General News

November 3, 2019 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Bank of Canada, the sixth-largest commercial bank in Canada with around 2.4 million clients, is launching a project that aims to bring together local startups, students and developers throughout the country. Those who participate in the Innovation Competition will have to develop various… Read More

November 1, 2019 @ 5:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Boston, Massachusetts-based Flywire, a Fintech firm focused on solving complex payment problems globally and locally, revealed that it has developed a new international payments solution for Bank of America (BoA).  The new payment system has been specifically designed to streamline international transactions for BoA’s corporate… Read More

November 1, 2019 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-headquartered SME bank Recognise Financial has reportedly decided to use Mambu’s cloud-native solution in order to streamline its banking services. The solution will help the bank improve communication and enhance the speed of transactions for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Monica Velasquez, CTO of Recognise,… Read More

November 1, 2019 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-headquartered Zilliqa, a high-throughput public blockchain network for building decentralized applications (dApps), is preparing to launch the return of Blockchain A-Z, a series of educational workshops on distributed ledger technology (DLT).  According to a press release shared with CrowdFund Insider, Zilliqa is teaming up with… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chicago, Illinois-based TransUnion (NYSE: TRU), a company that provides credit reports and credit scores, released a study on October 30 in which it looked at what happens when consumers take out a personal loan to pay off their credit card debt. The study revealed that… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 9:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, the California Department of Business Oversight issued Cannabis Banking Guidance regarding state regulation. California is one of a growing number of states that have legalized Cannabis consumption. While California, and multiple US states, have legalized Cannabis usage, it still is illegal at… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Back in 2015 during the earliest days of securities crowdfunding in the US, the first case of alleged fraud surfaced by an issuer using Reg D 506c. Ascenergy, a purported Oil & Gas company, along with CEO Joey Gabaldon and several relief defendants were the… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors co-founder Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss is tweeting that Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) has now topped $300 million in total funding, providing capital to over 2000 campaigns. Reg CF, part of the JOBS Act of 2012, is a securities crowdfunding exemption where issuers may… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders, an asset management company specialized in managing portfolios of loans issued through online lending platforms (marketplace/crowdlending), is celebrating its fifth birthday. Founded in 2014 in London by Erich Bonnet (now based in Paris), Smart Lenders is now providing some data points regarding its… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Israeli high tech firms are having a gangbuster year when it comes to raising capital. According to a report published by IVC Research Center and ZAG S&W Zysman, Aharoni, Gayer & Co, during Q3 these firms raised a record $2.24 billion for 142 different deals…. Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 1:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The World Economic Forum (WEF), a Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland-based NGO that’s committed to improving the state of the world by engaging world leaders to shape global agendas, is working with seven major mining and metal companies on a project that uses blockchain tech to source materials… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Topco Associates, the largest US-based retail food GPO (Group Purchasing Organization) and the third largest private firm in Illinois, is preparing to test Mastercard’s blockchain-based technology to streamline its operations. Topco is planning to pilot a traceability platform created by Envisible, a logistics company. According… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 9:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC)  hosted the sixth edition of the SCxSC Fintech Conference on October 22, an event aimed at helping to scale up the nation’s Fintech industry.  Notably, Malaysia’s Fintech sector has seen several new players enter its ecosystem, following the regulatory agency’s… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 1:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Voca.ai, a company that provides human artificial intelligence (AI) virtual agents, announced on October 23 that it has received funding from American Express Ventures, the strategic investment division of American Express (Amex), a New York-based multinational financial services corporation.  Existing investors lool ventures and Flint… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based Blockstack, a decentralized computing network where users control their data and login information, announced that its Stacks (STX) token has been listed on digital asset exchanges Binance and HashKey Pro. Hashkey Pro is a Hong Kong based digital asset exchange for institutional investors…. Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 2:46 am By JD Alois  |  

According to HM Treasury, banks and alternative lenders have “reaffirmed their pledge to support British SMEs ahead of Brexit.” The commitments have been outlined in the SME Finance Charter. The Charter, which is a voluntary agreement, covers; loans and overdrafts, asset financing, stock lending and… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Boston, Massachusetts-based Algorand, a firm developing a scalable, secure, and decentralized crypto platform, has reportedly been certified as sharia-compliant. Bahrain’s Shariya Review Bureau (SRB) provided the certification, which indicates that the Algorand platform abides by the teachings and requirements of Islamic law. The certification could… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Santander InnoVentures recently led an expansion investment round for San Francisco-headquartered Roostify, an online mortgage lending platform. The size of the investment made has not been shared publicly. Established in 2012, Roostify provides an integrated platform that connects customers and lenders in order to… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 6:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based Instabase, a platform enabling companies to develop customizable applications for automating various parts of their business, announced on October 21 that it raised $105 million through a Series B investment round led by Index Ventures. Other companies taking part in Instabase’s latest funding… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 2:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore is the world’s most prepared city for adopting innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and it’s also considered a world leader in terms of smart city development, according to recent studies. Research performed by Oliver Wyman Forum ranked 105 cities throughout the world… Read More