May 5, 2024 @ 6:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Our Crowd portfolio company BioCatch, a global provider of digital fraud detection and financial crime prevention powered by behavioral biometric intelligence, this week announced that Permira Growth Opportunities II, a fund advised by global private equity firm Permira, has agreed to acquire a majority position… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Navigating regulatory requirements is crucial for businesses aiming to expand their reach across borders, according to an update from Razorpay. Razorpay claims that it has “taken a significant stride toward global compliance for export payments with the recent integration of Video KYC (Know Your Customer)… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billtrust, a B2B order-to-cash and digital payments firm, has announced that Brian Daniell has joined the company as Chief Customer Officer. Committed to customer education and enablement, Brian will “oversee global customer operations and strategy and report to CEO Sunil Rajasekar.” He joins Billtrust at… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 5:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Retail investors have been active in the stock market. In fact, there’s been a sharp increase in retail ETF activity in Q1 2024, according to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). Each quarter, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) in France “provides an overview of… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 5:47 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Indian fintech giant Paytm has announced significant changes to its executive team following the resignation of its Chief Operating Officer (COO), Bhavesh Gupta. Gupta stepped down citing personal reasons, according to a statement released by Paytm’s parent company, One 97 Communications Ltd. His departure comes… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA proposes that Banco Sabadell merge both entities to create a European financial service provider. In a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of Banco Sabadell, BBVA emphasizes that the combination of both entities “would give rise to the most attractive industrial project in… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance has signed 300,000 hectares of farmland in western and central Ukraine to its carbon farming program, for a shift over to regenerative agriculture. Once farming practices across this extensive area have been shifted over to nature-based, sustainable and regenerative methods, the farming land “will… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This past week, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) reported first-quarter revenue which beat analst forecasts, which is mainly attributed to the Bitcoin, Ethereum and wider crypto markets rally leads to surge in profit Coinbase announced better-than-expected revenue for its Q1 2024 earnings report that was released on Thursday… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 3:33 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Pantera Capital has announced a significant investment in TON, the Telegram L1 blockchain, signaling a major push to boost cryptocurrency adoption across the globe. Revealed on the social media platform X, this collaboration is set to utilize Telegram’s vast user base of over 900 million… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 5:12 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Digital asset firm Volta has unveiled its latest innovation, the Volta Circuit platform, which secured $4.1 million in seed funding from Fika Ventures and Haven Ventures. Volta Circuit distinguishes itself by being a non-custodial, multi-signature platform that promises the fastest, easiest, and most secure method… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), one of the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin miners and a leader in supporting and securing the Bitcoin ecosystem, today published unaudited bitcoin (BTC) production and miner installation updates for April 2024. Fred Thiel, Marathon‘s chairman and CEO said:… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights says that they mined earnings calls, analyzed business relationships, and dug into investments and acquisitions in order to survey the AI [artificial intelligence] activities of some of the world’s largest companies across industries. For many of the world’s largest companies, AI simply can’t be… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, reported its April 2024 market statistics set a new average daily volume (ADV) record of 26.5 million contracts for the month, up 33% from April 2023, with double-digit growth across all asset classes. Additionally, interest rate, equity index, foreign exchange… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klumi Ventures announces its achievement as the United Arab Emirates’ Web3 venture capital firm regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). This event heralds a new era of innovation and investment opportunities in the region’s digital asset ecosystem,… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain firm CertiK reports that during Q1 2024, BNB Chain noted continuous development in its security measures “resulting in a 55.8% decrease in value lost compared to the same period last year.” As stated in a blog post from CertiK, BNB Chain witnessed “a loss… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 11:57 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Feedzai, a provider of anti-fraud and financial crime software, this week appointed David Larson as its new chief financial officer. Founded in 2011, Feedzai’s RiskOps platform protects approximately one billion people, analyzing more than $6 trillion in payments at 3,000 transactions per second to prevent… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis, the blockchain intelligence firm, and Chainalysis Government Solutions (CGS), Chainalysis’ wholly-owned subsidiary focused on U.S. government customers, today announced that part of the company’s Crypto Investigations solution – has “achieved an In Process designation from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and SIX, the Swiss Financial Market Infrastructure Group, announced today the signing of a collaboration agreement during the second edition of the Capital Market Summit. The partnership underscores a shared commitment to exploring and implementing collaborative initiatives “aimed at fostering… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A majority of small and mid-sized business owners expect their revenues to increase this year, and their worries over a recession have declined substantially, according to the 2024 Bank of America Business Owner Report, conducted in partnership with Bank of America Institute (NYSE: BAC). While… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay now lets users buy and sell crypto funded by PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL). MoonPay’s integration with PayPal reportedly “offers a seamless fiat-to-crypto experience for all PayPal users in the U.S.” MoonPay, the Web3 infrastructure company, has recently announced a collaboration with PayPal that allows MoonPay… Read More