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Cboe Clear Europe, a pan-European clearing house, today announced that it has received regulatory approval to clear European Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs). This has reportedly been granted by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM). With this approval, Cboe Clear Europe is... Read More
Brightflag, an AI-powered e-billing and matter management platform for corporate legal departments, launched Ask Brightflag, which is described as the first generative AI assistant for legal spend and matters. E-billing and matter management tools are said to serve the following purposes: They perform tasks, like... Read More
US Bitcoin ETFs are reportedly on track to surpass gold ETFs in terms of overall size by this coming holiday season (around end of December 2024), with current assets valued at approximately $107 billion. Notably, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust is the dominant player this past... Read More
CaixaBank unveiled its 2025–2027 Strategic Plan in order to ensure sustainable levels of profitability “above 15% (ROTE)” in order to support the growth of loans to firms and households, which is on track to grow by around 4% CAGR during the next three years. Maintaining... Read More
Custodia Bank’s Board of Directors have reportedly voted this past week to further reduce operations and “preserve” capital in anticipation of “major” crypto policy reforms from the incoming administration in Washington, D.C. Custodia Bank noted that by taking this step ahead of the projected turn... Read More
Equito App creators, who are carrying out a crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube, have noted that traditional real estate investing is becoming increasingly inaccessible for the average investor. Equito explained that it intends to change that by enabling anyone to invest in real estate properties starting... Read More
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), which is the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has recently released its Final Report providing the assessment of the shortening of the settlement cycle in the EU. The report aims to highlight that the increased efficiency and... Read More
Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, is reportedly focused on becoming one of the best “every day banks” in the Nordics region. Lunar is a digital challenger bank focused on simplifying and enriching customers’ financial lives by creating a frictionless everyday banking platform. Founded in Aarhus,... Read More
Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, announced a global agreement with the technology solutions provider Lenovo. Consumers in 15 European countries are now able to pay for their tech purchases at Lenovo.com using Klarna’s flexible payment methods, including its popular interest-free Buy... Read More
Birchal, the leading securities crowdfunding platform in Australia, has added a crowdfunding OG to its roster of resources. According to a note shared by Birchal, Darren Westlake, founder and former CEO of Crowdcube, joins Birchal as Strategic Advisor. Additionally, Birchal says that Rod Bristow, former... Read More