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July 9, 2021 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) will reportedly be developing a hardware wallet for Bitcoin (BTC), the payments giant revealed on Thursday (July 8, 2021). We’re doing it #Bitcoin https://t.co/IwbKuBoXGv — jack (@jack) July 8, 2021 Square’s announcement came after US Senator Elizabeth Warren cautioned about the… Read More

July 5, 2021 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Startups currently being supported by the Swiss Innovation agency Innosuisse will soon have the option to visit Japan or South Korea in order to expand their businesses globally. These initiatives will be supported and facilitated by setting up two new camps this year to address… Read More

July 4, 2021 @ 4:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following digital asset firm Kraken’s listing of Solana (SOL) on June 17, 2021 for most jurisdictions, the company is pleased to confirm that Solana trading and staking will be available to US, Canada and Australia residents as well. As mentioned in an update from Kraken:… Read More

July 4, 2021 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Insurtech company Bolttech recently revealed that it has finalized an oversubscribed $180 million Series A round which values the firm at over $1 billion, thus giving it Unicorn status just a year after it began operations. Bolttech’s investment round was led by Activant Capital… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sound Income Strategies, a registered investment advisory (RIA) company with over $1.4 billion in AUM, has integrated RedBlack, an intelliflo solution, which is a wealth management sector provider of rebalancing and trading applications. Sound Income Strategies was established by David J. Scranton (CLU, ChFC, CFP®,… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 4:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Addepar, a leading asset manager, recently had a detailed discussion with Ruchir Swarup, CTO at the company. Ruchir Swarup is currently responsible for leading the tech teams that have made Addepar the “platform of choice” for wealth management companies. Addepar offers efficient… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Home buying Fintech firm Tomo, which is being led by ex- Zillow executives Greg Schwartz and Carey Armstrong, has acquired $70 million in capital as part of a seed round. Tomo’s latest investment round has been announced only eight months after the company launched its… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) has reportedly decided to acquire OpenInvest, which is a provider of ESG tools for the wealth management sector. Supported by investments from VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, QED, and others, OpenInvest was established back in 2015 with a special focus on assisting… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP), a French international banking group that’s ranked as the 8th largest bank in the world in terms of total assets (appr. €2 trillion), is partnering with financial solutions provider FIS (NYSE: FIS). Through the partnership, BNP Paribas will be extending support… Read More

July 1, 2021 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Real asset fundraising figures have “lagged recently,” with fundraising during the past 4 quarters reaching its lowest levels since “late 2012,” according to a new report from Pitchbook. As noted in the report from Pitchbook, infrastructure has managed to continue attracting considerable funding, meanwhile, the… Read More

July 1, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Coinbase (COIN:Nasdaq) notes that securing smart contracts from risks still remains a significant challenge. As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, Coinbase noted that unaddressed security vulnerabilities are “readily turning into existential threats to your token’s viability.”… Read More

July 1, 2021 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On June 30, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the US Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions in order to combat domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes, issued its first… Read More

June 30, 2021 @ 3:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has reportedly acquired a stake in Theta Lake, an established provider of compliance and security solutions for chat, video, and voice collaboration tools. Theta Lake aims to support the hybrid working trends that are becoming quite popular, especially after the COVID… Read More

June 30, 2021 @ 1:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Monday (June 28) that for the week ending June 28,… Read More

June 29, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Jessica DiRubio, the Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Partnerships at AppBrilliance, an Austin-based payments technology firm. AppBrilliance aims to power and support true, real-time non-custodial Open Payments and Banking services in the United States. The company enables businesses to… Read More

June 29, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Klarna has chosen embedded business finance platform Liberis in order to help it with providing its digital commerce customers with revenue-based financing options. The deal between Liberis and Klarna will see the BNPL Fintech company’s 250,000+ merchant partners in 17 different countries provided… Read More

June 27, 2021 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emma, a company that’s on a mission to be the control center for your money, has secured  £1,889,342 from 2,588 Investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube. Backed by Connect Ventures and other leading VCs, Emma had a £1,000,000 fundraising target. Emma reports a… Read More

June 27, 2021 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FETCH, a transformative Fintech firm that’s focused on “driving efficiency & precision guest location for food & drink ordering & payments,” has acquired £1,414,473 from 246 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs. FETCH has now achieved 141% of its £1,000,013 target with 34… Read More

June 27, 2021 @ 8:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Green Dot (NYSE: GDOT) recently revealed that the Walmart MoneyCard that’s issued by Green Dot Bank is now being provided as a demand deposit account (DDA) – which may be better equipped to assist Walmart clients with saving more money and… Read More

June 27, 2021 @ 7:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fifth Third Bank Momentum Checking clients will now be able to get access to their paychecks up to 2 days early. The US-based lender had started offering the Early Pay option in certain markets earlier in 2021 in order to assist its customers with avoiding… Read More