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Copper, a digital assets custody, collateral management and prime services provider, has partnered with Ondo Finance. Copper’s multi-party computation (MPC) custody “allows clients to securely hold money-market fund tokens, including support for two of Ondo Finance’s flagship tokenized US Treasuries products, OUSG and USDY.” Ondo... Read More
Jamie Dimon, the most respected big Bank CEO on Wall Street who guides JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), shared his annual shareholder letter last week and once again, Dimon mentioned the growing Fintech sector. In 2022, Dimon addressed the looming challenge of upstart Fintechs, stating that “Banks... Read More
Weixin Pay users can now receive cross-border transfers from Xoom, a PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) service and a digital remittances provider. This new partnership between Tenpay Global, Tencent’s cross-border payment platform, and Xoom allows Weixin Pay users to “receive money directly into their Weixin Pay Wallet... Read More
Ruslan Lienkha, YouHodler’s chief of markets, answered some questions about Bitcoin this week. Could BTC’s recent movement signal a shift in how institutional investors treat Bitcoin (as a risk asset, hedge, or both)? “Bitcoin is often viewed as a hedge or “digital gold” primarily by... Read More
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) (NYSE: BK) has piloted the “first” intraday repo trade settled through its triparty infrastructure. The USD-denominated pilot transaction, which “took place in February, saw UBS borrowing cash from Swiss Re while delivering collateral via BNY’s global collateral... Read More
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s derivatives and securities exchange network, announced the expansion of its Derivatives Market Intelligence team with the hiring of Wei Liao as Director, Derivatives Market Intelligence. Based in Hong Kong, Ms. Liao will lead the “buildout of Cboe’s... Read More
Checkout.com, a global digital payments company, announced its intention to expand its card issuing capabilities in the UAE. Checkout.com aims to roll out domestic card issuance “in the region in 2026, pending regulatory approval.” This will enable businesses to launch branded cards, whether physical or... Read More
Institutional participation in crypto markets is key to their success and ability to scale. While many established institutions are already participating in this sector of finance, the growth will take some time. This week, global bank Standard Chartered and crypto exchange OKX revealed a partnership... Read More
From AI’s growing dominance to a crypto resurgence, the CBInsights team break down the trends shaping fintech ecosystem. As noted in the CBInsights research report, on its face, fintech funding appeared to have had “a strong quarter in Q1’25, topping $10B for the first quarter... Read More
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a paper on trading apps and consumer behaviour. Today, apps are the norm not the outlyer, but it was not too long ago trades were completed by phone, and then by accessing a website. As smartphones are... Read More