August 26, 2024 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has shared insights addressing the following question: Why the presidential election could be decided by young crypto voters? As noted in a blog post by Coinbase, young voters made “the difference in the 2020 U.S. elections and are expected to be a deciding… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

State Street Global Advisors, Inc, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), announced a strategic investment in Raiz Invest Limited (ASX: RZI), an Australian Fintech platform that helps customers grow their wealth by helping them to save and invest. The parties have… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase, the global enabler of engagement banking, has successfully delivered a new digital banking platform for MyState Bank to support future growth. The platform represents a significant leap forward in “delivering seamless, customer-centric digital experiences to MyState customers.” MyState has partnered with Backbase “to modernise its… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 7:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky‘s security experts have found seven vulnerabilities in the widely used open-source projects Suricata and FreeRDP. Two of these vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-32664 and CVE-2024-32039, could “potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system, while others could enable unauthorized memory access.” These vulnerabilities were… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU) has finalized negotiations for seven new agreements to expand the offering of NuConsignado, its 100% digital payroll loan service. The new contracts include the three branches of “the Brazilian Armed Forces—the Brazilian Air Force, Navy, and Army—as well as the municipalities of… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be among the largest companies in the digital asset industry, reaffirms its commitment to combat illicit activities, “stop illegal use of stablecoin technology, and provide support to victims through its assistance to, and support of, law enforcement agencies globally.” As the… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 6:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On August 23, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced further sanctions against nearly 400 entities as a part of ongoing multilateral efforts “to weaken Russia’s military supply chain and procurement networks.” Chainalysis noted in a blog… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global crypto exchange and digital asset innovator Binance has received a letter of appreciation from the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB) of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF). The letter was in recognition of their assistance in a kidnapping case. According to the letter signed… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Plutus Lending LLC, DBA Abra, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with offering and selling a retail crypto asset lending product. Abra has settled the charges without admitting or denying them. Abra has consented to an injunction prohibiting it from violating the… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 4:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, touched on multiple topics pertaining to Fintech at a global conference entitled Digital Public Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies. Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Emerging Technologies are expected to shape the futures of all economies, said… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DNA Payments, a provider of payment solutions for the hospitality and food & beverage (F&B) sectors and a member of Oracle Partner Network (OPN), announced its Pay at Reception, Pay at Counter and Pay at Table solutions “are now available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace and… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of tools and services for crypto AML/CTF, transaction risk management, regulatory compliance, transaction tracking, and cybersecurity, is pleased to announce a partnership with Ozys, a blockchain technology company, with the goal of strengthening the security of the Web3 ecosystem. Ozys is… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Superchief Gallery has tokenized $5.1 million in the art, according to a note from the firm. Founded in 2012 in Brooklyn, New York, Superchief claims the title as the world’s first NFT gallery. The gallery has also worked with Christie’s and the first CryptoPunk auction…. Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 10:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner, real estate developer Lithome, has recently revealed that it repaid investors €1.5 million loan (real estate project “City stories II”) and paid their investors €145 684 in interest. In another update, it was noted that PeerBerry’s business partner, real estate developer SIB… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The stablecoin market has “surged” to an all-time high. It is dominated by dollar-based stablecoins, and Tether is leading the pack with its USDt. The stablecoin market cap has now reached a record $168.07 billion, topping the previous high of $167 billion in March 2022. Tether reports that… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

The American Fintech Council (AFC) is continuing its expansion of members joining the advocacy group with Minnesota-based Stearns Bank. The bank was founded in 1912 with physical locations in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona. Stearns reports assets of around $3.2 billion. The bank is independently owned… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo and Pier Two are pleased to announce that, effective immediately, Pier Two’s staking services will be natively integrated into BitGo’s platform, and accessible by BitGo’s global institutional customers. The coming together of BitGo’s globally regulated custody, financial services, and core infrastructure and Pier Two’s… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After a first semester of major events in the crypto world (Bitcoin halving , approval of ETH and BTC exchange-traded funds or ETFs, etc.), Bitso —the crypto-driven financial services company in Latin America— released the second edition of its report Crypto Panorama in Latin America:… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New research from MillTechFX reveals hedging strategy divergence among UK and US corporates. The latest research from FX-as-a-Service pioneer, MillTechFX, has “revealed UK corporates have dropped their hedge ratios by around six percentage points, possibly due to increased political certainty, while US corporates increased theirs… Read More

August 26, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The total venture capital (VC) funding raised by the US-based startups reportedly improved by 2.4% year-on-year (YoY) during January-July 2024 despite a 41% decline in VC deal volume. The country continues to lead the global VC landscape “with a significant gap over its peers, leading… Read More