Top News In Fintech And Beyond For June 15, 2022

👉 Top Things To Know In TradeFi:

• HKEX has launched VAR platform HKXCY
• Octaura to launch trading platform
• Prometheum appoints a new CMO 
• Coinbase cutting 18% of workforce COIN
• Nexi has sold tech biz to Euronext
• ICE enhances best execution offer ICE
• BlockFills will list crypto derivatives
• Schwab got fined over robo advice SCHW
• State Street adds to bets on digital STT
• Voyager talks on risk management VYGVF
• Binance.US is growing fastest ever BNB/USD
• BlackRock expands voting choices BLK
• Banxa & WonderFi have teamed up WONDF
• Euronext bought tech behind MTS EUXTF
• IBKR is tapping into OSL DS in HK IBKR

👉 Top Things To Know In Fintech:

• BZ talked w/Partisia’s Kurt Nielsen MPC/USD
• AKAI has tapped FTX for payment FTT/USD
• HES FinTech, Nordigen partner up
• SMB fintech app Nuula in Canada
• Flutterwave adding an AmEx exec AXP
• Fidor Bank testing fingerprint card
• BoA expanding its acct mgmt tech BAC
• Allica Bank scores debt and equity
• Sionic launching pay-by-bank rails
• Brex expanded partner ecosystem
• TD added payment plans for cards TD
• Credit Union task force was formed
• C2FO introduces CashFlow+ card
• Virgin Money to cut loan approvals
• Citi hones digital bets, hires 4,000 C
• RBC, Plaid announced agreement RY

💭 Executive Perspective: Benzinga spoke with Kurt Nielsen, the CEO and co-founder at Partisia.

We asked for his thoughts on how Partisia is changing the internet economy.

Let's [do an] advertising example.

Every time you, as a data subject, are put into a context of an advertisement scenario, you’re going to get an advertisement on a website and you’ll be in control of that, as well as be a part of the revenue stream coming out of that selling of you as a data subject.

This is going to fundamentally change the business model for the internet economy. You’ll get a fair share of the profits generated from your data and you can, then, use that to pay for services.

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