June 9, 2024 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk, the global spend management solution that helps businesses manage company cards and payments at scale across 32 countries, announced its Q1 2024 business performance results and the launch of its Summer Edition product release that “brings flexibility to the way companies manage spend.” Q1… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 4:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alloy, a firm focused on digital asset investment technology, and Obligate are entering a strategic partnership that will integrate Obligate’s tokenized bonds into Alloy’s comprehensive digital asset portfolio management and execution system. This collaboration aims to lead the way in “shaping how institutional asset managers… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The total market cap of the top 10 Bitcoin-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs), comprising Ordinals and Runes, has surged “to $1.03 billion, with a daily average trading volume of $2.25 million in May 2024, proving their increasing prominence in the world of Web3.” This, according to… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Project mBridge continues its development and has reached the minimum viable product (MVP) stage, while broadening its international reach. The project aims to explore a multi-central bank digital currency (CBDC) platform “shared among participating central banks and commercial banks, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT)… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 4:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NYMBUS, a provider of cloud-based financial technology solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nate Whaley as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). With a diverse career spanning over four decades, Nate reportedly “brings a wealth of experience and a track record of driving sales and… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research has recently shared the top 3 uses of next-gen tech in Core Banking. The Juniper Research team notes in a report that the core banking systems market “is well established; however, technological innovation, such as cloud infrastructure, is driving innovation in this sector.”… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the global fintech platform driving the world’s alternative investment marketplace for the wealth management industry, announced that iCapital Network Canada Ltd., a Canadian investment fund manager and affiliate of iCapital group has been appointed Investment Fund Manager in Canada for Prime Quadrant Alternative Investment… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), a global firm focused on leveraging digital asset compute to support the energy transformation, has released unaudited bitcoin (BTC) production and miner installation updates for May 2024. Fred Thiel, Marathon‘s chairman and CEO said: “The strength of our MARA… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockdaemon recently introduced its DeFi API. The Blockdaemon DeFi API reportedly “simplifies DeFi interactions, enhances liquidity management, offers unified asset tools, and caters to B2B2C and institutional needs.” The Blockdaemon DeFi API is described as being “the complete institutional solution for seamless, secure, and efficient… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has provided a comprehensive update focused on the retail Fintech sector. PitchBook provides insights in its report on Deal value: Retail fintech VC deal value continued to be muted, “declining 15.3% YoY and 30.8% QoQ to $1.9 billion in Q1 2024.” Aside from the… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A group of financial institutions and Web3 innovators have contributed to an in-depth paper on a path to achieve interoperability for tokenized assets across public blockchains, private blockchains and legacy systems. Released recently, “Institutional Interoperability: How Financial Institutions Navigate a Multichain World” addresses how to… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 10:03 am By Michael Wong  |  

Global payments platform Thredd has partnered with Discover Global Network to expand its network access, thereby enhancing service offerings for its clients. Announced at the Money20/20 event this week, the partnership is set to provide Thredd’s clients with broader operational capabilities, enabling them to introduce… Read More

June 8, 2024 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mihkel Stamm, CEO of Estateguru, says that the firm will reach profitability by the end of the year. Estateguru, a real estate-backed crowdfunding platform, announced several decisions this week that should “enable the company, which has struggled with losses in recent years, to end this… Read More

June 8, 2024 @ 9:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The American Fintech Council (AFC), an industry association representing Fintech companies and banks, applauded the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on the expansion of REACh 2.0 and continued commitment to collaboration. The AFC said the agency has continued its pragmatic approach to… Read More

June 8, 2024 @ 6:34 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Filipinos’ reliance on digital financial services intensified in 2023, with users spending a cumulative 1.3 billion seconds, or 42 years, on digital lending applications, marking a 37-percent surge from the previous year, a report by consumer credit service Digido revealed. According to the study, personal… Read More

June 8, 2024 @ 4:54 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Almanax, a blockchain startup specializin in security solutions for the Web3 sector, has secured a pre-seed investment from defy.vc, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Additionally, the company has been selected to participate in NVIDIA’s Inception Program, a prestigious initiative aimed at nurturing… Read More

June 8, 2024 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite more customers than ever interacting with their banks and credit card providers via mobile apps and websites in Canada—and investment continuing to pour into the user experience of those digital channels—customer satisfaction with those tools is not improving. This, according to an update from… Read More

June 8, 2024 @ 2:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

While many Americans are planning to travel and take a road trip this summer, inflation and high costs on essentials may put a damper on their fun in the sun. This, according to an update from Experian. Experian notes in a blog post that some… Read More

June 8, 2024 @ 1:32 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Elevate, a Fintech startup supported by Y Combinator, has announced a successful $5 million funding round to bolster its operations in the Philippines, bringing its total raised since 2021 to $10 million. This recent influx from backers such as Y Combinator, Goodwater, Global Founders Capital,… Read More

June 8, 2024 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, the company advancing digital property rights for the open metaverse, and its subsidiary Bacasable Global Limited, operator of The Sandbox, a user-generated content (UGC) metaverse platform, announced that The Sandbox has raised US$20 million of convertible promissory notes with a US$1… Read More