Global

May 8, 2020 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweden-based banking challenger Rocker has reportedly chosen Enfuce, a Finland-headquartered Fintech firm, as its official card issuing and payment processing partner. The move should streamline processes involving the issuance of Visa prepaid cards. The news has come after Rocker (previously operating as Bynk) introduced a… Read More

May 8, 2020 @ 12:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments company Square (NYSE:SQ) revealed on May 6, 2020 that it generated $306 million in Bitcoin (BTC) revenue during Q1 2020. Square noted in its latest earnings release to investors: “Bitcoin revenue generated gross profit of $7 million in the first quarter of 2020.”  The… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent report from Rand (Research And Development) Corporation, an American non-profit global policy think tank that’s funded by the US government (and private endowment corporations, universities, and private individuals), claims that Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, is being used to carry out a relatively… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 11:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) top regulatory authorities have asked local businesses to leverage the latest Fintech solutions to counter anti-money laundering (AML) and other types of illicit financial activities. The advisory was issued by the nation’s reserve bank, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Justice,… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bittrex Global, Bittrex’s European digital asset exchange partner, revealed on May 5, 2020 that it will be issuing an exchange token next month. Founded in October of last year and based in Liechtenstein, the cryptocurrency trading platform has been built using the same technology stack… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 8:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd has invested in Hub Security, a startup that offers military-grade cybersecurity solutions for Fintech, cloud, blockchain, and data storage in general, in a $5 million Series A funding round led by AXA Ventures. Details of the investment were not announced. Moshe Raines, Partner at… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 2:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against Daniel Fingerhut, Tal Valariola and Itay Barak and companies they controlled pertaining to digital asset and binary options fraud allegations. The scam allegedly generated over $20 million in commissions for the perpetrators. Fingerhut is said… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announce on Thursday its continued support of the global Fintech community, having grown the Fast Track program to over 140 Fintechs. Visa reported that Since expanding globally in mid-2019, the Fast Track program has grown 280%. The program allows both new and… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 12:45 pm By Therese Torris  |  

  German SME lending platform creditshelf announced that it has received €62 million in investor funds, including €30 million from the European Investment Fund (EIF) as lead investor, to set up the “Creditshelf Loan Fund”. The diversified fund will help creditshelf meet German small and medium-sized enterprises… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

German Fintech Finleap‘s proprietary platform, Finleap Connect, has introduced a white-label mobile banking app that businesses can quickly launch with their own company name and  branding. Finleap’s virtual banking app allows users to maintain an all-digital account, which may be used to conduct e-commerce transactions… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading digital bank Starling Bank has been accredited as a Bounce Back Loan provider by the British Business Bank. The approval of Starling Bank was anticipated by the Fintech and the bank now joins the original list of traditional financial services firms providing the loans…. Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

The “Tokenise Stock Exchange“ has announced the launch of its new website and the registration of investors. The digital asset exchange says it expects to be up and trading digital securities shortly. While operating out of London, the Tokenise Stock Exchange is licensed in Barbados… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The GSX Group, the company that operates the Gibraltar Stock Exchange and the Global Blockchain Exchange, has announced the launch of “GRID,” a platform to create and deploy “Smart Securities” or tokenized assets. The GRID is said to facilitate the tokenization of new and existing… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

YRD Capital, a company that claims to be the world’s first fund of funds holding digital assets is now available in the UK.  In a note from the firm, the expansion into the UK follows the fund’s second investment in a UK based fund and… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nervos, an open-source public blockchain platform, revealed on May 6, 2020, that it has established CKLabs, a virtual incubator for startups and teams working on distributed ledger technology (DLT)-focused initiatives. Nervos’ program will offer equity-free funding to early-stage blockchain projects. It will also provide dedicated… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estonia-headquartered AskRobin, a Fintech firm that manages a financial services marketplace for underbanked Latin American clients, has secured $1.7 million in capital. AskRobin’s seed round received contributions from several venture capital funds, including BENE Asia Capital, Change Ventures, Lemonade Stand, and Vereeni Early Stage Fund…. Read More

May 6, 2020 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More insurance technology (Insurtech)-related deals were finalized during Q1 2020, when compared with the same time period last year. However, overall funding for Insurtech dropped by 54% to $912 million, due to the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting economic uncertainty. This, according to Willis Towers Watson’s… Read More

May 6, 2020 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Co-Founder of the UK’s 1 st Digital Bank Atom Bank, has joined DayTek Capital in Australia as Chief Technology Officer. Paul Hanks, who was previously CTO at Atom Bank, is joining DayTek as the firm “gears up to launch ‘Infinity’, a unique, product disruptive, Australian… Read More

May 6, 2020 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL)  reported earnings today and according to the company after an initial dip, utilization and user growth is booming. In fact, PayPal says they are signing up around 250,000 customers a day as it becomes an “essential service.” 7.4 million customers were activated during… Read More

May 6, 2020 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Libra Association, founded by Facebook to create a global payments cryptocurrency, has announced the selection of Stuart Levey as its first CEO. Levey will step into the leadership position from HSBC, a global bank with 235,000 employees across 64 countries. Levey is currently serving… Read More