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Alpaca has unveiled an expanded trading window for U.S. equities, enabling operations nearly around the clock. This new feature extends market access from Sunday evening through Friday evening, specifically from 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday to 8:00 p.m. ET on Friday. Designed primarily for... Read More
In a move to enhance digital financial services in South Asia, Singapore-based fintech Pine Labs has announced its latest expansion in Sri Lanka. The company revealed a strategic collaboration with Pan Asia Banking Corporation (PABC), one of the island nation’s prominent listed banks. This partnership... Read More
Varo, a federally chartered digital bank, has raised $123.9 million in a Series G funding round. The terms of the funding were not revealed. According to a release, new investor Coliseum Capital Management and existing investor Warburg Pincus led the round. Existing investors also participated... Read More
As previously reported, the White House crypto team met today with representatives from the banking industry and digital asset industry. The rapid-response gathering came about after some crypto insiders stated they could not support the Crypto Market Infrastructure legislation scheduled for a markup hearing before... Read More
Stablecoin issuer Tether says it is expanding its partnership with Opera, creator of a self-custodial wallet built on Celo. According to a blog post, Opera’s MiniPay wallet will now support USD₮ and XAUt0 (Tether Gold). Tether states that the MiniPay wallet has become one of... Read More
ThriveCart, a no-code sales and payments platform, this week announced the launch of ThrivePay Installments, a new payment method designed to combine pre-authorized credit card limits with short, medium, and long-term installment payments for customers seeking to finance their purchases. In the U.S. alone, consumers... Read More
Asia-based stablecoin trading and payment platform OSL Group said it has raised $200 million (HK$1.56 billion) in equity financing, as the company looks to expand globally and consolidate its position in regulated digital payments and stablecoin infrastructure. OSL said the net proceeds will be used... Read More
Sherwood Neiss, founder of Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), has submitted a statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) advocating for improvements to secondary markets for crowdfunded securities. At the same time, Neiss has sent a letter to the House Committee on Financial Services,... Read More
BitGo, (NYSE: BTGO) a digital asset infrastructure company, announced that it has become the first publicly traded, federally chartered digital asset infrastructure company, following its initial public offering and related listing on the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 22 and the receipt of final... Read More
Sokin, a global business payments company, has secured a $100 million long-term debt facility from specialty lender Oxford Finance. The facility will accelerate Sokin’s expansion across North America, Asia, the Middle East, and South America, and fast-track the acquisition of further regional licenses, banking partnerships,... Read More