Global

August 15, 2020 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

StormX, which allows users to complete gamified micro-tasks or shop online while earning as much as 87.5% cryptocurrency back as a StormX rewards member, is now allowing customers to earn cashback in digital currencies when they shop at a Walmart store. StormX users will be… Read More

August 15, 2020 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yam Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, recently saw its token price come crashing down to zero within minutes on August 13, 2020. Other DeFi tokens such as Balancer, Compound, Balance, and Yearn Finance also crashed. Compound, which is the second-largest DeFi protocol, right behind… Read More

August 15, 2020 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer to peer (P2P) investors based in China are reportedly facing losses of over 800 billion yuan (appr. $115 billion) in unpaid debt, due to failed lending platforms, according to the head of the nation’s banking industry regulator. Guo Shuqing, chairman of the Chinese Banking… Read More

August 15, 2020 @ 12:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Greek payments firm Viva Wallet is reportedly planning to secure €500 million in capital to support its virtual banking business, according to Reuters which cited two sources familiar with the matter. As reported, Viva Wallet officially acquired the banking license of Praxia Bank after the… Read More

August 15, 2020 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

During the past few months, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reportedly took down more than 300,000 website URLs that were related to fake celebrity-backed or endorsed investments. More than half or 150,000 sites involved potentially fraudulent cryptocurrency investment offers. The NCSC noted on August… Read More

August 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Moka, an Intelligent Recruitment Management System, Completes 100-million-yuan Series B+ Financing Moka, a provider of intelligent recruitment management solutions, has completed a Series B+ round of financing of more than 100 million yuan led by a well-known venture capital fund. Up to now, Moka’s B… Read More

August 15, 2020 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

There are now at least 67 FIntech unicorns, globally, that are valued at a combined $244.6 billion, according to a recently published infographic by CBInsights which shows that North America, particularly the US, is home to some of the world’s largest Fintechs. Fintech unicorns are… Read More

August 15, 2020 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology (ONT), a “high-performance” or high-throughput blockchain platform with a market ca of over $510 million according to CoinGecko (at the time of writing), recently announced the launch of “Ontology Mercury,” which is described as a “trusted,” Decentralized Identifier (DID) based peer to peer (P2P)… Read More

August 14, 2020 @ 1:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom and the Bank of Thailand (BoT) have reportedly committed to a Memorandum or Understanding (MoU) on financial services, in order to support inclusive economic growth and development. The UK government and the BoT signed the MoU on August 7, 2020, according to… Read More

August 14, 2020 @ 12:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the nation’s central bank and financial regulator, recently revealed that it will commit S$250 million (appr. $182 million) in capital over the course of the next three years, in order to support the country’s financial industry. The funds are being… Read More

August 14, 2020 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Seychelles registered Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), the world’s largest cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, announced on August 14, 2020, that it will be introducing a user verification program. The Hong Kong-operated exchange noted that it will be launching its User Verification Program “at 00:00 UTC on… Read More

August 14, 2020 @ 8:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mastercard announced on Friday it has formed a global commercial partnership with merchant software platform, Pollinate. Through the collaboration, the duo will reportedly bring the latest technology and data insights to banks serving small and medium businesses around the world. In a statement, the companies… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 11:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The next or upcoming UK Budget will have to be the “most pro-business ever” so that it can counter the negative impact of the recession, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), a member-led, non-profit and non-party organization that represents SMBs. The United Kingdom… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 10:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

 Mastercard announced earlier this week it has a new low-cost payment solution, called SME-in-a-Box,  to allow small business owners to move their businesses online and accept a range of digital payments from their customers. According to Mastercard, SME in a Box offers a low-cost acceptance… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mike Belshe, the CEO at BitGo, a Palo Alto, California-based digital asset trust and security firm offering a multi-signature Bitcoin (BTC) wallet service, recently noted that many companies are now going out of business due to challenges related to COVID-19. Belshe points out that there… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India-based Federal Bank (NSE: FEDERALBNK), an established private sector bank, has selected Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a multinational provider of payments and financial services tech solutions, to support the digitization of the bank’s end-to‑end card issuance and processing cycle. Fiserv will also assist with the… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Many individuals and businesses across the globe have been forced to make major lifestyle changes, including working from home, due to the contagious COVID-19 outbreak. San Francisco-based Fintech firm Deel, which plans to improve the work from home process by offering an easy-to-use online platform,… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 10:48 am By Therese Torris  |  

Rotem Shneor, Ph.D., and two colleagues, Liang Zhao, and Bjørn-Tore Flåten, are publishing “Advances in Crowdfunding – Research and Practice,” a 500-page compendium of articles by 30 contributors, mostly academic researchers, about everything you ever wanted to know about crowdfunding across business models, sectors, and… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA-backed Fintech firm Holvi, which provides bank accounts to sole traders and SMBs, is reportedly preparing to exit the UK market only six months after establishing operations inthe country. Holvi’s management noted that Brexit and the COVID-19 outbreak has made it challenging to maintain its… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Katipult Technology Corp (TSXV: FUND), a Canada based Fintech software provider for capital markets, has been selected by TSX Trust Company, a subsidiary of TMX Group Limited (the parent company of the Toronto Stock Exchange), to provide its new digital deal management platform designed to automate… Read More