August 1, 2019 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Thursday it has topped  $300 million in AUM and $2.2 billion in loans. Celsius Network reported: “These new numbers reflect the company’s unparalleled growth during its first year in operation and places Celsius as the… Read More

August 1, 2019 @ 2:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin.com announced on Thursday its plans to launch a new cryptocurrency exchange on Monday, September 2nd. According to Bitcoin.com, the exchange will offer a user-friendly place to trade with a clean, simple interface to promote easy navigation, along with high-liquidity and a powerful matching engine… Read More

August 1, 2019 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayStand, a blockchain-based, B2B payments firm, announced on Thursday the launch of its Assurety-as-a-Service Solution, which the company claims to allow any business to deploy scalable blockchain networks and applications in minutes. While sharing more details about the new solution, Jeremy Almond, Paystand CEO, stated: “Assurety-as-a-Service… Read More

August 1, 2019 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Robinhood announced earlier this week the launch of its new feature, Messages, which provides timely, relevant and actionable for user accounts. The company reported it’ll send users account updates, such as deposits, withdrawals, and banking linking messages specific to the user’s holdings and announcements. “To… Read More

August 1, 2019 @ 8:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

China Finance Online Co. Limited NASDAQ GS:JRJC), a web-based financial services company that provides Chinese retail investors with fintech-powered online access to securities trading services, wealth management products, securities investment advisory services, as well as financial database and analytics services to institutional customers, announced on… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 10:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK digital banking group Monzo announced on Tuesday it has fixed that issues that may have caused its users to have problems accessing the banking service. Monzo revealed that when the issue happened, users were unable to do the following: Log into the app Send… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Assetz Exchange, a UK-based property crowdfunding platform, is now seeking a minimum £350,000 in funding through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2018, Assetz Exchange describes itself as a revolutionary new crowdfunding property investment platform. This is the buy-to-let you know, without the… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

German blockchain banking group Bitwala announced on Wednesday it secured €13 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Sony Financial Ventures and NKB Group. As previously reported, Bitwala’s mission is to empower people to exchange ideas. The company recently secured €4… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin.com announced on Wednesday it has joined forces with online travel agency CheapAir.com to provider service for travelers using cryptocurrency. Bitcoin.com reported more than 4 million Bitcoin.com Wallet users will be able to access CheapAir.com’s booking engine from its mobile app. Both companies revealed that the… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 2:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Onfido, a global identity verification provider, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new international partner program to expand the reach of its identity verification service and promote new identity verification use cases. Onfido reported partners will be provided AI-powered ID verification services as part… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 11:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a financial services technology firm, announced on Wednesday it has completed the acquisition of WorldPay, a global payment technology provider. FIS notably acquired WorldPay for $35 million. As previously reported, WorldPay claims to be a “global leader” in payments processing technology and… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced on Wednesday it has acquired Interchange, an accounting, reconciliation and reporting service provider for cryptocurrency hedge funds, asset managers and fund administrators. Kracken claims the acquisition creates the “world’s first” end-to-end crypto trading and reconciliation platform. “Interchange offers professional-grade accounting and portfolio… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa announced on Wednesday it is launching its Fintech Fast Track program in the U.S. According to Visa, Fast Track aims to speed up the process of integrating with Visa, to allow startups the ability to more “easily leverage” the reach, capabilities and security VisaNet,… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 8:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hyperledger, an open-source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, announced on Wednesday it has welcomed 11 new members to its enterprise blockchain community. Hyperledger reported that the announcement comes as its members from around the globe are meeting in Tokyo, Japan, at the… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 4:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ADVFN, a global stocks, shares and crypto information website, announced on Tuesday the expansion of its global cryptocurrency platform. According to ADVFN, the platform now covers more than 6000 cryptocurrencies, connects to all of the top global cryptocurrency exchanges (by volume) for trading data and has… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ripple, a provider of enterprise blockchain solutions for payments, announced on Tuesday it has expanded its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) to Japan. According to Ripple, the expansion brings on new partners including Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo. While sharing more details about… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 12:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency payments processor CoinPayments announced last week it has formed a new partnership with Cryptwerk, a comprehensive online directory of various merchants and retailers around the world where consumers can spend their cryptocurrency. According to CoinPayments, theCryptwerk directory covers a broad range of both online… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase announced on Tuesday the launch of its new feature, Spending Summaries, for users to keep track of their Coinbase Card purchases. Coinbase reported that Spending Summaries break down your crypto purchases into ten different categories such as Transport, Cash Withdrawals, Restaurants,… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 10:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Tuesday it has signed an MOU with Brazilian home improvement retailer Leroy Merlin to expand the e-commerce business of the construction and home improvement specialist. “As part of the cooperation, Wirecard will support the… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinFit, a U.S.-based fintech that provides more than 80,000 American companies with a financial wellness benefit platform, announced on Tuesday it secured $7 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by Galaxy Investment Partners LLC, the family office of Michael Novogratz, with… Read More