December 11, 2023 @ 9:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset investment products experienced their 11th straight week of inflows measuring $43 million, according to CoinShares. Blockchain focused equities experienced the largest inflows on record at $126 million. CoinShares added that there was a “notable” increase in short position inflows due to recent price appreciation… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 9:43 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Mumbai-based Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), Ashv Finance, part of the Aavishkaar Group, has announced raising $10 million in fresh funding from Encourage Capital. This round of funding marks a pivotal step for the company in expanding its services across India. Intellecap served as the exclusive… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 9:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Elizabeth Gorz, a former Legislative Aide in the Michigan State Senate, Senior Policy Advisor to former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (from 2011 to 2019), has been selected as the American Fintech Council as Head of Legislative Affairs and Chief Strategy Officer. Gorz was most recently… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 8:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, the company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, announced a second tranche of funding of USD $11,888,888 for Mocaverse, “following a first tranche investment of US$20 million announced previously (see announcement of 11 September 2023).” Participants in… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian announced NeuroID’s behavioral analytics is now available through Experian’s fraud prevention solutions, including CrossCore and Precise ID. NeuroID’s unique behavioral analytics solution “provides robust, frictionless fraud prevention capabilities that can effectively combat identity theft, deter fraud ring attacks and protect against AI-enabled bots while… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

A choppy venture capital and private equity market continues during November, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The number of deals globally numbered 848 in November, down from October when 992 deals were reported.  Last year’s November saw 1,192 deals completed. In a slightly positive… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GFO-X announces that M&G Investments has led a $30 million Series B funding round for the company and will join the Board of Global Futures and Options Holdings. The investment will fund GFO-X through its forthcoming launch and “support future innovation in the regulated digital… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) recently worked with Impact Research to better understand registered voters who own crypto in New Hampshire, home of “the key first-in-the-nation Presidential Primary.” This new research shows Granite Staters agree it’s time “to update the financial system. 88% of crypto owners in New… Read More

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

Eltropy, a digital conversations platform for community financial institutions (CFIs), announced that Eltropy’s Digital Conversations Platform is now accessible through the Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY) digital banking platform. Eltropy leveraged the Banno Digital Toolkit, the same set of APIs the Banno Digital Platform is built… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 10:27 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Marqeta executives predict that artificial intelligence (AI), the evolution of credit cards, and the increasing demand for customer choice will be important trends in 2024. CEO Simon Khalaf said the boring old credit card should get a facelift next year. While proving extremely popular, with… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On December 5, 2023, thirdweb, a Web3 foundational development platform, reported security vulnerabilities in its pre-built smart contracts. As noted in a blog post by SlowMist, this issue affects all tokens “deployed using these pre-built smart contracts, including ERC20, ERC721, and ERC1155 tokens.” Based on… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The CEO of the American Fintech Council voiced his support for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s recent statements on BNPL products. Phil Goldfeder said they provide clarity for banks and fintechs that offer responsible BNPL services. Goldfeder explained that responsibility includes identifying… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

World Assets, Ltd., (Worldcoin) a wholly owned subsidiary of Worldcoin Foundation and issuer of “WLD”, announced the launch of the Worldcoin Community Grants Program that will be supported by the Worldcoin Foundation in “accordance with its aims and objects, in order to support, grow and… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Announced earlier this year DTCC announced the acquisition of Securrency, a blockchain firm that seeks to provide digital security infrastructure. The purchase has now closed, and the subsidiary is now known as DTCC Digital Assets. Securrency was founded as Fintech/Regtech platform designed to pair capital to… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Veriff, a global identity verification (IDV) provider, this week released Veriff Identity Fraud Report 2024. This analysis of global customer data suggests that overall fraud incidents are up 20% compared to last year’s findings. The authors believe this overall increase is a result of the rise in impersonation fraud and the availability of more… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Michael Wong  |  

The European Union (EU) is set to significantly expand the powers of the European Central Bank (ECB), entrusting it with the oversight of risks associated with climate change and the burgeoning digital asset market. This sweeping update, detailed earlier this week, positions the ECB at… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2024, a few select trends could guide investors’ portfolio allocation, according to an update shared by BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP). First, the impact of higher interest rates that has “not yet been fully reflected in growth and some shortages of commodities and consumer goods… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nucleus Financial Platforms, which claims to be one of the UK’s independent, adviser platform groups, has recently announced it’s reducing the standard annual Nucleus Wrap platform charge by three basis points “for holdings between £200k and £500k.” According to the update shared by Nucleus Financial… Read More

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

OakNorth, a UK-based digital bank, has provided a debt finance facility to support the latest acquisition project of ALMCOR and an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. ALMCOR claims that it has over 25 years of experience “operating in the UK and European real estate… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 7:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European digital bank N26 recently announced the appointment of Juan Bongiovanni to a key executive role. As noted in a blog post by N26, the digital bank confirmed the appointment of global marketing professional Juan Bongiovanni as Chief Marketing Officer. Juan will reportedly join the… Read More