Tagged: texas

February 3, 2025 @ 9:07 pm By Michael Wong  |  

TXSE Group Inc announced that its subsidiary, the Texas Stock Exchange LLC (TXSE), has filed a Form 1 registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to operate as a national securities exchange. This filing, one of the few submitted by a fully integrated exchange… Read More

January 29, 2025 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The turn of the year signifies new beginnings for the blockchain and crypto space, and Ripple claims that it has hit the ground running with advances to its cross-border payments solution. Additionally, Ripple said in a blog post that industry players across the US are… Read More

December 24, 2024 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay is pleased to announce that the Texas Department of Banking has granted MoonPay a Money Transmitter License in order to provide money transmission services in the Lone Star State. Starting now, Texas residents are reportedly able to purchase 64 different cryptocurrencies on MoonPay with… Read More

October 1, 2024 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Governor Greg Abbott acknowledged the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) and the state’s economic milestones during a recent conference at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin. Celebrated a milestone for the Texas Stock Exchange this morning. Business is booming so much in Texas that we now have… Read More

March 28, 2024 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA), one of the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin miners and a key player focused on supporting and securing the Bitcoin ecosystem, announced MARA 2PIC700, a two-phase immersion cooling system built to transform data center operations with power, density, and efficiency…. Read More

March 21, 2024 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA), which claims to be one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin miners and a leader in supporting and securing the Bitcoin ecosystem, has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Applied Digital Corporation’s Bitcoin mining data center in Garden… Read More

March 14, 2024 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin, the digital, direct-to-consumer home insurance company, has expanded into Texas and now offers House & Property insurance and mobile home insurance to residents of the Lone Star State. Kin says the insurance crisis sweeping the Gulf Coast is spilling further into Texas, “providing affordable,… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Founders Arena WealthTech Accelerator, in strategic partnership with First Rate, Inc., SEI and the City of Arlington announced its first cohort, selecting Charityvest, InvestSuite, Lumiant.io, Manifest, Sora Finance and Tax Status in order “to participate in its inaugural accelerator program in Arlington, Texas.” As… Read More

July 25, 2023 @ 7:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Freebirds World Burrito, home of Texas’ “No. 1” Burrito, has partnered with DailyPay– the provider of on-demand pay. As a “best-in-class” employer, Freebirds World Burrito continues “to improve its employee benefits package in an effort to prioritize employee happiness, adding the financial wellness benefit of… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

True Digital Group, provider of the industry’s first digital vendor optimization network that supports banks in their discovery, diligence, implementation, and monitoring of technology vendors, announced a strategic partnership with the Texas Bankers Association (TBA). The True Digital Platform, available to TBA bank members, “will… Read More

May 19, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Earnix, the global provider of intelligent, composable, SaaS solutions for insurers and banks,  announced its new office in Texas. Set among industry giants like Toyota and Liberty Mutual, the new facility “affords regional employees and customers – as well as customers and prospects in the… Read More

April 21, 2023 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The state of Texas has introduced new legislation targeting digital asset providers. The bill relates to the “comingling of funds” by crypto platforms. As one would anticipate, the language of the bill requires digital asset platforms not to mix customer funds with those belonging to… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 1:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wink, a Texas and California based, biometric identity and payments platform, is pleased to announce that it has received an additional $3M million of seed investment. This seed equity round “follows the $2.85 million previously raised in a pre-seed round in 2021-22.” The additional financing… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ribbon announced it has closed $2.7 million in venture capital funding “to enable the Austin-based startup to roll out its unique fiscal sponsorship model for the burgeoning nonprofit industry.” The company’s fiscal sponsorship model “allows individuals looking to conduct charitable work to partner with existing… Read More

December 2, 2022 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cipher Mining, Inc. (Nasdaq: CIFR), a U.S.-based bitcoin mining company, recently announced it has commenced bitcoin mining operations at its Odessa data center in Texas. Tyler Page, CEO, said: “We are delighted to announce that our Odessa data center has begun bitcoin mining operations just… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uplinq Financial Technologies – which claims to be the first global credit assessment and scoring platform for SMB lenders – announced: “a $1.25 million investment from ATX Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas.” This announcement “comes after Uplinq raised $3.5… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regulators in Texas are reportedly probing cryptocurrency platform FTX and company CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. The state securities regulator is looking into whether FTX has offered unregistered securities to Texas residents, which could potentially be a violation of state law. According to reports, Texas’ securities regulator… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One Inc, the payments network for the insurance industry, announced that Germania Insurance, the largest farm mutual insurance company in Texas, has selected One Inc’s ClaimsPay and PremiumPay products “for a fully integrated and digitized customer payment disbursement experience.” The implementation will “create a more… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Republic Capital Group recently announced its partnership with the University of Texas by committing to financial support “for multiple years as part of joining its Wealth Management Network.” The Network supports its Wealth Management Center that “focuses on changing the way investment is being made… Read More

July 19, 2022 @ 9:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Apiture, which claims to be a “leading” provider of digital banking solutions, announced the closing of a $29 million fundraising round which was led by Live Oak Bank, with participation from other existing investors. The latest investment round “brings the total funding raised by Apiture… Read More