December 11, 2018 @ 11:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global blockchain payments provider BitPay announced on Tuesday that OneGold, a marketplace to securely and conveniently buy, sell and redeem digital gold and other precious metals founded by APMEX and Sprott, has added it for cryptocurrency payments since it will now be acceptingBitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. According to BitPay,… Read More

December 11, 2018 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Motive Partners, an investment firm focused on technology-enabled companies that power the financial services industry, announced on Tuesday it has acquired a controlling interest in Finantix, which is a provider of technology enabling the digitalization of omni-channel advisory, sales, and services processes of private banks, wealth managers and insurance companies. This… Read More

December 11, 2018 @ 8:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after announcing expansion into Washington D.C., Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Montana, SALT, a U.S.-based Blockchain-Backed Loans provider for cryptocurrency holders, announced it is now offering Blockchain-Backed Loans in California. As previously reported, SALT launched its lending platform in 2017 to offer membership-based borrowing allowing… Read More

December 10, 2018 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a month after announcing the launch of its SMS bitcoin cash wallet service in Brazil, as well as three more European countries, Poland, Croatia, and Romania, CoinText.io, a wallet to transact cryptocurrency using SMS messages, announced on Monday it has expanded the services in… Read More

December 10, 2018 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Xero (ASX: XRO), a global small business platform, announced last week it surpassed one million subscribers across Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). According to Xero, this milestone marks its platform as being the regional leader in the uptake of cloud accounting technology. Speaking about the… Read More

December 10, 2018 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based marketplace lending platform LendInvest announced last week it has expanded both of its capital markets and treasury team with four new hires. According to the online lender,the hires are part of an effort to continue to build up LendInvest’s in-house capital markets capabilities, as… Read More

December 10, 2018 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based fintech TransferGo has successfully secured its initial €11.1 million funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The round, which was launched at the end of October, sought to originally raise €11.5 million but has since changed the round’s minimum goal to €11.1. As previously… Read More

December 10, 2018 @ 12:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few weeks after launching its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube,  UK tech startup Verv has successfully secured its initial £350,000 funding target and is now nearing £500,000. The funding round comes less than a year after the company raised £1.1 million through its… Read More

December 10, 2018 @ 10:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London Block Exchange, a multi-cryptocurrency exchange dedicated to the UK market, announced late last month that the first ever digital pound sterling through its partnership with AlphaPoint, a global blockchain technology company focused on enabling institutions to issue digital assets and to operate digital asset… Read More

December 10, 2018 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tide, a UK-based SME challenger banking, announced on Monday it has claimed one percent of the UK SME banking market just two years after it first started operations. The company reported that by the end of 2018, 56,000 of a total of 5.6 million UK… Read More

December 10, 2018 @ 8:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

KoreConX announced over the weekend it has formed a partnership with Metis Management Consultancy, a UAE-grown consultancy firm focused on providing services to SMEs in the MENA region. KoreConX reported that Metis will become part of the KorePartner’s Ecosystem, which is described as a group of selected… Read More

December 9, 2018 @ 9:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PumaPay announced last week it is now offering crypto-to-crypto conversion in the PumaPay Cryptocurrency Wallet. PumaPay reported that with the latest update, in addition to exchanges, PMA may now be converted right int he wallet. This process can notably be done straight in the wallet app’s Android version, with… Read More

December 9, 2018 @ 8:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced last week it is seeking applications for membership on its Fintech Advisory Committee (FAC). The OSC reported the FAC advises the OSC LaunchPad staff on developments in the fintech space and the challenges faced by start-ups in the securities industry. It… Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 8:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over six months after securing more than £1.1 million through its first Seedrs round, plug socket brand Den has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform and quickly raised its initial £810,000 funding target. As previously reported, Den was founded in 2013 and describes… Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 8:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UATP, a U.S.-based airline-owned payment network, announced on Friday it has partnered with Chase to allow airlines to easily accept Chase Pay as a payment and checkout option in their own mobile apps and websites by enabling a network-wise connection. The duo reported that Chase customers may… Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 2:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canadian cryptocurrency Coinsquare announced on Thursday it has acquired BlockEQ, a cryptocurrency wallet on the Stellar network. Coinsquare reported that it purchased BlockEQ for CAD$12 million and will use BlockEQ’s technology to help it and its users connect further with the world of cryptocurrencies. It was revealed: “BlockEQ,… Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kik, a Canada-based chat platform, announced on Thursday the launch of its new peer-to-peer transaction feature, which is powered by Kin. According to Kik, the feature will allow users who are participating in public group chats to reward group administrators for facilitating positive and meaningful user interactions inside… Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Siren Craft Brew, a UK-based brewery, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £1 million in funding. The funding round was launched last month, seeking £750,000, and has attracted over 1300 investors. Siren reported it first landed in 2013 with… Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 7:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cornell University and Tsinghua University (清华大学) announced this week they have joined forces to host the International Workshop on Blockchain, which is set to take place in Xi’an, China.  According to the learning institutions, the event was made possible by a $150,000 grant from not-for-profit platform Social… Read More

December 6, 2018 @ 9:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain software firm BitGo announced on Thursday it will support the Universal Protocol Platform (UP) and its family of Tokens. According to BitGo, the UP Platform allows all cryptocurrencies to become accessible on a single network through the introduction of Universal Tokens. It was revealed: “The first set… Read More