December 13, 2023 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matter Labs, an engineering and cryptography research company working on and developing software in relation to the zkSync protocol, a layer-2 trustless protocol that provides a scaling solution for Ethereum, and Chainlink Labs, the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank is providing LemFi with agency banking services to enhance international payment services for emerging market immigrants in North America and Europe. ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions,  announced its partnership with LemFi (formerly known as Lemonade Finance), a… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 4:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

KingsCrowd, a data and analytics provider in the investment crowdfunding sector, has announced the acquisition of Lawcloud. Lawcloud has been a longtime entry in the Legaltech sector of crowdfunding by providing a partially automated service for issuers to file their required documents to the Securities… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 3:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dalmore Group, a regulated broker-dealer active in online capital formation, has announced a new service labeled Dalmore Connect. The goal is to simplify the process of launching an online securities offering even simpler. Under the various securities crowdfunding exemptions, companies may raise money online in… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 3:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Latin American Fintech Bitso says it facilitated USD $8 billion in payments during 2023. Bitso said this represents a 60% increase versus 2020. The company claims that it provides services to more than 1700 companies leveraging blockchain technology to provide global transfers, payouts, and other… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, continues to expand its investment product offerings. Gradually, over the next few weeks, the company’s customers in Brazil will “be able to access and trade Real Estate Credit Bonds (LCI) and… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) has led a strategic investment round in Supra. Far Out Ventures and H20 Capital also participated in the financing round. Supra is a Colombian fintech that “enables cross-border payments and treasury solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that participate in import… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rising interest rates, banking trauma, government spending, and geopolitical strife have caused private money to hit the pause button when it comes to investing. CI has reported repeatedly that private equity and venture capital have cratered in the last year. And it makes sense. Why… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Upgrade has announced a new type of card – a “secured credit card,” the Secured OneCard, that aims to support individuals who struggle to get credit or underbanked individuals. In a company statement, Upgrade said the new product will incorporate a savings account that will… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The HBAR Foundation and Archax have shared plans to enhance their partnership by expanding support for HBAR staking, the native cryptocurrency of the Hedera network, as well as the pursuit of further tokenisation projects. Building on the recent addition of HBAR to its crypto spot… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

SaveLend Group AB has announced the appointment of Jenny Gabrielsson as its new Chief Financial Officer. She will replace Jonas Ahlberg, who will remain with the company, continuing as Deputy CEO. SaveLend offers a savings platform (SaveLend) and the billing platform Billecta. SaveLend offers peer-to-peer… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

B2B payments platform Melio has announced real-time payments for their customers. For their business clients, there is an option for payments to be immediate instead of waiting days or the invoice due date. Matan Bar, Melio’s CEO and co-founder, says that consumers have utilized real-time… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has added to an existing ENABLE Build Facility to United Trust Bank (UTB) increasing the amount by £100 million. Now, the total facility is at £350 million. According to the British Business Bank, UTB has now provided £830 million to smaller… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 9:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This past week saw the release of Bitcoin Core 26.0, ushering in a new version of “Bitcoin,” the team at NYDIG noted. While the Bitcoin ecosystem at large consists of numerous pieces of software that interoperate (wallets, mining software, Lightning, alternative implementations of Bitcoin written… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Growth of the UK economy in November was reportedly centered on London, according to the latest NatWest Regional PMI survey. Inflationary pressures were also strongest in the capital, “with firms there recording the steepest rises in both input costs and average prices charged for goods… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic, the global firm focused on crypto-asset risk management, announced a partnership with The Ascent Group, an independent global fund administrator. The Singaporean company will leverage Elliptic’s real-time wallet transaction screening capability, which is “supported by Elliptic’s cross-chain and cross-asset Holistic Screening technology.” This suite… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido’s technology automates identity verification, “reducing onboarding time from days to minutes.” Onfido, the global enabler of automated identity verification, announced a partnership with InbestMe, a digital investment platform offering personalised investment strategies, to automate their onboarding process. With Onfido’s AI technology, InbestMe can now… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Today, less than 0.25% of total global assets are “represented on blockchain infrastructure, leaving massive efficiency gains uncaptured,” according to an update from Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). Coinbase says that its goal is “to close this gap by enabling institutional use of next-generation financial technology.” Project Diamond… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 6:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A research study recently revealed that healthcare workers who leverage the financial wellness benefit of DailyPay offered by their employer, “reduce their credit card debt, pay fewer late fees on bills, use payday loans less often and pay fewer overdraft fees.” The majority of healthcare… Read More

December 12, 2023 @ 11:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The top-5 identity fraud types in 2023 are: AI-powered fraud, money muling networks, fake IDs, account takeovers and forced verification. This, according to an update from Sumsub. Sumsub recently released its third annual Identity Fraud Report of the year. The report provides a comprehensive analysis… Read More