June 28, 2024 @ 12:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, released the results of a national survey exploring financial language understanding across the UK. The report, part of Klarna’s commitment to “improving greater transparency in the financial industry, reveals millions of UK adults (40 per cent)… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mt. Gox will soon start distributing around $9 billion in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. In a notice posted on the Mt. Gox website, the entity said distributions will start in July: “The Rehabilitation Trustee has been preparing payments in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in accordance… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, a provider of automated identity verification, and risk signals has released new findings from its Jumio 2024 Online Identity Study. This year’s results highlight growing anxiety “among consumers that weaknesses in their banks’ fraud-protection measures could leave them exposed to scammers, which would result… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 11:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Top European tokenization platform, Tokeny, has distributed an email highlighting the fact that MiCA or Markets in Crypto Assets regulation, does not regulated digital assets which are securities or other financial assets. MiCA goes into force on June 30, 2024. The EU regulation provides rules… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper, a firm focused on digital asset custody, collateral management, and prime services, is pleased  to announce its integration with Sui, a Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform. The partnership will enable robust custody infrastructure support “for stablecoin and Real-World Asset (RWA) issuers on… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged BorrowMoney.com with allegations of fraud. The enforcement action by the SEC also cites Aldo Piscitello, who is said to be the sole officer and majority shareholder of the firm. According to the BorrowMoney website, the company claims:… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset group, announces that it has reached the milestone of 20+ banks and international financial institutions onboarded onto its B2B platform. This enables their end-clients “to buy, hold, trade, earn, and transfer cryptocurrencies in a fully regulated environment.” Sygnum’s 20+ B2B… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, a fiat-crypto payment solution provider, Danal, an integrated payment business company, and Danal Fintech, the Korean domestic specialist in virtual asset payments, announced the signing of a partnership agreement on June 25. This Memorandum of understanding (MOU) aims “to enhance the competitiveness of… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank claims that is the only Spanish bank participating in the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. (FS)’s new committed and revolving credit facility signed “with a syndicate of nine banks and financial institutions for a total amount of up to €3.5 billion with a three-year… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has released the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) annual report. The unit, formed as a partnership between UK Finance, the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police Service together with the Home Office, is described as being “a unique, proactive… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that it has appointed the members of our advisory committee on secondary markets for the period June 2024 to June 2026. The UK Secondary Markets Advisory Committee supports the FCA’s work “in wholesale secondary markets in equities, fixed… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 6:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of tailored software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring (TM), and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), announced the findings from its KYC in Commercial Banking research, which analyzed responses from mid-market commercial banks in the US with assets ranging from… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payabli, the payments infrastructure solution for software companies, has closed a $20M Series A. The investment round was reportedly “led by QED Investors with participation from existing investors TTV Capital, Fika Ventures and Bling Capital based on the company’s greater than 3X revenue growth.” The… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crossover Markets, a digital asset technology firm focused on meeting the unique liquidity requirements of institutions, announced that it has raised $12 million in its Series A funding round led by Illuminate Financial and DRW Venture Capital. Illuminate and DRW VC join a growing list… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 11:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital wallets have become an essential part of the travel experience for many, with 74% of U.S. travelers now using them on their trips. This, according to an update from Visa (NYSE:V). Kicking off the summer travel season, Visa, a global enabler of digital payments,… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thought Machine, the cloud-native banking technology company, announces that Payset will deploy Vault Payments, Thought Machine’s cloud-native payments processing platform. Payset is “an existing customer of Thought Machine and is currently live with Vault Core, Thought Machine’s next-generation core banking platform.” Payset began working with… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 6:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tabby, the MENA region’s shopping and financial services app, conducted an in-depth analysis of their shoppers’ buying habits to determine the primary uses of BNPL. The research, based on a survey of 2,500 Tabby shoppers, “revealed that the majority use BNPL for essential purchases rather… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 5:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has revealed a partnership with global e-commerce enabler Stripe.  According to a blog post on Coinbase, Stripe will now support Base – a level II Ethereum-based network incubated by Coinbase and open source. Coinbase describes Base as their “all in” commitment to onchain,… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape, community banks and credit unions face significant challenges in managing identity trust, verification and fraud prevention. This, according to an update from FiVerity. Traditional KYC (Know Your Customer) and CIP (Customer Identification Program) implementations are often fragmented, incomplete, and… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle, a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC and EURC, has recently announced that it has joined Adan. Adan, an association bringing together professionals in the digital asset and blockchain sector throughout France and Europe, reportedly has “over 200 member companies and… Read More