Tagged: google

February 19, 2025 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct  Authority (FCA) and Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) have published a statement on the rise and usage of digital wallets. The two regulators note that the use of digital wallets has grown in recent years, with card transactions using a digital wallet… Read More

December 21, 2024 @ 6:57 am By Michael Wong  |  

Google has announced new advertising policies for cryptocurrency-related products in the United Kingdom, requiring advertisers to register with the country’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) starting January 15, 2025. The update aims to ensure compliance with local regulations amid increased scrutiny of crypto promotions globally. The… Read More

December 14, 2024 @ 12:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

An analysis by decentralized trading firm ApeX shows that Solana tops the list of best 2024 investments. Apex analyzed the price performance of various investment options from 2020 to 2024 to identify the best-performing assets based on price change. The data was collected from Yahoo Finance… Read More

December 9, 2024 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Concordium, Google, and Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet are piloting a project aimed at transforming the green energy landscape. Central to this initiative will be Energinet’s Project Origin and the Energy Track & Trace platform, leveraging Concordium blockchain technology to ensure traceability, transparency, trust,… Read More

August 9, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights has released an extensive update focused on the role of “Big Tech in Fintech: How Amazon and Google are battling to own transactions.” The comprehensive research report from CBInsights pointed out that while Amazon and Google have reeled in their efforts to offer their… Read More

August 8, 2024 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., the fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart kids, announced a collaboration with Google to connect with the Fitbit Ace LTE, a first-of-its-kind smartwatch that helps kids lead active, independent lives while giving parents peace of mind. Starting… Read More

July 15, 2024 @ 4:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Mina Foundation, a public benefit corporation servicing zero-knowledge (ZK) blockchain Mina Protocol, has appointed deep-tech lawyer and senior legal executive Daniel Schoenberger as its general counsel, effective immediately. Schoenberger brings more than two decades of legal and policy experience from across Web2 enterprise, Web3, and education. He joins… Read More

May 31, 2024 @ 9:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this month, Google launched its much-awaited Google Wallet app in India. Fintech company Pine Labs shed more light on the close collaboration with Google Wallet to enable “a seamless integration of Gift Cards on the product.” The ‘power of choice’ associated “with e-gifting appeals… Read More

April 23, 2024 @ 9:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Philippines has announced that it wants Google and Apple app stores to remove the Binance app. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Southeast Asian country is reportedly working with tech giants Google and Apple for… Read More

February 15, 2024 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Admiral, a financial services company in the UK and part of the Admiral Group, has selected Google Cloud as a strategic cloud partner. Under the terms of the agreement, Admiral’s core insurance operations, “including insurance policy administration and digital systems, will now be powered by… Read More

November 13, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the provider of institutional technology for digital assets trading, announced it has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program. Joining as a Build Partner, Talos aims to continue “building upon Google Cloud technology to empower institutions with a secure platform and the advanced tools they… Read More

November 1, 2023 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), the technology infrastructure services provider, announced the availability of new services for financial services organizations seeking to use Google Cloud to safely store and protect their confidential and sensitive data. Kyndryl’s new services are designed “to enable a unified, scalable and security-rich… Read More

September 23, 2023 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Exabeam, a global cybersecurity firm that created New-Scale SIEM for advancing security operations, and a 2023 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year for Security – Analytics, announced it is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud in “the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models… Read More

September 21, 2023 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DealMaker is announcing that Google Cloud has selected DealMaker to join its Google for Startups Program. Google Cloud has awarded $100K in credits “to accelerate DealMaker’s AI innovation in the fintech space with their robust AI tools.” By joining this program, DealMaker will “have access… Read More

September 5, 2023 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantiphi, an Al-first digital engineering company, announced the launch of its AI-led Intelligent Underwriting Platform (AiUP), which will be “included in Google Cloud’s Industry Value Network (IVN) solutions and combines the power of Dociphi, Quantiphi’s intelligent document processing platform,” Unqork‘s codeless platform and Google Cloud’s… Read More

August 21, 2023 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Unqork, the Codeless as a Service platform, is excited to announce today the availability of the Unqork platform on Google Cloud Marketplace, which allows customers “to explore, launch and manage software without having to manually configure the software, virtual machine instances, storage or network settings.”… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Celo Foundation announced that Google Cloud is running a validator on the Celo network, which is helping to strengthen the overall security of the network. This initiative builds on Google Cloud and the Celo Foundation’s April announcement to support sustainability-focused startups “in the Celo ecosystem… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Collective, which claims to be the first all-in-one online back-office platform for solopreneurs, announced it has raised $50M from a syndicate of investors including Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI fund, Innovius Capital, The General Partnership, General Catalyst, QED, Expa, and Better Tomorrow Ventures, among others. Collective… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 7:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mambu, an SaaS cloud banking platform, today announced it is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. This opens the door for more fintechs, neobanks, traditional banks, and non-financial institutions “to embrace cloud technology.” The announcement builds on Mambu‘s existing partnership “with Google Cloud, which has… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced a partnership with Google Workspace to power paid appointment bookings with Google Calendar. The new feature, which is built on Stripe Connect and Stripe Checkout, “enables customers to pay for services directly while making a booking on… Read More