January 6, 2025 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SC Ventures, the fintech investment and incubation division of Standard Chartered, has reportedly launched Labamu, which is described as an invoicing and billing platform for SMEs that are based in the APAC region. Starting in Indonesia, Labamu will reportedly provide SMEs with digital billing, catalogue,… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

ClearBank, a Fintech providing banking services, has distributed a note sharing predictions for 2025. Founded in 2017 and based in the UK, ClearBank is regulated and authorized by the FCA and PRA as well as the European Central Bank and De Nederlandsche Bank. Charles McManus,… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

​The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is launching the first selection procedure for the Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) for bonds. Entities interested to apply are encouraged to register and submit their requests in order to participate in… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 12:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The “Recurring Payments Market Report 2024” report has been released by ResearchAndMarkets.com. This Recurring Payments market research report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. The recurring payments market size has… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 10:52 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

From privacy and the digital euro to strategic cryptocurrency reserves, Fintech CEOs have plenty of predictions for 2025. SPACE ID director of business development Harrison Seletsky believes 2025 will see privacy come into focus as the EU launches the digital euro and organizations battle data… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chiliz Group, the global enabler of blockchain technology for sports and entertainment, is pleased to announce that its platform, Socios.com, has secured authorization from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), building upon the in-principle approval announced in October last year. This milestone reinforces Chiliz Group’s… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

With the change in government, there is great excitement that innovation and entrepreneurship will now garner the attention it dearly needs. Fintech, or innovation in financial services, is one area of the economy that suffered during the Biden Administration. As both houses of Congress are… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine CEO Eyal Lifshitz shared a 2024 recap as well as the firm’s plans looking forward to 2025. Bluevine CEO Eyal Lifshitz noted that they spent this past year focused on bringing clients features that could help their business “run even more efficiently and effectively—like… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 9:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

deVere Group CEO Nigel Green believes the United States will acquire as many as 400,000 Bitcoin in 2025 as part of a strategic reserve. That will help propel a historic Bitcoin run while reinforcing the dollar’s dominance. Green, who predicted Bitcoin would top $100,000, believes… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amsterdam headquartered Ver.iD has reportedly finalized a $2 million angel round for its digital identity verification SaaS platform. Amsterdam‘s VeriD, a digital identity verification SaaS platform that has been founded in 2022 by Robert Van Altena, confirmed that it raised €2 million in funding to… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Zilch has reflected on what they claim was an extraordinary year, and their end-of-year update captures the defining moments of 2024. From significant milestones to transformative partnerships, Zilch stated that it has been a year of steady growth and “meaningful” progress. Over the… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amid this dynamic landscape, the blockchain industry advances at the intersection of security and innovation, according to a report from SlowMist. The research report from SlowMist provides an in-depth review of key regulatory policies and anti-money laundering (AML) developments in 2024. It examines major blockchain… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), a global firm focused on leveraging digital asset compute to support the energy transformation,  recently released unaudited BTC production and miner installation updates for December 2024. Fred Thiel, MARA‘s chairman and CEO said: “In December, we surpassed our year-end hash… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 1:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HighRadius announced that it has been awarded an exclusive patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a Machine Learning (ML)-based system and method for correcting image data. By addressing the limitations of optical character recognition (OCR) engines, the new approach significantly “reduces… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 8:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MatterFi founder Michael “Mehow” Pospieszalski believes he has created the infrastructure cryptocurrency needs to go mainstream. When the time is right, MatterFi’s technology could simplify crypto usage for billions of people. The company develops new security infrastructure for software wallets, hardware wallets and custody systems,… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nearly $2.4 billion was stolen across 760 on-chain incidents in 2024. That was just one revelation in CertiK’s Hack3d: The Web3 Security Report 2024. Even though the total number of incidents decreased by roughly 4%, the amount stolen surged by 31%, meaning that even though… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Frax Finance, a “decentralized” stablecoin cryptocurrency protocol, has recently announced the launch of a new stablecoin, frxUSD, that will leverage BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), tokenized by Securitize, to deliver a “fully auditable” backing mechanism. This partnership marks a milestone in the integration… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thomson Reuters Corporation (NYSE: TRI), a global content and technology company, announced it has acquired cPaperless, LLC, doing business as SafeSend, for $600 million in cash. SafeSend is a US-based cloud-native provider of technology for tax and accounting professionals. Established back in 2008, SafeSend automates… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Right before of its planned initial public offering (IPO), Fintech company OfBusiness has unveiled the launch of Nexizo.AI. According to the announcement, this platform allows for the discovery of new opportunities, such as potential buyers, obtaining key market insights for more competitive intelligence as well… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen is pleased to announce its partnership with HypurrCollective, a collaboration aimed at enabling innovation and governance within the Hyperliquid ecosystem. This partnership centers on a genesis validator—one of only 16 available—designed to drive “sustainable growth and empower community stakeholders.” Through the Nansen x HypurrCollective… Read More