Global

February 13, 2020 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rewire, an international banking service provider for migrant workers, has confirmed that it’s developing a neobank (all-digital) for migrants based in Europe. The development will reportedly involve Rewire providing customized accounts to its clients, which will cater to the special requirements of emigrés. This will… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 11:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, a Fintech firm offering corporate credit cards has secured $25 million in capital and has managed to onboard almost 100 companies for its product launch. Ramp has been established by the team that founded Paribus, a leading consumer finance solution provider that was acquired… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 3:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pod Point, an issuer that raised capital, totaling £3.71 million, multiple times on Crowdcube with offerings in 2015, 2016 and 2017, has been sold to EDF. Without revealing details, Crowdcube reported that early “investors via the platform will see positive returns on the initial investment.”… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 6:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a report on the issues and risks associated with crypto-asset trading platforms. IOSCO is an international organization that represents most of the regulated securities exchanges around the world.  The agency works closely with… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 5:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Australian government passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 2) Bill 2019 on February 10, 2020. The bill has been introduced in order to extend the overall scope and time period Fintech firms may spend on the country’s current framework. Updating the existing… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 5:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gate.io, a Malta-based blockchain-based digital asset exchange company, reportedly reached a $400 million in trading volume mark on its perpetual contracts platform, which is a new high for the firm this year.   Gate.io’s management has confirmed that the price accuracy of perpetual contracts settled in… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 1:25 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd is arguably the leading investment crowdfunding platform in the world. Based in Israel but listing offerings from companies around the world, OurCrowd has seen approximately $1.4 billion in committed funding since inception. Of the 212 portfolio companies, 138 are based in Israel. Since its… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Norway-based DNB, the European nation’s largest bank, is reportedly expanding its account aggregation tool. The bank will be adding the option of making account-to-account payments from any bank supported by its mobile banking app. DNB first launched its account aggregation tool in October 2019 using… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 11:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform PledgeMe has announced a new CEO. The platform revealed its intent to select a new Chief Executive in a blog post last September. The platform was founded by Anna Guenther in 2012 and remains the only female-led crowdfunding operating in New Zealand… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) platform Xero has reportedly made a new technology integration with Square’s software in Australia, in order to allow users to make instant payments of small-business invoices. The new feature will allow small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) using Square’s platform to… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 8:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazilian Fintech firm IOUU, which offers a peer to peer (P2P) marketplace solution, has managed to secure funding from several venture capital firms. IOUU has acquired R$6 million (appr.$1.3 million) in funding from DOMO, which led the firm’s latest investment round. Indicator Capital and Devas… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OurCrowd, a leading crowdfunding investment platform for individual and institutional investors, is accelerating its incubator and early-stage investment activities in order to help build a nascent technology ecosystem of promising companies.  OurCrowd is a globally accessible crowdfunding venture investing platform and one of Israel’s leading… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 2:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, the largest equity crowdfunding platform in Europe, is reporting a record quarter, its 8th in a row, according to a company release. During 2019, Crowdcube reports topping £8 million in revenue for the first time (£8.22 million) as a record 220 were funded versus… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 12:09 am By JD Alois  |  

In a bit of a shocker, Germany based digital bank N26 has decided to exit the UK market and close all customer accounts apparently due to Brexit. According to a blog post, the Fintech said leaving the UK does not change their global vision to… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB), a global investment bank and financial services company based in Frankfurt, Germany and dual-listed in New York Stock Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange (with  €1.34 trillion assets), is reportedly inviting project bids from Amazon, Google and Microsoft in order to upgrade its… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

BlockQuake is a digital asset exchange that hopes to launch at some point in 2020. Sure, they may appear late to the game but the company has been founded by a group of Wall Street veterans who are focused on the need to be compliant… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 6:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Mode Banking, an app-based Fintech that is part of the R8 Group, has formed a partnership with Onfido so users may buy, hold or sell Bitcoin, according to a release. Onfido is a global identity verification provider. Mode described the partnership as “expanding its network… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 1:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The field of quantum computing, which breaks away from the traditional binary computing model, has made considerable advancements in the past 20 years. The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), the third-largest bank in Canada in terms of market capitalization and deposits, has been exploring different… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 1:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Leading UK-based digital bank Revolut has introduced a new Open Banking feature, which will allow users to view their bank accounts from other financial service providers from within the banking challenger’s app. Revolut partnered with financial API developer TrueLayer to allow all of its retail… Read More

February 10, 2020 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain software firm BitGo announced on Monday it is expanding its global presence with new custodial entities in Switzerland and Germany. According to BitGo,  BitGo’s Swiss entity BitGo GmbH is a member of the Financial Services Standards Association (VQF), supervised by the Swiss Financial Market… Read More