Tagged: amazon

April 17, 2020 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

This is interesting because it is indicative of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally approved Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) investment in Deliveroo. Before the Coronavirus, the investment was not a given as the CMA was “concerned that… Read More

February 28, 2020 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon Web Services’ Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) teamed up with Blockchain Technology Partners (BTP), in order to allow users to integrate smart contracts on its platform. BTP’s developers introduced general availability for its DAML incorporation, which may be  accessed via its Sextant for DAML platform…. Read More

February 21, 2020 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Traditional banks may be at risk of losing their leading position when it comes to developing national digital identity solutions. Big tech firms and various other multinational networked companies might be able to offer better digital identity schemes and take the lead, industry association Mobey… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB), a global investment bank and financial services company based in Frankfurt, Germany and dual-listed in New York Stock Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange (with  €1.34 trillion assets), is reportedly inviting project bids from Amazon, Google and Microsoft in order to upgrade its… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Financial Innovation Now (FIN) represents some of the biggest names in tech when it comes to Fintech. These firms include Apple, Amazon, Google, PayPal, Square, and Intuit. Each of these big tech firms have a strong foothold in providing financial services and many observers expect… Read More

January 21, 2020 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

dLocal, a fintech company specializing in facilitating cross-border payments for global e-commerce merchants in emerging markets, announced on Tuesday Amazon has gone live with the dLocal local payments acceptance services in Chile. dLocal claims that the solution enables some of the world’s most innovative companies… Read More

January 19, 2020 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The challenger bank trend first began in Europe and has been gradually spreading to other parts of the world. Traditional banking challengers have been growing steadily and have managed to attract large investments. FT Partners’ new report, titled The Rise of Challenger Banks: Are the… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA, a major Spanish multinational banking group, is considering the possibility of providing various banking-related products via Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). The financial industry has seen a large number of new solutions being introduced during the past few years and there has been a sharp increase in… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 3:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Lightning Network (LN)-compatible Fold App, which lets users purchase clothes and various other items and receive Bitcoin-back rewards, has added support for fiat currencies after completing its first investment round as an independent startup. The company recently spun out of crypto venture studio Thesis… Read More

September 20, 2019 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Ownera, an emerging digital securities network for the issuance of blockchain-based securities, says it will be releasing its “Digital Securities API” utilizing the Amazon Managed Blockchain service running HyperLedger Fabric. A recent research report noted that Hyperledger Fabric appears to be the clear winner for… Read More

August 30, 2019 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut is working with WWF and The Rainforest Alliance regarding the emergency appeal to support those dealing with the devastation caused by fire to the Amazon rainforest. Revolut has a donations feature as part of its bank application. Revolut initially launched this past… Read More

August 27, 2019 @ 7:08 am By Cali Haan  |  

A problem with Amazon Web Services caused, “some 500 error messages on APIs and affecting some withdrawal processing,” at Binance, the exchange’s CEO claimed on Twitter Friday. Amazon Web Services (AWS)  is a cloud-computing platform and subsidiary of Amazon. Individuals, companies and governments use the… Read More

June 25, 2019 @ 10:09 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Patrick Gaulthier, vice president of Amazon Pay told attendees at Fortune’s Brainstorm Finance 2019 event earlier this month that retail giant has no immediate plans to involve itself with Facebook’s Libra coin venture or start an Amazon crypto. “It’s fresh, it’s speculative,” he said regarding Libra…. Read More

June 11, 2019 @ 2:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

E-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly teamed up with Synchrony Financial to launch its new credit card. According to CNBC, the program, Amazon Credit Builder, lends to shoppers with no credit history or bad credit, who would otherwise be exempt from Amazon’s loyalty cards. Tom Quindlen,… Read More

May 1, 2019 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced on Wednesday the general availability of Amazon Managed Blockchain, a fully managed service that makes it easy to create and manage scalable blockchain networks.  AWS revealed: “Customers who want to allow multiple parties to… Read More

April 11, 2019 @ 8:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Does the name Tivoli Audio sound familiar?  Thomas DeVesto, the CEO, Founder, and Designer of Tivoli Audio (acq. 2015) and Cambridge SoundWorks (acq. 2000), recently launched his newest company, Como Audio, which designs, manufactures, and sells smart speakers. After successfully Kickstarting this past March (973 backers pledged $268,142 and… Read More

November 14, 2018 @ 6:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment platform Fundrise says it has been quietly accumulating property near the area Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has just announced they will be establishing a new headquarters. Amazon’s east coast headquarters will create a huge economic impact for the DC/Northern Virginia market, not to mention… Read More

October 31, 2018 @ 3:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Union announced on Wednesday it has partnered with online retailing giant Amazon to launch a new payment option that will allow international shoppers to pay in person, in local currency where available, for their online purchases.  According to the duo, Western Union’s money movement platform… Read More

October 30, 2018 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

India-based banking group ICICI Bank announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with Amazon to launch a new credit card. According to ICICI Bank, the co-branded card offers a reward points program exclusive for “digitally savvy customers” and is claimed to be the first card… Read More

October 29, 2018 @ 4:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Qtum, a blockchain application platform, announced last week it has been named Amazons web services partner in China. Qtum reported the partnership sees the on-demand cloud computing giant working with a cryptocurrency project with a $325 million market capitalization. Qtum revealed that its cryptocurrency, AMI, was listed… Read More