General News

December 10, 2019 @ 3:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Credit card giant Mastercard and fintech startup Doconomy announced on Tuesday they have extended their collaboration in order to combat climate change. The extension allows the ability for any Mastercard issuer to offer their cardholder the ability to track and understand their carbon footprint based… Read More

December 10, 2019 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tania Aidrus, a former director of products and payment at Google and former country manager (Singapore) for South Asia’s emerging markets at Google, has returned to Pakistan after spending 20 years working abroad. Aidrus will now be leading Pakistan into the digital age. The MBA… Read More

December 10, 2019 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs announced on Monday it has formed a new partnership with GS1 UK to help support small business growth in the UK. GS1 UK describes itself as a community of more than 38,000 members working in the retail, healthcare, SME and Marketplaces…. Read More

December 8, 2019 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a private US-based corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization, has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) (NASDAQ:AMZN) as its cloud service provider for market surveillance data. AWS’s cloud services will be used by FINRA’s consolidated audit trading (CAT) subsidiary…. Read More

December 7, 2019 @ 9:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Millennials are allocating a relatively greater percentage of their investment portfolios to exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) and cash compared to other age groups, according to Charles Schwab’s SDBA indicators report. The report, which serves as a benchmark on retirement plan investments in self-directed brokerage accounts (SDBAs), tracked… Read More

December 5, 2019 @ 5:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plug and Play Japan KK announced on Wednesday it has selected 94 startups in six verticals (IoT, Fintech, Insurtech, Mobility, Brand & Retail and Hardtech & Health ) with 36 large domestic corporate companies for the Winter/Spring 2020 Batch acceleration program, which will be carried out… Read More

December 4, 2019 @ 2:49 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Carolyn Welshhans, the SEC’s Associate Director of Enforcement, will be speaking on a panel at New York University’s (NYU’s) Women Leaders in Cybersecurity event December 5th. According to a tweet from the SEC, Welshhans will be discussing the SEC Enforcement Division’s, “approach to cybersecurity issues,… Read More

December 3, 2019 @ 1:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Benoît Cœuré, the outgoing European Central Bank Executive Board Member – and an individual some thought was the best person to lead ECB before Christine Lagarde was selected, has delivered an interesting speech in Brussels lambasting the state of the European Union and the lack… Read More

December 3, 2019 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) along with three other federal agencies and in conjunction with the state bank regulators have issued a statement clarifying the legal status of hemp growth and production and the relevant requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act… Read More

December 2, 2019 @ 8:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed Kristina Littman as Chief of the Division of Enforcement’s Cyber Unit, a specialized unit that focuses on protecting investors and markets from cyber-related misconduct. Littman succeeds Robert Cohen, who left the Commission in August 2019.  Cohen was… Read More

December 2, 2019 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a significant review of the securities exemption ecosystem in June of this year. During the past few decades, the Commission, with some help from Congress, has updated and added to the many rules that regulate private securities offerings…. Read More

November 28, 2019 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Espirit (LSE:GROW.L), the Europe-focused tech investment firm, has recently posted interim results as of September 30, 2019. According to Draper Esprit, the company remains on course to achieve its stated goal of delivering a portfolio return of 20% for the full year, having generated… Read More

November 27, 2019 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Omni Rentals, a storage and rental company backed by $35 million in funding, which includes contributions from San Francisco-based Fintech firm Ripple, is reportedly halting its operations. Omni’s management says it’s preparing to shut down its platform by the end of this year. Around 10… Read More

November 26, 2019 @ 10:17 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Scams involving new financial technologies comprise a 110 billion yuan ($16 billion USD) industry in China, according to the publishers of three blue books covering the current state of Fintech, Regtech and blockchain in China. While producing some conveniences, new financial technologies like cryptocurrencies are… Read More

November 26, 2019 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Travala, a service that lets users pay for hotel reservations with digital currencies, will now be allowing its clients to book any hotel that is available via Booking.com. Travala’s management says that it has integrated Booking.com’s listed accommodations on its platform. The newly launched feature… Read More

November 26, 2019 @ 3:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

On November 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, met in Washington, DC to discuss several important issues that impact small businesses in the US. As one would expect, the discussion included the ongoing challenge of providing access to… Read More

November 26, 2019 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Osome, a Singapore-based service for entrepreneurs, has raised $3 million in funding led by Target Global, with participation from Phystech Venture and AdFirst, according to a company release. Last year, Osomo raised a $2 million – once again led by Target Global. Osome claims to… Read More

November 25, 2019 @ 1:39 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The CEO of cybersecurity firm Cyemptive Technologies says his company has found, “advanced back doors into practically all corporate networks.” The holes have been found in companies’ virtual private networks (VPNs), which, according to Cyemptive, are used, “by over 400 million consumers, businesses and government entities to securely… Read More

November 25, 2019 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Offering more mobility and quicker financial services, challenger banks appear to be destined for success, however, the Irish consumers’ trust in new technology seems to be a major challenge to mass adoption. This, according to Fujitsu’s latest “From Demanding to Discerning: Tech and the New… Read More

November 24, 2019 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Compute North, an established provider of high-powered, large-scale data infrastructure, recently revealed that it has launched its biggest co-location facility in Kearney, Nebraska. The new data center facility is the company’s third site. Other sites are based in Texas and South Dakota. Compute North’s latest… Read More