Global

September 20, 2022 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

SEBA Bank, a Switzerland-based regulated “crypto-bank”, has been awarded the 2022 Digital Wealth Management Impact Award for “Digital Asset Offering’’ by global consultancy, Aite-Novarica Group. Mathias Schütz, Head of Client and Tech Solutions at SEBA Bank, commented on the award: “We are thrilled that our… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Merge was completed last week successfully migrating Ethereum from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). The transition was not a foregone conclusion and the success was greeted with plaudits as well as relief. But while the Merge addressed some of the… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OneSpan (NASDAQ: OSPN), the digital agreements security company, announced the general availability of its secure Virtual Room cloud service which “enables organizations to deliver live, high-touch assistance to their customers in a high-assurance virtual environment.” This next-generation customer engagement solution “gives organizations the ability to balance… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Reltime AS, which claims to be “disruptive” global Web3 and Metaverse financial technology company, and Triskel Capital Ltd. have entered into a long-term strategic partnership “to change the way people and businesses in Latin America financially interact and transact.” Together with Reltime as its “next-generation”… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Upvest has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide custody, clearing and settlement services. Recently, Upvest successfully “closed its $42m Series B financing with lead investor Bessemer Venture Partners – one of Germany’s biggest fintech fundings of the year.” The selection of BNP Paribas Securities… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EMTECH, a central banking infrastructure provider, announced it will take part in the recently announced Technical Sandbox Program by The Digital Dollar Project in order “to explore the new possibilities of a U.S. CBDC ‘Digital Dollar’.” As one of the 4 announced technical vendors, EMTECH… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of orchestrated end-to-end identity proofing, eKYC and AML solutions, announced that it has successfully “achieved SOC2 Type 2 certification for its Jumio KYX platform, with zero exceptions listed in the examination conducted by Moss Adams.” SOC2 is “an American Institute of CPAs… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 8:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has shared their 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index Report. For the third consecutive year, Chainalysis ranked all countries “by grassroots cryptocurrency adoption. While commenting on what is grassroots adoption of cryptocurrency, Chainalysis explained that they could easily rank countries by “raw” cryptocurrency transaction volume,… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 2:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financiera Contigo (CEGE Capital), one of the largest Mexican microfinance loan providers, is now offering a cashback for investors on Mintos – “for a limited time only.” For Notes with a remaining term of 2 months 0 days or more, you can earn a cashback… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global online investment platform, has announced the launch of a Global Health Equity Fund (GHEF) in partnership with the WHO Foundation. According to OurCrowd, the GHEF is a $200 million impact venture capital investment fund, focusing on breakthrough technology solutions that can impact healthcare… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, everything is down in crypo-land. Bitcoin is sinking. Ethereum is wobbling and little to nothing is going up. This is largely due to macroeconomic factors. Soaring inflation, rising interest rates, the war in Ukraine… There is no end in sight to the gloom and… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Global securities crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has distributed an email reporting $62 million in investment in a single week. The reference is to portfolio companies that individual investors have access to by investing online. OurCrowd is based in Israel and thus has access to the hot… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

It has been widely reported that the European Central Bank (ECB), has selected Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) alongside CaixaBank, Worldline AS, Nexi SpA, and EPI, to participate in a prototyping exercise as part of a review of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or digital Euro. The… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Estateguru, a European online investment platform providing secured loans for SMEs financed by both private and institutional investors, has signed an agreement with Czech Investment Bank J&T Banka. According to a company statement, Bank J&T Banka will offer managed accounts to provide access to the… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond already offers a “no-code asset tokenization” service and today it is announcing a new tool – a Token Portfolio Tracker for user s to monitor tokens across various chains. The new service is a feature that comes at no additional cost and is free… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partners are repaying more than €1.6 million of war-affected loans. As noted in the update from PeerBerry, AutoMoney UA and Slon Credit UA long-term loans are being “repaid under the initial loan schedule.” The last payments of these loans “are being repaid with… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In August 2022, more than €80M in returns have reportedly been paid out to Bondora investors since they were founded. Bondora is focused on helping “to empower people to take charge and set themselves up for success with their financial futures.” Loan origination and investments… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 11:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

China and the US present the “greatest” opportunity for cross border eCommerce expansion in 2022 and beyond, according to a joint report from Airwallex and PPRO. China has “the largest cross border eCommerce market with a total value in 2021 of USD 301.5 billion.” The… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestSuite, an international B2B InvestTech/WealthTech company, announced the completion of a €6 million Series A investment round, “bringing the total raised to €15 million since inception.” InvestSuite reportedly “welcomes two new strategic investors: the Cronos Group and OSOM Finance, next to existing investor PMV.” Since… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This holiday season, U.S. retail sales excluding automotive are “expected to increase 7.1% year over year,” according to the Mastercard SpendingPulse annual holiday forecast. Mastercard SpendingPulse “measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment.” It is “not adjusted for inflation.” The holiday… Read More