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March 18, 2022 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Brian Reisbeck, the newly appointed Chief Compliance Officer at Coinme, a cryptocurrency cash exchange in the United States. Brian Reisbeck has joined Coinme as CCO and will help lead the firm’s compliance program and guide the organization in “maintaining regulatory… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 11:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prakash Hariramani, Senior Director, Product Management, and Bipul Sinha, Senior Product Manager at Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) noted that the firm is introducing Coinbase Pay, which is described as “the easiest way for Coinbase users to fund their Coinbase Wallet from the Chrome browser extension and explore… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, an international firm focused on modern money movement, has introduced a new brokerage payments solution that provides financial institutions a quicker and more cost-effective method of “settling transactions to select U.S. brokerages enabling customers to easily invest in U.S. equities.” When compared to transactions… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CQG, an international provider of “high-performance” tech solutions for traders, brokers, commercial hedgers and exchanges, announced the “phased roll-out” of its latest trading platform, CQG One. Developed specifically for professional traders and institutional investors, the Cloud-powered CQG One brings together “the ease of use of… Read More

March 13, 2022 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following Buffalo’s inclusion as one of America’s “fastest-growing” startup cities in the York IE Fastest-Growing Startup Cities Report, Invest Buffalo Niagara, the area’s private-sector economic development and business attraction organization, announced that the former industrial town “saw record-breaking growth in its tech sector.” Buffalo’s startup… Read More

March 12, 2022 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lendable, an AI-enhanced consumer finance platform, has announced a £210 million funding round at a valuation “in excess of £3.5 billion.” The round has reportedly been led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’), through its Teachers’ Innovation Platform (TIP). TIP focuses on… Read More

March 12, 2022 @ 5:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finxact, a provider of the next-gen core banking platform to the US regional and super-regional banking sector, recently announced that Battle Financial, Inc., an Eagle County Colorado-based firm building Battle Bank, chose Finxact as its platform for banking operations. Battle Bank is now set to… Read More

March 12, 2022 @ 10:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Curve, the financial super app which supports clients with better understanding and mastering their finances by bringing together debit, credit and loyalty cards into a single interface, recently confirmed its entry into US markets. Curve is currently available to download for US clients, who are… Read More

March 11, 2022 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Computer Services, Inc., a provider of Fintech and Regtech solutions, announced that Oklahoma’s First National Bank & Trust Company of Okmulgee has selected its NuPoint core platform “to offer comprehensive solutions that enhance the banking experience for customers.” First National Bank & Trust, which has… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Okcoin is following on their announcement in December 2021 to launch “Crypto for All,” which is described as an initiative “aimed at democratizing knowledge and access to crypto.” Here are the initiatives that Okcoin is currently supporting and also… Read More

March 9, 2022 @ 8:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the card-to-card pioneer and international payments platform, announced that its U.S. customers may send funds “directly to eligible Mastercard cards in over 60 countries, including Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador and Colombia, as well as within the U.S.” Recipients will generally see… Read More

March 9, 2022 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stellar, which claims to be on a mission to offer “unprecedented” access to credit-building and financial tools to underserved communities, has reportedly attracted several investors to finalize an oversubscribed $7 million round. Stellar Founder and CEO, Lamine Zarrad, stated: “We created Stellar to provide credit… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Optiver Principal Strategic Investments (PSI) confirmed, earlier last month, that it took part in the Series A funding round for Paradigm, a trading platform for cryptocurrency options and futures. New York-based Paradigm is focused on supporting institutional-level liquidity for cryptocurrency derivatives through their chat-based multi-dealer… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking institutions appear to be ignoring the problem of fraudulent activities allegedly being carried out via Zelle, a new report reveals, with large financial service providers that founded the service not really caring or concerned about issues with the digital payments platform. Zelle has quickly… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian Fintech firm CredAvenue has achieved Unicorn status (valued at $1 billion+) after raising funds from Insight Partners, B Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, and others. The Chennai-headquartered Fintech is now valued at $1.3 billion. The Fintech company plans to use the proceeds to further expand… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, an international Fintech platform, recently announced its partnership with investing app, Plum, in order to support its cross-border payments and FX requirements. Airwallex was selected as Plum’s international payments and FX partner “to support the launch of Plum’s new stock investing feature that will… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, an international financial markets software company “with a difference, offering a fresh approach in software innovation,” notes that its platform powers application development with “the speed, performance & flexibility today’s financial institutions need.” With highly composable and customizable components, financial markets firms can… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Fang, CEO at digital asset firm Okcoin, notes that it has been a really “tough week” for a lot of us, “especially those who are in Ukraine (and Russia), or have families affected by this invasion and horrible unrest.” Fang writes in a blog… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Abhinav R. Soomaney, Founder and CEO at CryptoTax Pvt. Ltd. He talked about different tax aspects of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related investments. CryptoTax Pvt. Ltd. (CryptoTax) was incorporated in the year 2021 and claims to be the first cryptocurrency tax consultancy… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The correlation of Bitcoin to the Nasdaq is currently ~57%, “climbing over the past week,” according to an update from BitOoda. As the team at BitOoda had noted this past week, the Russian invasion of Ukraine led to “a large sell off that reversed faster… Read More