Tagged: coronavirus

March 20, 2020 @ 3:16 pm By Therese Torris  |  

The management of October, the Paris-headquartered European SME lending marketplace, announced today a three-month freeze on capital repayment in order to support the business continuity of its SME borrowers during the coronavirus crisis. A Capital Reimbursement Freeze The moratorium concerns loans granted by October to… Read More

March 20, 2020 @ 8:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Thursday it has officially shut down all its offices and all employees, as well as on-site contractors, are working from home. Prior to this announcement, Stripe announced it closed its San Francisco office, but kept the offices in Amsterdam, Berlin,… Read More

March 20, 2020 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency adoption is steadily increasing and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic appears to have motivated or influenced Italy’s Banca Sella to introduce a Bitcoin (BTC) trading service. The BTC trading may be performed through Banca Sella’s Hype exchange platform, with the bank serving as a trusted… Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking challenger Judo Bank has reportedly agreed to a three-year long, $350 million committed facility with giant multinational bank Citi. This should help Judo Bank provide funding to small businesses that may be struggling to meet expenses due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The commitment… Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 4:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cross River, a bank that delivers advanced financial and compliance products/services to the fintech industry, announced on Wednesday it is now offering a series of initiatives to protect and mitigate the impact of the coronavirus outbreak to customers, employees, and the community. The banking group… Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in the UK, online lending platform LendInvest announced that its platform is still functioning and that it is still “Open for Business.” LendInvest reported that on Monday it instructed all London-based staff to work remotely, which followed the government’s… Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is the latest regulatory group to caution against the rise in Coronavirus, or COVID-19, scams. Nefarious actors and fraudsters are always looking for another angle to fleece the unsuspecting. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic is no different. The CSA… Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Linked Finance a leading peer to peer lender in Ireland, has announced a range of actions to assist borrowers impacted by the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic. Linked Finance said that an automatic 2-month payment brake will be applied to all loans to the hospitality trade…. Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council has announced a €750 billion bailout package to mitigate the economic impact of the Coronavirus or COVID-19. The ECB decided to: To launch a new temporary asset purchase programme of private and public sector securities to counter the… Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 7:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chase, part of JP Morgan Chase – the largest bank in the US with over $2.6 trillion in total assets, is planning to shut down around 1,000 of its physical branch locations in order to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). On March… Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 1:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Latvia-headquartered Citadele Bank has teamed up with Baltics’ non-bank factoring provider, SME Finance, and has invested €10 million in the company. The bank also noted that it would be offering a loan relief program to clients who may have been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19)… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 11:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has posted a page dedicated to the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, outlining actions the Commission has taken to mitigate the pandemic driven shock. The “dedicated website” highlights a slew of temporary relief letters the CFTC has published during this challenging… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), operated by Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), said it will initiate its business continuity plan (BCP) and migrate to fully electronic trading on Monday, March 23. The decision was made due to the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic. Recently, the NYSE… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bank replacement platform Honeycomb Credit announced on Wednesday it is now offering loans to small businesses that are in need of working capital during the coronavirus pandemic. As of March 18th, there are 7,038 cases of the virus with 97 total deaths. According to Honeycomb… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 12:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CEO of Tide, Oliver Prill, addressed the UK-based SME challenger bank’s customers on Wednesday about what they should expect from the Tide team during the outbreak of the coronavirus. As of March 18th, the UK has a total of 2,626 confirmed cases, which includes 2,501… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the largest securities crowdfunding platform in the world, has distributed a note highlighting its portfolio companies that are redirecting their efforts to help mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Reported earlier, Sight Diagnostics is providing its OLO blood analyzer to be utilized at Tel… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Sight Diagnostics, an OurCrowd portfolio company, is helping to lead the response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Sight’s OLO, a compact blood analyzer that can provide rapid, lab-grade CBC [complete blood count] results, has been installed in Sheba Tel Hashomer’s (Israel’s largest hospital that is supported… Read More

March 17, 2020 @ 10:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Coronavirus is not only impacting the literal health of the world but it is poised to clobber startup funding – along with the rest of the global economy. According to a report by CBInsights, startup funding may tank more than 16% during Q1. You… Read More

March 17, 2020 @ 1:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the entire world. Traditional financial markets, as well as digital asset markets, have experienced extreme volatility. One asset that has held out relatively well is physical gold – a commodity that continues to interest certain investors in times of extreme… Read More

March 17, 2020 @ 1:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Small business loans remained at a record high level during the month of February, according to the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index. The report indicates that the approval percentage for small business loan applications at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) stayed flat at 28.3%… Read More