CryptoUK, the trusted voice of the UK crypto industry, has today announced the appointment of Rob McWilliam as its new non-executive director (NED).

Mr McWilliam has held executive roles at two of the most customer-centric businesses in the world, as finance director and vice president of Amazon UK and most recently as chief financial officer of Asda Walmart.

A qualified accountant and experienced NED, Mr McWilliam has current non-executive board appointments at Card Factory PLC and Jisc, the digital agency for UK universities and colleges.

ClearBank, the cloud-based clearing bank, has announced its partnership with Recognise Bank, a subsidiary of City of London Group plc (AIM: CIN) and the UK’s newest SME bank with retail deposit taking capability.

• Lightyear is a new investment platform combining multi-currency accounts with access to global markets so customers can invest without hidden fees.

• Collaboration with TrueLayer delivers instant account funding using the market-leading open banking platform.

The two companies will collaborate on issuances by Japanese real estate companies and banks, that will be offered to investors in Japan

Financial services company Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings and private market exchange ADDX have announced a new partnership to offer fractional private market investment products to investors in Japan, after Tokai Tokyo secured a security tokens license from the Japanese regulator.

 In the immediate aftermath of the Squid Game token scam, in which many crypto antagonists alluded to the lawlessness in the cryptosphere, Joseph James O’Connor, also known as PlugwalkJoe, was indicted on charges including conspiracy to commit computer hacking, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and aggravated identity theft as part of his role in stealing nearly a million dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency utilizing a SIM swap attack.

Revenue up 69% year over year
Send Volume up 61% year over year
Active Customers up 51% year over year

Remitly Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: RELY), a leading digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 135 countries around the world, reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021.

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• Revenues of €589.1 million (+12% YoY)

• EBITDA of €237.3 million (+21.7% YoY)

• Issuing and acquiring transaction volumes back to pre-Covid growth levels

• In the third quarter of 2021 revenues of €207.5 million (+9% YoY) and EBITDA of €91.6 million (+12% YoY), confirming the growth trend of the volumes processed

New York Clausematch, the global regulatory technology (RegTech) company automating policy management and regulatory compliance at financial institutions and other regulated organizations, today officially launches its new functionality - document modifications. The decision to launch modifications comes after a request from the company's core clients.