Global

April 15, 2021 @ 9:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Switzerland-based METACO, a provider of security-critical infrastructure for the digital asset ecosystem, has launched METACO Harmonize, an “end-to-end digital asset orchestration system for institutions.” So what exactly is “digital asset orchestration”? METACO explainst that it is a system of applications to manage a range of… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 11:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Leemon Baird, Founder and Chief Scientist at Hedera Hashgraph, an ecosystem focused on developing enterprise-grade business applications, has revealed that they’ve just hit their first billion transactions on the Hedera Hashgraph mainnet (in only 19 months). Baird also noted: “And it keeps accelerating. A… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Accelerated Payments, an invoice financing platform, reports that it has now advanced €300 million worth of financing to SMEs across the UK, Europe, and North America since its inception. Founded in 2017 and based in Dublin, with offices in London and Toronto, Accelerated Payments has… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Swisscom has joined with financial firms SEBA, Sygnum, Vontobel, and Swissquote, to pilot the Swiss Institutional Digital Asset Reference Rate (SIDAR). According to a public statement, during a two-week testing period, the partners carried out daily fixings for Bitcoin and Ether. The banks acted as… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Solar investment marketplace Trine is reporting that a debt offering seeking €750 000 closed in just 5 hours, the fastest loan funded through Trine’s impact investment platform to date. The investment platform said that the debt financing for Redavia, a firm offering solar farms to… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Kris Vaivods, CEO at Vorto Gaming, a blockchain startup planning to carry out an initial public offering (IPO) on the Swedish stock exchange later this year. Kris is the Founder of the Vorto Games subsidiary vz games and is part… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 7:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

March 2021 was an “incredibly” successful month for recoveries at peer to peer lending platform Bondora. The European lender managed to reach a record-level of “cash recovered on the month: €1,255,538.” This is reportedly the first time that Bondora has passed the €1M mark. Bondora… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Linked Finance, a peer-to-peer lending platform serving Ireland, has surpassed €150 million in loans to Irish SMEs, according to a note from the company. The milestone was passed as the company issued €9.6 million in loans in the first quarter of 2021, up 4% versus… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 6:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitRefill, a company that helps consumers “live on” crypto with gift cards, phone refills, and Lightning Network (LN), notes that in Switzerland, people can take advantage of free markets, low taxes and a high standard of living. BitRefill notes in a blog post that they’re specifically… Read More

April 14, 2021 @ 11:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equisafe, a Paris-based digital blockchain-based transfer agent, has announced the launch of Equisafe Markets, a secondary market for digital securities. Equisafe said that the first listing on the market will be Carthagea, a French operator of medicalized residences in Tunisia with its head office in France…. Read More

April 14, 2021 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robo-advisory services in Southeast Asian countries like Singapore are increasingly being used for managing finances and investments. Robo advisors were introduced around 2008, which was when the world was dealing with the global financial crisis. Over the years, digital transformation and the emergence of new… Read More

April 14, 2021 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at BitOoda, a global digital asset financial technology and services platform providing “next-gen” risk management solutions, notes that Bitcoin (BTC) is up by around $8,000 since their last crypto market commentary on April 8, 2021. The BitOoda team adds that “more importantly,” Bitcoin… Read More

April 14, 2021 @ 8:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Reserve, which claims to be a “flexible” pool of stablecoins designed to “reduce risk” via diversification strategies and “decentralized” governance, reports that during the last week of March 2021, Reserve was “the #1 most downloaded finance app” in Venezuela, and it also “surpassed 100,000 total… Read More

April 14, 2021 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Manuel Silva Martinez, General Partner of Mouro Capital (formerly Santander InnoVentures), has distributed a note on Bitcoin and the environmental impact of the world’s most popular crypto. Martinez is criticizing BTC just as it rockets to new all time highs – currently trading at around… Read More

April 14, 2021 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based banking solution provider CREALOGIX has reportedy hired Jordi Perez to serve as its Regional Managing Director. Perez is expected to take on the responsibility for CREALOGIX’s business operations in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. He will be overseeing operations in other Central European countries as… Read More

April 14, 2021 @ 7:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardlay has secured €8 million in capital from a venture fund that’s managed by former Mastercard executive Javier Perez, according to a release. As mentioned on its official website: “Cardlay is a world leading Fintech partner of commercial card services and payment infrastructure. We supply… Read More

April 13, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a significant endorsement of the city, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has opened an office in Birmingham, UK – a community that has been promoting itself as an alternative to super pricey London. Goldman Sachs stated that Birmingham offers access to a deep talent pool, excellent… Read More

April 13, 2021 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software firm, revealed on April 13, 2021, that BlueShore Financial, a boutique “full-service” financial institution, is “digitally transforming” its operations along with Temenos. As mentioned in a release, BlueShore is powered by Temenos Infinity, the omnichannel digital banking solution.  BlueShore… Read More

April 13, 2021 @ 10:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lender SocietyOne has appointed Melanie Cochrane and Jamie McPhee as independent non-executive Directors. Cochrane is a former Senior Vice President at American Express, where she led the Merchant Services business for the Asia Pacific region and, prior to that, Corporate Payments. McPhee has extensive… Read More

April 13, 2021 @ 8:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arweave, which aims to offer a “novel” data storage blockchain protocol enabling “a permanent serverless web and creating truly permanent data storage for the first time,” has released its Q1 2021 Ecosystem Update, titled, NFTs, The Guardian, a new web wallet, new gateway (& much… Read More