is now serving as the Global Public Sector CTO at Chainalysis, where his work assists law enforcement (LE) and other… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Surecomp announced that, together with BNP Paribas and Vanderlande, it has reportedly piloted a new corporate-to-bank connectivity standard designed by Swift and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The Application Programming Interface (API)-based communication channel enabled Dutch logistics company Vanderlande – a key player focused on … Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aryza Group, a provider of financial software solutions, announces the expansion of its partnership with GoCardless, a global bank payment company. This collab transforms the existing tech relationship into a comprehensive partnership that includes an introducer agreement across Aryza platforms. Since becoming a tech partner… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 4:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, the provider of AI for digital ID verification, sanction screening, and fraud prevention announced the launch of Graph Intelligence, an addition to its Sigma Identity Fraud suite. This module provides fraud, compliance, and data science teams exclusive access to unique, “deterministic” signals that reveal… Read More

November 17, 2024 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut is expanding its crypto offering to 30 new markets across Europe. Revolut, the London-headquartered Fintech firm, has reportedly expanded its standalone crypto trading platform, Revolut X, to various other markets across Europe. Introduced earlier in 2024 in the United Kingdom, Revolut X aims to… Read More

November 17, 2024 @ 9:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a move to expand its operations, Crypto.com has acquired Fintek Securities Pty Ltd. (Fintek), a brokerage service and trading company that holds an Australian Financial Services Licence and is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Founded in 2016, Crypto.com reports over… Read More

November 17, 2024 @ 9:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this week, it was revealed that Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is acquiring team to accelerate onchain payments. This strategic move aligns with a global Fintech trend in the payments sector that’s focused on enabling stablecoin transactions across borders with minimal cost and greater overall efficiency as… Read More

November 17, 2024 @ 9:08 pm By Michael Wong  |  

A group of prominent Philippine financial institutions has teamed up with Web 3.0 fintech firm JUST Finance to introduce PHPX, the first bank-collateralized Philippine Peso stablecoin. This initiative, led by UnionBank of the Philippines (UBX), RCBC, Cantilan Bank, and Rural Bank of Guinobatan, along with… Read More

November 17, 2024 @ 8:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) recently noted that it will provide detailed updates on how the Insurtech firm expects to 10x, going from an estimated $1 billion next quarter to $10 billion in “force premium” in the coming years. Lemonade will be sharing its strategic business expansion plans,… Read More

November 17, 2024 @ 8:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship crypto, continued to rally after the US elections, setting another all-time high this week, the team at NYDIG noted in a recent update. As the Trump administration is starting to come into view with the naming of candidates for the various… Read More

November 17, 2024 @ 8:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this week, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) launched the Coinbase 50 Index: A Global Crypto Benchmark. Coinbase introduced the Coinbase 50 Index (COIN50), a benchmark representing the “top 50” digital assets listed on Coinbase Exchange that meet the index’s fundamental criteria for inclusion. Crypto traders are able… Read More

November 17, 2024 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank Private Banking is launching a new service, “unique” in Spain, that reportedly aims to combine “agility” in portfolio construction with “maximum” personalization in advisory. CaixaBank Private Banking presented its service, Advisory GPS (Global Portfolio Strategy), which is said to bring together agility and efficiency… Read More