Global

August 23, 2021 @ 2:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) is warning that the Biden Administrations’ tax plan would raise taxes on 2.1 million small businesses – in contrast to the Administrations’ claims. Last week, the White House issued a Fact Sheet on the plan claiming the… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

bsurance and Amodo, two Austrian Insurtechs, have teamed up on a service to provide consumer car insurance. The new service is said to be the automotive industry’s first fully digital, usage-based solution that enables consumer car insurance to be purchased. bsurance and Amodo are combining… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clearpay, an established Buy Now, Pay Later payments platform (known as Afterpay (ASX: APT) outside the UK/Europe), has launched its new merchant analytics solution, Clearpay iQ. With this new tool, brands are able to gain access to customer-centric analytics in order assist with optimizing investment… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

PayPal UK  (NASDAQ: PYPL) will start offering its users the ability to buy, sell and hold crypto beginning this week according to the company. While PayPal has already commenced crypto trading in the US this is the first international location for the global Fintech. The… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysafe (NYSE:PSFE), a specialized payments platform, reveals that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire German Fintech firm, viafintech, in an “all-cash transaction.” viafintech, known under the brands of Barzahlen/viacash and viacash, provides the largest, “bank independent,” payments infrastructure in the DACH region, “allowing… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based anti-money laundering (AML) specialist SmartSearch has introduced a new service in order to address the problem of “dirty” cash being cleaned across the globe via various activities like acquiring property. Organized criminal organizations and fraudsters are responsible for around $2 trillion a year in… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European peer-to-peer lender Bondora reports that July brought “yet another month of increased investment” via the platform. Investors that are active on Bondora have “flooded” the platform with €11,628,988 in investments. This is “a steady 7.5% growth rate compared to June,” the company reveals while… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 8:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Connie Gallippi, Founder and Executive Director at BitGive, a non-profit organization that aims to bridge the gap between practical philanthropic solutions for nonprofit and humanitarian work globally made possible through emerging blockchain technology, recently shared some noteworthy updates with Crowdfund Insider. Established in 2013, BitGive is… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 6:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia, the leading voice in Australia advocating on behalf of innovation in the financial services sector, is reporting that the Sydney Stock Exchange (SSX) has joined its corporate partnership program, becoming the 13th new major member in the past year. SSX joins other partners… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Canada’s travel technology firm Hopper recently finalized a $175 million Series G round that was led by New York-based GPI Capital. As noted by its management: “At Hopper, we’re on a mission to build the most customer-centric travel company on earth. We are leveraging the… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European payments company Worldline and Switzerland’s digital asset platform Bitcoin Suisse recently announced the official launch of their omnichannel cryptocurrency payment solution, called WL Crypto Payments. The integrated solution has been designed to enable over 85,000 Switzerland-based merchants on Worldline’s network to take Bitcoin (BTC)… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 2:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

An analysis of European interest rates by Raisin DS shows what you earn depends on where you live. The average rate in Germany hit a recent low of -0.04 per cent, according to the ECB. The Spanish see a meager 0.01 per cent but the… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Collective, a VC company that’s focused on creating the “future” of financial services by investing across traditional Fintech and emerging crypto-assets, revealed on Friday (August 20, 2021) that it has raised capital, as part of its existing early-stage strategy and for its new strategy… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 1:45 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Tencent: No Plan to Provide Palm Payment Service  This week, Tencent was reported to provide a new palm payment service, which would be the first of such functions in China and would be linked to the user’s WeChat account. However, Tencent has denied this news… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stratiphy, which automatically suggests your “next investment move” using sustainable investment strategies, has raised £282,035 or 141% of its £200,000 target from 328 investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube. Startiphy’s management notes that they intend “to simplify the process of analyzing the stock… Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 7:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Astra Protocol, which aims to equip the decentralized finance (DeFi) space with a complete legal layer and unlock the future growth of the industry, notes that operating within DeFi comes with “unpredictability” as well as key opportunities. Some of the main benefits… Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 6:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blockstream, a Bitcoin-focused firm, has released its Markets Weekly Report, dated  August 20, 2021. As noted in the report from Blockstream, Bitcoin is currently on pace “to finish on the top end of this week’s range for the fifth weekly win in… Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-headquartered MarketFinance, one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) invoice finance platforms, notes that assisting your clients with getting back on track with their growth plans is a key priority for your accounting company. And making use of the latest UK government financial support for… Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Robo.cash, a Croatian peer-to-peer lender, has shared insights on different investment approaches. In a new blog post, Robo.cash talks about the liquidity strategy. As explained by the P2P lender,  liquidity is one of the “significant factors” that make assets appealing to investors…. Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The bridging finance sector has changed quite a bit during the past 2 decades. Bridging has gone mainstream and is “constantly growing,” according to an update from Assetz Capital. UK-based Assetz Capital, a marketplace lending platform originating secured loans, notes that in the current  economy, after… Read More