Global

September 18, 2019 @ 10:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft has signed a purchase agreement for the acquisition of all shares in Valendo – part of the finleap Fintech ecosystem. According to a company release, the purchase price was in the “low seven-digit amount.” Payment will take place in two separate tranches. creditshelf… Read More

September 18, 2019 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based firm Aventus Systems, the developer of a fair and secure blockchain-powered event ticketing platform that aims to eliminate fraud, announced its latest code release Aventus Classic, which helps to create an equitable and transparent ticketing industry. The developers of the Aventus Network noted that… Read More

September 18, 2019 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin announced at the Ethereal Tel Aviv press conference (on September 15) that his New York-based venture studio is launching a new product, Codefi, for the emerging decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Lubin, a computer science and electrical engineering from Princeton University, remarked:… Read More

September 18, 2019 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a financial institution owned by central banks which “fosters international monetary and financial cooperation,” has published a research paper that recommends building regulatory processes into blockchain-enabled financial markets.  Authored by Raphael Auer, the principal economist for the monetary and… Read More

September 18, 2019 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

InstaReM a payments and money transfer Fintech has launched its services in Canada. InstaReM is one of the largest digital cross-border payments providers globally, with regulatory licenses in eight markets and covering 40 countries, reaching 3.2 billion people in developed and developing countries. In Canada,… Read More

September 17, 2019 @ 7:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, a decentralized public network where “anyone can carve out a piece of cyberspace to transact, play, and socialize in a secure, trusted environment,” has released its mainnet. Supported by Fortune 100 companies including Boeing, IBM, and the Telekom Group, Hedera Hashgraph aims to… Read More

September 17, 2019 @ 3:20 am By Cali Haan  |  

David Marcus, a former PayPal executive now leading Facebook’s cryptocurrency project, Libra, has claimed on Twitter that the company’s proposed in-app global payments network will not threaten the monetary sovereignty of nations. The tweet was met with some skepticism, however. Regulators around the world have… Read More

September 17, 2019 @ 2:16 am By Cali Haan  |  

On a tip from authorities in China, police in the Philippines have arrested 277 people they believe pervaded a cryptocurrency scam that defrauded at least 1000 Chinese nationals, Business Inquirer reports. The scheme reportedly emanated from a company called Golden Millennial Quickpay Inc. Ltd., an offshore… Read More

September 17, 2019 @ 1:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Germany’s largest financial institution, Deutsche Bank, is reportedly joining the Interbank Information Network (IIN), a blockchain-powered platform developed by JPMorgan, the world’s sixth-largest bank. IIN’s pilot was released in 2017, with the goal of reducing the number of international payments rejected due to errors. According… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 11:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

iSTOX, a digital securities issuer and secondary trading platform, has hired Lim Mei Shern as its new Head of Compliance. Lim was previously at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) where she spent the past 15 years in the supervision of capital markets as well… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of HTC’s blockchain smartphone are reportedly adding support for Bitcoin Cash (BCH). HTC’s management announced on Monday that they’ve teamed up with Bitcoin.com, a Tokyo-based blockchain and fintech firm founded by crypto entrepreneur Roger Ver. The partnership between the two companies involves adding… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 4:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) began accepting applications for digital-only banks. The applications were being accepted by Fintechs and not established, traditional banks. MAS is expected to issue up to two digital full bank licenses and three digital wholesale bank licenses. The… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) is partnering with local tech firm Igloo, in order to develop a blockchain-powered tenancy agreement platform. The software solution is expected to launch by the end of this year, according to a company release. REIQ general manager Josh… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech Dinghy was recently recognized as the “most disruptive insurance business in the UK” at the recent Disruption Summit Europe. Dinghy was also said to be the 26th most disruptive overall. The Summit was hosted in London on the 10th September with the final rankings… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Security token offering (STO) platform Neufund has received regulatory clearance from the Financial Monetary Authority (FMA) in Liechtenstein to offer securities to retail investors.  The first retail issuer on Neufund is Greyp, an electrical mobility platform that is backed by Porsche, Camel Group and T-mobile…. Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The South Korean arm of Malta-based digital asset exchange OKEx announced that it will no longer support five major cryptocurrencies due to new international financial regulations. OKEx Korea’s management noted that it would suspend trading for privacy-oriented digital currencies including Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC), and… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Travel insurance has a bad rap. Claims too frequently are denied and if they pay out it may take weeks to receive any remuneration for a trip gone bad. Insurtech Pluto is seeking to address this sector of the insurance market with an app-based service… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 3:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ray Youssef, the CEO at Paxful, a leading peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin marketplace and money translator service, recently shared his views and insights about the importance of providing quality financial services to the world’s unbanked (and underbanked) population. Youssef, a history graduate from Baruch College and… Read More

September 16, 2019 @ 1:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

United Nations Development Program (UNDP), an organization that provides expert advice, training, and grants to developing countries, is partnering with Silicon Valley venture capital firm and project accelerator 500 Startups, in order to make investments in Indonesia’s emerging startup ecosystem. The UNDP will be working… Read More

September 15, 2019 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

hubii, the company behind the development of the nahmii scaling solution for Ethereum, has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), according to a press release shared with CrowdFund Insider. CEO of hubii Jacobo Toll-Messia remarked: “We are excited to join the EEA. [It] offers hubii… Read More