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March 10, 2019 @ 12:20 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The phenomenon of “rubber hose decryption” robbery took a harrowing turn recently when criminals disguised as police entered the home of a Dutch Bitcoin trader and allegedly tortured him in front of his 4-year-old daughter, The Independent reports. The attack reportedly took place in the… Read More

March 10, 2019 @ 11:17 am By Cali Haan  |  

Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has blogged to address possible concerns that its services could be being used to violate crypto users’ privacy. The company’s statement comes after controversy erupted last week when it was revealed that Coinbase, a large American crypto trading platform, had acquired… Read More

March 10, 2019 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Bank Awards, an event that aspires to be the “Oscars of the banking world,” has revealed their 2019 winners. Now in its fifth year of operation, the British Bank Awards are run by Smart Money People a review and insight platform for financial… Read More

March 10, 2019 @ 10:17 am By Cali Haan  |  

“Consumer Spy Tech” and nano-tech enthusiasts may be pleased to hear that an American company called VaultTel has created a cryptocurrency hardware wallet that is accessed via one’s cellphone SIM-tray. Once inserted in a phone, the device, called the “VaultTel Intellichip card,” communicates with an… Read More

March 8, 2019 @ 7:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe, a global investment crowdfunding platform, is now a publicly traded company. As anticipated, shares in FundedByMe traded today for the first time on the NGM Nordic MTF AB. The company’s A shares (FBM MTF A) and B shares (FBM MTF B) are now available… Read More

March 8, 2019 @ 3:00 am By Cali Haan  |  

TASS is reporting this week that Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova, has asked the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, “to facilitate the extradition of Russian Alexander Vinnik from Greece to Russia.” Vinnik has been being held by Greek authorities since… Read More

March 8, 2019 @ 1:05 am By Cali Haan  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has issued a warning against a Bulgarian firm, “…claiming to be an FCA-authorised firm offering cryptocurrencies to UK consumers.” The FSA says the company is illegal and has been soliciting UK investors via email containing various… Read More

March 8, 2019 @ 1:00 am By Cali Haan  |  

The French National Assembly’s Finance Committee has issued a report on cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors in the country. The report’s introduction is written by Committee president Eric Woerth, who urges the country to continue refining regulations governing the sector. He also argues against promoting cryptomining… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 1:00 pm By Linh Bergen-Peters  |  

The number of women-owned businesses has been steadily increasing globally. Despite this, accessing finance to start or grow their business remains a struggle for many women. A study by the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Kansas City found that women are less likely… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 11:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The largest German crowdfunding platform Companisto is in the midst of an INVEST grant self-funding round, the platform’s own equity investment. To date, over €4,420,000, overfunding by 164%, has been raised by more than 448 investors. The amount continues to increase with each click through…. Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 7:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendIt announced this week the finalists for its third annual LendIt Fintech Industry Awards. According to the organization, this year’s event will take place on April 9th and bring together 400 Fintech influencers and innovators to celebrate outstanding achievement in 21 unique categories. The finalists… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 5:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Downing LLP has acquired the peer to peer lender Funding Empire, the company behind Downing Crowd’s platform technology. Funding Empire is the trading name for Tally Marketplace Lending Ltd. Downing LLP is an FCA authorized and regulated investment manager which operates the crowdfunding platform, Downing… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 5:42 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released two reports on cryptocurrency which were commissioned on behalf of the UK government. The FCA has previously published documents on the emerging “crypto-asset” sector as it seeks to better understand which digital assets should be regulated and… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 5:11 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), an institutional-grade, regulated and insured token sale platform and digital asset exchange, has added NEM’s XEM token to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). XEM was brought to the GBX-DAX by the sponsor firm Techemy and will have trading pairs with… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 4:58 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the largest investment crowdfunding platform in the world, has announced the launch of the OurCrowd Medtech Fund joining their existing portfolio of 18 funds. The $50 million fund will focus exclusively on investing in disruptive medical technology – a fast-growing sector of healthcare. This… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 4:30 am By JD Alois  |  

This is a story that has only happened a couple of times. A Fintech, Raisin, has purchased a traditional bank, according to a release from the firm. Raisin recently closed on €100 million funding round. The acquisition of MHB of Frankfurt by Raisin is still… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 2:09 am By JD Alois  |  

During the opening of their annual summit with over 17,000 participants, global investment platform OurCrowd announced the launch of a new Impact Fund in partnership with Social Finance Israel – the Israeli impact advisory leader. The new fund is looking to raise $30 million and… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the largest investment crowdfunding platform in the world, has topped $1 billion in funding raised. The online investment platform has provided growth capital to 170 individual firms and 18 different funds in the six years since the platform launch. Alongside the milestone funding amount,… Read More

March 6, 2019 @ 11:35 pm By Cali Haan  |  

1Broker, a Marshall Islands-registered company with a CEO based in Austria, has announced it has settled lawsuits filed against it by the US Securities regulators, the SEC and CFTC: “We are pleased to let you know that we settled the two lawsuits without admitting or… Read More

March 6, 2019 @ 4:29 pm By Martin Baker  |  

Kinetic International is the new kid on the banking block. After years of diligent wading through a complex and often trying regulatory approval process, Kinetic CEO Michael Williams heads up the first international private bank that is both fully compliant with US banking regulations (it… Read More