General News

June 5, 2018 @ 8:41 am By Cali Haan  |  

Yesterday, Microsoft confirmed rumours it is acquiring GitHub, a largely-free software-collaboration platform considered the most popular “version control system” in the world. Microsoft reports that it paid $7.5 billion dollars of its own stock for the acquisition. Today Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5B by issuing… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 6:39 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Dash, a digital currency for payments, has added IT industry veteran Bob Carroll as the new Dash Core Group Chief Technology Officer.  As CTO, Carroll will be in charge of leading the continued development of the Dash network and its products, including the development and… Read More

June 4, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Renew Financial, the inventor of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing and a leading provider of financing for home improvements, announced last it has appointed Kirk Inglis, currently Renew Financial’s CFO, as its new CEO. According to Renew, Inglis has more than 20 years of experience… Read More

June 1, 2018 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Orange announced on Thursday it has partnered with Google through Orange Digital Ventures (ODV), the Group’s corporate venture fund, to join forces in financing the best start-ups. According to Orange, through this partnership, Google will leverage ODV’s sourcing of start-ups to explore opportunities for co-investments… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 9:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Last week Robo.cash surpassed a €4M investment milestone and briefly commented on new studies conducted by its analytical center.  Today the Latvian P2P lending platform Robo.cash tweeted a detailed infographic and Founder and CEO Sergey Sedov explained the findings on TechBullion: the younger generation of investors who consider P2P lending… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 6:39 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Penarth-headquartered accountancy and business advisory firm Evans Entwistle has secured a £450,000 funding facility from ThinCats to support the acquisition of Bristol-based SBMC Business Management Limited. The client was introduced to ThinCats by Lime Corporate Finance. “This is a great deal for everyone concerned and… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 6:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Orvium, an open-source and decentralized platform for managing scholarly publications’ lifecycles and associated data reportedly run by employees and technology solutions experts of several institutions and businesses, including the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Amazon, Oracle, as… Read More

May 30, 2018 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Buried within the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act” that was signed into law last week, was an expansion of Regulation A or Reg + that it is popularly called. The securities exemption is now available to not just private companies but also… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 12:13 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Global growth markets investor Actis is now building an Indian Non-Banking Financial Company focused on secured lending to SMEs with a plan to fund the platform with up to US$220M of equity capital over a 5-year period. Actis is backing a team led by ex CEO… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 11:16 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Azimo, a European digital money transfer firm based in London and Krakow, has raised $20M in a Series C round led by Rakuten Capital. This latest funding fund, which also received backing from investors such as e.ventures, Frog Capital, GR Capital Partners and Greycroft Partners, brings… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 10:44 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Tandem now counts 100,000 Brits using the bank to spend, save, and manage their money with its competitive cashback card. According to the platform, Tandem has seen tens of thousands of app downloads, product applications, and eager savers signing up. CEO Ricky Knox’s ambition is… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 8:36 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Berlin-based Stryking has signed crypto investing expert and serial entrepreneur Samson Lee, Coinstreet Partners Founder and CEO, to its advisory board. Lee will support Stryking and its upcoming STRYKZ token launch with his Asian business connections and his crypto market and business development. “We are delighted… Read More

May 26, 2018 @ 4:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Scottish crowdfunded brewery BrewDog announced this week it officially received the green light from the Brisbane City Council to begin construction on its $30 million brewery in Murarrie, Brisbane. According to the brewery, the development includes the construction of a 50hl, 3,000m2 brewing and canning… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 11:06 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Stryking Entertainment GmbH will host its upcoming STRYKZ Token Sale Event in collaboration with the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX). Stryking will be among the first companies to issue a token through the GBX GRID, with the token being listed on the GBX Exchange after the… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, banking software Temenos announced the launch of Temenos Origination, which is described as a component-based platform that enables banks to onboard customers and originates products across all segments, channels and devices, offering bank customers a frictionless and contextualized digital experience.  According to Temenos,… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sberbank announced on Thursday it has extended more than ₽535 billion in loans to SMEs since the start of 2018. The bank reported that over the first four months of 2018, lending to SMEs increased by 74.4% vs. the same period in 2017. “Sberbank has… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced on Thursday it has made a strategic investment in YellowPepper, a mobile payments platform in Latin America, to help accelerate innovation in digital payment technology. Visa reported that this is the first of its kind for the credit card giant in… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 7:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Earlier this week Digital challenger bank Revolut asked customers to help name its new and exclusive metal card. Now the maverick platform has moved again from metal to crypto: Revolut customers can buy, hold and sell two more cryptocurrencies instantly within the app. In December last year,… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 6:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Astana Financial Service Authority of Astana International Financial Centre (AFSA-AIFC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the Annual Conference of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) held in… Read More

May 22, 2018 @ 4:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

During May 29 and 29 June, decentralized gaming platform Playkey plans to buy back the PKT token on the HitBTC exchange. Although the buyback price will be determined by the exchange rate, the platform believes that the rate shouldn’t exceed $1.24 per PKT. During the… Read More