Tagged: perspective

January 7, 2025 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK AIM listings of firms valued at over £1 billion are at a 9-year low, notes Myles Milston, CEO and co-founder of a capital markets technology company, Globacap. According to recent data, just six firms top that amount. In an article in Proactive Investor,  AIM… Read More

January 3, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gilles Gade, Founder and CEO at Cross River Bank, said that when he thinks of 2024, he’s reminded of a quote by the Austrian philosopher Viktor Frankl: “When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.” As… Read More

December 31, 2024 @ 1:56 pm By Timothy Li  |  

FINTECH in 2025! It’s been a whirlwind since my last Fintech predictions for 2024. I forecasted AI ubiquity, the end of BaaS, digital twinning, and Elon Musk’s ambition to dominate Fintech. Some of these predictions came true, others fell flat, but as they say, truth… Read More

December 29, 2024 @ 6:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

YouHodler’s chief of markets, Ruslan Lienkha, said recent decisions by a relatively healthy United States would affect world markets, even if they knew they were coming. Lienkha said markets expected a rate cut, given Fed signals at previous meetings. While a 0.5% rate cut was deemed bold… Read More

December 24, 2024 @ 5:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the latest twist in the unpredictable world of crypto and high-stakes finance, Justin Sun, the Chinese-born entrepreneur and founder of the Tron (TRX) blockchain, has emerged as a somewhat unlikely and unexpected ally of President-elect Donald Trump. This development, reported by the Wall Street… Read More

December 16, 2024 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Everyone knows the definition of an Accredited Investor is broken. The rule sets a monetary hurdle for individuals who may participate in certain private securities offerings. It is obvious to all that wealth is not necessarily an indicator of sophistication. Still, the SEC has failed… Read More

December 15, 2024 @ 9:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Should the US Federal Reserve cut rates in December, it’ll be based on market pressure—not sound economic reasoning—and there will be no rate cuts in the first half of 2025, deVere Group CEO Nigel Green believes. His warning comes as the US Consumer Price Index… Read More

December 12, 2024 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

A recent report shares that Nasdaq Private Markets (NPM), a secondary trading platform for shares in private firms, has booked $6 billion in trades so far this year. In total, since its creation, NPM reports over $55 billion in transactional value and more than 250… Read More

December 11, 2024 @ 3:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) testified before the Senate Banking Committee. Chairman Rohit Chopra outlined his accomplishments while at the agency in his opening statement, mentioning that they are working on addressing the challenges of debanking. Blocking people from the banking system has emerged… Read More

December 11, 2024 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) became a public firm in an IPO held on December 11, 2014 – ten years ago today. At that time, the transition of the high-profile Fintech from a private firm to a publicly traded company was heralded as a coming-of-age moment for the… Read More

December 10, 2024 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River CEO Gilles Gade has applauded David Sacks’ nomination, calling it a win for Fintech, crypto, and AI regulation. Gilles Gade, Founder and CEO at Cross River Bank, noted that David Sacks’ nomination as ‘AI & Crypto Czar’ could be a pivotal moment for… Read More

December 9, 2024 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The change in the US administration is expected to usher in a new era of digital asset innovation. During the Biden Administration, there was open hostility toward crypto that went beyond the pursuit of fraud and scams. Many firms sought to be regulated but were… Read More

December 9, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We have just scratched the surface of what AI can do in Fintech, and 2025 will bring “new trends into play,” according an industry outlook from Giuseppe Sette of Reflexivity and Raakhee Miller of Siebert. CI received insightful comments on the fintech industry’s outlook for… Read More

December 5, 2024 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

  Bitcoin has finally topped the psychological barrier of $100,000 per BTC. The fuel was the selection of Paul Atkins to become the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Bitcoin is currently trading at over $103,000. In the past, Atkins has supported digital… Read More

December 4, 2024 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The 180-degree transformation of the regulatory approach to crypto is just around the corner. The Joe Biden presidency has been exceptionally detrimental toward digital asset innovation. While the Securities and Exchange Commission took a regulation-by-enforcement approach to crypto, ignoring the profound opportunity to transform capital markets, other… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

  Globacap has shared some perspectives on private markets in 2025 and expectations for the upcoming year. Based in the UK, Globacap, a partner of tokenization enabler Tokeny, is on a mission to enable the future of private securities by leveraging Fintech. The company believes the current… Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech ComplyAdvantage has shared 2025 predictions from professionals working at the Regtech company, which specializes in financial crime intelligence. As mentioned in the update from Regtech company ComplyAdvantage, the predictions span the future of sanctions during a Trump presidency, as well as corporate transparency/beneficial ownership… Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

David Marcus, the current CEO and co-founder at Lightspark, which claims to be building the open Money Grid on Bitcoin (and previously who ran Payments/Crypto and Messenger at Meta) recently shared via social media just how the Facebook-led Libra(at one point called Diem) initiative was… Read More

November 28, 2024 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru noted that a new law expands options for Estonian investors to use investment accounts for crowdfunding. According to a blog post by Estateguru, the legislative amendment passed in the Estonian Parliament last week will now allow the “use of investment account funds for crowdfunding.”… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO of digital identity authentication and security enablers Concordium, recently shared his views and insights with CI. Bohrer-Bilowitzki, Concordium’s Chief Executive Officer, discussed whether the crypto and digital assets market can sustain its dramatic increase in value following Donald Trump’s US election victory. In… Read More