Tagged: new york

June 13, 2020 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rex Salisbury, partner on the Fintech team at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z) and founder of Cambrian, a community at the “white-hot center” of Fintech, reveals that partner banks have “exploded” in recent years. Salisbury confirmed that today, there are over 30 partner banks, which… Read More

June 12, 2020 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Global Accelerated Ventures (GAV) recently introduced a post-COVID-19 fundraising program that aims to assist Fintech and Healthtech firms that might need additional capital to support their growth and development after the pandemic has passed. The 24-month program… Read More

June 7, 2020 @ 6:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stuart Sopp, founder and CEO at digital bank Current, says that the COVID-19 outbreak has shown how his company serves employees whose roles are considered essential during the global pandemic. Sopp told Banking Dive that his members’ addressable market has increased considerably in size and… Read More

June 4, 2020 @ 2:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has reportedly become the first state regulator to commit to a Fintech Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority, an independent administrative authority, which oversees the activities of banking institutions and insurance… Read More

May 28, 2020 @ 10:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research analysts at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), a New York-based multinational investment bank and financial services company with around $1 trillion in assets, is still not convinced that Bitcoin (BTC) and other decentralized cryptocurrencies would be a worthwhile investment for its clients. The Wall Street… Read More

May 27, 2020 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Delta Exchange, an established cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that maintains offices in Singapore, has received funding from New York-headquartered blockchain investment firm, CoinFund. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the new investment will provide Delta Exchange with the resources needed to scale its operations… Read More

May 25, 2020 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Giant Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs will be hosting a conference call on May 27, 2020, which has been titled “US Economic Outlook & Implications of Current Policies for Inflation, Gold, and Bitcoin.” Interestingly, the conference has been scheduled after the bank published a… Read More

May 23, 2020 @ 8:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based Vision Hill Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund, a full-service digital asset management and solutions company, recently released its Q1 2020 returns reports. As noted by the firm, its active crypto indices are “non-investable” reference indices that have been designed to be “representative of the overall… Read More

May 23, 2020 @ 2:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently talked to Lex Sokolin, the Global Fintech Co-Head and CMO at ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum (ETH) development studio based in New York. Before joining ConsenSys, Sokolin was the Global Director of Fintech Strategy at Autonomous Research, a firm that was eventually acquired by… Read More

May 23, 2020 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based SMC Capital, a VC firm focused on blockchain technology, and Estonia’s bigX, a Fintech firm that provides a crypto-fiat exchange, have co-published an extensive report on initial exchange offerings (IEOs). IEOs came after initial coin offerings (ICOs), which are a type of crowdfunding… Read More

May 22, 2020 @ 10:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based tech giant IBM (NYSE:IBM) has acquired a 7% stake in we.trade, a blockchain-enabled trade finance platform that’s owned by 12 major banking institutions. Launched by nine banks back in January 2017 under the name, Digital Trade Chain, the platform was renamed as we.trade… Read More

May 14, 2020 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockdaemon, a blockchain node provider, has acquired $5.5 million in capital from major investors including Fenbushi Capital, Hashkey, CoinShares, Blockchain.com, Kenetic, and SPiCE VC. Early investors Boldstart, Comcast Ventures, Heavybit, and Lerer Hippeau also made contributions. The New York-headquartered firm says it’s planning to use… Read More

May 4, 2020 @ 7:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  SS&C, a multinational provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare sectors, will be acquiring Innovest Systems, a wealth management technology (Wealthtech) firm, for $120 million in cash and stock. New York-headquartered Innovest Systems offers cloud-powered technology for… Read More

May 3, 2020 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Judge Valerie Caproni has lifted the stay on a lawsuit filed against OneCoin, one of the largest cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes. An order recently signed by the New York District judge requires all concerned parties to provide a schedule, which will request the defendants to submit… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 1:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brooklyn, New York-based ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum (ETH) development studio, has published a new report which covers major decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and their performance during the first quarter of 2020. The report notes that two key events defined decentralized finance during the first three… Read More

March 29, 2020 @ 3:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is alleging that several Venezuelan leaders and politicians, including President Nicolas Maduro, took advantage of their positions, financial systems, and virtual currencies to conceal and carry out criminal activity for more than two decades. An indictment released on March… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based Fintech OLB Group, a digital commerce solution provider that offers outsourced private label shopping solutions to large websites and retail outlets, has introduced measures and initiatives to help reduce their risks and to ensure stakeholder protection as the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A leading financial trading technology firm has shifted its business operations from its New York head offices to London. Established in 2011 by three Russian businessmen, TradingView has become the largest online community of private investors in the world, with reportedly more than 10 million… Read More

March 10, 2020 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-headquartered LiquidX, a globally accessible network for illiquid assets, recently revealed that it has added Emirates NBD to its network. Emirates NBD is a Dubai government-owned banking institution and one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East in terms of total assets… Read More

March 7, 2020 @ 6:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Glasgow-headquartered AutoRek, a firm that provides financial controls and regulatory reporting software, has teamed up with Nationwide to offer a data management solution and cloud-powered financial controls for a three-year period, with a two-year extension plan. Gordon McHarg, managing director at AutoRek, stated: “I am… Read More