October 19, 2023 @ 7:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Painterland Sisters, a startup founded by female entrepreneurs, has topped $500,000 in a securities offer on Wefunder. According to the offering page, Painterland has raised almost $520,000 to date from more than 250 investors. The securities being sold to investors is a SAFE with a… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Justin Orgel from Marigold, a global MarTech that works with over 40,000 brands and organizations worldwide to help them identify and create strong relationships with their customers. The company offers industry-tailored MarTech and loyalty solutions that support the entire customer lifecycle… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trulioo has been selected by JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) to provide identity verification for payments globally. This is for both individual and business validation. Trulioo did not shed light on the agreement but working with JPM is quite a validation of their services and the contract… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AirPak, which claims to be a leader in remittance services across Central America, is proud to announce its partnership with ThetaRay, a key player focused on AI-powered transaction monitoring solutions. ThetaRay is an OurCrowd portfolio company that has raised over $23 million on the investment… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

iink has raised $12.0 million in Series A financing, according to a  company statement. Investors included Motley Fool Ventures, Chartline Capital Partners, Silver Circle Ventures, and several of iinks’ existing investors. iink is a digital payments network that “expedites the disbursement of funds associated with… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), announced that Generali Investments Holding – holding company of Generali Investments’ ecosystem of asset management firms, with more than €504bn in assets under management (AUM) – is… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee has added several new hearings to the October calendar. As was previously reported, the Committed has already scheduled several hearings, even while the House is missing a Speaker, and the Committee Chair, Patrick McHenry, may end up as Speaker Pro-Tem…. Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Analysis by PensionBee, an online pension provider, has found that putting a pay rise in a pension now can “lead to a bigger rise in annual retirement income later on.” Regular pay including bonuses in the UK “rose 8.5% in the year to July 2023,… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 10:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Supply chain risks have been identified as an increasingly important issue within the cyber insurance market in a new report published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA). A whitepaper, jointly researched with cyber risk analytics firm CyberCube, urges underwriters to carefully review client business continuity… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Fintech TrueLayer has joined Stripe’s Payment Element for supporting Open Banking payments. UK’s TrueLayer has reportedly become the first European Open Banking payment solution to be added to Stripe’s Payment Element. This partnership allows Stripe merchants in the United Kingdom and the EU to… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), the second largest crypto exchange in the world, has announced a new office in Dublin, Ireland as its European Union headquarters. The EU has approved digital asset regulations under the MiCA law or Markets in Crypto Assets. The new regulations are being implemented… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The most common scams this year have been revealed – “with more than seven in 10 adults targeted by scams in the last 12 months, being hit on average three times each week – over 150 times a year.” Scams through digital platforms, social media… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Oru Space, a firm which focuses on supporting coworking, wellbeing, food and events, while nurturing an ecosystem of inclusive, vibrant community, across multi-faceted, accessible and dynamic spaces, has raised £454,849 of its £450,000 target from 161 investors (at the time of writing) through its crowdfunding… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mintos is pleased to announce the launch of high-yield Fractional Bonds via their platform. This offering from Mintos opens up the world of corporate bonds to their investors, “making it accessible and easy for anyone to diversify their portfolio with bonds.” Historically, bonds, especially high-yield… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 11:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a consultative document to follow on from its prudential standard on the treatment of crypto-asset exposures, finalized in December 2022. Disclosure of crypto-asset exposures “proposes a standardized disclosure table and set of templates for banks’ crypto-asset exposures with… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nova Credit, the data analytics company enabling businesses to grow responsibly by harnessing alternative credit data, announced it raised $45 million in Series C funding. The capital helps Nova Credit to further broaden its product offering “beyond cross-border credit reporting and scale Cash AtlasTM, the… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stax Payments, a payment technology provider, announced its acquisition of Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems (APPS), creating an end-to-end, seamless payment processing platform. The integration of APPS marks “a significant expansion of Stax’s technology stack, giving partners and merchants flexible, customizable options for their payment processing needs… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 10:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prove Identity, Inc., a global firm focused on digital identity solutions, has announced a $40 million funding round led by MassMutual Ventures and Capital One Ventures. The new funding from the investment round, “supported by over 40% new international customer growth year to date, reinforces… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 9:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS (NYSE:UBS) is partnering with the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation (GESDA), CERN, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and Swiss higher-education institutions ETH Zurich and EPFL to create the Open Quantum Institute (OQI), which is being launched today in Geneva. Through science… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 7:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Elon Musk and Mark Cuban have joined with Phillip Goldstein, Nelson Obus, Manouch Moshwayedi, and the Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) in filing an Amicus brief in regard to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) court case. The case has to do with Patriot28 and… Read More