June 17, 2024 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Saudi Central Bank SAMA released the Annual Performance Report of the Saudi Finance and Real Estate Refinance Companies Sector for the year 2023. The report highlighted the sector’s developments and financials “during 2023, where the paid-up share capital for finance companies sector increased by… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 8:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Thought Machine, a cloud-native banking technology company, are advancing their partnership to deliver high-quality payments and core banking (critical back-end technology for product and account management and the customer ledger) capabilities to financial institutions looking to modernize their technology stack. Mastercard’s… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a report, Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) product will shut down later this year. Apple Pay Later was expected to be the first digital loan-type service offered by the tech firm, but it appears that Apple is pulling back on the Fintech lending. According to 9to5… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The head of the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit within the SEC’s Division of Enforcement has exited the agency. David Hirsch posted on LinkedIn earlier today (June 17, 2024) that last Friday was his last day at the SEC after 9 years at the securities… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 2:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the enabler of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, and Archax, the UK’s first Financial Conduct Authority regulated digital asset exchange, broker and custodian,  announced an extension to their existing collaboration which is expected to bring hundreds of millions of dollars of tokenized real world… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month, the Tokenization Report  Act of 2024 (HR 8464) was introduced into Congress. The House legislation is sponsored by Representative William Timmons, a Republican from South Carolina. The bill, as it stands today, compels multiple federal authorities to review the potential of taking traditional… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PensionBee Group plc is pleased to announce that it has achieved Assets under Administration of over £5 billion, reaching 250,000 Invested Customers in June 2024. According to PensionBee, these important milestones have been “achieved through the continued delivery of the company’s strategy, driven by a… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise has received a $125 million loan from Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE: FBRT), according to an email distributed by the platform. FBRT originates and manages a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate debt investments through a REIT structure. FBRT states that it has committed… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Laura Bayley, Head Clearing Services, SIX, has been appointed as new SWIFT Board Member, the world’s provider of secure financial messaging services. SWIFT’s Board composition is designed to “ensure SWIFT‘s global relevance, support its international reach and uphold its strict neutrality.” Laura Bayley is Head… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

In the UK, the Fintech industry “remains a hotbed” for innovation, driving employment needs – mostly in London. According to a report distributed by Morgan McKinley, the “demand for tech-savvy professionals in the Fintech industry has significantly increased, reflecting the sector’s ongoing digital transformation.” Morgan… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Tether, the issuer of the largest stablecoin in the world, USDT, has announced a new digital asset dubbed Alloy – a digital asset tied to gold. Tether describes Alloy as a new type of digital assets or “tethered assets.” Similar to other stablecoins, Alloy, priced… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced the relaunch of Visa SavingsEdge, aimed at delivering greater value to small businesses (SMBs) across the United States and Canada. For more than a decade, Visa SavingsEdge has provided “eligible Small Business cardholders with the savings, tools and resources to… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 8:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, 40Seas, a platform dedicated to financing, managing, and automating B2B payments worldwide, announced the launch of its all-in-one Global Accounts Receivable solution to simplify credit, risk, and invoice management. The 40Seas Global Accounts Receivable platform centralizes invoice data in a user-friendly dashboard, allowing… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DNA Payments is bringing more flexible payment options to the payments space, being one of the first to market in the UK by launching Open Banking for its axept PRO payment terminals, offering merchants even more ways for their customers to pay. The introduction of… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini are pleased to announce that they’re providing bitcoin custody for a spot bitcoin ETF listed June 4 by Monochrome Asset Management, an Australia-based investment manager that offers access to crypto assets through traditional financial markets. Monochrome Bitcoin ETF (Ticker: IBTC) is… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 8:20 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Brightwave, an AI-powered financial research assistant, this week announced $6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Decibel Partners, with backing from Point72 Ventures, Moonfire Ventures, and angel investors from OpenAI, Databricks, Uber, and LinkedIn. Founded by engineers with deep knowledge in AI… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 7:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), the enabler of integrated payments and commerce technology, has acquired a majority stake in Vectron Systems AG, one of the largest European suppliers of point-of-sale (POS) systems to the restaurant and hospitality verticals. Based in Germany, Vectron has ~65,000 POS locations “across… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prosper, the savings and investments wealthtech founded by Nick Perrett and Ricky Knox, formerly of Tandem Bank, has reached its £800,000 Crowdcube target before launching to the public. Nick Perrett, Prosper’s CEO said: “We have been overwhelmed by the early show of support in the… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 6:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, one of the industry’s digital asset custodians, announces a strategic partnership with Solv Protocol, a native yield platform that tokenizes and aggregates high quality yields from various sources across the industry. This collaboration leverages Copper‘s custody and collateral management solutions, including its ClearLoop technology,… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elavon, one of the largest payment processors, has announced a partnership with BMO, the eighth-largest bank in North America by assets, to provide a comprehensive and innovative payment solutions platform to the bank’s clients in the United States. The partnership allows for “the acceptance, enablement… Read More