Tagged: securities

April 4, 2025 @ 3:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital Banking Solutions, an integrator of banking solutions, is partnering with SIX Group, a key player in financial market infrastructure in Switzerland, providing services in securities transactions, financial information, and payments. This partnership is part of the evolution of CapitalPrivate, their digitalization platform dedicated to… Read More

March 17, 2025 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The painfully long-standing legal battle between the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple Labs, which began in December 2020, appears to be approaching a critical juncture. Recent developments suggest that the case, centered on whether XRP constitutes an unregistered security, could finally conclude,… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Superstate is pleased to announce that they have now officially registered Superstate Services LLC, their transfer agent, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Superstate says that it is laser-focused on its mission to “modernize finance through blockchain technology.” This step further advances tokenized… Read More

February 6, 2025 @ 9:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pirum, the tech partner for securities finance automation and collateral management, announced that Sharegain, a securities lending fintech, has gone live on Pirum TradeConnect. Stuart Jarvis, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Sharegain, said: “Pirum TradeConnect delivers the simplicity and efficiency the market has been waiting… Read More

January 13, 2025 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UniCredit has recently announced plans to bring its back-office activities for securities services across Italy and Germany in house, standardizing its set-up and suppliers in a move that is expected to create more than 200 new professional roles. As explained in the update, the internalization… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc., a firm focused on technology solutions for capital markets, has announcesdthe launch of tZERO Digital Asset Securities as a new Special Purpose Broker-Dealer for digital asset securities custody. Investors are now reportedly able to on-board and open their custodial brokerage account with… Read More

July 30, 2024 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a strategic move to extend its global footprint, Toss Securities, a securities firm with a data-driven investment platform based in South Korea, is set to establish a new corporate office in the United States. Toss Securities is a subsidiary of the South Korean Fintech,… Read More

July 14, 2024 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bridgewise, a financial research intelligence platform for global securities, has revealed a new fund analysis solution that aims to provide deeper levels of detail into funds and their underlying assets. Powered by AI, including machine learning and advanced language models, Bridgewise will enable deep analysis… Read More

July 11, 2024 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital Prime Technologies, LLC, an aspiring provider of digital asset technology for financial institutions, has listed a Reg D offering on tZERO. The company claims that its “Tokenet” platform and Prime Solutions products can enable digital asset management. As the offering is under Reg D,… Read More

May 1, 2024 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), through its Financial Supervisors Academy (FSA), recently carried out a session focused on “The Future of Securities Supervision: A 2035 Outlook.” Chaired by MFSA Chief Officer Supervision, Christopher P. Buttigieg, the discussion brought together figures from European Union regulatory… Read More

March 28, 2024 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) will have to face the Securities and Exchange Commmission’s (SEC) lawsuit, a Judge has recently ruled. A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday (March 27, 2024) stated that the US SEC’s lawsuit against Coinbase may proceed. However, the presiding judge… Read More

October 26, 2023 @ 1:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is alleging that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has overstepped in the firm’s most recent effort to dismiss the ongoing lawsuit. Coinbase’s response to the SEC‘s lawsuit filed earlier this year is that not everything qualifies as a security…. Read More

October 20, 2023 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

21X in coordination with Polygon Labs is pleased to announce 21X is building an ESMA regulated market infrastructure for tokenized securities “on the Polygon proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain.” 21X and Polygon Labs are collaborating in order “to advance asset tokenization and trading within the Polygon ecosystem.” Polygon… Read More

October 3, 2023 @ 6:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DTCC, the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Brian Steele as Managing Director, President, Clearing & Securities Services, “effective October 2, 2023.” Steele will join the DTCC Management Committee, Management Risk Committee and the Investment Management Committee…. Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-headquartered crypto firm Ripple recently stated that it intends to keep fighting the current lawsuit with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The dustup with the regulator is emblematic of the broader challenges digital asset firms face in the US as the SEC has… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 4:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The LBRY case judge has recently made a ruling on whether secondary cryptocurrency sales are considered to be securities. Back in January 2023, attorney John Deaton had reportedly convinced the Judge in the US Securities and Exchange (SEC) vs. LBRY court case that secondary LBC… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Last week, IOG (which stands for Input Output Global – one of the organizations supporting Cardano (ADA) development) noted that they are aware of the recent complaints by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Binance & Coinbase, which “contain references to the organization, the… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at TWINO notes that they have launched a Cashback bonus campaign. As noted in a blog post by TWINO, you can  “enroll in the campaign and earn a 2% cashback bonus for investments in Polish Loan Securities during the Cashback period.” The campaign… Read More

April 25, 2023 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CAT Financial Products Ltd. (CATFP), which claims to be one of the leading independent Swiss providers of securities and investment services for structured products, has transformed its front to back office processing efficiency “by implementing the international multi-asset post-trade processing solution” from global Fintech Broadridge… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto appears to have chosen an unlikely supporter in its ongoing struggle against oversight by the US Securities and Exchange Commission: an ex- Coinbase worker who was convicted of allegedly engaging in insider trading. This, according to a recent report by the WSJ. Ishan Wahi,… Read More