November 6, 2018 @ 7:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Joseph Gaudio has taken on a new role at National Funding, the large private fintech lenders of small and medium-sized business loans. Previously COO, Gaudio has been promoted to President and will report directly to Founder and CEO Dave Gilbert. Founded in 1999, National Funding has… Read More

November 1, 2018 @ 7:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

OpenInvest, a digital investment advisor for socially responsible investing, launched Divest from Dark Money, a one-click way to invest in companies that prioritize political transparency. The Divest from Dark Money screen allows investors to divest from companies that fail to publicly disclose whether corporate funds… Read More

November 1, 2018 @ 3:28 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Dutch payments platform Adyen (AMS: ADYEN) has now expanded its platform’s reach into Canada. In addition, Adyen also announced that four new customers — Dollar Shave Club, Adidas, Busbud and Canada Goose — have selected Adyen as their payments processor in Canada. Key Ayden clients include Facebook,… Read More

October 30, 2018 @ 8:11 am By Erin Hobey  |  

HM Government of Gibraltar has launched of the Gibraltar Association for New Technologies (GANT), a trade association that aims to drive forward Gibraltar’s innovative approach to Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The association seeks to establish formal lines of communication between policy makers and the private… Read More

October 30, 2018 @ 7:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Portag3 Ventures posted its initial closing of Portag3 Ventures II LP (“Fund II”), its second fintech venture fund focused on early stage investments in the global financial technology sector. “Portag3 Ventures is uniquely positioned as one of the few platforms dedicated exclusively to fintech on… Read More

October 30, 2018 @ 3:59 am By Erin Hobey  |  

‘Tis the Halloween season… Luxembourg-based Tokeny and Mash have partnered to launch €50 million STO. Mash Group PLC, a FinTech50 business specializing in consumer lending and pay later solutions, has partnered with Tokeny to support its Security Token Offering as part of its €50M equity round. “As we… Read More

October 25, 2018 @ 11:50 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Tokeny, a tokenization platform, has partnered with Blocktrade.com, a trading facility for Crypto Assets, Crypto Traded Indices and other blockchain related financial instruments. Last month, Neufund, Europe’s first security token issuance platform, partnered with Liechtenstein-based Blocktrade to provide additional liquidity in security tokens. Tokeny CEO Luc Falempin explained… Read More

October 25, 2018 @ 9:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kabbage, Inc., a global financial services, technology and data platform serving SMEs, is now extending access to more than $10 million per day to small businesses via its automated lending platform. The milestone is underscored by the addition of nearly 30,000 new customers in 2018,… Read More

October 25, 2018 @ 8:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Paytm Payments Bank has been in flux since this past summer when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) put the kibosh on the platform’s plans to  onboard new customers; as indicated on its website: “Paytm Payments Bank Limited has been prohibited by Reserve Bank of… Read More

October 23, 2018 @ 8:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Beer and Crowdfunding. Crowdfunding and Beer. Ein Prosit to the many successful campaigns. Enter a new contender on the crowdfunding scene:  Sly Fox Brewing Co. The southeastern Pennsylvania brewery has been crafting award winning ales and lagers for over 22 years –now touting a Regional Brewery status —… Read More

October 23, 2018 @ 3:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

It’s been an exciting week for UK fintecher Tandem. The platform launched its second credit product, Journey Credit Card, introduced auto-saving rules and the ability block card purchases in real time sans a formal cancelation process. Tandem has said that it is planning a growing range of in-app features that offer… Read More

October 18, 2018 @ 8:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Yandex.Checkout and Sberbank have launched a new B2B Payments service allowing companies to accept online payments from corporate clients.  The new feature aims to reduce the payment process time frame to 1–3 minutes. Yandex.Checkout and Sberbank claim the title for the first platforms to offer… Read More

October 18, 2018 @ 7:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

According to the GFSC, Gibraltar “is committed to being a sound and safe place to do business with and is considering a complementary regulatory framework covering the promotion and sale of tokens, aligned with the DLT framework.” As expected, crypto platforms are taking advantage the… Read More

October 18, 2018 @ 3:16 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Chainalysis, a cryptocurrency compliance and investigation solutions provider, has completed a global roll-out of its compliance solution with Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, to help address the challenges at the intersection of cryptocurrencies, regulators and traditional financial institutions. “Cryptocurrency businesses of… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 6:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), a small business online lending platform, has introduced ODX, a new company that will focus on helping banks digitize their small business lending process.  ODX will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of OnDeck. “OnDeck is a pioneer of online lending to small… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 6:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Last week UK fintecher Tandem launched its second credit product, Journey Credit Card. Now, in addition to the digital banking platform’s recent  auto-saving rules, customers may block their card’s purchases in real time without having to go through a formal cancelation process. Tandem said that this new… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 3:16 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Launched to create an open source platform for the free and fair exchange of data utilizing blockchain, Streamr continues to thrive, having recently partnered with Japan-based AI platform Daisy AI, CRYPTICS, HPE, Fysical, won the Plug and Play Global Innovation Award for Performance from innovation platform STARTUP AUTOBAHN,… Read More

October 11, 2018 @ 7:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Cookie Department offers fortified traditional cookie flavors like Chocolate Chip and Ginger Snap with “functional” ingredients like Fair Trade coffee, rBST free whey protein, superfoods, antioxidants and detoxifying spices. Pour your milk-alternative and open that bag of Nookies and check out this new campaign on… Read More

October 11, 2018 @ 3:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Streamr, an open-source, real-time data platform just selected as one of PwC’s Crypto Valley’s Top 50 Projects, continues to expand its network with a new partnership with Japan-based Daisy AI, an AI platform focused on using blockchain for deep learning. Daisy AI will use Streamr… Read More

October 9, 2018 @ 7:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Yesterday, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, announced that the platform would donate all listing fees to charity indicating that the change would increase the use of Blockchain for greater good. The company did not provide specifics as to how the charities would be… Read More