AccessFintech raised a $60 million Series C funding round, led by WestCap with investment from BNY Mellon and Bank of America, with repeat participation from existing investors Dawn Capital, J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and Citi Group (NYSE: C).
NY Mellon Investment Management launched the BNY Mellon Responsible Horizons Corporate Bond ETF (RHCB) last week. The actively managed ETF will focus on corporate debt securities issued by companies that demonstrate attractive investment attributes and business practices, based on Prime, a proprietary ESG rating methodology developed by Insight Investment, the sub-advisor to the new ETF. Insight Investment is a BNY Mellon investment firm with AUM of $1.2 trillion.
The BNY Mellon Sustainable US Equity ETF (BKUS), BNY Mellon Sustainable International Equity ETF (BKIS) and BNY Mellon Sustainable Global Emerging Markets ETF (BKES) are three new actively managed, sustainable ETFs launched by BNY Mellon Investment Management this week on the New York Stock Exchange.
A round-up of news from across the world that shows that the adoption of crypto assets may be catching speed. From events at Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) to BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK), and Uruguay to India, it’s clear one can’t ignore this new asset class.
Bitcoin is currently trading at $48,024.32, up over 8% but marginally off the fresh all-time high of $48, 297.35 it hit earlier today. Likely triggers were crypto-positive announcements by Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK), and a hint by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce (a.k.a. “Crypto Mom”) that the U.S. capital markets are ready for a bitcoin exchange-traded product.