Global

December 8, 2020 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a top global investment crowdfunding platform, has announced the availability of a fund that is open to individual investors in Canada. OurCrowd’s OC50, a portfolio index fund, is said to be available with “unprecedented low minimum contributions” opening up the world of VC investing… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A new study has found that SMEs are now using Open Banking solutions a lot more frequently than before the pandemic began. Approximately half of the SMEs that took part in a recent survey claim they’re now using Open Banking services providers, according to research… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), an Insurtech that offers various insurance products, is now live in France. According to the company, residents of France may now digitally access renters insurance as well as file claims and get paid immediately via the company’s app. Lemonade is licensed and supervised… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 10:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alfonso Garcia Mora, VP for Asia and Pacific at International Finance Corporation, recently commented on how Fintech can play a key role in a post-COVID environment. Mora, whose comments came during “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia” from the sidelines of the Singapore Fintech Festival, said that the… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Connect recently published the findings of a survey involving over 100 financial technology professionals. The survey reveals the sector’s Fintech-related predictions for next year. Most professionals (61%) expect digital payments to experience the most growth compared to all other Fintech industry segments. Almost half… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lender Funding Circle (LSE:FCH) has apparently sold 300 individual loans to Azzurro Associates, a subsidiary of  Elliott Management, a US-based fund manager with approximately $41 billion in assets. The sale of these loans may garner additional regulatory scrutiny as they include personal guarantees from… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Railsbank, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, has announced the launch of two new products, the Houston platform and OpenRailz API. Houston is Railsbank’s new User Interface layer on top of the Railsbank open finance Operating System (ROS). The no-code platform is expected to transform the building,… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Bittrex Global is now offering trading in tokenized equities on its digital asset exchange in cooperation with DigitalAssets.AG. Account-holders may now trade a shortlist of popular stocks like Apple, Tesla, Google, etc. DigitalAssets.AG is based in Switzerland and facilitates the tokenization of traditional financial assets…. Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LocalBitcoins, a global peer to peer (P2P) Bitcoin exchange, notes that its platform allows users to invest in BTC which is notably one of the best-performing assets of 2020. The LocalBitcoins team confirms in a blog post: “According to our data, our main markets are… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut has partnered with PrestaShop, an e-commerce platform in Europe and Latin America. According to the company, and Revolut Business is now available to PrestaShop merchants allowing sellers and their customers to benefit from payments when shopping online. This is part of Revolut’s… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 8:30 am By Amit Anand  |  

Emerging from the pandemic while other regions are still in the midst of crisis is giving the region an advantage.  The venture market in Southeast Asia has grown exponentially in the last five years but it’s not too late for LPs to dive in. While… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 7:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  The steady growth of the global Fintech economy and Israel’s role as a key player in this nascent sector has become more prominent during the past few years. Israel’s Fintech industry is evolving into a leading hub for companies throughout the world. Fintech covers… Read More

December 6, 2020 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Portugal’s Fintech sector continues to experience steady growth and development. It has matured considerably this year with several key developments such as the formation of a Fintech hub (or Fintech House) along with the introduction of a framework for a financial technology regulatory sandbox program…. Read More

December 6, 2020 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

1inch, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange aggregator that recently secured $12 million via an investment round, has announced that it’s sponsoring the Gitcoin Grants Round 8 Hackathon. The 1inch team notes that they’re looking forward to supporting developers who are working on innovative (decentralized finance) DeFi… Read More

December 6, 2020 @ 3:18 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Tianjin Bans Illegal Collection of Facial Recognition Information On December 1st, Tianjin Municipality approved a new regulation which will come into effect on January 1st, 2021. According to the regulation, credit information service provider should obtain the consent of the person before collecting his/her personal… Read More

December 6, 2020 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PostFinance, the financial services division of Swiss Post, and CoCoNet, a Germany-headquartered digital banking service provider, are teaming up to launch a cash management platform for corporate clients. The new solution will aim to provide various cash management services to PostFinance‘s corporate customers, which includes… Read More

December 6, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The development team at Cardano (ADA), a major DLT network for building decentralized applications or dApps, notes that the platform’s development has been conceived as “a journey involving five overlapping development themes, each of which is underpinned by a consensus protocol – Ouroboros.” Kevin Hammond,… Read More

December 5, 2020 @ 7:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to businesses or companies adopting artificial intelligence (AI) based solutions. Firms operating in nearly every sector have integrated AI and automation software according to a new survey of professionals working in the financial services sector. Nearly 66% or two-thirds of… Read More

December 5, 2020 @ 5:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bizzabo, a platform for event planning and attendee experience that consolidates logistical, promotional, and social tools, has raised a solid $138 million in a funding round announced this past week. In a blog post, Bizzabo CEO and co-Founder Eran Ben-Shushan, commented on the new funding… Read More

December 5, 2020 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis notes that global darknet markets have long “fascinated” the general public, beginning with the infamous Silk Road, which represented around 20% of all Bitcoin (BTC) related activity during its “heyday” back in 2013. But since that time, these illicit activities account… Read More