Finovate Alumni News

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  • Pendleton Community Bank Signs 3E Software’s Teslar for Automation.
  • Coinbase’s Coinbase Pro Goes Mobile.

Around the web

  • Paystand surpasses 100,000 businesses on its network.
  • Swaper celebrates its third birthday.

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Finovate Alumni News

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  • CurrencyCloud’s Grant Boosts Total Funding Over $80 Million.

Around the web

  • Barclays ends partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
  • The ID Co illustrates 12-month plan to expand DirectID’s global data coverage.

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Grayscale Selects Coinbase to Store its $2.7 Billion in Crypto Assets

Grayscale Selects Coinbase to Store its $2.7 Billion in Crypto Assets

Digital currency wallet and crypto management platform Coinbase landed a major win today. The California-based company announced that Grayscale, a major digital asset fund manager, has partnered with Coinbase to store its $2.7 billion worth of assets on Coinbase Custody.

Launched in 2017, Coinbase Custody is a cold storage solution for crypto assets. In May of this year, Coinbase Custody reported it had reached $1 billion in crypto assets under management. Today’s agreement with Grayscale, which will use Coinbase Custody to store all of its digital assets, more than doubles Coinbase Custody’s AUM.

According to the Coinbase blog, Grayscale selected Coinbase Custody after researching more than 30 other custodians. All were evaluated on factors such as security, regulatory compliance, insurance coverage, scalability, and their suitability as a partner. “We’re honored to have been selected based on such a comprehensive evaluation process,” Coinbase said in a blog post.

Coinbase aims to be top-of-mind with traditional wealth management firms as they add crypto to their offerings. The company’s Coinbase Pro offering provides a compliant way to access a regulated, verified crypto liquidity with APIs and hands-on customer service.

After its most recent funding round of $300 million, Coinbase’s total funding hit $525 million and its valuation rose to $800 million. Coinbase demoed Instant Exchange at FinovateSpring 2014. 

Finovate Alumni News

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  • Grayscale Selects Coinbase to Store Crypto Assets

Around the web

  • Bobsguide awards Taulia partnership award for its alliance with NHS Business Services.
  • Tuition.io powers student loan repayment for Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall.
  • CREALOGIX records over $101 million (CHF 100 million) in sales for the first time.

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Finovate Alumni News

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  • Ondot Unveils New Cloud Service to Help Smaller Banks Compete.
  • Urban FT Acquires Remote Deposit Capture Innovator CFC Technology Group.

Around the web

  • TransUnion launches its consumer data mapping solution, TrueVision.
  • Coinbase to offer exclusive trading data to all customers.
  • Plaid unveils its Liabilities endpoint to support development of apps to help combat student loan debt.
  • Signifyd announces general availability of its Signifyd INR Protection add-on, bringing coverage of item-not-received (INR) chargebacks to its fraud protection solution.
  • Klarna partners with Superdry to enable the company’s customers in the U.K. to pay later or pay in three installments.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News

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  • $468 Million Raised by 20 Alums in Q1 of 2019
  • BanQu Closes Extension on Series A Round
  • Credit Agricole Plans $17 Billion Tech Investment in Four Years
  • Lighter Capital Launches New Financing Options

Around the web

  • Growjo names Coinbase, Plaid, and BlueVine fastest growing startups in California.
  • Ping Identity launches capabilities framework to help clients adopt a Zero Trust security strategy.
  • Sifted looks at Credit Karma’s entry into Europe.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News

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  • Q2 and ALTR Leverage the Blockchain to Boost Data Security.
  • Neustar Helps TELUS Fight Caller ID Spoofing.
  • Fintech OS Raises $1.2 Million.
  • Personetics Unveils AI-Enabled Small Banking Solution.
  • SparkPost Launches Predictive Email Intelligence Platform.

Around the web

  • Meniga opens an office in Barcelona, Spain.
  • Coinbase extends support for USD Coin (USDC) trading in 85 countries.
  • Finastra hires Mark Miller as new Chief Financial Officer.
  • Fenergo announces API integration with global financial markets data provider Refinitiv.
  • Hastings Direct extends deal with Equifax by signing a multi-year deal.
  • SDC and Tink partner to give 120 Nordic banks access to account aggregation and payment initiation services.
  • Kony Quantum powers Qualifacts’ new CareLogic mobile app.
  • WireBarley partners with Currencycloud to boost its operations in the U.S.
  • Lendio named to Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance.
  • BlueVine taps Herman Man as new Chief Product Officer.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News

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  • First Hawaiian Stays with FIS But Switches Core.
  • Jemstep Advisor Pro App Launches on Salesforce Exchange.
  • From AI to CX, Welcome to FinovateSpring’s Summit Day.

Around the web

  • Lendio honored as a Gold Stevie Award winner in 2019 American Business Awards.
  • Bahrain-based Aion Digital partners with the Open Bank Project.
  • MidWest One bank taps Tuition.io.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News

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  • Capital Bank of Jordan Selects Backbase for Digital Transformation.
  • StockTwits Launches Free Online Trading.

Around the web

  • Validis’ DataShare to integrate with Baker Hill NextGen.
  • Insuritas partners with Nymeo FCU to launch digital insurance agency.
  • SGX orders Ayondo to shelve planned disposal of unit.
  • TechCrunch reports: Coinbase launches in 11 countries with crypto-to-crypto conversions.
  • Jack Henry & Associates recognized on Forbes’ America’s Best Employers List for third consecutive year.
  • Flywire integrates with TRUE North to connect the application, enrollment and cross-border payment and receivables processes to bring transparency to education payments.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News

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  • Virtual Card Platform Extend Raises $11 Million. See the company demo its technology live at FinovateSpring in San Francisco in May.
  • PayStand Unveils Automated Receivables Product.

Around the web

  • Lendio franchise opens in Phoenix.
  • Check Point partners with Google’s Cloud Identity to improve zero trust cloud access.
  • Coinbase introduces crypto Visa debit card for U.K. customers via partnership with Apto Payments.
  • Sberbank acquires majority stake in biometrics company Speech Technology Center.
  • Aite Group recognizes Featurespace as “Best in Class” in its latest report on fraud and advanced machine learning platform vendors.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News

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  • Nordigen, Sensibill Earn Spots in Fintech Europe’s Incoming Cohort.
  • Jumio Unveils Automated AML Screening Solution.
  • Community Access from Urban FT Brings Digital Tools to Small Banks.

Around the web

  • PayPal teams up with JP Morgan Chase to offer instant transfer option.
  • Coinbase’s Custody service completes its first over-the-counter trade directly from offline storage.
  • HackerOne announces detecting vulnerabilities in up to 43 digital asset projects.
  • Ping Identity wins the DeveloperWeek 2019 Devies Award and the Info Security Global Excellence Award.
  • The Paypers interviews Modo CEO and founder Bruce Parker.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News

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  • ZagTrader and BeQuant Team Up to Help Institutions Go Crypto.
  • Best of Show Winner Finn AI Partners with IDaaS Firm AuthO.

Around the web

  • Accenture and nCino partner to better serve FIs in the Asia-Pacific and EMEA regions.
  • Insuritas teams up with Iowa’s Peoples Bank ($332 million in assets) to launch bank-owned digital insurance agency.
  • NCR selects former FIS executive Douglas Brown as its new General Manager for Digital Banking in its Banking Business unit.
  • Payoneer launches expansion of its Capital Advance working capital offering for online merchants.
  • Fenergo introduces James Follette as new Global Head of Commercial and Retail Banking.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.