Tagged: europe

May 11, 2025 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Bondora Group remains focused on serving as a partner for investors and borrowers, achieving key milestones that underscore its commitment to accessible financial services. Bondora’s recent financial report, coupled with significant March 2025 statistics as well as insights from CEO Pärtel Tomberg’s… Read More

May 11, 2025 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets is (NASDAQ: HOOD) is reportedly looking into tapping blockchain technology to expand its offerings in Europe. According to a report from Bloomberg, the company is developing a blockchain-based platform that would enable European retail investors to trade U.S. securities, such as stocks, in… Read More

May 11, 2025 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Robo.cash has recently announced a series of updates aimed at refining its services and boosting investor confidence. These changes reflect the global investment platform’s commitment to transparency, accessibility, and user empowerment. As noted in a blog post, the Robocash platform continues to demonstrate… Read More

May 8, 2025 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

A recent New Finance report states that the bigger threat is not the US market but private markets in regard to the moribund UK and European public markets The report claims: “Over the past decade, more than 1,000 listed companies in Europe with a combined… Read More

May 8, 2025 @ 7:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 announced its entry into the European telecommunications market with the launch of N26 SIM. The launch is the latest move by the digital banking provider as it continues to reimagine traditional business models “through digital innovation.” N26 SIM was specifically designed for customers “who… Read More

May 8, 2025 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bivial AG is pleased to share its continued trajectory of growth.  The Swiss Fintech company has increased its annual profit by “110% compared to the previous year, expanded its team to almost 50 exceptional individuals, and further strengthened its position as the largest prudentially regulated… Read More

May 7, 2025 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Galaxy Digital Holdings (TSX:GLXY)  has integrated Zodia Custody, a platform that is back by Standard Chartered and other big banks. The move is described as a strategic  expansion into Europe as it will now be able to provide institutional access to staking. Galaxy is a digital… Read More

May 6, 2025 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hercle, a European digital asset liquidity provider, announced its integration with Talos, the provider of institutional trading and portfolio technology for digital assets. This integration brings Hercle’s institutional-grade liquidity and advanced settlement capabilities to the Talos Provider Network, “enhancing execution opportunities for institutions trading digital… Read More

May 4, 2025 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru, a European investment and financing platform for relatively small loans, continues to focus on the crowdfunding space. Estateguru has reported substantial repayments and a notable interest payout milestone, along with other key updates. In March, Estateguru reported €9.6 million in repayments to its investors, … Read More

May 4, 2025 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial services landscape in the European Union and the United Kingdom has undergone significant transformation since the UK’s departure from the EU, marking the end of a harmonized regulatory framework that once relied on passporting rights across EU Member States. This divergence, coupled with… Read More

May 3, 2025 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry is reporting more than €3 billion in total funded loans and over 100 000 in total users. In April, PeerBerry reached a significant milestone of €3 billion in total funded loans via their online investment platform. The total number of platform users has now… Read More

May 3, 2025 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fourthline, a pan-European fintech, has been chosen by Riverty to provide customer verification (KYC) technology, now live in both Germany and the Netherlands. Riverty, stands as an international financial services provider within the Bertelsmann Group. With over 50 years of industry experience, Riverty supports “more… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Crypto Initiative (EUCI) has ushered in a transformative phase for cryptocurrency regulation with the release of The AML Handbook: A Guide for Crypto Activities. This comprehensive guide introduces 13 pivotal compliance pillars that crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) must adopt to align with the… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 4:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

bunq, a digital bank based in the Netherlands, now offers crypto investing within its app. The service is now available in the Netherlands, France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, and Belgium. Bunq states that it will roll out crypto trading across the entire European Economic Area, as… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, reveals an accelerating push towards Crypto-TradFi treasury management by its DLT foundation and corporate clients. The demand for advanced tools to manage multi-asset treasuries – on the same banking platform – has led “to a doubling of clients… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX, operator of the Swiss Stock Exchange, has launched SIX Fixed Income Data. The data offering reportedly delivers coverage of “pricing, reference data, corporate actions, and underlying source documents for the global fixed income markets.” The solution provides reliable global fixed income data “to banks,… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), a multi-faceted payments provider, was hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack last week. In a blog post, Adyen said the attacker was targeting their European data centers, with certain services experiencing degraded service or outages. The attack was marked as “resolved”… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokenization enabler Tokeny and blockchain entity HBAR Foundation have revealed a partnership pertaining to the digitization of Real World Assets (RWAs). The collaboration is said to deliver a “compliant, scalable, and green institutional tokenization on the Hedera Network. The agreement is described as a “major milestone”… Read More

April 24, 2025 @ 4:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Central Bank of Ireland takes enforcement action against Waystone Fund Management (IE) Limited for breaches of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations. The Central Bank of Ireland has reportedly fined Waystone Fund Management (IE) Limited (WFM) the sum of €393,512 for allegedly breaching requirements… Read More

April 23, 2025 @ 1:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nomura and Macquarie announced that they have entered into an agreement for Nomura to acquire Macquarie’s U.S. and European public asset management business, with approximately “$180 billion in retail and institutional client assets across equities, fixed income and multi-asset strategies.” Under the terms of the… Read More