Tagged: infrastructure

April 23, 2023 @ 2:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gr4vy, the Cloud-native payments infrastructure company, announced Setplex, a full-service IPTV/OTT solutions provider, has selected the company’s cloud-native payment orchestration platform (POP) “to accelerate time-to-market, onboard new merchants and quickly implement locally preferred payment methods.” John Lunn, founder and CEO of Gr4vy, said: “Offering local… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Celo, the carbon-negative, mobile-first EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain is now integrated with Safe, the self-custody infrastructure provider and trusted decentralized custody protocol. Users and builders can now use Safe’s custody and asset management solution “natively on the Celo blockchain.” The events of the past year “have… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Cardano Foundation, an “independent,” Swiss-based non-profit organization tasked with advancing the public digital infrastructure Cardano, launched its inaugural Annual Report today. From technical infrastructure support to spreading knowledge or establishing targeted partnerships and collaborations, the report highlights the Foundation’s work “across its three core… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Templum, Inc., a provider of Cloud-based capital market infrastructure for alternative assets and private securities, announced today its partnership with Sydecar, a “frictionless” deal execution platform that provides venture investors, syndicates, and funding platforms with the foundational services needed to execute deals. The explosion of… Read More

April 16, 2023 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WealthKernel, a provider of digital investment infrastructure, announces the appointment of capital markets veteran Brian Schwieger as its new Chair of the Board. Brian was previously working as “the Global Head of Equities and ETF trading at the London Stock Exchange (LSE), bringing decades of… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, the global payments infrastructure for the on-demand economy, announced the appointment of Anupam Pahuja to EVP and General Manager of Asia Pacific, MENA. Pahuja will “build on Nium’s success in Southeast Asia, where the fintech unicorn was founded, and will quickly expand Nium’s presence… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SMBs based in Latin America have received another boost in lending services with the recent $4 million investment in Kala, a Colombia-headquartered firm creating Fintech infrastructure for enabling more efficient lending. The firm, which has been co-founded by Manuel Alemán, Rodolfo Lazo and Pablo Cattólica… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeremy Fox-Geen. Chief Financial Officer at Fintech firm Circle and Kash Razzaghi, the firm’s Chief Business Officer, have noted that digital currencies and the blockchains on which they travel can offer considerable utility “as a new, unified infrastructure for payments, commerce and capital markets built… Read More

April 10, 2023 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vechain’s mission is building robust foundational blockchain infrastructure and driving Web3 adoption throughout the global economy. According to a blog post, achieving this “demands a resilient network with reliable accessibility for developers and enterprises building decentralized solutions.” The team says it is pleased to share… Read More

April 10, 2023 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pairing Mambu’s cloud-native core banking infrastructure with Bitpanda’s 24/7 trading platform makes it easier for financial institutions globally “to provide investment capabilities to their customers.” Bitpanda Technology Solutions, the European Investment-as-a-Service platform, has partnered with SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) cloud banking platform Mambu “to provide financial institutions… Read More

April 10, 2023 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, released its inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Impact Report, celebrating the compassionate efforts of its Community Affairs team, its philanthropic arm, Foundation@ Cross River, and its employees over the last year. With a focus… Read More

April 7, 2023 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, the global payments infrastructure for on-demand money movement, announced the appointment of Volker Steinle as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas. Steinle will be responsible “for accelerating sales and revenue growth in the region, building an exceptional go-to-market team, and engaging customers and… Read More

April 6, 2023 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LayerZero Labs, the team behind the messaging protocol LayerZero, announced the closing of a $120 million Series B funding round, valuing the company at $3 billion. The investment round “saw participation from 33 investors, including a16z crypto, BOND, Christie’s, Circle Ventures, OpenSea Ventures, Samsung Next,… Read More

April 6, 2023 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company, has successfully closed its Series B equity financing round, raising in excess of $100 million in equity and debt financing. The investment round was “led by IFC and supported by Prime Ventures, Partech Africa, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blade Labs, Hedera’s wallet infrastructure provider, and the creators of the enterprise grade Blade Wallet, are announcing the launch of their suite of SDK integration products to further accelerate Web3 adoption. With the help of these new products, project developers can now quickly and easily… Read More

April 1, 2023 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regpack, a software leader that enables quick and simple automation of billing and other business processes, announced a partnership with Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. With Stripe, Regpack will “enable its customers to expand services and receive payments in Euros, Yen and the… Read More

April 1, 2023 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, today announced a partnership with FinClusive, a global Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) infrastructure provider for financial services, “to provide account and payment services to advance secure and compliant access to the financially underserved.” Gilles Gade,… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Dr. Amrit Kumar, COO at Altlayer, which focuses on building key infrastructure for Web 3.0, an evolving set of standards that aims to support the Internet of the future. Dr. Amrit Kumar (currently at Altlayer) previously co-founded Zilliqa Research, where he… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banxa, the on-and-off ramp solution for web3, has integrated with The Graph, the decentralized infrastructure protocol, “to allow users to pay with fiat currency to access blockchain data organized by The Graph.” This integration, now “available directly in The Graph’s user interface, decreases barriers to… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, announced a new partnership with U.K. based Pay.com. This partnership will “enhance and expand Pay.com’s automated payment platform into the U.S. and drive additional growth opportunities.” Gilles Gade, Founder, President and CEO of… Read More