March 11, 2024 @ 10:35 pm By Michael Wong  |  

JB Financial Group announced plans to acquire a minority stake in Vietnamese retail investing application Infina, marking a strategic move to bolster the customer base of its securities affiliate in the fast-growing Southeast Asian market. Under the terms of the strategic partnership, JB Financial will… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Allianz Trade has reportedly launched Allianz Trade pay, a new range of services fully dedicated to B2B e-commerce activities. Allianz Trade pay is described as “a payment solution with a range of services dedicated to B2B e-commerce activities, including a trade credit insurance protection, a… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

zkLink, the zero-knowledge Layer 3 infrastructure provider, announced the launch of a 20,000,000 $ZKL grant program to support developers building on zkLink. The grant program fosters innovation and development “within the zkLink ecosystem by providing financial support to talented developers and teams working on projects… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 8:30 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Philippine-listed network provider PLDT Inc. has announced the launch of Digico, a new digital venture created to harness the extensive data assets of the MVP Group of Companies. This initiative marks a significant move towards accelerating digital transformation and opening up new growth and value… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 7:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GetVantage, India’s alternative-financing fintech platform, announced the launch of its Rise-Up Fund, dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs with inclusive capital. This non-dilutive fund with an initial corpus of $12 million. The fund aims to deploy the capital in “the next 12 months to help over… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 7:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

SmallChange, a FINRA-regulated funding portal, is reporting that it has added five partners to the platform as it aims to expand its offerings. SmallChange is a real estate crowdfunding platform that provides access to capital under Reg CF. The company says that the new partners… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 6:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its rules on credit late fees by reducing the legal lime to $8 from a typical fee of $32. The CFPB said that an average saving per year for consumers would be around $220, as… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 5:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the US House of Representatives approved HR 2799, or the Expanding Access to Capital Act. The legislation incorporated a long list of items aimed at supporting entrepreneurs and innovators while helping investors participate in promising offerings. House Representatives voted along party lines. Some items… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cosmology, the tech suite that enables developers to build Web3 apps in the Cosmos ecosystem, has closed its $5M seed round, co-led by Galileo and Lemniscap with participation from Dispersion, Hashkey, Tuesday Capital, the Osmosis Foundation, Chorus One, Informal Systems, and angels including Kevin Lin,… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cover Whale Insurance Solutions, Inc., an insurtech specializing in connected insurance for commercial auto insurance, is announcing a strategic partnership with Geotab, a global firm focused on connected transportation solutions providing top-tier telematics and asset tracking capabilities to commercial fleets. Cover Whale is offering its… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm OKX is pleased to announce their strategic investment, through our investment arm, OKX Ventures, in DeBox, a decentralized social networking platform for Web3 communities and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). Over the past two years, DeBox has committed itself “to serving the Web3… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2024 has ushered in more mainstream attention with the approval of the Bitcoin ETFs, the team at SafePal noted in a recent update. Regardless of market movements, the team at SafePal claims that it continues to focus on building products, developing features, and “improving their… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced a partnership with The Hertz Corporation to power payments for its Hertz, Dollar, and Thrifty car rental brands. Hertz explains that it will aim to “unify the majority of its in-person and online payment volume onto Stripe… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 10:22 am By Michael Wong  |  

Bluwhale, an AI Web3 startup based in the San Francisco Bay Area, has secured a $7 million seed funding round to revolutionize the way companies connect with consumers through blockchain technology. The round was led by SBI, with contributions from both SBI Ven Capital and… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estancia Capital Partners LP is reportedly acquiring a minority stake in cash deposit platform Flagstone, so that it can provide more firepower to the UK startup’s line of savings products. Flagstone reportedly stated that the £108 million (appr. $139 million) investment from the private equity… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) has bought more Bitcoin, according to a document filed with the SEC. MicroStrategy has morphed into a proxy for Bitcoin, and its CEO, Michael Saylor, is a huge Bitcoin bull who sees Bitcoin as a digital asset that is more like gold minus… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing solution powered by Transparent AI, announced that Swedbank has selected Akur8’s pricing platform to enhance its insurance pricing process. By leveraging Akur8’s cloud-based, fully integrated platform, Swedbank is poised “to streamline its insurance pricing process, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and an improved… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nation-state cyber threat actors are expected to acquire and flex new offensive cyber capabilities in an increasingly polarized world, warns cyber risk analytics specialist CyberCube. In a new report published recently, CyberCube anticipates there will “be further attempts to compromise IT supply chains and geopolitical… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chris Gilderson, Head of Retail and Hospitality at PXP Financial recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. The retail payments landscape is dynamic and fast-paced, and innovation is snowballing. From cryptocurrencies to buy now, pay later, disruptive tech is transforming consumer experiences and… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the past six years from 2018 to 2024, the crypto market’s sentiment has been fearful for 54.7% of the time, greedy 32.0% and neutral for the remaining 13.3%, according to an extensive update from CoinGecko. During this period, the Fear and Greed Index averaged… Read More