Global

March 29, 2021 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

 Visa (NYSE:V)  is “bridging digital and fiat” currency by integrating the USDC stablecoin. Visa said that by enabling USDC it is creating the ability to one day support Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). In a blog post, Visa explained that after months of planning the… Read More

March 29, 2021 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European online lender October reveals that it works with firms from all industries so it can help them with financing the growth of their operations. The October team notes in a blog post that since 2016, they’ve been supporting companies and they offer them “the… Read More

March 29, 2021 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andres Luts, Chief Credit Officer at EstateGuru, an Estonia-based peer-to-peer lender facilitating secured loans, is responsible for managing the platform’s credit policy across several different European nations. Luts recently commented on how he approaches risk and how the platform assesses and evaluates borrowers. As noted… Read More

March 28, 2021 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Christin Friedrich is CEO and majority shareholder of Innovestment, an alternative financing platform founded in 2012 that is focused on the long-term sustainable impact for SMEs based in Germany. She is also chairwoman of the board of the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), the association that… Read More

March 28, 2021 @ 7:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a Tweet last Friday, Seedrs reported a big investment day for the platform where Passion Capital raised “over £2 million” in a couple of hours and MacRebur raised £1.6 million on Thursday. Seedrs said the first quarter of 2021 had been great. The comments… Read More

March 28, 2021 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexo, a crypto lending platform and exchange, recently commented on how Morgan Stanley became the first major bank to offer Bitcoin (BTC) to its wealthy clients. The Nexo team also revealed how a public software firm now has $50 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) on… Read More

March 28, 2021 @ 2:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy, a back-end Fintech that provides SaaS banking services, recently welcomed David Ortiz to their team. Alchemy confirmed in an update on March 26, 2021 that they’re planning to continue to expand their business operations in Latin America (LatAm). As noted in the release, Alchemy… Read More

March 28, 2021 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer-to-peer lending marketplace Mintos has shared its platform Risk Score update – which is based on monitoring and evaluating data from the last quarter of 2020. On the Mintos Risk Score updates page, you’ll find key information regarding any changes made to Mintos Risk Scores… Read More

March 28, 2021 @ 12:51 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Insurtech platform Shuidi closed its mutual insurance service On March 26th, Insurtech platform Shuidi announced that it would close its mutual insurance service at 18:00 on March 31st, 2021. Prior to this, members who were unfortunately diagnosed with a serious illness could continue to apply… Read More

March 27, 2021 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, announced on Thursday (March 25, 2021) that it had entered an agreement with Pittsburgh’s Fintech Pineapple Payments. The terms of the deal have not been shared publicly. Established in 2016, Pineapple… Read More

March 27, 2021 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

George Holland, Mayor of Moorhead, Mississippi, recalls the feeling he experienced when  Regions Bank announced it was shutting down its physical branch in his town just a few years back. As reported by NPR, Holland noted that it was the only banking service provider in… Read More

March 27, 2021 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Decoin announced recently that they will support trading GameStop (NYSE:GME) stock using cryptocurrencies. The Decoin team had noted that if you’re still unaware about what’s happening with r/wallstreetbets, then it’s “safe to say that you’ve been living under a rock.” As mentioned… Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 9:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a default judgment against Benjamin Reynolds, of Manchester, England. According to the judgment, Reynolds operated a fraudulent scheme to solicit Bitcoin from members of… Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital currency exchange Binance is celebrating the launch of Tether (USDT)-margined quarterly futures contracts by introducing a related Referral Bonus Campaign with their affiliate community beginning on April 1 (00:00 UTC) to June 30 (11:59 UTC), 2021. The Binance team noted that a 30% commission… Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Leading social trading platform eToro (which recently announced it will go public in a SPAC deal via FinTech Acquisition Corp. V with valuation pegged at $10.4 billion), noted in an update published earlier this week that stimulus checks had turned the cryptocurrency market green –… Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Pires Investments plc (AIM: PIRI) has provided an update on its investment in Pluto Digital Assets plc, a company that is operating in the digital assets sector. Pluto is a company that invests in, incubates and advises digital asset projects and DeFI and networks such… Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Horizon Globex GmbH and MERJ Exchange Limited are partnering on what is said to be the first tokenized SPAC or special purpose acquisition company. The joint venture is described as revolutionizing SPACs. The SPAC  IPO is predicted to reach $100 million in value. The launch… Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has publicly acknowledged the decision by Crowdcube and Seedrs to abandon the proposed merger of the two venture financing platforms. This past week, the CMA announced it had provisionally decided not to allow the merger to be consecrated…. Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Electric car manufacturer Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance, to possibly supply Fisker Ocean SUVs. While the MOU is nonbinding the intent is to offer the Fisker SUV to select private banking clients and employees beginning… Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking challenger Revolut confirms that Revolut Business is now live in the United States. Elizabeth McGrath from Revolut writes in a blog post that Revolut Business is available in all 50 US states, as of March 25, 2021. McGrath explains that Revolut Business “gives… Read More