Morgan Stanley evaluating spot Bitcoin ETFs for its giant brokerage platform
Although billions of dollars have already been invested in these products, the investment floodgates might not fully open until the...
Although billions of dollars have already been invested in these products, the investment floodgates might not fully open until the...
Ernst & Young LLP partnered with MoneyLion Inc., a fintech, to provide its embedded finance platforms to banks.
"MoneyLion will offer its embedded marketplace infrastructure, insights and content solutions with EY's core-banking and Nexus for...…
NFT collateral lending platform MetaStreet has announced the completion of a $25 million funding round. Participants in the investment...
BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF, which trades under the ticker IBIT, put up around $3.3b of that amount. Fidelity’s ETF, which trades under FBTC,...
Wendy's said on Wednesday it has no plans to raise menu prices at times of peak demand, after the burger chain was scorched on social...
The AI assistant has had 2.3m conversations, two-thirds of Klarna’s customer service chats, and is doing the equivalent work of 700...
London based sandbox-as-a-service company raised $4.7m in Seed funding led by EJF Capital.
"NayaOne helps to match financial institutions with fintech companies...as more banks seek to catch up on the digital transformation...…
Cayman Islands based liquid restaking protocol raised $23m in Series A funding led by Bullish Capital and CoinFund.
"Restaking has the potential to solve the cold start challenge new projects face by leveraging the existing strength of the Ethereum...…
Bob Thompson speaks 1-on-1 about why you should care about the role of critical infrastructure in the fabric of communities, and...
For young people, particularly young men, there are two prevalent forces in their lives: the spreading legality and popularity of online...
Stripe will let current and former employees cash out more of their stock through a $1b tender offer announced this week, valuing the...
Over the past decade, ETF assets have surged substantially more quickly than the money sitting in mutual funds, data shows. In fact, when...
Surge pricing is coming to Wendy's with the fast-food chain planning to test "AI-enabled menu changes" starting as early as 2025. The...
Philippines based SME lending company raised $4.1m in pre Seed funding led by Integra Partners.
"ProCredit helps eliminate the need for the usual layered decision-making process of submitting applications and speaking with...…
Spain based real-time treasury management company raised $16m in Series A funding led by Creandum.
"We are driven by APIs versus traditional protocols like SWIFT. This allows clients to connect globally and it saves a lot of money."
Singapore based rollup-focused blockchain company raised $7.5m in Seed funding led by Delphi Ventures and Hack VC.
"Initia is a blockchain platform designed to support multiple Layer 2 networks — and has an incentive mechanism to support their growth."
Egypt based payments orchestration platform raised $4.5m in Seed funding led by COTU Ventures and Sukna Ventures.
"Payment failure rates are 3x higher in the MEA than the global average, and fraud rates and cart abandonment exceed those of other...…
Switzerland based web3 infrastructure company raised $5.8m in Seed funding led by Cadenza Ventures.
"Validation Cloud offers a suite of customizable products encompassing staking, node, and data-as-a-service solutions."
Santa Monica based startup shutdown company raised $4m in Seed funding led by Infinity Ventures.
"We’re excited to create products and services that help founders quickly move on to their next project, without the emotional,...…
Brazil based AI-powered sales assistant platform raised $2.1m in Seed funding led by Canary.
"Darwin has processed thousands of conversations and has customers in such countries as Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia. The...…
From same-store sales to interest-rate calculations, the ripples of an added day at the end of February present CFOs with extra...
New York based B2B construction materials marketplace raised $1.6m in pre Seed funding from investors including m]x[v Capital and XFactor...
Paris based decentralized music rights investment platform raised €2m in Seed funding led by XVC Tech.
"Bolero is working on a decentralised music rights investment infrastructure offering fans and investors the opportunity to invest in...…
Seattle based financial analysis co-pilot raised $4m in Seed funding led by Madrona.
"Their aim is to help financial analysts speed up their investment workflows. It lets users ask questions about financial documents and...…
London based Ethereum-native token streaming platform raised $5.1m in Series A funding led by Fabric Ventures.
"Superfluid protocol lets crypto projects pay recurrent salaries and rewards in single on-chain transactions via its 'super tokens,'...…
Dubai based modular blockchain project raised $27m in Seed funding led by Founders Fund and Dragonfly.
"When asked how Avail is different from other modular projects, Arjun said besides technical differences, other projects focus on only...…
Adenowo, who is Flutterwave’s first independent non-executive board member, is expected to contribute to its goal of solidifying its...
Cross River Bank is launching a fintech-focused investment bank, which will be a part of CRB Group's CRB Securities subsidiary. To date,...
Singapore based startup developing an institutional DeFi access protocol raised $2.2m in new funding led by Gumi Cryptos Capital.
"We focused on designing and building in 2023, and, in what was a very difficult year for primary markets, our investors' commitments...…
London based non-custodial crypto wallet raised $1.6m in Pre Seed funding led by Matter Labs.
Clave aims to provide a simpler blockchain experience for everyone. The company is currently developing a non-custodial wallet designed...…
Using an all-in-one contactless payment approach, Qlub allows customers to instantly pay their bills in restaurants within 10 seconds....
MoneyLion is perfectly positioned to capitalize as economic conditions improve and consumers ramp up borrowing activity again. The...
Large firms aren’t looking at Vestwell as a competitor to be quashed but as a strategic ally in their own plans for workplace expansion....
A panel of Lloyd’s insurers underwrites Coincover’s policies, which offer business liability insurance against thefts from cold and hot...
The move was the largest one-day gain in history after the heavyweight chipmaker's quarterly earnings report beat expectations and...
Global demand for new infrastructure to service everything from clean energy to data has created a lucrative new market for some of the...
Copenhagen based crypto infrastructure provider raised €1.5m in Seed funding led by CMT Digital.
“I am tremendously excited to share the news about our latest fundraise that will fuel our international expansion and drive...…
Copenhagen based compliance and due diligence startup raised €5m in Seed funding led by Northzone.
“With the spektr-platform, we can make ongoing due diligence an efficient function with commercial value for companies rather than being...…
Canada based Solana focused developer platform raised $9.5m in Series A funding led by Foundation Capital.
"Over the next year, we are aiming to ship generalized compression for Solana, improve the state of RPCs on the chain and create a new...…
Canada based open banking payments gateway raised $10.5m in Series A round led by Arthur Ventures.
“Their product positioning is also really compelling. Rather than weaving together different systems, Zūm Rails can provide organizations...…
NY based mobile platform for copying trades raised $17m in Seed funding led by Tusk Venture Partners.
"It's already how my generation is investing, with the rise of social media and commission-free investing. Humans are narrative- and...…
London based regtech startup raised £45m in growth funding led by from Crestline Investors.
“We are excited to work with the Napier AI team and believe their market-leading, AI-powered technology platform is well-positioned to...…
For several generations now, farmland has been seen as a stable asset class. For some investors, this type of real estate is a way to...
Gates has had great success investing outside of the tech industry. For example, he owns quite a bit of farmland in the United States....
Investment funds have become voracious buyers of U.S. farmland, amassing over a million acres as they seek a hedge against inflation and...
The asset is expected to outperform as the world’s population grows sharply while natural resources become scarcer. The value of farmland...
The saga unfolded after long-term disagreements between two of the founders at Stockholm-based Klarna. That conflict drew in current...
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu called the lack of federal money transmitter licensing standards a "gap" in regulation,...
A growing roster of vertical AI startups is emerging in Southeast Asia to serve sectors ranging from seafood to finance. Singapore-based...
London based reproductive health care insurance provider raised £1.5m in Pre Seed funding led by InsurTech Gateway.
“I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) early on, and my corporate health insurance didn’t cover it, as PCOS was...…
Berlin based embedded insurance company raised €4m in Seed funding led by Atlantic Labs.
“Embea designed its software platform from the ground up for embedded distribution. Coupled with its innovative approach to developing...…
NY based modular blockchain developer raised $4.5m in Seed funding led by 1kx.
"Smart contracts have been limited by their lack of access to programmable confidentiality. This changes with the latest innovations in...…
Ireland based mobile customer engagement company for banks raised $7.75m in Series A funding led by TruStage Ventures.
“Customers expect institutions to be there at their moment of need, which is why mobile engagement platforms are important. By further...…
Colombia based financial automation startup raised $55m in Series B funding led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
“There are a number of controls and automations that need to be done in the CFO’s office, including financial flows, and many others that...…
Iceland based modular blockchain infrastructure developer raised $15m in Seed funding led by Jump Capital.
“Developers use Lava to retrieve and send blockchain data (‘access blockchains’). New chains and APIs are added permissionlessly to Lava,...…
Berlin based embedded finance workflow automation platform raised $6m in Seed funding led by Valar Ventures.
“The SMB market remains underserved, especially within finance automation. We see many startups and incumbents attacking this problem,...…
Portugal based developer of the USDe stablecoin raised $14m in Seed funding led by Dragonfly.
The approach ensures that "losses or gains by either position are offset to provide a dollar-denominated return profile," Ethena said....…
BaFin has been leading what’s arguably Europe’s biggest clampdown on mostly digital startup banks as well as on payment firms. The...
Lead investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management was joined by Series A lead FinTech Collective, and Cometa, a seed investor, Falabella...
The company plans to reserve an as-yet-undetermined number of shares for 75,000 of its most prolific so-called redditors when it goes...
Japan inched closer to allowing venture capital firms and other investment funds to hold digital assets directly, after Prime Minister...
Constrafor founder and CEO Anwar Ghauche is featured on the Contech Crew podcast, where he discusses Contrafor’s groundbreaking early pay...
Filecoin, a decentralized file storage network, is up 17% in three days after announcing an integration with Solana L1. Filecoin will...
Capital One is making a big bet at a booming time in the credit-card sector. Buying Discover would give Capital One, a credit-card lender...
Toronto based provider of data analytics and data infrastructure for traditional and web3 gaming raised $8m in Series A funding led by...
Virginia based small-business loan platform raised $1.3m in pre-Seed funding led by Fenway Summer.
Commenting on the news, CEO Alex Mcleod said: “This pre-seed funding enables us to continue fulfilling our mission: partnering with...…
New York based generative AI startup for financial services raised $7m in Seed funding led by AlleyCorp.
Led by Gabe Stengel, Founder and CEO, Rogo provides financial institutions with solutions to deploy Generative AI, unlock insights, and...…
Indianapolis based insurtech marketplace secured a $1.3m in pre-Seed funding led by Markd.
"As we witness a shift away from private equity dominance, our platform makes it progressively simpler for agents to adapt to the...…
OXIO, the leading telecom-as-a-service (TaaS) platform, today announced Zain A. Manekia, a highly experienced investment professional and...
Romance scammers tell all sorts of lies to steal your heart and money, and reports to the FTC show those lies are working. These scammers...
The bank worked with Wellington Management and WisdomTree to carry out its ‘proof of concept'. The project showed it’s possible to issue...
Despite the likelihood that most won't go anywhere, akin to app-based dates, investors still back a lot of companies trying to disrupt...
United Arab Emirates based cashflow automation startup raised $2m in pre-seed funding led by SpeedInvest.
"Within minutes, businesses can start generating and processing invoices, automatically embedding payment links and sending reminders."
Los Angeles based financial advisor marketplace raised $9m in seed funding led by Blumberg Capital.
“We’re our own customer as well, so we feel we have a good handle on what’s coming around the corner."
New York based wallet-as-a-service startup raised $10m in new funding led by Electric Capital.
"Their customers to have the best mix of security and user experience to get on-chain.”
California based healthtech financing platform raised $25m in growth funding led by Questa Capital.
"PatientFi helps patients pay for out-of-pocket elective procedures."
Colombia based electronic payments infrastructure startup raised $50m in Series C funding led by General Atlantic.
“COVID accelerated the transition toward electronic payments, or digital payments."
San Francisco based automated financial operations platform raised $7.6m in seed funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
“We are thrilled to launch Anatomy and automate the financial processes unique to healthcare."
Though insurtech has seen venture capital money dry up, it might be a good fit for mundane forms of artificial intelligence. If policy...
If you’re looking for a date, what would your minimum credit score requirement be? Unless you’re taking the unadvisable step of lending...
In this era of connectivity, where virtual encounters often precede physical ones, online relationships have become a breeding ground for...
Austin based AI investment research platform raised $4.5m in seed funding led by Staircase Ventures.
"Investment research is set to be transformed by current advancements in Generative AI."
Mexico based neobank raised $3.4m in new funding led by G2 Momentum Capital and Creation Investments Capital Management.
“We are committed to being a catalyst for social change in Latin America."
San Francisco based cross-chain communication startup raised $16m in growth funding led by Tribe Capital.
“We’re excited to continue building the next generation of cross-chain communication tools with such incredible support from our partners.”
Dutch challenger bank for freelancers raised €50 in Series B funding led by Northzone and General Catalyst.
"The level of needs and complexity of SMEs is much higher.”
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), a special unit of the Indian central bank, wants to limit the market share of...
The partnership is aimed at supporting the development of Ukrainian capital markets, Nasdaq and the U.S. Agency for International...
For 12 weeks (from March 18), these 'entrepreneurs of tomorrow' selected to participate in the residency, will be supervised by Antler...
Three categories that primarily serve other businesses—Payments, Wall Street & Enterprise and Business to Business Banking–made the...
Over 1,200 employees were surveyed nationwide to showcase saving habits, evolving benefits preferences, and challenges savers are...
Lithuania based DLT securities trading and settlement infrastructure startup raised €2m in new funding led by Baltic Sandbox Ventures and...
San Francisco based loan origination platform raised $3.9m in pre-seed funding led by Peterson Ventures.
"The real game changer is our AI Loan Assistant, Sarah."
New York based crypto yield marketplace raised $6.5m in Series Seed funding led by Polychain Capital.
"Discover vaults, manage positions, and get instant access using any token from any chain."
Ireland based international payments company raised $14m in growth funding led by Bain Capital and Unusual Ventures.
“International payments are a pain point across a range of industries."
Stockholm based software asset management provider raised $40m in growth funding led by Expedition Growth Capital.
“We’re using AI for various parts of the technology.”
The 2023 total is 14% higher than the amount of fraud losses reported during 2022. Investment scams comprised the majority of losses at...
The debate between regulators and fintech companies over the state of earned wage access (EWA) innovations looks set to heat up through...
Regulators worry growing financial ties between traditional and non-bank groups could pose systemic risks. These hedge funds, private...
The tokens connect volatile digital-asset trading to the wider financial world, raising concerns that they could one day rock...
Wyoming based education payments startup raised $6.5m in Series Seed funding led by TTV Capital.
"The platform gives schools advanced insights on performance metrics like applications, enrollment, attrition, and accounts receivable."
New York based liquidity solution for private companies raised $62.4m in Series B funding led by Nasdaq, with participation from DRW VC,...
San Francisco based crowdsourced bug bounty platform raised $102m in new growth funding, led by General Catalyst.
"We are excited to continue our partnership with the team to capture the significant opportunities ahead.”
F-Prime Capital released its 2024 State of Fintech Report, offering an in-depth look at the private and public fintech sector's...
UBS has launched Hong Kong’s first investment-grade tokenized warrant on the Ethereum public blockchain network. Billed by the bank as...
The European Parliament has adopted new rules to ensure transferred funds arrive within ten seconds into the bank accounts of retail...
Multicoin Capital led the round, with Zee Prime Capital, Fintech Collective, Big Brain Holdings, Protocol Labs and other investors...
The real estate website announced this week that its platform now gives users the option to search for or list individual rooms for...
France based accounting software company raised €40m in Series C funding led by Sequoia Capital and DST Global.
"Pennylane solves an important problem for over 120k SMEs and over 2,000 accounting firms, by giving businesses their financial...…
Austin based real estate fraud prevention company raised $12m in Series A funding led by Headline.
"With Closinglock, settlement companies can exchange wire instructions, receive earnest money and cash-to-close payments, validate payoff...…
California based crypto-based micropayments company raised $6.5m in Seed funding led by M13 and Union Square Ventures.
"Internet users click on some internet post that's paywalled...but what if you could just pay 25¢, and it was really easy to do it?...…
San Francisco based economic data DAO platform raised $6m in Seed funding led by Laser Digital.
" Compiled using millions of data points aggregated in real-time, the company offers a pinpoint accurate alternative to data collection...…
Forbes has learned that Guillaume Verdon, the founder of stealth AI startup Extropic and a former Google engineer, is behind the...
Over 40% of financial institutions have reported higher than average volumes of fraud and financial crime. In 2022 alone, consumers...
As government officials and financial institutions sound some alarms about stablecoins, it remains to be seen whether the digital...
San Francisco based non-profit and faith-based organization financial platform raised $20m in Series B funding led by Wesleyan Investment...
Copenhagen based neo-broker and trading company raised $2.6m in Seed funding led by Magnetic.
"We are a neo-broker building a NextGen investment experience to replace the 90’s incumbents who still charge high commissions, have a...…
Mumbai based supply chain finance company raised $3.4m in Seed funding led by Pravega Ventures.
"Our specialization lies in making the lending entirely digital-first. Secondly, we do the algorithmic discovery in terms of which the...…
San Francisco based order routing, management, and settlement protocol raised $5.2m in Seed funding led by Bain Capital Crypto.
"As the only decentralized exchange currently available on the market with operational hooks, the user experience allows traders to...…
Miami based bitcoin yield company raised $6m in Seed funding from investors including Lightspeed Faction and Borderless Capital.
"The funding will be leveraged to launch the first decentralized infrastructure that enables Bitcoin holders to utilize the value of...…
Hong Kong based blockchain automation insurance company raised $6.85m in Series A funding led by HSBC Asset Management.
"We are changing the paper-based and human-based claim process to a digital and AI-assisted journey, utilizing the latest AI and...…
Mumbai based two-wheel electric vehicle financing platform raised $10m in Series A funding led by GMO Ventures Partners.
"OTO is involved in the purchasing, financing, and resale for the two-wheeler buyers in India."
San Francisco based commercial construction insurance company raised $13.5m in Series A funding led by Costanoa Ventures.
"Our thesis is that technology can solve the sustainability challenges facing commercial insurance, and to accomplish this we’re building...…
Plaid named Cloudflare's Jen Taylor as its first president as the financial-technology company continues to diversify its products and...
Los Angeles based, Latino-focused wealth building platform raised $2.2m in Seed funding led by Radicle Impact.
"30% are not Latinos, even though our jokes, our insights and our images are very unapologetically Latino."
London based algorithmic underwriting insurance company raised £8m in Series A funding led by Augmentum Fintech.
"The most adept lead underwriters, equipped with substantial auto-follow capacity, are poised to become highly sought-after by brokers...…
Stamford based OTC trading solution company raised $15m in Series A funding led by Centana Growth Partners.
"While automation and electronification are key drivers of volume and industry focus, a substantial share of OTC trading remains on voice...…
With the integration, MetaMask users can purchase digital assets using Robinhood's order flow, while Robinhood account holders can fund...
Entrust company already has an extensive array of services and has the tech chops and credibility to work in some of the more sensitive...
People who know him say Medina is the last person you would expect to be the 'fin-meme lord' who has built a following of 800k followers...
Octane and Yieldstreet a leading private market investing platform, this week announced the completion of an agreement to sell $280m of...
The Securities and Exchange Commission will now require dozens of firms, including high-speed traders and hedge funds, to face new...
Apple’s credit card has 12m subs, of which 30% are doing two or more transactions per month. Savings accounts quickly became a favorite...
Saint Vincent based Lightning Network Bitcoin exchange raised $3m in Seed funding led by Ego Death Capital.
"LN Markets has made a groundbreaking advancement in Bitcoin trading by developing a new trustless platform, DLC Markets, addressing the...…
Miami based accounting automation company raised $10m in Series A funding led by PeakSpan Capital.
"[Finally is focused on] bringing together business processes, like bookkeeping, expense management, bill payment and payroll, under one...…
Sao Paolo based agricultural capital markets company raised $20m in Series B funding led by Banco do Brasil.
"Employing AI, Traive has developed a system capable of evaluating over 2,500 data points to produce a risk profile analysis that aligns...…
Estonia based banking-as-a-service company raised €25m in Series B funding led by CommerzVentures.
"With Tuum, we migrated millions of customers accounts in two months. We are now running a state-of-the-art core system with a small team...…
The elaborate scam saw the worker duped into attending a video call with what he thought were several other members of staff, but all of...
Critics of the shadow banking sector are many and varied but, generally, their regulatory position is simple: if it looks, acts and...
The Alliance leverages MoneyLion's embedded finance platform to help enhance the technological capabilities of traditional banking...
A letter his lawyers sent to WeWork’s advisers this week says Neumann’s new real-estate company Flow Global has financing support from...
In a nutshell, the proverbial earn-and-burn programs that have been a mainstay of commerce for decades no longer are satisfactory. Now,...
Chicago based direct-to-consumer home insurance company raised $15m in growth funding led by Activate Capital.
"Raising at an increased valuation, greater than $1b, is an achievement that’s becoming increasingly rare as other technology companies...…
Phoenix based revenue cycle management company raised $3.25m in Seed funding led by PHX Ventures.
"By automating workflows for appointment reminders, billing notifications, and payment plans, Rivia Health alleviates staff overwhelm and...…
Rahul Hampole, head of payments at Plaid, said pay by bank is gearing up for widespread adoption — but much depends on use cases...
Dubai based Decentralized Perpetual Derivatives Exchange (PerpDEX) raised $3.5m in Seed funding from investors including Black Edge...
Singapore based crypto payments company raised $25m in Series A funding led by Tether.
"The firm is planning to open up the capability to third-party wallets, which will transition Oobit into a non-custodial crypto payments...…
As hedge funds rake in record profits in one of the riskiest corners of the debt market, the products behind those returns are now...
California based provider of automated underwriting and risk infrastructure software raised $3.7m in Seed funding led by Lux Capital and...
New York startup helping businesses provide flexible benefits packages to employees raised $20m in new funding led by Portage and...
Palo Alto based startup using precise location mapping to detect fraud raised $31m in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
FTC portfolio company Daisy was featured in Crain's “Chasing Giants” this week , where co-founder and CEO Yotam Cohen discusses how the...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) this week widened its curbs on Paytm’s Payments Bank, which processes transactions for financial services...
San Francisco based app for investing in U.S. Treasury Bills raised $2.7m in new funding led by Bayhouse Capital.
“You can buy them through the government website, Treasury Direct, which is an experience from the 1990s, or use the legacy brokerages...…
Restructuring advisers have been tracking down assets and trying to untangle a complex web of debt owed to various creditors, including...
The company said that its new advanced AI model, Decision Intelligence Pro, will allow banks to better assess suspicious transactions on...
Australia based hybrid crypto trading platform raised $12m in Series A funding led by 6th Man Ventures.
"Cube currently settles natively to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and Solana — and plans to support more Layer 1 networks in the future."
The new feature uses technology to identify objects in a video automatically. Then it encourages viewers to “find similar items on TikTok...
San Francisco based provider of usage-based billing solutions for software companies raised $43m in Series B funding led by NEA.
“Companies have been cutting spend on ‘nice-to-have’ software, but we’re seen as a core driver of revenue opportunities for our...…
San Francisco based enterprise sustainability platform raised $100m in Series C funding led by Greenoaks.
"A metric that Watershed uses to measure its own progress is the 'carbon under management' by its hundreds of customers."
Relying on ancient software for critical infrastructure may seem like a safety hazard, but it is quite the opposite. Legacy hardware and...
A German railway is seeking an IT administrator to supervise critical railway infrastructure but who understands MS-DOS and Windows 3.11....
Netherlands based automation platform for accountants and auditors raised $100m in Series B funding led by Index Ventures.
“Audits are a huge market that is pretty underserved, still mostly served sort of manually through Excel."
Constrafor proudly announces its prestigious recognition in two notable lists: the Top 50 2024 ConTech Startups by CEMEX Ventures...
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