Tagged: united states

June 28, 2022 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pie Insurance, an Insurtech company specializing in workers’ comp insurance for small businesses, recently announced small business owners in Alabama and Oregon have access to its workers’ comp insurance. The expansion “increases the company’s coverage footprint to 38 states and Washington D.C, representing 89% of… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 11:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) recently announced a faster, easier, and “less expensive” way of sending and receiving cryptocurrency via multiple networks, starting with Polygon, Coinbase’s first L2 integration, and Solana. With the ongoing surge in blockchain usage and increase in gas fees, “the process of sending crypto… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over a third (39%) of American consumers have “permanently” changed how they pay since early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, reveals research by specialized payments platform Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE). The study also shows that contactless payments have “gone mainstream.” The consumer research, which was… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banyan, an investment facilitator for sustainable infrastructure headquartered in San Francisco, has confirmed a $8.2 million Series A round “led by VoLo Earth Ventures with several notable venture capital firms joining the round.” The investment round, which values the company at $47 million, will “enable… Read More

June 26, 2022 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Small business credit platform Tillful, backed by ING Ventures, Experian Ventures, Bitrock Capital, and Katalyst Ventures, announced that it’s partnering with Experian to help establish credit profiles for businesses that “are new to credit or otherwise credit invisible, and thereby potentially expand the range of… Read More

June 26, 2022 @ 8:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, announced that Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has made a strategic investment in the company, “deepening a partnership that began in 2018.” iCapital will use the… Read More

June 24, 2022 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset brokerage firm Voyager Digital Ltd. (TSX: VOYG) is reportedly limiting client withdrawals via its platform to $10,000 and to 20 transfers during a 24-hour timeframe. The New York-headquartered company, which secured $485 million in loans during the last week from Alameda Research in… Read More

June 23, 2022 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credit Karma Money™, a single destination within Credit Karma for spending and saving, has announced the launch of cash back rewards, “giving its more than 110 million members in the U.S. the chance to earn cash back when they spend money at certain merchants using… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, recently announced the launch of a suite of corporate bond climate indices “designed to capture the goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.” The indices are part of the… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

West Realm Shires Inc. (FTX US) recently announced the acquisition of Embed Financial Technologies Inc., including its wholly-owned subsidiary Embed Clearing LLC, a FINRA, DTC, NSCC, Nasdaq, and IEX member clearing firm. Embed specializes in “providing whitelabel brokerage services and APIs to broker-dealers and registered… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 1:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), which claims to be global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, recently released the findings of a new customer survey detailing trends around “how families in the United States are transferring money around the world this year.” These… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spend management Fintech Airbase founder and CEO Thejo Kote recently commented on the latest development from Fintech firm Brex. Brex recently announced that they are going “to close all the accounts of small businesses to focus on enterprises and subscription revenue.” As noted by Thejo… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dave Inc. (NASDAQ: DAVE), a banking app on a mission “to build products that level the financial playing field,” recently announced the rollout of Dave ExtraCash $500 and Instant to eligible new members “with a plan for a full rollout through the summer months.” Dave… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 12:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Intelligence Group, a global cryptocurrency compliance and intelligence company, owned by BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), is pleased to announce the launch of NFT Explorer, “the first risk and investigation solution for NFTs, built on the QLUE™ data analytics platform.” Development of the… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Unstoppable Domains, the Web3 digital identity platform and NFT domain name provider with 2.4 million registered usernames, has teamed up with the City of Miami’s Venture Miami team in order “to accelerate its local Web3 education effort.” Venture Miami hosted its “Miami for Everyone” Web3… Read More

June 19, 2022 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Okcoin notes that even when the crypto markets are down, they are still  focused on hiring “top” talent and building for the long term. Okcoin confirmed that they are hiring globally “for over 100 roles across all teams.” They’re also “doubling down… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Narmi, a provider of open digital banking technologies, announced $35 million in Series B funding co-led by Greycroft and existing investors NEA and Picus Capital. Narmi claims it is one of the fastest-growing companies “servicing financial institutions in the United States and plans to leverage… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that TS Banking Group, an Iowa-based banking institution, has selected Temenos Banking Services “delivered on the Temenos Banking Cloud for a complete front-to-back digital transformation.” TS Banking Group will “migrate the entirety of its banking operations to Temenos’ leading open platform… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Prosper recently shared their performance data from the Prosper Portfolio for May 2022. Highlights from the Prosper Performance Update – May 2022 are as follows: In May, approximately 58% of loan originations “were rated AA- B, remaining stable month-over-month.” Average loan size… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 1:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, which claims to be the largest global platform for working capital, recently announced the launch of the C2FO CashFlow+™ Card, a new option that “enables businesses to accelerate invoice payment without the discount typically required in exchange for early payment.” The CashFlow+ Card “puts… Read More