Tagged: data

February 4, 2025 @ 1:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, the global firm focused on alternatives data and key industry insights, released its Venture Capital Q4 2024 (the Preqin Quarterly Update report). The research report highlights that global venture capital deal value was “up 61% quarter-on-quarter in Q4 2024, to $87.4bn from $54.2bn in… Read More

January 29, 2025 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research noted in a report that quantum technology is poised to enhance the way we work, enabling faster computation of complex problems and the development of innovative applications such as advanced sensing and detection. Juniper Research explained that one of the key benefits of… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pyth Network and digital banking plaform Revolut are focused on enabling the future of mainstream finance. As the boundaries between traditional and decentralized finance blur, Revolut—a global enabler of digital banking—has partnered with Pyth Network as a data publisher to contribute its “trusted price data”… Read More

January 8, 2025 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple is now leveraging the Chainlink standard to bring high-quality pricing data around the Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin onchain. RLUSD is described as an enterprise-grade, USD-denominated stablecoin created with trust, utility, and compliance at its core, backed by Ripple’s years of “experience working with crypto and the existing financial… Read More

December 26, 2024 @ 7:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bridgetower Capital, a provider of AI and Web3 platform services and infrastructure, InterVision Systems, a Managed Service Provider and key player focused on innovative IT solutions, and ProvLabs, a provider of enterprise-grade APIs and SaaS solutions that enable regulated firms to deploy digital assets on… Read More

December 20, 2024 @ 1:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trillium Surveyor, a provider of trade surveillance and best execution software, and Kaiko, the crypto market data provider, announced a  partnership to deliver solutions for financial institutions and exchanges engaged in virtual currency trading. This partnership comes at a key moment as the crypto-assets market… Read More

December 11, 2024 @ 1:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink, which claims to be the standard for onchain finance, and Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) announced  that Coinbase’s Project Diamond—a digital asset platform for institutions—is adopting the Chainlink standard as infrastructure for powering the lifecycle management of tokenized assets. Peregrine, PSG Digital’s regulated business in the ADGM,… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian — the data and technology company — announced it has acquired Audigent, a data activation and identity platform in the advertising industry. The acquisition reportedly expands Experian’s integrated marketing data and identity capabilities in the advertising ecosystem. With the addition of Audigent’s combined first-party… Read More

November 23, 2024 @ 5:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One of the world’s largest fintechs, Finastra, recently experienced a major data breach. Since Finastra’s solutions have been used across large banking service providers, it is likely that many financial services firms may experience challenges when it comes to user privacy and security. According to… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Versana announced the closing of a $26 million capital raise with the addition of Barclays as an investor in its centralized, real-time digital data platform. Existing investors Bank of America, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo also “participated in this round.” In… Read More

October 23, 2024 @ 7:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LSEG and Dun & Bradstreet are expanding access to private markets data, which is said to be essential for driving impact in capital markets. LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) and Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB), announced a collaboration in order to broaden access to private… Read More

October 14, 2024 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian UK&I has recently announced an AI-powered data solution ‘Hazard Tags’ which will help with the transformation of underwriting processes in the commercial insurance sector. As explained in the update from Experian, manual underwriting methods can be time-consuming for insurers and can often lead to… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 5:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quartr, a software and data provider enabling qualitative public market research for finance and investor relations (IR) professionals, announced the closing of a $6 million investment from Altos Ventures. Altos is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that is reportedly known for its uncommonly patient… Read More

October 10, 2024 @ 7:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IDA, a Hong Kong-based fiat-referenced stablecoin issuer, is integrating Chainlink’s services for tokenized assets. As mentioned in a blog post, those reportedly include Chainlink Proof of Reserve (PoR) for verifying asset collateralization as well as the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for the “secure” movement… Read More

October 2, 2024 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian, the data and technology company, announced the completion of its A$820 million acquisition of consumer and commercial credit bureau, illion, in Australia and New Zealand. The acquisition and integration of illion’s 500 strong team, data, software and intellectual property into Experian will create a… Read More

September 25, 2024 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Capchase SaaS Benchmark Report for 2024 has been released. Capchase notes in a new blog post that its third annual SaaS Benchmark Report is officially live. Last year’s report used data from 900 B2B SaaS companies “to define what success looks like in a… Read More

September 23, 2024 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluefin, the firm focused on delivering PCI-validated encryption and tokenization technologies that protect sensitive data and payments, announced it has partnered with Moneris Solution Corporation, a Canadian leader in innovative solutions for mobile, online, and in-store commerce. The agreement further enhances Moneris’ Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE)… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eastern Asia is the sixth largest cryptocurrency economy in the world this year, accounting for 8.9% of global value received between July 2023 and June 2024. This, according to an update from Chainalysis. Chainalysis noted that the region received “more than $400 billion in on-chain… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) has launched a new Merchant Data Network, an Equifax Cloud™-based data network to help provide greater visibility into the financial profiles of U.S small businesses. Designed to give lenders and service providers the “increased confidence they need to extend capital in a… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Euronext has reportedly acquired research and market data benchmarking provider Substantive Research. Euronext confirmed that it has acquired 100% of Substantive Research, a company that is providing in-depth transparency on product and pricing comparison “for investment research spend, market data and investment research content.” Founded… Read More