December 5, 2017 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Moneyou, is the digital brand of the Dutch mega bank ABN AMRO.  Berlin-based solarisBank, a digital only banking platform that has a full banking license, has just inked an agreement to integrate with Moneyou to provide instantaneous online lending for consumers. Moneyou’s German customers may… Read More

December 5, 2017 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

This is one way to piggy-back on the rising popularity of Bitcoin.  A 13 acre property in the Caribbean is being offered for sale at a price of just 600 Bitcoin. The promotional savvy is helping to raise the profile of Union Island in St Vincent… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 10:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

In 2015 Viva Republica launched Toss, a peer to peer money transfer App that has become one of the world’s fastest growing financial Apps have now transacted more than USD$ 10 billion with a current run rate of $12 billion per year with $1 billion per… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 5:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Swedish electric car creator Uniti has partnered with E.ON to provide a unique benefit for their Swedish customers. With each purchase of a Uniti car in Sweden, E.ON customers will receive five years worth of energy for charging their car at home, and the… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

iComplyICO, a Fintech startup based in Vancouver, is reporting it it has secured an angel investment from Praveen Mandal. iComplyICO simultaneously appointed Mandel to its advisory council. Mandal is an MIT Connection Science Fellow and a veteran of five successful formative stage start-ups including Pipal… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 1:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Perkins Coie, a law firm that is very active in the Fintech / Blockchain space, has announced the hiring of a former SEC attorney. Michael S. Didiuk has joined the firm’s Investment Management practice group as a partner in the San Francisco office where he… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Finom AG has announced a $101 million Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Finom says it has filed for a Reg D exemption for the equity offering thus making it compliant to accept accredited investors in the US. The  token sale is to create a Blockchain-based platform to reduce… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin will accomplish a milestone hurdle this month as it begins to trade BTC futures and options thus legitimizing the cryptocurrency. While some naysayers continue to cast dispersion on digital currencies in general each step that Bitcoin takes into the world of traditional finance means… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency asset freeze to halt an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) scam that reportedly raised up to $15 million from thousands of investors since August. Dominic Lacroix, and his company, PlexCorps, had launched the PlexCoin ICO and falsely… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

CBOE Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) will kick off Bitcoin futures at 5PM CT on Sunday, December 10th.  Monday morning on the 11th will commence the first full day of BTC futures trading thus representing a comping of age event for cryptocurrencies. The CBOE said that trading… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

During Consensus in NYC last week, Zhuling Chen, co-founder and COO of aelf, presented his company’s vision of creating a new “cloud operating system, that seeks to operate as a central hub for all Blockchains.  This “central business district” for Blockchains, that incorporates both Bitcoin and… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 7:50 am By JD Alois  |  

  FinTech Australia reports on a major Indonesian delegation, including 16 companies and the nation’s financial services regulators, that discussed topics such as financial innovation and how to foster a robust Fintech industry. FinTech Australia described the delegation as arguably the most significant group of Indonesian… Read More

December 3, 2017 @ 6:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), the leading advocacy group in Europe for all things alternative finance, recently published a paper entitled, “The European Dimension of Civic Crowdfunding.” Specifically, the document discussed the potential for investment crowdfunding to boost economic effectiveness within the parameters of the… Read More

December 3, 2017 @ 6:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hexindai (NASDAQ:HX), a China based peer to peer lender, became the most recent Chinese online lender to trade on a US exchange early last month. The company will report fiscal year results this coming Tuesday before markets open. The  online lender listed their shares on the… Read More

December 3, 2017 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched a “Fintech Supervisory Chatroom” designed to provide regulatory feedback to Fintech firms and authorized institutions. This is part of Hong Kong’s push to become the leading Fintech hub in Asia and part of their young Fintech Sandbox… Read More

December 3, 2017 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Taylor-Copeland Law, the San Diego based law firm that filed the first class action law suit that hammered the Tezos initial coin offering (ICO) and everyone associated with it, is looking for other ICOs to legally pursue. According to a post on their site, Taylor-Copeland… Read More

December 2, 2017 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, Blockchain at Berkeley was the host to an ICO Financing Conference. Participating at the event were representatives from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Blockchain at Berkeley is a student run, independent organization dedicated to the crypto and distributed ledger space. The… Read More

December 2, 2017 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Two years ago, Strathberry of Scotland was a Scottish startup looking to create an iconic UK brand in the luxury handbag space. The company leveraged the Kickstarter pre-sale platform to boost exposure for the small company raising £122,000 on a £25,000 goal. The Edinburgh based… Read More

December 1, 2017 @ 4:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gifto, a new blockchain ‘virtual gifting’ protocol that claims it will allow content creators to monetize their content on sites like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, has announced that Pantera and Block Asset have joined a group of initial investors in the company.  Gifto is being launched… Read More

December 1, 2017 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC), the leading marketplace lending platform in the US, has closed a “first-of-its-kind” transaction: a whole loan transaction structured as a tradable, pass-through security labeled as a Consumer Loan Underlying Bond or “CLUB Certificate”. This first transaction totaled $25 million with an institutional investor seeking… Read More