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June 6, 2022

FCA-Regulated Pixxles Appointed Salma Kamaly As Director!

The FCA-regulated high-risk payment processor Pixxles is allegedly the successor to the US-based T1 Payments group. The former T1 Payments manager and partner of its founder Donald Kasdon, Amber Fairchild, established the company in October 2018 and is its beneficial owner. Pixxles appointed Salma Kamaly as an additional director a few days ago, PayCom42 reported. Kamaly is purportedly a compliance expert who also serves as the sole director of JS Compliance Consultants Limited (JSCC).

June 2, 2022

Richard Lloyd Appointed Interim Chair Of The UK FCA

Richard Lloyd has become Interim Chair of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) taking over from Charles Randell. He joined the FCA Board in April 2019. The FCA is an independent authority, accountable to UK HM Treasury and to Parliament. The Chair of the FCA is appointed by HM Treasury. Charles Randell took up his role as Chair of the FCA and Payment Systems Regulator’s (PSR) Boards in April 2018 until his resignation on 31 May 2022.

May 22, 2022

Elon Musk Allegedly Sells SpaceX Shares To Fund The Twitter Acquisition!

Elon Musk is undoubtedly the first "richest man" who has made social media and Twitter, in particular, an essential tool of his reign. The founder of Tesler and SpaceX announced the acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion. Shortly after that, he declared the deal pending because the number of Twitter fake accounts would be significantly higher than the maximum 5% stated by Twitter. Now SpaceX is expected to set new records with a new capital increase helping Musk to finance the Twitter deal.

May 22, 2022

BridgerPay Appoints Laoura Salveta As Head Of Marketing

BridgerPay recently announced the closing of a $6 million financing SIBF and has scheduled the Future of Payments event in Limassol for May 25, 2022. Just in time for this globally broadcast event, BridgerPay has announced Laoura Salveta engagement as Head of Marketing. According to her LinkedIn profile, Laora comes from the Forex field and therefore has experience in financial marketing. Most recently, she served as Chief Marketing Officer and Director at 120advertising.com in Cyprus.

April 27, 2022

FCA-regulated Payment Institution SafeNed re-appoints Tony Solomon as director and CEO

Effective March 30, 2022, FCA-regulated payment institution Safened Ltd has appointed payment veteran Antonios "Tony" Solomon as a director. Payvision founders Rudolf Booker and Gijs op de Weegh also serve as company directors. According to UK Companies House, Tony Solomon serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Solomon, born in May 1958, listed Molenpad 2 in Amsterdam as his correspondence address. Interestingly, this is the company headquarters of Payvision.

The Unraveling of Rabidi and the Rise of the SoftSwiss Network: Our Updated Forensic Report

A few months ago, FinTelegram released a first forensic report on the bankruptcy of Rabidi N.V., a Curacao-registered online casino operator with hundreds of millions in revenues — and no traceable assets by the time of its collapse in May 2024. That report already raised serious questions about the opaque structures behind Rabidi’s operations and its successor, Liernin Enterprises Ltd.

DeFi Decoded: Smart Contracts – The Code Behind the DeFi Revolution

Smart contracts are the invisible architects of decentralized finance. These self-executing lines of code run everything from token swaps to lending platforms without middlemen. But while they offer autonomy, they also introduce new risks—bugs, exploits, and irreversible mistakes. In this fourth installment of our FinTelegram DeFi Series, we explain what smart contracts are.

CFTC

Despite New Crypto Friendlyness: No Settlement Between U.S. CFTC And KuCoin?

A planned settlement between the U.S.CFTC and crypto exchange KuCoin is now in limbo due to a reported policy shift within the CFTC. This change is attributed to the Trump administration’s new approach, which deprioritizes enforcement actions against crypto companies. As a result, a CFTC attorney said that it is "unlikely that such authorization will be granted in the near term" regarding the settlement approval.

SEC’s New Era: Paul Atkins Sworn In—Will Crypto Finally Get the Regulatory Clarity It Deserves?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has entered a new chapter with the swearing-in of Paul S. Atkins as its 34th Chairman, a move widely anticipated to mark a dramatic pivot in how the agency approaches crypto and DeFi regulation. For years, the financial industry—especially the burgeoning digital asset sector—has bristled under the SEC’s “Regulation by Enforcement” strategy.

Crypto Mogul Changpeng Zhao – Fallen, Rich, and Rising Again?

As spring 2025 blooms and Easter’s themes of rebirth fill the air, Changpeng Zhao emerges as one of the most controversial figures of startup mythology: a man who fell spectacularly, paid a price—then rose again, wealthier and louder than ever. Once the almighty architect of Binance, CZ now resides in Dubai with a net worth that Forbes estimates at $63 billion.