July 26, 2024 @ 3:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission  (CFTC) says a US district court in Texas has ordered a Texas man, Abner Alejandro Tinoco, and his company, Kikit & Mess Investments, LLC, to fork over $31 million regarding crypto and forex fraud. According to the CFTC, the court… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 1:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming ubiquitous and not just in financial services. While some worry that AI may remove the need for real people to do real jobs, most predict that AI will remove labor-intensive tasks from the stack, allowing individuals to focus on… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) reported financial results for the second quarter of 2024. The company reported revenue “of $1.5 billion and operating income of $1.0 billion for the second quarter of 2024.” CME Group further noted that net income “was $883 million and diluted… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, a fiat-crypto payment gateway, has announced a partnership with Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a payments platform. With this partnership, Alchemy Pay integrates Paysafe’s Skrill, NETELLER, and multiple local payment methods into its Fiat On-ramp offering, “enhancing convenience and accessibility for global users, particularly across… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 12:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Agoric, a layer 1 blockchain designed for chain abstraction, has recently announced several significant developments that will enhance its ecosystem and provide new opportunities for its community and developers. Last week, Agoric had announced the launch of its Orchestration API, which is “designed to revolutionize… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a provider of technology infrastructure and embedded financial solutions, is marking its 16th year of doing business since its founding in June of 2008. Coming out of the 2008 financial crisis, Cross River claims that it “has been at the forefront of… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK is trying to reinvigorate its moribund public markets by making it easier to list shares and updating new rules. Today, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is announcing final rules that will replace the current prospectus regulation to become a public firm. A consultation has commenced, closing in October…. Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PXP Financial, a global payment services provider, is pleased to announce the launch of its Partner Portal. This advanced platform is engineered “to transform the merchant application journey, elevating the partnership experience with PXP.” Designed to enhance efficiency and accuracy, the Partner Portal “empowers partners… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

My EU Pay, the financial institution that offers frictionless payments and FX to businesses, has partnered with ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, to provide a range of banking services for their clients. My EU Pay will use ClearBank’s… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilliqa is pleased to announce that they have partnered with Brillion, a Web3 smart wallet that specialises in securely managing real-world assets (RWAs). This partnership leverages Brillion’s expertise “in securely and efficiently managing tokenised physical assets, enabling a seamless bridge between the worlds of traditional… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Carta has released the State of startup compensation, H1 2024 update. Carta data shows that companies have “become leaner and salary benchmarks have remained flat across much of the ecosystem.” Companies on Carta made “more than 60,000 new hires during the first four months of… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 11:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online investment platform CapitalRise says it has financed three new deals in nine days to the tune of £20 million. CapitalRise says this is a record for the amount financed in such a short time. CapitalRise is a specialist prime property finance platform that specializes… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 10:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

BlockFi, once a top crypto platform that eventually filed for bankruptcy, reported on X today that clients are now expected to receive 100% of outstanding (eligible) claims. Part of the equation is the company’s claims against FTX, which were purchased by investors. FTX has already… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Asset Management, which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital assets and blockchain investment managers, in partnership with Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ), a global provider of exchange-traded products (ETPs), announced the launch of the Invesco Galaxy Ethereum ETF (QETH). QETH is a… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses with a fiat-to-crypto onramp, now supports the Avalanche C-Chain. Retail users can purchase AVAX directly “through Stripe, removing the need to go through an exchange.” Available to U.S. Stripe’s fiat-to-crypto onramp is “a customizable widget embedded into Avalanche… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 10:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital have acquired a stake in UK headquartered payments business Sokin, marking an exciting new chapter for the fast-expanding fintech firm. The acquisition will provide “significant capital and accelerate its product growth plans and further global expansion.” The… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of tools and services for crypto AML/CTF, transaction risk management, regulatory compliance, transaction tracking, and cybersecurity, recently announced the listing of Chainkeeper on GetBlock’s Marketplace. Chainkeeper is an AI crypto investigator designed “to professionally and efficiently address the security challenges of… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tech-first businesses, Banking Circle and fundcraft, are working in partnership to deliver seamless access to account openings for fund managers. Banking Circle, a firm focused on the payments space, is “one of fundcraft’s primary bank account providers, making accounts accessible through fundcraft via API integration.”… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global small business platform, Xero, released its quarterly Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) report for Canada, based on data from January to March 2024. The update showed incremental “improvements for the sector across sales growth, late payments and time-to-paid metrics, a signal that Canada‘s small… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, a firm focused on digital asset custody, collateral management, and prime services, has today announced three leadership appointments. Michael Roberts has reportedly been appointed Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Copper.co. After two years as Copper’s Head of Prime, Michael Roberts has officially taken up… Read More