Global

January 28, 2021 @ 11:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has reportedly registered many new trademarks with the Swiss Federal Patent Office. This, according to a report from Handelszeitung, which mentioned that  these include the “e-franc” and the “digital Swiss franc.” The SNB has also confirmed this particular report. The… Read More

January 28, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based banking challenger app Dozens will be working with Open Banking provider Bud in order to give prospective clients access to some of its services without having to fully complete the sign-up process (which may be more time-consuming). Dozens provides users various analytics and budgeting… Read More

January 28, 2021 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Regtech Working Group, formed by the Steering Committee of Australia’s National Blockchain Roadmap, is currently undertaking a consultation in order to gain a better understanding of the wide-ranging views and perspectives regarding the use and adoption of distributed ledger technologies (DLT). The consultation is… Read More

January 28, 2021 @ 8:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Although not very many technical details of China’s plans for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) have been shared publicly, the virtual yuan is raising privacy concerns and may lead to potential national security issues and problems related to political power. The Digital Currency/Electronic Payment… Read More

January 28, 2021 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Payments provider PayU has partnered with Twisto, a Czech Fintech offering deferred payments, in Poland to bring more payment options to the ‘PayU Pay Later’ platform. The “Buy Now Pay Later” (BNPL) service is available to current online retailers using the PayU platform. Since February… Read More

January 28, 2021 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Payment solutions provider Nuapay has partnered with Beam to provide open banking payments to its clients on WooCommerce. Nuapay reports that after a successful pilot, the Beam service is available now to almost 100,000 websites using WooCommerce to sell goods and services in the UK…. Read More

January 28, 2021 @ 11:43 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a top UK based Fintech in the property finance sector, has received a compelling commitment from global banking giant JP Morgan. According to LendInvest, JPM has committed £500 million for future loan originations via LendInvest. This investment follows the sale of a £125 million… Read More

January 28, 2021 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Check, a company developing software applications for digitizing the business payroll process has reportedly emerged from several years in stealth mode. The Fintech firm recently confirmed that it has secured $35 million in capital via an investment round. Check’s round was led by strategic investments… Read More

January 28, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This month (January 2021) has already been huge in terms of Fintech fundraising, with notably 13 mega-rounds valued at $100 million (or more) having been completed to start off the new year. These companies have acquired approximately $2.746 billion in capital. This figure does not… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 11:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP), a French international banking group that’s ranked as the 8th largest bank in the world in terms of total assets (appr. €2 trillion), will be providing its Visa Premier cardholders the opportunity to update to a contactless fingerprint option for a… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s not easy to enter the highly competitive space of financial “super apps.” Companies or businesses usually spend a long time acquiring the appropriate licenses and developing relevant products and services that can address the strict requirements of regulators. Although these time-consuming processes can lead… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of Injective Protocol, a digital assets derivatives exchange for DeFi that has been supported by Binance and Pantera Capital, have teamed up with AllianceBlock to introduce “decentralized” oil and gas futures. The Injective team explains that in the traditional finance sector, oil and… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 8:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutional investors have been gaining more exposure to alternative assets such as Bitcoin — particularly large hedge funds. These clients are now willing to aggressively promote or defend Bitcoin’s (BTC) unpredictable and wild price fluctuations. Large publicly listed firms such as MicroStrategy believe or claim… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

kevin., a Lithuania-based Fintech startup, has raised €1.5 million in seed funding to further develop its “first of its kind” P2D2 product for mobile payments. kevin.’s solution is a PSD2-based open banking API that has been used to directly compete with card networks for mobile… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Open banking firm Yapily has hired Iain McDougall as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) in a move to boost its presence across Europe. McDougal previously worked for both Stripe and Google. While at Stripe, McDougall was Country Manager and Executive Director where he led the UK and… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 1:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) has long been the leading voice advocating on behalf of investment crowdfunding platforms across Europe. The member-driven group has been at the forefront of engaging with policymakers at the European Commission – an initiative that finally paid off when new… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Vlad Tenev, the CEO of modern trading platform Robinhood, sat down with Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss how he thinks markets will be affected post the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion notably happened amid retail investors piling into equities at a rapid rate in the… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

A week ago, GameStop (NYSE:GME) was trading at around $37/share. Today, GameStop is trading at around $277  $334 a share – jumping by over 80%  120% today alone. If you thought the ICO rave was crazy, think again. More mundane traditionally regulated markets may be… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Bilderlings, a UK based neobank that is an authorised e-money institution, has launched a new “onboarding” process for potential users, according to a note from the Fintech. Bilderlings remote online onboarding for individuals is said to enable users to register, submit documents, and have a… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The digital banking sector will get a bit more crowded in the UK following the news that JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) is planning to launch a digital bank in the country. JP Morgan will follow in the footsteps of Marcus, created by Goldman Sachs, entering the… Read More