Global

October 26, 2017 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital only challenger bank Revolut is reporting solid interest in its online banking business. According to the company, 16,0000 business customers have signed up for its service in just 4 months. Revolut estimates this has saved these business over £1 million in fees in aggregate…. Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 11:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

True Leaf Medicine International (CSE: MJ) (FSE: TLA) (OTCQB:TRLFF), a Canadian company is running a testing the waters (TTW) campaign to gauge investor interest in a possible Reg A+ crowdfunding offer seeking a max raise of $10 million. True Leaf says this is the first… Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 3:29 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Two main topics of the 6th Annual Convention of the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) on October 19th and 20th were technology innovation and cross-border finance. The discussions showed that alternative finance has only scratched the surface of its technological innovation’s potential ‒ the potential to… Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 12:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

There are multiple movements being organized by the crytpo world to create a legitimate and sustainable Initial Coin Offering ecosystem. This means putting the hammer to fraud and creating a set of principles based best practices to guide the nascent industry as it goes from… Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently the Canadian regulators have gone out of their way to embrace innovation and Fintech in general. This past week, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published a decision on the application of Token Funder to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and the tokenized security… Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX) and KyberNetwork have formed a partnership said to enable online gamers to pay for virtual items using ETH and ERC20 tokens on the WAX platform and on the website OPSkins.com, the largest in the marketplace in the world for the $50… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 11:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingStar Exchange (LSX), a company that claims to be the worlds first invoice trading platform based on Blockchain, kicks off its Initial Coin Offering today (October 25th). LendingStar launched a private token sale earlier this month to invitation only investors. While no details have been… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 10:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Klook, Asia’s largest in-destination services booking platform, has raised nearly $60 million in a Series C funding round.  The financing was led by Sequoia China which also led the Series B Funding. Goldman Sachs and Matrix Partners joined in the round. OurCrowd, a leading global investment… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 4:04 pm By Matthew Cushen  |  

  Since 2011, the UK technology sector has seen £28 billion invested into it – a sum which means it is the largest tech investment in the European Union. France has received £11 billion in investment since 2011, while Germany has gained £9.3 billion. In… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 1:37 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Wirecard, a Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions, launched a US mobile wallet integration with Apple Pay®, Android Pay® and Samsung Pay®. This new functionality responds to the global trend of the digitalization of payments at the POS, and facilitates a convenient… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 10:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Kabbage Inc., a global financial services, tech and data platform serving small businesses, and ING, a leading global bank, are expanding their strategic partnership into France and Italy to provide small businesses with real-time access to working capital. Building on ING’s successful launch in… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

WorldFirst has announced the launch of a multi-currency payment platform that makes international banking that much easier. The new World Account is available now to UK corporate customers. The new service seeks to help SMEs trading internationally that struggle to accomplish their goals using traditional… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Society, a residential management company, says the number of UK renters between the ages of 25 and 34 has doubled during the last ten year. This number is set to increase dramatically during the next few years. Society, “a company that promotes co-living for every… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform FundedByMe has announced a new self-crowdfunding round to pave the way for further global expansion. FundedByMe, based in Sweden, currently is represented in 6 different countries. Launched in 2012, FundedByMe says it is preparing for an Initial Public Offering in 2018 with… Read More

October 23, 2017 @ 1:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mambu is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that has quickly differentiated its product as a leader in the white label core banking space. The cloud based service provides a path for both traditional finance and Fintech’s to rapidly launch a digitally native financial… Read More

October 23, 2017 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) has published their quarterly numbers on sector growth for the third quarter of 2017. Covering the period between July and September 2017,  the P2PFA says the numbers confirm continued steady growth in levels of new lending and… Read More

October 23, 2017 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has announced two major initiatives: the launch of the ADGM FinTech Innovation Centre and a global partnership with world’s largest startup accelerator Plug and Play. These announcements were revealed at the inaugural FinTech Abu Dhabi Summit. These two Fintech projects… Read More

October 23, 2017 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

“I just don’t believe this Bitcoin thing.” – Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Kingdom Holding Company Chairman Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal was interviewed on CNBC today where he discussed a plethora of political and financial topics. The one that appears to be capturing the most attention… Read More

October 23, 2017 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Wrisk wants to give insurance a digital upgrade and it is crowdfunding on Seedrs to finance its vision of of insurance. Wrisk is seeking a minimum raise of £500,000 at a pre-money valuation of £7 million. Launched today, the Insurtech company has already raised over… Read More

October 23, 2017 @ 7:50 am By JD Alois  |  

One of the four largest banks in Australia, National Australia Bank (NAB), has partnered on the upcoming Fintech hackathon taking place during Australia’s first Fintech festival – Intersekt. The hackathon expects to find new ways for businesses to benefit from improved and smarter access to… Read More