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Fresh Tazapay Set to Help Scale Business in Asia, Mid-East
- Friday, 10 February 2023
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Cross-border payments fintech Tazapay hauled in $16.9 million from a Series A round led by Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia. So reports Yahoo! Finance.
Read more...Diem Successor Aptos Labs Grants $50K Grant to Cornell University Game Theory Professor
- Thursday, 02 February 2023
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Aptos Labs announced a $50,000 grant to Cornell University Professor Lorenzo Alvisi. So reports Decrypt.
Read more...Chainalysis Report Highlights Massive Spike in N. Korean Crypto Crime
- Thursday, 02 February 2023
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
North Korean-linked hackers contributed to a record-setting $3.8 billion worth of stolen cryptocurrency last year, according to a new report from analytics firm Chainalysis. So reports CNN.
Read more...Marqeta Makes First-ever Acquisition with Purchase of Two-year-old Fintech Startup
- Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Marqeta is set to make its first acquisition in its 13-year existence as it agreed to purchase fintech startup Power Finance in a $223 million all-cash deal. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...Zopa 'Cemented' As A Unicorn After Latest Funding Round
- Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Digital lending platform Zopa raised £75 million ($92 million) and is firmly locked into its $1 billion unicorn status. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...California DMV Embraces Innovation with New Title NFT Project
- Friday, 27 January 2023
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A collaboration between the Tezos blockchain, Oxhead Alpha and the California DMV is hoping to make transferring car ownership and title registration easier. So reports Fortune.
Read more...Doodles 2 NFT Project to Offer Millions of Tokens on Flow Blockchain
- Friday, 27 January 2023
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Popular NFT project Doodles is expanding on the Flow blockchain. So reports Decrypt.
Read more...Halal Investing Platform Opens New Sharia-compliant U.K. Bank
- Friday, 27 January 2023
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Wahed, a halal investing platform backed by soccer star Paul Pogba and Saudi Aramco, opened a physical bank in the U.K. compliant with Sharia investment practices. So reports CNBC.
Read more...Method Series A Hauls in $16M As Firm Looks to Add Heads, Expand Offerings
- Friday, 27 January 2023
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Fintech startup Method raised $16 million after a Series A round spearheaded by Andreessen Horowitz. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...Pornstar Sells $30K Worth of NFTs in a Month, Expects to Grow Web3 Presence
- Monday, 23 January 2023
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- Written by FinTech Brief Staff
Elite-earning OnlyFans creator Elsa Jean sold $30,000 worth of NFTs in a month and plans on continuing to grow her Web3 presence. So reports Business Insider.
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