Search Results for: fintech sandbox

May 8, 2024 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Nonprofit Fintech Sandbox has received a grant of $150,000 from Global Atlantic Financial Group. Fintech Sandbox provides early-stage Fintech startups around the world with free access to datasets and infrastructure through its Data Access Residency. Global Atlantic said their support for Fintech Sandbox is because… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Spanish Fintech MONEI is reporting that it has received the “green light” from the Bank of Spain’s Fintech Sandbox to launch a digital Euro –  “EURM.” MONEI is a platform that aims to simplify and streamline digital payments, allowing any organization to integrate with Shopify… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Securitize, a security token issuance platform and digital security trading market, has announced its expansion into Europe. Securitize has been approved by the Spanish General Secretariat of the Treasury and International Finance to enter its experimental program or Fintech sandbox where Securitize will serve a… Read More

April 25, 2022 @ 7:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced 7 firms that will participate in its Fintech sandbox called TestLab. The OSC TestLab is a dedicated testing environment for firms to try out new approaches to regulation aimed at reducing burden, promoting economic growth, and fostering capital… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 9:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The North Carolina Regulatory Sandbox Act of 2021 has been signed into law making the state one of a handful that are seeking to encourage innovation in financial services. The Mountaineer reported that the legislation received unanimous support in both the state House and Senate…. Read More

January 10, 2021 @ 11:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Propine, a digital asset custody service provider, has “graduated” from the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Fintech Sandbox program. The company has been granted a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license and is now fully regulated by MAS. It is the first regulated firm of its… Read More

January 5, 2021 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore is a jurisdiction that has worked to enable innovation in financial services. A collaborative government that encourages the financial regulator, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), to enable change has created a robust Fintech ecosystem. MAS has long operated a regulatory Sandbox to help… Read More

October 26, 2020 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian regulatory authorities have introduced the framework for establishing a Fintech regulatory sandbox that will help local startups with experimenting or testing out their ideas in a live environment. The Fintech sandbox program will allow established industry participants and startups to work cooperatively in order… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 7:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech firm Fasset, a provider of blockchain-based solutions for the financing of sustainable infrastructure, has reportedly been approved or authorized to test out its software which tokenizes hard assets. The project is part of Bahrain’s Fintech regulatory sandbox program. The permit was issued by… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

A new private securities exchange, Hg Exchange, has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Fintech Sandbox. Hg Exchange’s tenure at the Fintech Sandbox begins on June 22, 2020, and is scheduled to last until December of this year. Hg Exchange will offer 24/7 trading… Read More

May 20, 2020 @ 11:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  South Korea’s Fintech sandbox program has reportedly acquired $111 million in funding. The initiative is expected to create 380 new jobs, locally. South Korean officials confirmed that the financial technology regulatory sandbox had secured KRW 136.4 billion in capital, and that they’re expecting the… Read More

February 18, 2020 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mike Bloomberg, the former Mayor of New York City, a successful entrepreneur and a latecomer to the Democrat Presidential Primary, has included cryptocurrencies and Fintech as part of his financial reform platform. According to his campaign website Bloomberg plans to: “promote healthy competition in financial… Read More

February 3, 2020 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

iSTOX, a blockchain-based platform, is now the first digital securities issuance, custody, and trading platform, licensed in Singapore. iSTOX recently “graduated” from the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Fintech Sandbox program and has received regulatory approval to operate and provide digital asset issuance and trading. This… Read More

November 10, 2019 @ 4:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Propine, described as a comprehensive securities services provider for digital securities, has been accepted into the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Fintech Regulatory Sandbox.  Singapore is a prominent Fintech hub and has pushed forward on the emerging digital security sector powered by distributed ledger technology. … Read More

September 3, 2019 @ 7:39 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has added a company called ALTA (www.whatisalta.com) to the state’s Fintech sandbox program. ALTA is, “an Arizona startup that will allow cash-intensive businesses to make and receive digital payments without a bank,” using a digital token known as a “stablecoin,” a cash proxy… Read More

June 20, 2019 @ 8:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equifax announced on Thursday it has joined forces with FinTech Sandbox to help startups access consumer and commercial data from the Equifax platform. Participating startups pay no fees and no equity is taken. Equifax reported: “In addition to data, Equifax will give analytical support to… Read More

April 29, 2019 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Nuggets, an e-commerce payments and ID platform that stores data on the blockchain, has been accepted into the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Innovation Sandbox, for the second time. This is the regulators’ fifth cohort since the Fintech sandbox launched. Nuggets will be testing its… Read More

February 18, 2019 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), has applied to join the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) as an observer. GFIN is a global Fintech Sandbox project orchestrated by the UK. GFIN claims a good number of global regulators – each looking to facilitate… Read More

February 16, 2019 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, TokenMarket, a “Global investment platform” announced its intent to raise up to £10 million in a security token offering (STO). Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the forthcoming STO is the fact that TokenMarket will be issuing the securities under the watchful eye of the UK Financial Conduct… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Catalyzing the future of financial services with Fintech Sandbox We’re hosting our capstone Demo Day in New York City for a second time! Go under the hood of robust technologies solving the industry’s most pressing challenges. We’re a Boston-based nonprofit founded to promote financial technology innovation… Read More