Global

October 28, 2019 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has prepared a  draft of a resolution on regulating digital assets, which aims to offer more clarity for cryptocurrency-related initiatives in the Middle Eastern country. Comments are being accepted until October 29, 2019. With the… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Koyo, a Fintech in the online lending sector, has raised $4.9 million in debt and equity capital in a funding round led by Forward Partners with participation from Seedcamp. The company reports a few interesting co-investors including Christian Faes, founder & CEO of LendInvest and… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Visa (NYSE:V), the ubiquitous credit card and payments rails, and Marqeta, the modern card issuing platform, have announced a new partnership designed to “ease global expansion for multinational card programs.” The project is said to provide a streamlined developer-friendly path for Visa issuers to launch… Read More

October 27, 2019 @ 11:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

InstaReM, a fast-growing payments Fintech, is rebranding as “Nium.” The InstaReM brand will be maintained as a remittance platform powered by Nium which is being positioned as the “first global payments platform to enable businesses to send, spend and receive money from around the world.”… Read More

October 27, 2019 @ 6:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

For some years now there has been a discussion at the European Commission regarding harmonization of online capital formation rules. Today, crowdfunding is regulated at the member state (national) level creating a mish-mash of European regulations that defy the entire concept of a single market… Read More

October 27, 2019 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Union’s sixth anti-money laundering directive (6AMLD) is expected to take effect on December 3, 2020. The new directive recommends several penalties for non-compliance.  EU Member States are required to have 6AMLD incorporated into their national legislation by December of next year and related… Read More

October 26, 2019 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom’s largest remaining payday loan company will be shutting down its operations, despite thousands of complaints regarding its lending procedures still unresolved. Chris Laverty, Trevor OSullivan and Andrew Charters of Grant Thornton were appointed as joint administrators of QuickQuid on 25 October 2019,… Read More

October 26, 2019 @ 2:59 pm By Xu Gao  |  

China Issues New Rules Against Illegal Lending On October 21st, a new financial rule was jointly released by four ministries and commissions of China’s central government-the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice. According to… Read More

October 26, 2019 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBOB) is reportedly preparing to launch its own fiat-based digital currency to ensure that the nation’s economy remains stable in the event of a natural disaster. CBOB governor John Rolle recently confirmed that the country was planning to release… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 2:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Koodoo, a new investment crowdfunding platform, has launched in the UK, according to a note from the company. Koodo says it wants to connect social responsibility and commerce by pairing startups that focus on social or environmental change with investors. Koodoo strives to be a… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Hectare is raising capital once again on the pages of leading UK based crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Its current securities offering is for £1 million for a 5.88% equity stake that is now in over-funding mode as £1.44 million has been committed representing 8.27% equity in… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

eMarketer reports that for the first time, a generic mobile payment app has become more popular than Starbucks’ mobile app, which was an established leader in the category for many years, even though the app is specific to just one retailer.  Last year, Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL)… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Capital On Tap, a Fintech firm that provides working capital including loans and credit cards to small businesses, recently reached a milestone of lending £1 billion to small companies since the firm began operating in 2012.  Capital On Tap had lent £500 million by… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 2:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Laura McGortey, director of strategic partnership solutions at New York-based BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK), a multinational banking and financial services holding company, says that there is more open banking activity in the US business-to-business (B2B) payments industry, when compared to the Eurozone (on the last… 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 @ 4:24 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Telegram’s appeal to investors asking for a six-month extension on the launch of the TON blockchain in the wake of an American SEC emergency action against the firm has been granted, Russian Forbes reports. Paraphrasing two unnamed sources, the outlet claims: “Investors in the Telegram… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 2:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

With seven days left in its equity offering, Patch is crushing its goal on Crowdcube. Crush has raised just under £2 million on a goal of raising £500,000. The company is offering an 8.67% equity stake in the firm at a pre-money valuation of £20.55… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

GFIN, or the Global Financial Innovation Network, has gained multiple US regulators as members. GFIN now lists the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as members joining the Commodity Futures Trading Commission… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

NEO has announced Dealsquare as Canada’s first securities marketplace for private placements. DealSquare connects companies seeking capital with dealers and their investment advisor networks and individual investors. NEO is addressing shortcomings in current “public” markets by making private securities more accessible to a wider audience…. Read More