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UST Provides Cautionary Tale: Protocol Liquidity Is a Fundamental Operational Imperative

Josh FormanMay 25, 202214 min

The space is moving fast, and new instruments and methods are constantly being developed. Josh Forman shares insights on how protocol liquidity is a fundamental operational imperative today!

Payments

KUN, Asia’s Leading Stablecoin Platform, Raises Over $50M Series A

PRNewswireJuly 17, 20258 min

KUN, Asia’s leading stablecoin-based payment and embedded finance platform, has successfully completed its Series A funding round with significant oversubscription. Existing investors BAI Capital and GSR Ventures doubled down on their commitments, and two new strategic investors— a Hong Kong-listed conglomerate and Eternium Global—joined the round. Since its inception 20 months ago, KUN has raised over USD 50 million in total, reinforcing its early-mover advantage and leadership position in the industry. This financing marks a key milestone in KUN’s ongoing...

Banking

Arteria AI Appoints Industry Veteran Daniel Duffy to Lead Sales

Arteria AIJuly 16, 20254 min

Award-winning enterprise documentation infrastructure pioneer Arteria AI announced today that Daniel Duffy has joined the company to lead its sales team. At Arteria, Daniel will oversee all aspects of the sales lifecycle to the firm’s wide range of financial services clients. Daniel joins Arteria with over 35 years’ experience working at the intersection of technology and financial services, including most recently at State Street Global Markets where he was Head of Portfolio Solutions Sales for...

Direct Lending

Tavant Named to Prestigious 2025 AIFinTech100 List

BusinessWireJuly 14, 20255 min

AI-enabled Touchless Lending® platform recognized by FinTech Global as one of the World’s Most Innovative AI Solutions

Compliance & Scoring

Appian Named to 2025 AIFinTech100 for AI in Financial Services

PRNewswireJuly 11, 20253 min

Appian (NASDAQ: APPN), a leader in AI-powered process automation and orchestration, has been named to the 2025 AIFinTech100 list by FinTech Global. The list honours the top 100 companies globally that are redefining financial services through transformative AI solutions. The AIFinTech100 spotlights technology leaders that are enhancing banking, insurance, and compliance with AI-powered efficiency, personalisation, and intelligent decision-making. This year’s honorees were chosen from a pool of over 2,000 global contenders by a panel of...

Investments

BlackRock Completes Acquisition of HPS Investment Partners

BusinessWireJuly 8, 20258 min

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) and HPS Investment Partners (HPS) today announced the successful completion of BlackRock’s acquisition of HPS. Private credit is reshaping financial markets and the structural trends supporting its growth have accelerated the convergence of public and private markets. Financing activity is being shifted toward the capital markets, positioning asset managers to match long-dated capital with long-term investors, including insurance companies, pensions, sovereign wealth funds, wealth managers, and individuals saving for retirement. With...

Investments

Foresight Raises $5.5M Seed to Unite Data & AI in Private Market

BusinessWireJune 27, 20255 min

NEA leads investment in NYC-based SaaS startup building the first data and AI infrastructure layer for private company investors, lenders, and acquirers

In-House Features

DeFi vs TradFi: What Traditional Finance Can Learn from DeFi

FTB News DeskJune 27, 202521 min

Explore how traditional finance (TradFi) can adopt key innovations from decentralized finance (DeFi) to stay relevant in a rapidly evolving financial ecosystem.

Direct Lending

martini.ai Launches Free Credit Intelligence Platform for Corporate Lending

BusinessWireJune 25, 20258 min

Opening Access and Transparency to $10 Trillion Corporate Credit Market

Investments

Singapore Stocks Shine in Moomoo 2025 Investor Survey

PRNewswireJune 25, 20257 min

Singapore stocks remain the strategic foundation of retail portfolios, as shown by data from Moomoo Singapore’s 2H2025 Retail Investor Sentiment Survey. Over 7 in 10 investors in Singapore consider Singapore stocks an integral part of their investment portfolios, saying they intend to either maintain or increase their exposure to local stocks in the coming months. The survey, conducted in April 2025 with nearly 1,500 respondents across a broad cross-section of Singapore’s retail investor base, captures a comprehensive view of how investors in Singapore, from...

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