December 30, 2023 @ 8:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ubank’s Chief Product Officer, Andrew Morrison, has provided his top tips on staying alert and scam-savvy this holiday season. For many of us at this time of year, the focus has shifted to holiday gift-giving, finalizing travel plans, and managing money coming in and out… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 6:04 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Sri Lanka has seen an exponential increase in the use of online loan applications across the country, according to a report by online lender Robocash said. The user base for these digital lending services has seen a dramatic rise, skyrocketing from 10,600 in August 2021… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European continental P2P lending market is “subject to localized randomness, especially in times of crises,” according to an update shared by Robocash. Robo.cash analysts studied “the exposure of the continental European P2P lending market to the randomization effect.” The analysis included 54 European platforms… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Sourced Capital recently noted that 2023 has been a great year for them. Sourced Capital says they have had an “outstanding” year to date as indicated by their latest statistics, “raising £11.8 million for projects and repaying nearly £4 million in interest to our… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Entrée Capital has recently shared an update titled, A Renaissance in Israel’s high tech ecosystem in the year ahead (2024). Entrée Capital, which claims to partner with the “exceptional” to build the “impossible,” says that they remain steadfast in their commitment to supporting Israel. The… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BridgeFT, an API-first, cloud-native wealth infrastructure software company that enables financial institutions, Fintech innovators, and registered investment advisors to deliver better, data-driven outcomes for their clients, announced that the total assets under management powered by BridgeFT’s WealthTech API across its client network grew by “more… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over the past decade, a strong foundation of consumer financial data rights have underpinned an open finance ecosystem “that drives competition, choice, and inclusion for hundreds of millions of people today.” This, according to an extensive update from Plaid. Plaid noted in a blog post… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kriya notes that they’re about to close off 2023 and what an “important” year it’s been for the UK Fintech firm. This time last year Kriya CEO Anil Stocker says he was reflecting on their recently launched PayLater products and rebrand. According to the company… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 12:58 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The UK’s Fintech sector is bracing for a talent crunch in the coming year, with a significant gap emerging between the demand for digital skills and the available workforce, City A.M. reported, quoting a leading industry figure. Charlotte Crosswell, chair of the Centre for Finance,… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Netcoins, Blockchain Intelligence Group and TerraZero is pleased to announce that it has on-boarded one of “the largest publicly traded Bitcoin Mining companies as an OTC Trading Client –… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since its launch in March 2023, the BRC-20 token standard has swiftly garnered significant attention among investors and developers, “emerging as a key influencer in the evolution of the Bitcoin ecosystem,” according to an update from CertiK. CertiK has provided an initial overview of the… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 11:55 am By Michael Wong  |  

Monex Group, a Japanese financial conglomerate known for its online brokerage, crypto exchange, and asset management services, has announced its acquisition of a majority stake in Canada’s 3iQ Digital Holdings and its subsidiaries for $39.8 million. In a statement, Monex revealed its ambition to bolster… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 11:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Truflation, which claims to be the independent and unbiased provider of verifiable economic data and indexes, is announcing that it is joining a list of sources providing alternative economic data sets to Eagle Alpha, the alternative data aggregation platform and advisor. Through this integration, Truflation’s… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The ETC Group has shared their 2024 Outlook report which provides a forward-looking analysis of the crypto-asset market, with a focus on Bitcoin, as the industry heads into a pivotal year. The report encompasses a comprehensive examination of “the interplay between macroeconomic factors, on-chain developments,… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 5:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Exchange-traded funds —more commonly known as ETFs — have transformed the financial landscape, according to an update shared by eToro. And lately, ETFs actually became a beacon “for everyday investors as they navigated rising rates and inflation,” the eToro team noted. Investors have reportedly “poured… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gavin Wood, an Ethereum co-founder who has focused on Polkadot noted that we are seeing a global return to normalcy and resurgence of (in-person) events with it (even though various of COVID still seem to be affecting a significant number of people despite vaccinations being… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinGecko recently shared insights covering the largest Bitcoin ETFs in the world. According to research posted by CoinGecko, XBT Provider’s Bitcoin Tracker One (COINXBT) is the biggest Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) worldwide, “with $7.11 billion in total assets. The pioneering Bitcoin futures ETF was “launched… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akash Sinha, CEO & Co-Founder, Cashfree Payments, has shared key insights with CI that are focused around UPI, digital payments and the overall Fintech space. Akash Sinha from Cashfree Payments notes that even with global economic uncertainty, the fintech sector in India has “continued to… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online capital formation became legal following the approval of the JOBS Act of 2012. Signed into law by President Obama, the bipartisan legislation sought to make it easier for firms to raise money from both accredited and non-accredited investors. While the bill was signed into… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This year has been a “true test” for crypto, according to an update from CoinList. Digital asset platform CoinList noted in a blog post that during 2022, the blockchain/DLT industry “faced macroeconomic challenges, scandals, criminal trials, enforcement actions, and a handful of notable collapses and… Read More