June 14, 2024 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s workplace pension providers serving more than 1.4 million UK workers, and Wahed, the Islamic digital investment platform, have launched a new campaign supporting greater diversity and inclusion within workplace pension schemes. The initiative encourages Muslim employers and savers to… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paradigm has raised their third fund, which is reportedly an $850 million venture fund focused on crypto projects at the earliest stages. When they founded Paradigm in 2018, they believed that crypto would be “one of the most important technical and economic shifts of the… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Hashgraph Association has announced a partnership with Adanian Labs and The Africa Blockchain Centre. In a statement distributed by Hashgraph, the aim is to support blockchain development in Africa. The partnership expects to “empower over 3000 Web3 developers “across Africa through the DLT Africa… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The securities crowdfunding industry needs to do a better job of highlighting successes for investors as well as embracing the failures. Entrepreneurship generates enormous benefits for society, but investors backing these early-stage firms are taking on a lot of risk. Most startups fail, and some… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring (TM) and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), and NS Solutions (NSSOL), a technology solutions provider, today announce a strategic partnership to support financial institutions in Japan in meeting rising regulatory obligations. The partnership… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced a range of product and partnership updates for businesses operating in France. This represents Stripe’s largest set of new products “for the French market since launching in the country in 2016.” Starting this summer, Alma, the buy… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WealthKernel, a digital investing infrastructure provider, announces a new partnership with Fint Invest, a digital wealth-building and educational platform catering to the next generation of investors. Fint, a digital solution powered by IronMarket Wealth, aims to “help young investors by offering them modern portfolios aligned… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) recently revealed its plan to sell $500 million in convertible bonds in order to finance the purchase of more Bitcoin (BTC). MicrosStrategy, which presently possesses 214,400 Bitcoin (BTC) valued at about $14.5 billion, holds more than 1% of BTC’s total circulating supply. The… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports that Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd. and founder Do Kwon will pay a $4.5 billion penalty as they have been found guilty of a “years-long fraud.”  It was previously reported that the SEC was seeking a $5.3 billion settlement…. Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay is pleased to announce that PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is now live to users across the European Union and United Kingdom, following a successful launch in the United States last month. MoonPay users in 24 EU member states and the UK can “now buy cryptocurrency… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TransUnion’s (NYSE: TRU) Q2 2024 Consumer Pulse study found that consumer concerns about inflation and interest rates reached their highest levels in two years. Despite these concerns, they come “as 55% of Americans remain optimistic about their household finances over the next year – the… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

While remittances are a lifeline for millions of migrant workers and their families, Visa’s (NYSE: V) annual “Money Travels: 2024 Digital Remittances Adoption” research report found that humanitarian assistance was “a predominant driver of remittance usage on the send side, with many noting that it… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qred, a bank based in Sweden, states that it is raising the loan limit for small business owners. Customers can now apply for loans “up to 5 million SEK, an increase of 3 million SEK from the previous maximum amount.” The increase is part of… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the White House announced that Christy Goldsmith Romero has been appointed to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). It was reported earlier this week that President Joe Biden would select Goldsmith Romero to take over leadership of the financial regulator following several… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the derivatives and securities exchange network, announced it is expanding its collaboration with FTSE Russell, a global index provider, to drive products in the digital assets space. This new initiative builds on Cboe and FTSE Russell’s longstanding relationship and… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE:C) announced the launch of Citi Real-Time Funding (RTF), the latest addition to its real-time treasury suite of solutions for corporate clients. Citi Real-Time Funding is now “available in Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, with plans to expand to additional markets later… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Zircuit, a zero-knowledge rollup with AI-enabled sequencer-level security. Zircuit is a new Layer 2 (L2) network that “introduces a novel approach to on-chain security.” The network safeguards users “with sequencer-level security and… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Financement Participatif France (FPF) – the French crowdfunding association, and France Fintech (FFT) have announced a merger of the two organizations. According to a note from the two groups, FFT currently represents over 350 members and 100 partners operating in the Fintech sector. FPF represents… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 1:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DTCC, the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced the launch of FICC’s interactive, public-facing Capped Contingency Liquidity Facility (CCLF) Calculator. With the expansion of central clearing in U.S. Treasuries “on the horizon and given the size of transactions in the U.S…. Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 12:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

KingsCrowd, a startup data provider that supports investors, has announced a partnership with Radivision, a streaming platform covering the startup sector. According to a release, Radivision will be offering users the ability to track private investments with its Angel Wallet, which is provided by KingsCrowd…. Read More