April 16, 2020 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Russian banking group Sberbank announced earlier this week it is launching an anti-crisis support platform, SberUnity, that is specifically for SMEs. According to Sberbank, SberUnity was created to help businesses find new solutions and transform their companies from offline to online ones. Sberbank also claims… Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based challenger bank Tide announced on Thursday it has teamed up with insurance solutions provider Hokodo to launch new invoice protection product for SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the duo, this new Invoice Protection product will members to protect their businesses and will… Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OpenInvest, a U.S.-based investing platform, announced on Thursday it secured $10.5 million through its Series A1 funding round, which was led by QED Investors with participation from SystemIQ, Resolute Investment Managers,and ABN AMRO Ventures. The latest found of funding comes less than two years after… Read More

April 15, 2020 @ 4:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. (TSX.V:HIVE) (OTCQX:HVBTF) recently announced it acquired 30 Megawatts (MW) Cryptocurrency, which is located in Canada, for C$4 million. 30 MW was purchased from Cryptologic. HIVE reportedly issued 15,000,000 common shares to Cryptologic, which are notably subject to a four-month lock-up agreement,… Read More

April 15, 2020 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinTech Australia announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with Tier One People to launch a new talent marketplace specifically for Australian fintechs. According to the organization, this new marketplace will run through LinkedIn Groups and aims to connect candidates with prospective employers and help… Read More

April 15, 2020 @ 12:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, announced on Wednesday it has received approval to issue Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans through its online lending platform. As previously reported, the PPP is part of… Read More

April 15, 2020 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb announced on Tuesday it has integrated with blockchain-based digital identification organization, MyID Alliance. Bithumb claims it is the first Korean virtual asset exchange to implement the distributed identification (DID) service performed by the organization. Bithumb Korea will notably participate as… Read More

April 15, 2020 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

ShapeShift AG, an instant exchange for Bitcoin digital currency and other blockchain assets, announced this week it has acquired Israel-based non-custodial software wallet, Portis. ShapeShift reported it integrated with Portis’ wallet SDK into the new ShapeShift platform this past November. ShapeShift revealed that prior to… Read More

April 15, 2020 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Worldline, (Euronext: WLN) a European payments and transactional services firm, announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with Meniga, a UK-based fintech and digital banking technology provider, to increase digital customer engagement through the creation of personalized banking features. According to Wordline, the partnership will… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 3:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ternio, a U.S.-based blockchain firm, announced on Tuesday the introduction of the rewards program on BlockCard. According to Ternio, BlockCard users will be entitled to earn 6.38% back in cryptocurrency on all BlockCard purchases. As previously reported, BlockCard is a debit card that enables the… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Audit, consulting, tax and advisory services  Deloitte has formed a new partnership with no-code enterprise application platform Unqork to launch a fully-managed small business lending service. According to the duo, this service will enable small business lenders to “streamline” the distribution of loans to small… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dutch multinational banking and financial services group Rabobank announced on Monday it has collaborated with global agriculture supply chains Cargill and Agrocorp to completed a cross-continent commodity trade transaction of wheat from North America to Southeast Asia on a blockchain platform provided by Singapore-based dltledgers…. Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Different Dog, a UK-based dog food subscription service, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £950,000 million raised from over 300 Seedrs investors. The campaign launched last month and quickly raised its initial £750,000 funding target. As previously reported,… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Medic Bleep, a UK-based secure and real-time medical communication solution, announced on Monday it has extended its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which has now raised more than 600,000 from over 500 Crowdcube investors, will now close at the end of April. … Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cerebro Capital, a U.S.-based digital commercial loan marketplace, announced on Tuesday it received additional venture capital funding through its latest investment round, which was co-led by Ulu Ventures and Grotech Ventures with participation from Sterling Partners, Inner Loop Capital, and Point Field Partners. Launched in 2017, Cerebro describes itself as… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Apifiny, a digital asset marketplace that seeks to enable institutional trading across multiple regulated exchanges, announced on Tuesday it has been granted an exemption by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) from holding a license under that country’s Payment Services Act (PSA). Founded in 2019, Apifiny describes itself… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dealsquare, securities marketplace for private placements, announced on Monday it has achieved full digitalization of private placement process in Canada by launching its Version 2.0 platform. Founded in 2019, DealSquare describes itself as a centralized digital platform to access capital within the private markets, connecting capital… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending, and borrowing platform, announced on Monday it has reduced its minimum loan request to $1,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Celsius Network reported that it lowered its loan minimum in the wake of the effects that the virus has had on… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 2:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just weeks after Binance listed Tezos (XTZ) on its U.S.-based division Binance.US, the cryptocurrency exchange announced Binance.US will be launching staking rewards for Tezos on Thursday, April 16th.  As previously reported, Binance.US is supporting trading for the XTZ/USD and XTZ/Binance USD (BUSD) trading pairs and… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

DeCurret, a Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Friday it has issued ¥2.75 billion in a third-party allocation of shares. The platform, which was founded in 2018, stated that amidst a “growing major trend towards the spread of digital currency” it has become a “main bank… Read More