September 27, 2020 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Markus Jun, founder and CEO of ICON’s Accelerator Partner and Seoul Launchpad of ICXStation, HyperConnector (online accelerator for the ICON ecosystem), recently confirmed that ICONLOOP will be working cooperatively with Pohang, POSCO and POSTECH to develop a (decentralized ID) DID ecosystem with MyID. Jun noted… Read More

September 27, 2020 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mo Ali Yusuf, the VP at Checkout.com for the MENA and Asia Pacific Region, says he’s looking forward to teaming up with NiFT and the Fintech ecosystem in Pakistan in order to support the growth of digital commerce and virtual payments in the country. Pakistan’s… Read More

September 27, 2020 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The recently issued UNI governance token, which is associated with Uniswap, a leading Ethereum token exchange, aims to help Uniswap transition into a “decentralized,” community-managed and owned protocol. However, the exchange protocol’s team hasn’t been completely transparent about how they aim to achieve “decentralization.” Liesl… Read More

September 27, 2020 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indonesia’s regulatory authorities and local Fintech firms have been focused on creating a balance that will support innovative projects in the country, while maintaining regulatory guidelines that ensure consumer protection. Triyono, the head of Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK), stated on September 25, 2020, that… Read More

September 27, 2020 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Aave, an open-source and non-custodial decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol for earning interest on digital asset deposits while also being able to borrow assets, recently noted that their journey towards “decentralization” continues with the introduction of Aave Governance on mainnet (the production-ready or… Read More

September 27, 2020 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Retail spending and activity levels in India have now recovered to around 90% of pre- COVID-19 levels after dropping to around 55-65% of their average back in April 2020. The pace of the adoption of digital services across major channels has accelerated due to the… Read More

September 27, 2020 @ 1:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global banking sector has faced many challenges due to the socioeconomic problems resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak. Many banks or financial institutions have had to shut down physical branches while asking their employees to work remotely in order to prevent the further spread of… Read More

September 27, 2020 @ 1:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking offers more convenience to consumers, which has become even more obvious due to the COVID-19 crisis. The shift towards all-digital financial services could be permanent, according to the State Bank of India (SBI) Chief. SBI, which is one of India’s largest lenders, is… Read More

September 27, 2020 @ 10:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MANTRA DAO (distributed autonomous organization), a community-governed decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that aims to make staking, lending, and governance more accessible to traders and investors, has teamed up with Polkastarter, the decentralized or non-custodial exchange (DEX) that helps “decentralized” projects with raising and exchanging funds… Read More

September 27, 2020 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Malaysia’s Razer Fintech, the Fintech division of Razer (a multinational financial service provider), has teamed up with Singapore’s Lifestyle Marketing SaaS (software-as-a-service) provider, Perx Technologies, in order to provide better mobile-first customer engagement for financial services. Through the partnership, Razer Fintech will focus on transforming… Read More

September 26, 2020 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) recently noted that new legislation might require that it opens up its proprietary Apple Pay technology to various third-parties. The tech giant, which recently became the world’s first company to surpass the $2 trillion market cap mark, claims that allowing others to closely… Read More

September 26, 2020 @ 6:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mark Schwartz, MD at Ernst & Young Capital Advisors LLC, Equity Capital Markets Advisory, has explained how (special purpose acquisition company) SPAC mergers can help companies with accessing better financing deals or options. Schwartz noted that the growth of SPACs gives private business owners an… Read More

September 26, 2020 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jay Hao, CEO at OKEx, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, notes that it seems everyone in the blockchain space is talking about carrying out a “fair launch.” He goes on to ask, “what exactly is ‘fair launch’ and is it a better model for token distribution?”… Read More

September 26, 2020 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based payments platform Nium has partnered with Aspire, a neobank for businesses, in order to enable payments with Google Pay. Aspire claims that it’s the first business neobank to launch in Southeast Asia. The company announced its plans to go “plastic-less” by issuing corporate Visa… Read More

September 26, 2020 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, an on-demand global identity verification company, has been recognized on The Globe and Mail’s second-annual ranking of Canada’s 2020 Top Growing Companies – which ranks companies based on their three-year revenue growth. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, Trulioo recorded three-year growth… Read More

September 26, 2020 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AI and machine learning network Fetch.ai has unveiled an outcome of its developer engagement project, which aims to make it easier to develop applications and related services on top of the Fetch.ai network. The Fetch.ai team noted that they’ve built what they call an “Autonomous… Read More

September 25, 2020 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sophie Robé, CFA and Impact Investing Adviser and Investment Consultant from Amsterdam, Netherlands, has confirmed the official launch of FIIND Impact, which is described as an independent investment consultant and advisor that aims to strategically combine impact and financial expertise. FIIND Impact aims to help… Read More

September 25, 2020 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Rodrigo Bernardine, Co-founder at Digibee Inc, a company that aims to connect enterprises to the world 10x faster with “No Code” Integration methods, claims that Open Banking is a revolution that could streamline or enhance the existing financial system. He notes that banks require… Read More

September 25, 2020 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enrico Vigano, CFA and CEO and Founder at FinDynamic (from Milan Area, Italy), notes that a new Fintech tool has been introduced which aims to support supply chains. Vigano confirmed that Diners Club Italia and FinDynamic (a company offers an “innovative form of supply chain… Read More

September 25, 2020 @ 3:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a new report, titled “Technology Vision for Cybersecurity for Urban Co-operative Banks – 2020-2023.” The RBI notes that the document makes recommendations or suggestions on how to improve the nation’s cybersecurity infrastructure of its urban co-operative banking… Read More