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January 11, 2021 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Altruist, a fully-integrated digital investment platform for financial advisors, announced today it has closed an additional round of funding through its latest investment round, which will accelerate its mission of disrupting the custodial offering for independent advisors. According to Altruist, the investment round was led… Read More

January 11, 2021 @ 8:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Following the tragic event at the Capitol Building last Wednesday, U.S.-based fintech Stripe has reportedly stopped processing payments for President Donald Trump’s campaign website. According to WSJ, a source close to the situation stated that Stripe is cutting off the campaign account for violating… Read More

January 10, 2021 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based wealth management tech platform Addepar notes that for many years, wealth managers have had important questions that have been “surprisingly difficult to answer.” For instance, they want to know what exactly they own in their portfolios and where they own these assets. Wealth managers… Read More

January 10, 2021 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Two New York City bars could potentially make history by selling for Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency that’s currently trading at almost $41,000, up from only $3,800 back in March 2020 (which was when the digital asset crashed briefly along with the broader financial markets… Read More

January 9, 2021 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cambridge-headquartered Vestigo Ventures, which mainly invests in Fintech firms or other financial services businesses, has reportedly secured a total of $83.5 million (to date) for its second fund, according to a securities filing. Vestigo had been planning to acquire $100 million in capital for its… Read More

January 7, 2021 @ 10:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Bitfarms, a Canada-based crypto mining firm, announced on Thursday it has closed its previously announced private placement of equity securities. According to Bitfarms, the Offering was for gross proceeds of approximately CAD$20 million and consisted of the sale of 8,888,889 common shares, along with… Read More

January 7, 2021 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments company Square‘s (NYSE:SQ) Jack Dorsey has expressed concerns regarding recently proposed Bitcoin (BTC) related regulations. The bitcoin regulations proposed by FinCEN give few useful powers to regulators, greatly roll back economic freedoms while pointlessly surveilling law-abiding people, and create databases of info about who… Read More

January 7, 2021 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PAYMNT Financial, a U.S.-based blockchain fintech startup, announced on Thursday it has acquisition LettucePay, which is a payment technology firm that specializes in cryptocurrency payments. PAYMNT reported that the acquisition makes it possible for its platform to integrate cryptocurrencies as a form of payment at… Read More

January 6, 2021 @ 5:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hedge funds are increasingly looking to San Francisco-based Coinbase for innovative portfolio solutions, the cryptocurrency exchange claims. Coinbase was reportedly chosen as a full service partner and custodian by One River Asset Management. Brett Tejpaul, Head of Institutional Sales, Trading, Custody and Prime Services, notes… Read More

January 6, 2021 @ 12:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  U.S. insurtech Breeze announced on Wednesday it has added a critical illness insurance product to its digital platform. The company revealed that the new product will expand its partnership with Assurity Life. According to Breeze, individuals may request personalized critical illness insurance quotes and… Read More

January 6, 2021 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US President Donald Trump has signed an order that aims to place a ban on US transactions with eight major Chinese apps – which reportedly includes Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent Holdings’ online wallets. Notably, this order has arrived just days before the Trump administration… Read More

January 6, 2021 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Green Dot Corp. (NYSE: GDOT), a fintech and registered bank holding company, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new banking product. GO2bank. According to Green Dot, Go2Bank is designed to help the two in three Americans living paycheck to paycheck stretch their money further… Read More

January 5, 2021 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrency platforms such as Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Binance Coin (BNB), Chainlink (LINK), and Polkadot (DOT) are being increasingly adopted by a diverse group of users across the globe. Many more institutions and fairly large publicly listed companies… Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 7:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Kraken notes that 2020 “proved a wild year” for cryptocurrency investors as prices recovered from steep lows to their all-time highs. However, Kraken claims that it “navigated a steady course and continued to shepherd industry growth.” According to Kraken, there’s a “paradigm… Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  AvidXchange, a U.S. fintech that provides accounts payable and automated payment solutions to midsize businesses, announced on Monday it has acquired Core Associates, the makers of TimberScan and complementary AP solutions. AvidXchange claims that through the acquisition, it is now one of the foremost… Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitwise Asset Management, a provider of crypto-asset index and beta funds, announced on Monday it recently surpassed $500 million in assets under management (AUM), after reporting $100 million in AUM on October 28th. As previously reported, Bitwise Asset Management claims it pioneered the first cryptocurrency index fund and is the leading… Read More

January 3, 2021 @ 10:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Xalles Holdings Inc. (OTC: XALL), a fintech holding company providing technology and financial services solutions, recently announced it will acquire Vigor Crypto Holdings, a cryptocurrency firm, as a wholly owned subsidiary under Xalles Capital Inc. Xalles notably claims that Vigor Crypto has been enhancing its cryptocurrency… Read More

January 3, 2021 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Pay for Android and iOS users now lets people see how much money they’ve spent during 2020. The expense tracking feature allows consumers to get a rough idea or estimate of their spending habits throughout the last year. Google Pay will also show users… Read More

January 3, 2021 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chase Bank has published the findings of its Digital Banking Attitudes Study— which was compiled after conducting a national survey of 1,500 consumers. The survey’s participants were asked about their preferences when accessing digital banking services. Consumers of all age different groups noted that these… Read More

January 3, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chime Financial Inc., a US-based banking challenger valued at around $14.5 billion, has confirmed that stimulus payments are coming and they’ve “got your back” with SpotMe. The digital bank acknowledged that “a lot has changed” since the first round of stimulus payments were made back… Read More