Tagged: digital technology

October 29, 2023 @ 5:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Backed is pleased to announce that they have integrated Chainlink Proof of Reserve (PoR). This development provides users “with a transparent and trust-minimized means to confirm the collateralization of our tokenized assets.” Backed’s implementation represents a significant step forward in “how users can gain assurance… Read More

October 28, 2023 @ 9:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The New York Stock Exchange, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, announced NYSE LaunchPad. This program is designed to help today’s entrepreneurs “leverage enterprise technology expertise through a secure, cloud-based platform.” As part of the… Read More

October 27, 2023 @ 4:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Synechron, Inc., a global digital transformation consulting firm focused on the financial services and big technology organizations, announced the launch of its RiskTech.AI Accelerators program. The program offers a suite of five solutions “that strategically integrate cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools… Read More

October 26, 2023 @ 6:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shift4 (NYSE:FOUR), a global firm focused on integrated payments and commerce technology, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Finaro, a cross-border ecommerce payments provider and fully licensed bank “with a large European presence.” The completion of this acquisition “expands Shift4’s total addressable market both… Read More

October 25, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thought Machine, the cloud-native banking technology company, announces it has partnered with Form3, the cloud-native account-to-account platform, to add FedNow, TCH RTP and SEPA Instant Credit Transfer connectivity to Thought Machine’s payment platform, Vault Payments. This partnership brings together two payment solutions, “offering banks and… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockstream, the global leader in Bitcoin infrastructure technology, has announced the public rollout of its “Lightning-as-a-Service” solution, Greenlight. This launch aims to transform the way developers and enterprise clients worldwide “integrate fast, low-cost bitcoin payments into their software via the Lightning Network.” In the current… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of automated, end-to-end identity verification, risk assessment and compliance solutions, today unveiled at Money20/20 USA Jumio 360° Fraud Analytics, its new fraud-fighting technology that uses AI-driven predictive analytics to identify fraud patterns with more sophistication and accuracy than ever before. According to… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Bundeep Singh Rangar, the CEO of Fineqia, a digital asset business that builds and targets investments in early and growth-stage technology companies that will be a part of the next generation of the Internet. Publicly listed in Canada (CSE: FNQ)… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AU10TIX, a global technology firm focused on identity verification and management, today released its Q2 2023 Global Identity Fraud Report. Drawing insights from millions of transactions processed in 249 countries from April to June 2023, the report “identifies emerging regional and industry-specific patterns of ID… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 1:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform enabling some of the world’s most innovative embedded finance solutions, today announced a new partnership with Scalapay, Southern Europe’s BNPL provider, “to leverage Marqeta’s platform to issue cards both online and in-store.” Marqeta and Scalapay have… Read More

October 17, 2023 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX Ventures, the investment arm of crypto exchange and Web3 technology company OKX,  announced the participation in last year’s Series B for Celestia Labs. Celestia is described as “the first modular blockchain network, meaning developers can use Celestia as a base layer for consensus and… Read More

October 17, 2023 @ 5:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bolt, a checkout technology company, announced that it has launched with Saks OFF 5TH, Shinola, Filson, Lafayette 148, and Toys”R”Us to automatically recognize more shoppers, increase conversion, boost store account registrations—and most critically—”drive repeat purchases and build meaningful, lifetime relationships with their customers.” With the… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Reserve Protocol is now live on Base, marking its first expansion beyond the Ethereum mainnet. This update matters because it aims to empower accessible innovation. As noted in a blog post by the Reserve Protocol team, the “low-cost,” and developer-friendly Ethereum L2 environment launched by… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 4:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, a provider of institutional digital assets trading technology, announced its integration with Coinbase International Exchange, a licensed digital assets exchange that launched earlier this year. The integration allows mutual clients of Talos and Coinbase International Exchange based in eligible jurisdictions outside of the US… Read More

October 15, 2023 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neo contributes almost $8M HKD to nurture start-up projects and foster the development of Hong Kong’s Web3 industry. Winners from Neo’s APAC Hackathon will join “an accelerator program alongside candidates from Hong Kong’s leading Web3 developer base.” Neo, the open-source, community-driven blockchain platform where developers… Read More

October 15, 2023 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, a fiat-crypto payment gateway, has established a partnership with Trekki NFT, and extended the functionality of its NFT Checkout in order “to support and facilitate its minting processes.” These unique NFTs, “bearing a travel theme,” are backed by the global online travel services… Read More

October 13, 2023 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc. says its broker-dealer subsidiary, tZERO ATS, will “add investment banking business lines to its existing platform.” In parallel, tZERO ATS will “change its name to tZERO Securities to better reflect the breadth of services it makes available to its customers.” These changes… Read More

October 11, 2023 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a step forward for the advancement and security of the Radix ecosystem, Hacken has officially announced its collaboration with Radix. The partnership establishes Hacken as the “go-to” authority “for performing in-depth code audits for projects built on the Radix platform.” Founded in 2017, Hacken… Read More

October 8, 2023 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital identity verification is a term that is rapidly evolving and often is given different definitions. Juniper Research considers digital identity to be: ‘A digital representation of an entity; this can be one or more individual pieces of identifying data, an event, or a signal… Read More

October 8, 2023 @ 3:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Burnt, a Web3 foundry, announces the public launch of its testnet for XION, the layer-1 blockchain built for consumer adoption. The company also announces “a prior strategic investment from Circle Ventures, the venture capital arm of Circle, a global financial technology firm and issuer of… Read More