April 1, 2024 @ 6:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Arrived, an online investment platform enabling access to rental and vacation homes, is raising money on Wefunder. According to the offering page, Arrived raised over $37 million in a side-by-side offering. Smaller investors may participate in a Reg CF offering, and Accredited Investors may… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 4:05 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

Rebecca Kacaba, CEO and co-founder of DealMaker, a prominent capital-raising platform, was welcomed by Capital Ideas co-hosts Nick Morgan and Dara Albright.  With her extensive experience spanning over 25 years in the capital markets, Kacaba delved into the challenges faced by smaller issuers and investors in… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX announced that it had acquired a majority stake in FactEntry, a global provider of fixed-income reference data, analytics, and solutions for financial market participants. SIX is the the stock exchange of Switzerland. This strategic acquisition significantly enhances SIX’s data offering and aligns “with its… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, reportedly ranks among the most valuable brands in Brazil. The Kantar BrandZ 2024 ranking places Nubank in fifth position, “a 28% increase compared to the previous ranking in 2022.” Juliana… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 12:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

U.S. retail bank customers are losing faith in their bank, and customer attrition is a concern. According to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study, released recently, consumer trust in retail banks “has declined significantly during the past two years, with unexpected fees,… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 10:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Laser Digital, Nomura’s digital asset subsidiary, is launching a new venture in collaboration with blockchain protocol TruFin, a WebN incubated company. This initiative leverages Polygon’s Aggregation Layer (AggLayer) to introduce the Laser Digital Polygon Adoption Fund. The Fund will expose investors to Polygon-MATIC, the native gas… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A report by professional services firm KPMG has revealed that 115 Scottish firms received over £359 million worth of Venture Capital (VC) investment after being identified as the most promising throughout 2023. The Venture Pulse Survey showed that there was “a marked decline in global… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Krishna Vishnubhotla at Zimperium – a provider of mobile security, highlights crucial differences between mobile banking fraud and mobile banking scams. The convenience of managing our finances on the go has streambed the way we handle our money. We live in an era where mobile has… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 9:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain Coinvestors, a blockchain venture fund-of-funds and coinvestment program, this week unveiled its bi-annual Institutional Digital Finance Adoption Report, which tracks digital finance adoption, by service offering, among the world’s 50 largest financial institutions ranked by assets under management (AUM). The company said, for the… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to a ruling by a judge this past Friday (March 29, 2024), the US Federal Reserve will not be required to provide Wyoming-based digital asset bank Custodia access to a master account. Federal Reserve Banks are able to determine if they should issue master… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 8:58 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Intuit QuickBooks launched the QuickBooks Line of Credit this week. It gives small businesses a new way to access funding from $1,000 to $50,000 through loans issued by WebBank. QuickBooks said the new product is uniquely designed to provide business owners with the ability to… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Form3, the cloud-native account-to-account platform, launches a new, innovative authorised push payment fraud (APP fraud) prevention solution, powered by Feedzai, the firm focused on anti-fraud and financial crime software. The new product is the first solution, “built using fully supervised machine learning, to leverage collaborative… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nucleus Financial Platforms, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading, independent, adviser platform and product groups, has appointed Julia Peake as Technical Manager, further strengthening its Technical Services team. Julia joins from Canada Life where she “was a technical specialist for three years,… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom is currently the sixth largest economy globally and the UK tech startup ecosystem ranks third in terms of funding raised in the first quarter of 2024, after the US and China, according to a new report. Tracxn, a global SaaS-based market intelligence… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of England and FCA are leading a joint transformation program with industry to transform data collection from the UK financial sector. They published a future strategy for “achieving this, encompassing the regulator’s response to industry’s recommendations.” The Bank of England and the Financial… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 4:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Arqit Quantum Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQQ, ARQQW) and Vayana TradeXchange announce a partnership to use Arqit’s TradeSecure digital negotiable instrument technology to transform international supply chains. Vayana TradeXchange is a global marketplace “facilitating the financing of cross-border trade, headquartered in GIFT City and operating under license… Read More

March 31, 2024 @ 2:18 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Reserve Bank of India is contemplating the establishment of the Digital India Trust Agency (DIGITA) in a move to combat the escalating cyber fraud. This initiative aims to clamp down on the proliferation of illicit lending applications by instituting a verification system for digital… Read More

March 31, 2024 @ 1:08 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Credit card major Visa Inc. is poised to enhance its fraud-prevention capabilities by incorporating three new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools into its product suite for business clients, according to a Bloomberg report. This move underscores the company’s commitment to leveraging advanced technology to bolster security… Read More

March 31, 2024 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently issued a Notice to extend, for a further six months until 30 September 2024, the suspension of the use of channels that are not specifically permitted (non-specified channels by remittance companies “when transmitting money to persons in the… Read More

March 31, 2024 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adena Hefets, the co-founder & CEO of Divvy Homes, a Proptech company on a mission to make homeownership accessible to everyone, notes that the firm is introducing DivvyUp, which will help clients prepare for homeownership with confidence. Since Divvy’s founding in 2017, they’ve been committed… Read More