November 19, 2025 @ 1:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A slowdown in cost increases across Western Europe, along with increasing prices in parts of Eastern Europe, is resulting in a more varied picture of affordability for expats as well as remote workers, according to European digital bank bunq’s research findings from the Working Abroad… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 1:46 am By JD Alois  |  

The Autumn Budget will be presented next week on November 26th. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has her work cut out for her as the UK is experiencing mediocre growth, sticky inflation, and high government debt. Expectations that some taxes may rise, but any… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global fintech currently claiming more than 65 million global customers and various business customers, has announced a global payments partnership with one of the world’s online travel platforms, Booking.com. Expanding Revolut’s travel offering for customers, Booking.com customers can now pay via Revolut Pay,… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one of the largest companies in the digital assets industry, recently announced that it supported the Royal Thai Police and the United States Secret Service in a “coordinated” international operation that led to the seizure of approximately 12 million USDT… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s derivatives and securities exchange network, announced its new Cboe Bitcoin Continuous Futures (PBT) and Cboe Ether Continuous Futures (PET) are set to commence  trading on Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) starting December 15, 2025, subject to “regulatory… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 8:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SOL Strategies Inc. (NASDAQ: STKE), a publicly traded company that claims to be the first in combining a substantial Solana treasury with a revenue-generating validator operating business, announced its selection as a staking provider for the VanEck Solana ETF via SOL Strategies’ Orangefin validator. VanEck… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 8:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cloudflare, one of the most vital internet infrastructure firms serving tens of thousands of businesses, saw its services fail today, causing many well-known sites like X, Spotify, and this site you are visiting now. After several hours of disruptions, Cloudflare issued a statement sharing that… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CyberCube, the provider of cyber risk analytics for the insurance industry, has entered into a Strategic Technology Ecosystem Partnership with Envoy Insure, a digital distribution platform for insurance brokers. This integration will embed CyberCube’s analytics into brokers’ workflow, allowing for real-time cyber risk insights during… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 4:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Traditional markets are in correction mode, with some investors running for the exits and others staying calm, noting that the markets had gotten too hot. The artificial intelligence trade is emblematic of the decline, as pundits wonder if the AI sector is now overhyped. Crypto… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LevelField Financial, Inc., a U.S. financial services firm aiming to bring together traditional banking and digital asset products in a unified platform, announced that it received conditional approval from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) in order to finalize its acquisition of… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fidelity Investments, the $6.4 trillion asset manager, is poised to debut its spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) under the ticker $FSOL. Scheduled for launch on November 18, 2025, this product arrives with a management fee of 0.25%, positioning it as a gateway for institutional and… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Franklin Templeton, the global investment firm managing approximately $1.6 trillion in assets, is set to introduce its spot XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) on November 18, 2025. Called the Franklin XRP ETF and trading under the ticker EZRP, this product marks the firm’s latest foray into… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now becoming a key driver in accounting and is also said to be noticeably changing processes. Over half of companies (53 percent) currently use AI in this area or are “in the process of implementing it.” This is shown by the… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Corporate Finance (CorpFin) announced an update to its role regarding proxy decisions. CorpFin stated that “due to current resource and timing considerations following the lengthy government shutdown and the large volume of registration statements and other filings… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved the second PISCES, or Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System, for JP Jenkins. The first platform approved was by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in September. PISCES is an initiative to improve the market for private securities… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Michael Selig, selected to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) by President Trump, is expected to go through the hearing process at a meeting of the Senate Agriculture Committee this Wednesday. President Trump selected Selig following the decision to withdraw Brian Quintenz’s nomination to… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The international custody business of SIX has now reportedly surpassed CHF 1 trillion in international assets under custody for the “first time” as the business claims that it is experiencing a solid year. Steady demand for SIX’s custody services was underpinned by the recent international… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 10:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) has reportedly finalized agreements that will make sure it will get paid by the fintechs that are responsible for almost all the data requests issued by third-party applications being connected to customer banking accounts. This, according to an update from CNBC. JPMorgan… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) and KKR, a global investment firm, announced the signing of a new agreement for an up to €6 billion replenishing loan commitment under which credit funds and accounts managed by KKR will purchase “up to €65 billion of buy now,… Read More