Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is buying TradeStation Crypto, the digital assets unit of TradeStation Group. With this acquisition, Kraken aims to expand its regulatory licensing in the United States, Seeking Alpha reported Thursday (April 18). “The transaction is part of our efforts to accelerate our U.S. presence and will unlock further...
Cash-back rewards platform Ibotta has upped the size of its planned public listing. Last week, the Walmart-backed company said it aimed to raise $472 million through an initial public offering (IPO). On Tuesday (April 16), the company raised that figure to around $551 million in new paperwork filed with the...
Morgan Stanley is reportedly facing investigations by several agencies into how its wealth management division vets and monitors clients who may pose money-laundering risks. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Federal...
Anti-money laundering (AML) defenses might begin at the point of onboarding. The needs are for all manner of firms — and especially banks and investment management companies — to embrace technology in the service of beefing up their onboarding processes and automating them too. ...
February 20, 2024
In any industry, a $35 billion deal is, of course … a big deal. But in financial services, the news that Capital One has set the stage to buy Discover Financial is notable not just for the size of the price tag. Bringing the two credit card giants together would pave the path toward creating […]
November 22, 2023
Cryptocurrency exchanges play a vital role in the digital asset ecosystem. They facilitate the buying, selling, trading, transferring, and storing of both individual and institutional holdings of the more than...
October 27, 2023
Kathryn McCall, chief legal and compliance officer at Trustly, said that as 2023 gives way to 2024, there are a few simple truths governing payments. With the continued emergence of...
September 11, 2023
A holiday-shortened trading week offered no respite for the CE 100 Index, which continued a general downward trend that’s been the hallmark of the last several sessions. Yet again, all...
May 03, 2024
Wells Fargo said Thursday (May 2) that U.S. authorities are investigating the handling of complaints about Zelle. This disclosure in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) follows a similar statement by J.P. Morgan and comes amid scrutiny of Zelle’s peer-to-peer (P2P) payment network by both regulators and legislators, Bloomberg reported Friday (May 3). In Wells Fargo’s Thursday SEC filing, the bank […]
April 18, 2024
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is buying TradeStation Crypto, the digital assets unit of TradeStation Group. With this acquisition, Kraken aims to expand its regulatory licensing in the United States, Seeking Alpha reported Thursday (April 18). “The...
April 16, 2024
Cash-back rewards platform Ibotta has upped the size of its planned public listing. Last week, the Walmart-backed company said it aimed to raise $472 million through an initial public offering (IPO). On Tuesday (April 16),...
April 11, 2024
Morgan Stanley is reportedly facing investigations by several agencies into how its wealth management division vets and monitors clients who may pose money-laundering risks. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Office of the...
