July 24, 2024 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest Mortgages, the UK’s platform for mortgages, announces the launch of a streamlined range of residential mortgage products, delivering simpler and faster options for homeowners. This enhancement follows the “introduction of improved criteria in June and includes significant rate reductions, making LendInvest’s mortgage offerings more… Read More

July 24, 2024 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK is a significantly more entrepreneurial society than it was at the start of the millennium, the world’s largest survey of entrepreneurship has found. This, according to an update from NatWest. For the first time since the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor records began “a quarter… Read More

July 24, 2024 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK challenger bank Monzo is diversifying its product suite with a new pension consolidation solution that tracks old pensions and brings them into one fund. The launch of the product comes after research from Monzo reveals that more than half of UK adults (51%) don’t… Read More

July 24, 2024 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

D•One, the open banking unit of The ClearScore Group, has announced a partnership with Zopa Bank. The latest integration will see Zopa Bank add D•One to its partners that offer open banking connectivity as well as transaction categorization intelligence. D•One will be focusing on Zopa’s… Read More

July 24, 2024 @ 6:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

American retail investors are significantly more likely to ignore ESG (environmental, social & governance) factors than consider them when investing, according to data from the latest Retail Investor Beat (RIB) from trading and investing platform eToro. In a study of 1,000 American retail investors, just… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 11:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At Superstate, they reportedly develop sophisticated investment solutions for institutional investors, aligning with their mission to modernize the investing landscape. By leveraging blockchain technology’s speed, programmability, and compliance advantages, Superstate reportedly create tokenized products “that meet the evolving demands of the financial sector.” Superstate has… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 11:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU) announces the expansion of the cryptocurrency price alert service available on Nubank Cripto, the crypto trading platform on the Nubank app. Throughout August, all of the company’s 92 million customers in Brazil “will have access to the feature.” Through the new tool,… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Truvius, the company powering systematic investing for digital assets, launched today with $3.2M in funding led by Galaxy Ventures. Truvius’ digital asset investment platform and products deliver institutional quality, transparent sophistication, and “a fiduciary focus for institutions and high-net-worth investors.” The company’s funding also included… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the development of this new project, Telefónica Tech has become one of BBVA‘s main strategic partners in cybersecurity. The bank will incorporate the latest advances of the technology company, “supported by its global experience and the advantages offered by intelligence to detect, identify and… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper, one of the industry’s digital asset custodians, announces that it has built on its previous initiative with DFINITY Foundation, a Swiss not-for-profit organization and a major contributor to the Internet Computer (ICP), to enable institutional investors “to securely custody and stake their ICP assets… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC) published a suite of resources to share with financial services institutions on effective practices for their secure cloud adoption journey. These deliverables are the result of a year-long public-private partnership of… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle reveals that CCTP, a permissionless protocol, has moved over $10 billion in the stablecoin USDC between blockchains since May of last year. As reported previously, the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) continues to grow and “power an ever-expanding network of apps, bridges, wallets, exchanges, and… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac is launching Dynamic Virtual Cards for institutional, corporate and government customers, enabling fast and secure ‘tap and go’ payments, giving them greater control. Westpac’s Dynamic Virtual Card can be “used online as well as in-store via digital wallet tap and go transactions.” Jeff Byrne,… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Globacap CEO and founder Myles Milston has issued a statement hammering London’s smaller cap exchange, AIM [Alternative Investment Market]. AIM was set up to assist smaller firms in listing shares. Recently, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) posted new rules designed to boost public listings in the… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 3:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Plum, a “smart money app,” has raised £16 million in Series B funding, according to a note from the company. Pum said the capital infusion follows a period of solid growth. Assets under management have topped £1 billion, tripling in the past 12 months. Plum… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 1:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

NuFund Venture Group, an angel investing group that supports early stage ventures, says it has invested $5.6 million in its 2023 Annual Fund. The angel group reports 350 investor members who backed 17 early stage firms. NuFund says its “Venture Group” fund model, combines the… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 1:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The stablecoin market, which involves digital assets tied to another asset, such as fiat currency, has surpassed $160 billion in value. The market is led by Tether (USDT), which hoovers up much of the market at over $114 billion. USDC, issued by Circle is in… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Birchal, the leading investment crowdfunding platform (crowd-sourced funding) in Australia has published its half year report reviewing industry activity. According to the platform, investment crowdfunding is displaying “sustained stability” and growth in platform activity. Birchal shares in its Crowd-Sourced Funding (CSF) FY24 Industry Report ‘Funded’… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThetaRay are pleased to announce that Shift4 has joined ThetaRay’s trust network. ThetaRay notes that Shift4 is a key player focused on commerce-enabling tech, “powering billions of transactions annually for hundreds of thousands of businesses in every industry, including point-to-point encryption, tokenization, EMV technology and… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TaxBit and TAINA Technology, two industry participants focused on tax compliance solutions, have announced a partnership to deliver a comprehensive end-to-end tax reporting solution for the digital economy. This collaboration aims to assist U.S. and non-US digital marketplaces with their comprehensive onboarding and reporting needs… Read More