Tagged: data

July 30, 2024 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a strategic move to extend its global footprint, Toss Securities, a securities firm with a data-driven investment platform based in South Korea, is set to establish a new corporate office in the United States. Toss Securities is a subsidiary of the South Korean Fintech,… Read More

July 28, 2024 @ 9:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Late payments to UK small businesses surged over the last three months, with payments delayed by more than a week on average, according to the latest Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data from Xero, the global small business platform. Payments to small businesses were “made… Read More

July 28, 2024 @ 8:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Ireland card payments market is forecast to grow by 5.4% to reach EUR95.2 billion ($102.9 billion) in 2024, supported by growing consumer preference for electronic payments, forecasts GlobalData, a data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Payment Cards Analytics reveals “that card payment value in Ireland… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global small business platform, Xero, released its quarterly Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) report for Canada, based on data from January to March 2024. The update showed incremental “improvements for the sector across sales growth, late payments and time-to-paid metrics, a signal that Canada‘s small… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 12:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin miners are reportedly shifting towards HPC and AI data business models, according to an update shared by Compass Mining. As noted in a blog post by Compass Mining, Bitcoin miners are now “diversifying into high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) data business models… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 7:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

9Spokes, a global data platform, announced the launch of its new Cashflow forecasting product, a tool designed for integration within the digital platforms of financial organizations. This offering provides small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with “automated, predictive cashflow management and forecasting capabilities.” A recent study… Read More

July 14, 2024 @ 8:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV), a provider of integrated technology, intelligent data and wealth solutions, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Bain Capital in a transaction valuing the company at $4.5 billion ($63.15 per share). Reverence Capital also agreed… Read More

July 11, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Data generated by Pitchbook and posted by Innovate Finance, a UK-based group that supports the Fintech community, highlights global Fintech funding trends in the first half of 2024. The data includes both equity and debt funding raises. Fintech has been a significant success story “for… Read More

July 5, 2024 @ 11:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A California bankruptcy Judge has reportedly issued a warning to MongoDB, a database company, against deleting sensitive customer data. Ongoing efforts to give back millions to clients currently locked out of their Fintech apps are now linked to a heated dispute between Fintech platform Synapse… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink announced a collaboration with Fidelity International and Sygnum to bring Net Asset Value (NAV) data onchain. In this landmark production use case for tokenized assets, the collaboration provides transparency and accessibility “around key asset data for Sygnum’s recently issued onchain representation of Fidelity International’s… Read More

July 3, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Carta has released their First Cut—State of Private Markets: Q2 2024. Initial data from Q2 2024 reportedly “shows modest increases in median valuation and round size across much of the U.S. venture ecosystem.” Every quarter, Carta releases the latest information on the startup ecosystem in… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 5:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be the largest digital banking platform in the world outside Asia, announced on the results of the seventh edition of Nubank Data, this time with the theme Financial Health and Well-Being: Access Beyond Credit. The study focuses on the journey… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Celo Foundation is partnering with EigenLayer to integrate the off-chain data availability layer, EigenDA, into the forthcoming Celo Ethereum Layer-2. Initially launched as an EVM-compatible standalone blockchain on Earth Day 2020, core contributors cLabs proposed “bringing the network home to Ethereum during EthCC 2023.”… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Experian has revealed British businesses recognize the critical role effective data governance plays in today’s modern economy but cite inherent obstacles in putting these practices into action. The findings reveal that 8 in 10 (83%) British businesses “acknowledge data governance should no longer… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kani Payments, the global data reconciliation and reporting platform, has been selected by cloud-native issuer processor CLOWD9 as its partner to power its data reporting and reconciliation capabilities. The partnership will address the unique data standardization needs and challenges faced by banks and fintechs and… Read More

June 15, 2024 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, released regional and industry data about small business labor productivity. The Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) report, Small business productivity: Industry and regional trends, is based “on anonymized and aggregated data from more than 240,000 Xero small business customers… Read More

June 15, 2024 @ 10:08 am By Michael Wong  |  

Ant Group, the Fintech arm of Chinese tech major Alibaba, ramped up its research and development expenditures to a record 21.2 billion yuan ($3.05 billion) last year, according to its latest sustainability report. This move highlights the company’s increasing focus on technology innovations, including artificial… Read More

June 1, 2024 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sumsub recently shared Q1 data for deepfake fraud worldwide, showcasing alarming YoY trends in AI-powered scams. With half the world’s population heading to the polls this year, Sumsub, a global full-cycle verification provider, detected “upwards of a 245% YoY increase in deepfakes worldwide.” The findings… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis, the blockchain intelligence firm, and Chainalysis Government Solutions (CGS), Chainalysis’ wholly-owned subsidiary focused on U.S. government customers, today announced that part of the company’s Crypto Investigations solution – has “achieved an In Process designation from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and… Read More

April 29, 2024 @ 1:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm OKX is announcing a strategic investment in CARV, which is described as one of the largest modular data layers for Gaming and AI. OKX noted in a blog post that they’re making their new investment in CARV, the largest… Read More