A legal consultancy has published a report on the regulatory environment for Fintechs in the MENA region. While digital finance is the future of all financial services, the emergence and regulation of various services have differed worldwide. KARM Legal Consultants has crafted a “Fintech Legal… Read More
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The majority (85%) of consumers know what they need to do to be more energy efficient and the same proportion (84%) believe they are making efforts to achieve this, according to EcoSaver research commissioned by Bank of Ireland with Red C. While the vast majority… Read More
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) have finally issued their recommendation regarding the definition of Accredited Investors. This definition impacts the Reg D marketplace, an ecosystem that enabled around $3 trillion in funding in 2023. Just about… Read More
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The Bitcoin (BTC) ecosystem recently observed a monumental event in its 15-year history with the eagerly anticipated fourth halving, signaling “a significant shift in the blockchain landscape,” the Compass Mining team noted in their latest analysis. Halvings, occurring roughly every four years, “drastically reduce the… Read More
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Previously known as Tech Coast Angels, NuFund is reporting its 100th investment. Angel groups tend to support startups in their infancy, shouldering great risk while backing promising young firms. While many of their investments will go belly up, Angel groups are a vital variable to… Read More
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Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD), a new spin on a digital brokerage, has posted an 8-K indicating they are in receipt of a Wells Notice indicating an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may lead to a lawsuit by the Commission. According to the filing, Robinhood… Read More
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Recently, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) implemented substantial adjustments to its collateral consideration for bitcoin (or any other cryptocurrency) ETFs, the NYDIG team noted. After the changes, no collateral value “will be given to any bitcoin ETF, giving them a 100% haircut.” The… Read More
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Pension savers wondering where their investments go while they build-up their pension pots may be surprised to learn that millions of pounds “are funding some of the world’s largest technology corporations,” the PensionBee team notes. In a recent analysis undertaken by online pension provider PensionBee,… Read More
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Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has partnered with Tide, the UK’s business financial platform, to offer small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) Tide business accounts, first in Germany before potentially expanding further into Europe. Following its announcement of strategic… Read More
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Topps Tiles, the UK’s tile specialist, has tapped bank payments company GoCardless to power the payments behind Trade Pay, its newly launched trade credit scheme which gives traders the ability to regularly pay on credit in Topps Tiles stores. Thanks to GoCardless, traders can now… Read More
Instant payments, also called real-time payments, are a form of electronic payment that is said to be “available 24/7/365, with the payment processed and funds made available to the recipient instantly,” the latest Juniper Research report explains. However, there is not a singularly accepted definition… Read More
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PitchBook has released their latest retail Fintech ecosystem report. PitchBook has commented on their Total deal value: They claim to have reportedly “recorded $3.2 billion in enterprise fintech VC deal value in Q1 2024, denoting decreases of 36.0% QoQ and 72.9% YoY.” VC deal value… Read More
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Qatar’s innovative payment solutions provider, PayLater, has been granted access to the prestigious sandbox program of the Qatar Central Bank, heralding a significant shift in the financial landscape for consumers in Qatar. This development marks a major milestone for the company, signaling increased financial flexibility… Read More
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Centralized exchanges (CEX’s) serve as a crucial intermediary between crypto market participants and blockchain networks, “facilitating billions of dollars of value transferred each day,” the Coin Metrics team noted. Many user’s first interaction with crypto is “likely to occur through an exchange.” However, exchanges vary… Read More
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Sui, the Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform created and launched by the core research team responsible for building Facebook’s Libra and Diem projects, is collaborating with Google Cloud to support the future of Web3, via a partnership with Mysten Labs. This joint effort… Read More
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has officially lifted restrictions on two digital lending products of Bajaj Finance, nearly six months after imposing curbs due to non-compliance with its digital lending guidelines. The announcement, made in a regulatory filing by Bajaj Finance, noted that effective… Read More
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BitGo, the custody and wallet solutions provider for digital assets, hires Brett Reeves for BitGo’s expansion in Europe. Brett brings 20+ years of experience in traditional finance to BitGo, “including work for various global investment banks within their Prime Brokerage and OTC Clearing sales teams.”… Read More
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The CoinGecko team has recently examined NFT or non-fungible token lending volumes which have reportedly surpassed $2.1B in Q1, led by Blend. The CoinGecko has examined what they consider to be the top NFT lending platforms. According to the research report, Blend is said to… Read More
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Recent pilot conversion to completely digital cloud-based core banking platform is next step in digital transformation for Atlantic credit unions. A first for the Canadian financial industry, League Data, the CIO and technology partner for Atlantic credit unions, announced that they have successfully converted Brunswick… Read More
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In a significant development, C2FO, the world’s on-demand working capital platform, announced that its TReDS platform, named C2treds has gone live with India’s largest bank State Bank of India (SBI) and Dabur India Ltd. among the inaugural participants on the platform. This milestone follows the… Read More
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