Global

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

September 18, 2022 @ 7:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ocean Protocol, the Web3 platform to unlock data services for AI and business innovation, has teamed up with Chainstep, Datarella, Fetch.ai, peaq and 51nodes “to develop the system architecture for European mobility with the preservation of data autonomy as its core principle, within the Gaia-X… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IDnow, a European identity proofing platform provider, is pleased to announce its participation in the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Accelerate@IATA 2022 accelerator program. IDnow is working with IATA and its members, “providing expertise and regulatory know-how in the field of identity proofing and digital… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ethis has won recognition as the Best Islamic Crowdfunding Platform – for the second time. The award was delivered at the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA). Ethis Group is an Islamic investment and social finance platform with investment crowdfunding services approved by regulators in Indonesia,… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, a global platform focused on trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, announced that Varenne Capital, a Paris-based, process-driven, global investment manager, has selected TradeSmart OEMS, which is TS Imagine’s Order and Execution Management System, “to support its trading activities.” TradeSmart… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 1:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to announce that their platform now supports EthereumPoW (ETHW). As mentioned in an update posted on September 16 by Kraken, ETHW trading “is live and the ETHW token has been distributed to eligible clients.” A further announcement will be… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After reaching the milestone of 20 million accounts opened, Brazil’s C6 Bank has introduced  an “exclusive” service aimed at the high-income segment. Called Carbon, the new service is free of charge and has a new proposal at the bank: the Carbon Partner, a specialized executive… Read More

September 17, 2022 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has selected CaixaBank and four other organizations to collaborate in the development “a prototype of a digital euro.” The institution launched a call with the aim of “selecting entities to develop technology projects associated with the creation of the European… Read More

September 17, 2022 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of Russia and market participants “launched the testing of the digital ruble platform and successfully completed the first digital ruble transfers between individuals.” The creation of a prototype of the digital ruble platform was “finished in December 2021.” Twelve banks announced their readiness… Read More

September 17, 2022 @ 5:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FTX Europe announced that it has received approval from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), to operate “as a Cyprus investment firm (CIF) allowing the Company to fully own the local investment firm it previously acquired.” Patrick Gruhn, Head of FTX Europe, commented: “After… Read More

September 17, 2022 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK happens to be the “top” European market and is also one of the key global markets for venture capital (VC) funding, according to an update from GlobalData. However, it has been “experiencing a subdued funding activity in the recent months with monthly VC… Read More