December 9, 2020 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, a European digital asset platform, has partnered with Bankhaus von der Heydt (BVDH), one of Europe’s oldest banks, to issue a EURO stablecoin (EURB). The stablecoin is available today and is leveraging the Stellar blockchain network. The stablecoin is said to be the first… Read More

December 9, 2020 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut continues to roll out new features and services at a rapid pace. Today, the Fintech is announcing a new feature called “Pockets” – a tool to help users to better manage their spending such as monthly bills, subscriptions, rent, and more. Pockets… Read More

December 9, 2020 @ 1:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Early access investors for the securities offering in Orbital Marine Power Ltd have already pushed the company past its £1 million funding target in less than one week. The offering is now live to the public on Crowdcube. According to the offering page, investors are… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 7:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Carla Carriveau has recently joined CoinList as their new Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel (the previous GC, Georgia Quinn is now at Anchorage). Prior to joining CoinList, Carriveau was at Forge.  Carriveau entered the fray with an interesting blog post today addressing expectations for… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 7:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

PropTech Investment Corporation II (NASDAQ:PTICU) has completed an initial public offering (IPO) of 23,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit, including 3,000,000 units issued for an over-allotment option. The IPO booked gross proceeds of $230,000,000. Each unit consists of one share of the company’s Class A… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 1:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Swiss Stock Exchange has announced a “major stake” in Custodigit a joint venture between Swisscom & digital asset Bank Sygnum. Simultaneously, the company announced it would partner with Swisscom and Sygnum to provide an “Institutional Digital Asset Gateway.” Swisscom is Switzerland’s top telecoms &… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

gohenry, a money app designed to build positive financial habits for kids, has raised $40 million in funding led by Edison Partners and with the participation of Gaia Capital Partners, Citi Ventures, and Muse Capital. The valuation of the Fintech was not revealed. Simultaneously, gohenry… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG; OTCQB: BBKCF), operator of Canadian crypto exchange Netcoins, has acquired 40 additional Bitcoins for long term treasury holdings, according to a company release. BIGG says it purchased these Bitcoins for $24,854 CAD per BTC for a total of CAD… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Digital Finance Forum has rebranded as Fintech Founders, according to a note from the group. Founded and Chaired by LendInvest founder Christian Faes, the name change is said to indicate the group’s wider, scaled-up ambitions to become a network of influence and authority… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Pagaya has expanded its consumer credit offering into auto loans, according to the Fintech. With a focus on fixed income and alternative credit, Pagaya is an asset management platform using machine learning and big data analytics to manage institutional money. Pagaya says that hundreds of… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a top global investment crowdfunding platform, has announced the availability of a fund that is open to individual investors in Canada. OurCrowd’s OC50, a portfolio index fund, is said to be available with “unprecedented low minimum contributions” opening up the world of VC investing… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Slava Rubin, co-founder of Indiegogo and former CEO of the rewards-based platform, is returning to the startup scene with a new Fintech called Vincent. The startup is an online platform that seeks to help investors gain access to alternative assets – a search engine for… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), an Insurtech that offers various insurance products, is now live in France. According to the company, residents of France may now digitally access renters insurance as well as file claims and get paid immediately via the company’s app. Lemonade is licensed and supervised… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 8:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Republic is quickly morphing into an investment crowdfunding platform for every type of vertical. Launched as an early-stage investment platform, Republic now operates verticals for gaming, digital assets, real estate, and more. Today, Republic Real Estate is listing its first Reg A+ offering in… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockstack, a digital asset issuer that pursued a Reg A+ offering for its tokens (STX), believes the token is sufficiently decentralized to no longer be considered a security, according to a memo drafted by Blockstack’s lawyers. Blockstack was the first token issuer to have a… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lender Funding Circle (LSE:FCH) has apparently sold 300 individual loans to Azzurro Associates, a subsidiary of  Elliott Management, a US-based fund manager with approximately $41 billion in assets. The sale of these loans may garner additional regulatory scrutiny as they include personal guarantees from… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Railsbank, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, has announced the launch of two new products, the Houston platform and OpenRailz API. Houston is Railsbank’s new User Interface layer on top of the Railsbank open finance Operating System (ROS). The no-code platform is expected to transform the building,… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG; OTCQB: BBKCF), owner of Netcoins a Canadian crypto brokerage is reporting that November 2020 trading volumes (purchase and sales of cryptocurrency) have exceeded CAD $23 million, setting a new monthly record. BIGG says that the Netcoins trading platform has… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Bittrex Global is now offering trading in tokenized equities on its digital asset exchange in cooperation with DigitalAssets.AG. Account-holders may now trade a shortlist of popular stocks like Apple, Tesla, Google, etc. DigitalAssets.AG is based in Switzerland and facilitates the tokenization of traditional financial assets…. Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut has partnered with PrestaShop, an e-commerce platform in Europe and Latin America. According to the company, and Revolut Business is now available to PrestaShop merchants allowing sellers and their customers to benefit from payments when shopping online. This is part of Revolut’s… Read More