Tagged: new york

August 4, 2023 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A married and aspiring rapper couple from New York City recently pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracies arising from the hack and theft of approximately 120,000 Bitcoin from Bitfinex, a global cryptocurrency exchange. Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, and Heather Morgan, 33, were arrested in February 2022… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Remington Hospitality, a hotel management company, announced its partnership with DailyPay, the leading provider of on-demand pay. With DailyPay, Remington Hospitality employees have “access to their earned pay as they earn it.” This critical financial wellness benefit “provides the employees with the power of choice… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Street, a New York-based independent prime broker, announced that it intends to enter the futures clearing market with the acquisition of React Consulting Services, LLC and its proprietary, cloud-native futures clearing platform, BASIS. BASIS will be integrated “into Clear Street’s existing cloud-native clearing, settlement,… Read More

June 20, 2023 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

R3, the enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) and services firm, announced the next generation of its flagship platform Corda at its hosted event in New York. The updated version has been “designed for global financial market infrastructure providers and central banks to enable applications to… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capital firm Menlo Ventures announced a new partner: Amy Wu. Amy joins Menlo “to grow the firm’s consumer and gaming practice and build on Menlo’s track record, which includes early investments in well-known consumer companies like Chime, Pillpack, Poshmark, Roku, Rover, Siri, Uber, and… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK, the New York-based blockchain security company, and Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, announced the signing of a partnership to provide blockchain security services to cloud-based Web3 projects. Web3 developers can now “accelerate their development process and secure their… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart, the London-headquartered fintech transforming the global retirement savings market, today announces it has closed its $95m Series E funding in a round led by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a private investment firm based in New York and London. Existing investors participating in the investment… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ishan Wahi was sentenced to two years in prison for allegedly “tipping his associates regarding crypto-assets that were going to be listed on Coinbase Exchanges.” Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced “that ISHAN WAHI, a former product… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Frisch’s Big Boy, the 75-year-old American comfort food and casual-themed restaurant brand, announced its partnership with DailyPay–the provider of on-demand pay. Through the partnership, Frisch’s Big Boy’s employees “have access to an important financial wellness benefit that allows them to access their earned pay after… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Axoni, a provider of data synchronization technology and financial market infrastructure, announced “the close of a $20 million equity financing round led by EJF Ventures, with participation from Laurion Capital Management, Communitas Capital, and existing investors. Axoni has raised more than $110 million since inception.”… Read More

April 19, 2023 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaMask, the self-custody Web3 wallet developed by ConsenSys is pleased to announce Web3 educational programming at The Oculus at the Westfield World Trade Center in partnership with Superchief Gallery NFT, the IRL NFT gallery. As part of the partnership, approximately 300 students from marginalized &… Read More

April 8, 2023 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goodwill of Colorado, an organization dedicated to creating community impact through programs for individuals with disabilities, education, training and career placement, has partnered with DailyPay–the provider of on-demand pay. As part of the organization’s mission “to empower individuals, and to provide a fulfilling employee experience,… Read More

March 11, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Attorney General Letitia James continued her efforts to crack down on unregistered cryptocurrency platforms by filing a lawsuit against KuCoin for allegedly failing to register “as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and falsely representing itself as an exchange.” The Office of the Attorney… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris recently announced that the Department has “enhanced its ability to detect fraud and other illegal activity among New York State-regulated entities engaged in virtual currency activity through new insider trading and market manipulation… Read More

February 20, 2023 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic, the global firm focused on crypto-asset risk management, announced that it has expanded its global leadership team with the appointment of Barry Chubrik as Chief Financial Officer, and Sophie Froment as Chief People Officer. Chubrik will join Elliptic’s growing US team “based out of… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wave Financial LLC, the SEC-regulated digital asset investment management company,  announced the appointment of Harumi Urata-Thompson as Chief Financial Officer. She will report to David Siemer, Chief Executive Officer, and is “based in New York City.” As Chief Financial Officer, Harumi will “play an important… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

YAI, a New York-based organization dedicated to providing innovative services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), has partnered with DailyPay, the provider of on-demand pay. Through the partnership, YAI is among “the first I/DD employers to implement DailyPay for its frontline, direct-care employees.”… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 8:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of its mission to promote financial equity and inclusion for all working Americans, DailyPay has teamed up with the veteran-run Coordinated Assistance Network (CAN) to “make free financial coaching and counseling available to millions of DailyPay users.” Partnering with America’s employers, DailyPay enables… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra recently announced that Delta National Bank & Trust Company has selected Fusion Essence and Fusion Payments To Go “as its new retail core banking and payments solutions to modernize its digital banking infrastructure.” The move will also “support better customer experiences for its international… Read More

October 2, 2022 @ 1:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued MoneyLion Technologies, an online lender, and 38 of its subsidiaries, “for imposing illegal and excessive charges on servicemembers and their dependents.” The CFPB alleges that MoneyLion “violated the Military Lending Act by charging more than the legally allowable… Read More