• Across all ages 20% have invested and 25% think it's the future
• Poll marks launch of StarkNet, a new platform to make crypto apps 'as widespread as smartphone apps'
• Blockchain's bandwidth is already overwhelmed; poll results raise questions of how it will cope with expectations

Some 58% of Brits aged 18-to-24 have invested in cryptocurrency, according to a new opinion poll.

Delta Data, a leading pooled investment fund software provider, today announced that Whitfield Athey has stepped down as CEO of the company. He will be succeeded by Cameron Routh, most recently Head of Tax Solutions at Refinitiv. Cameron is an experienced fintech executive and entrepreneur, with strong go-to-market experience, who has successfully grown and sold multiple companies, including GainsKeeper and Scivantage.

 Leading Crypto ETF Issuer Accelerates its Global Expansion By Establishing A European Presence

DataGuard, the compliance software company with a focus on data privacy and information security, has hired Michelle Schrey as VP of Finance. Schrey has over 10 years of experience in investment banking, corporate finance, enterprise SaaS, and digital payments. At DataGuard, Schrey will head the Finance and Business Intelligence teams.

 India’s largest Crypto investing app CoinSwitch has been certified as a Great Place to Work®, recognizing its ownership and purpose-driven culture, flexible work-life, and health benefits and rewards.

Request to Pay (RTP or R2P) is a novel real-time payment channel that has the potential to assist merchants, banks, acquirers, and billers. It is rapidly gaining popularity as a value-added service for real-time payments as it expands globally. Several R2P schemes including PayUK and the European Payments Council already exist, however they are not fully operational.

Broadridge has appointed Stephan Müller as Managing Director for Germany. Based in Frankfurt, Müller will join Broadridge’s International Leadership Team and will be responsible for leading and growing Broadridge’s overall business in Germany, across all solution lines in its Global Technology and Operations portfolio and its Investor Communication Solutions, as well as managing Broadridge’s Payments-as-a-Service (PaaS) business and financial messaging services. 

Douugh Ltd, the banking ‘super app’ on a mission to help customers manage and grow their money, today announced it has entered into a $20 million equity placement facility agreement with Long State Investments Limited.

Based in New York City, Long State has significant experience in investing in disruptive early-stage public companies in high growth-oriented sectors, including fintechs.

• Bank envisions application of quantum capabilities for priorities such as pricing and portfolio optimization, sustainability, risk and fraud
• Expands internal talent with quantum specialists

The firm taps industry expert James Rubinstein signaling strategic focus on growing its algo and service offering

Liquidnet, a leading agency broker, today announced the appointment of James Rubinstein as Head of Execution and Quantitative Services (EQS), Americas.