General News

October 1, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cambridge Quantum (CQ) is pleased to confirm that the latest version of TKET (pronounced “ticket”), their high-performance hardware-agnostic quantum software development kit (SDK), is completely open-source. Ilyas Khan, CEO at CQ, noted that they had first announced that TKET would be “available on an ‘open-access’… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

COTI is pleased to confirm that its Visa debit cards and bank account are accessible to the public. With assistance from Simplex, both of these financial tools should help with addressing “economic inequality.” As noted in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, COTI aims to… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elements Global Services, a tech firm and direct Employer of Record service provider that simplifies a firm’s international expansion efforts, augments its leadership team with the addition of three C-Suite executives to “further its position as a leading technology and HR solutions provider,” according to… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 10:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eventus Systems, Inc., an international provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, reveals that it has made several key appointments in Europe as part of the company’s growth in the region and globally. Bringing considerable experience into the new roles are Ollie… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Starling is expanding its business operations into Europe. As of H1 2022, “subject to regulatory approval,” Starling intends to make its Banking as a Service (BaaS) solution offering available in the European Union, which includes France, Germany, The Netherlands and Spain, according… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based Fintech Unicorn Current reveals that it has appointed Jodi G. to their leadership team as their General Counsel. Jod Golinsky brings to Current almost two decades’ of professional experience leading legal and compliance teams at financial services and Fintech firms. Recently, Jodi has been… Read More

September 27, 2021 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Internet Computer Community has adopted the threshold ECDSA signatures Motion proposal. All Bitcoin keys and signatures are being generated by using ECDSA. An ECDSA signature allows us to share a public key and create a signature of certain data using their private key. This… Read More

September 27, 2021 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Encompass Corporation, the provider of intelligently automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, reveals that it has appointed industry professional Howard Dilworth as the firm’s Head of Sales for its North America business operations. As first reported by Finextra, Howard brings over two decades of financial… Read More

September 27, 2021 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PAX Technology, a leading payment terminal solutions provider, has unveiled the European launch of the M30 & M50 Android PayPhones (at the payment industry’s Money20/20 event in Holland on 21-23 September 2021). The M-series PayPhones are the “first-ever” smartphones with inbuilt point of sale (PoS)… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 11:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ekko, the transformative app, debit card and ecosystem which aims to make it “effortless to turn the tide on climate change,” has secured 114% (£342,825) of its £300,000 fundraising target via Seedrs with 18 days left in its sale. Based in London, the company is… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich Insurance Group recently entered an international partnership with Toronto-headquartered Insurtech firm BOXX Insurance (BOXX), which offers integrated cybersecurity and insurance services to SMEs, individual consumers and families. As noted by its management, BOXX Insurance Inc. is a new type of insurance firm for “a… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Board of Mox Bank Limited has confirmed the appointment of Barbaros Uygun as the  Chief Executive Officer of Mox and Executive Director of the Board “with effect from 27 September 2021.” After establishing a solid foundation for Mox over the past 3 years, Deniz… Read More

September 25, 2021 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The peer-to-peer (P2P) market volumes for the first 8 months of this year are comparable to the GDP of the Maldives and Fiji, according to an update from Croatian P2P lender Robo.cash. The number of P2P investors is reportedly greater than the population of 52… Read More

September 24, 2021 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prodigy Finance, the Fintech firm that’s focused on cross-border lending for postgraduate international students, has finalized a funding deal from CPP Investments – which will see the institutional investor offer as much as $500 million of financing via its wholly-owned subsidiary CPPIB Credit Investments Inc….. Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indonesia-based payments Fintech Xendit has announced that it plans to relocate its financial hub to Malaysia. As reported by Fintech News Malaysia, the Fintech Unicorn confirmed these plans during a speech by Finance Minister, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz (which took place during… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Mastercard has announced the launch of Strive UK a project designed to assist micro and smaller firms adapt to the ongoing digital transformation. An initiative created by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, the program aims to empower SMEs in the UK to succeed in… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spicehaus says they are pleased to confirm the 10th investment of the Spicehaus Swiss Venture Fund. Fidentity offers automatic online identification of customers (KYC). The software can automatically match a live image or “selfie” with “the corresponding identification document.” Unlike other solutions in the market,… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

“Alisa”, the voice assistant from Russian tech firm Yandex, is now available for Russia’s VTB Bank (MCX: VTBR). She’ll be able to inform consumers about the products, tariffs and the banking platform’s services. She can also go over loan applications and offer advice or suggestion… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Plannuh, a software-as-a-service or SaaS firm automating core marketing leadership processes such as planning, financial management, and optimization of business outcomes, reveals that it has finalized a $4.1 million equity round that was led by Ripple Ventures. Existing investors Glasswing Ventures, an early-stage VC firm… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, September 27. The Committee was created by Congress to support the Commission with advice and recommendations on rules, regulations, and policy matters relating to small businesses, which have been ignored… Read More