September 20, 2021 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Dacxi,  a crypto-asset exchange, has announced a new investment crowdfunding service that utilizes its Dacxi Chain, a bespoke blockchain. According to a release, the tokenized crowdfunding system is “designed to close the innovation-funding gap.” Ian Lowe, CEO Dacxi, says “the global enterprise economy comprises of… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM), which serves as an information resource for blockchain-enabled security tokens, recently published their August 2021 edition of the Security Token Market Real Estate report. The report, which now has an updated structure for their monthly real estate analysis,… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered crypto Regtech firm Coinfirm reveals that it has finalized an $8 million Series A round. The company has also announced the appointment of Dr. Mircea Mihaescu as their new CEO. Coinfirm’s investment round has been co-led by SIX Fintech Ventures, which is the corporate… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In August 2021, investors remained quite active on European online investment platform EstateGuru and financed a total of €17.0M worth of loans (84 loans). As expected, the top-performing markets on EstateGuru this past month were Estonia and Germany, with loan volumes of €5.3M and €6.9M,… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As new lending starts to overtake the repayment boom seen during the COVID-19 crisis, research from digital bank Zopa reveals that more than 40% of UK-based consumers would make use of Open Banking to “apply for credit if it improved their chances of getting an… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 9:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Raiffeisen Switzerland, a cooperative of cooperatives (the union of independent Swiss Raiffeisen banks), has reportedly secured a CHF 165 million bail-in bond via Valyo’s capital market platform. As noted by its management, Valyo aims to “open the door to the world of finance, across borders”… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 7:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Will a new competitor to Ethereum emerge, or will the acknowledged Web 2.0 winner dominate the DeFi space for years to come? It’s an interesting question for several reasons. One is that the DeFi space is still early in its evolution. Sometimes early mover advantage… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Binance has expanded its Audit and Investigations team with the appointment of Nils Andersen-Röed from Europol where he served as a specialist on the Dark Web team. As mentioned in the update from Binance, Nils will be tasked with focusing on conducting… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 6:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pine Labs, which is one of Asia’s leading merchant commerce platforms, revealed earlier this week that it has finalized a new investment round in the company “with the entry” of Invesco, a US-headquartered investment management firm. Invesco Developing Markets Fund has reportedly invested $100 million… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European online lender October explains that they aim to effectively connect borrowers and lenders. Lenders are able to invest their savings “usefully” and “profitably” in order to facilitate the funding of the “real economy” while companies or businesses “find new, simple and effective sources of… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 5:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Talent, sports, and entertainment firm UTA and Rally, a social token fan engagement and monetization platform, this week announced an alliance to educate and inspire creators, artists, celebrities, athletes, and to launch their own social tokens with Rally.  UTA Marketing, the agency’s consulting division, will… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Axiata Digital’s digital wallet Boost revealed earlier this week that it has further expanded its insurance offerings with the introduction of automobile insurance, called “CarProtect,” which has been underwritten by Great Eastern General Insurance (Malaysia) Berhad. The digital wallet provider stated that CarProtect provides clients… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueAccord Corporation, which provides intelligent digital recovery and communication products and services, reveals that it has introduced Retain, a new, client-branded product that aims to address early-stage collection challenges for lenders and various other organizations with clients with “past-due delinquent accounts.” Using the firm’s patented,… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VC firm btov Partners recently revealed that it has finalized the closing of its new digital technologies early-stage fund “with a volume of $135M.” It’s reportedly the second fund that focuses on digital technologies, and the ninth for btov Partners, to date. Investments in earlier… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 11:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Over 70% of UK SMEs claim that they’re beginning to bounce back following the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a survey performed by Capify, a small business lender backed by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS). The Capify survey, released earlier this week, found that the United Kingdom’s small… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset platform CoinList says that its mission is to promote the advancement and adoption of crypto-assets. CoinList writes in a blog post that they have been working with some of the leading initiatives to help with powering their digital token sales, while also connecting… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dedicated prime property lender CapitalRise has reportedly provided a mezzanine facility for a £4 million luxury penthouse located in Hyde Park. The facility — “agreed at 73% LTV on a 12-month term” — has been paired up with a development exit loan offered by a… Read More

September 18, 2021 @ 3:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, an established provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions, has introduced the industry’s “first” predictive document and ID verification solution with native fraud risk signals and intelligence. Socure’s Predictive Document Verification aims to go beyond just authenticating a government-issued ID and matching a… Read More

September 18, 2021 @ 1:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Coinbase (COIN: Nasdaq) reveals that Horizen (ZEN) is now available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase clients are now able to trade, send, receive, or store ZEN crypto tokens in “most Coinbase-supported regions,” with certain exceptions due… Read More