Tagged: jpmorgan

October 27, 2020 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

JPMorgan’s (NYSE:JPM) JPM Coin is being used live today by a “large international technology company that is using it for round-the-clock cross-border payments,” according to a report. JPM Coin was revealed back in early 2019. More of a stablecoin, the digital currency is viewed as… Read More

October 3, 2020 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan, the largest US bank and the world’s sixth largest in terms of total assets, is reportedly working with Fintech firm Affinity Capital Exchange, in order to develop new types of financial assets – which will be based around the trading of loyalty point portfolios…. Read More

September 24, 2020 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil-based FitBank Pagamentos Eletronicos SA, a Fintech firm backed by JPMorgan Chase, one of the world’s largest banks in terms of assets and scope of operations, is planning to establish an additional business office in the US during the first half of next year. The… Read More

September 14, 2020 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Nesta has launched a £2.8 million Rapid Recovery Challenge to encourage Fintechs, among other entities, to come up with solutions to help workers impacted by COVID-19. Nesta is encouraging Fintechs to participate in the challenge where individual firms may win up to £475,000 plus other… Read More

September 5, 2020 @ 2:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore recently completed a pilot program for a blockchain-based multi-currency payments network prototype. Project Ubin, launched in 2016, engaged with several private parties as well as government entities seeking to better understand the benefits of blockchain technology. The prototype was developed in collaboration with JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and… Read More

August 23, 2020 @ 10:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the US and sixth-largest in the world in terms of assets, is planning to launch a UK challenger bank in the first quarter of 2021, Sky News recently reported. The media outlet revealed that the launch is considered a… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the US and sixth-largest in the world in terms of assets, has reportedly acquired a minority stake in FitBank, a Brazilian Fintech firm. The amount paid by the bank for the part acquisition hasn’t been shared publicly. Established in… Read More

July 13, 2020 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Temasek have published the final report on a blockchain trial. The report, “Project Ubin Phase 5: Enabling Broad Ecosystem Opportunities” shares insights into the blockchain-based multi-currency payments network prototype that was built and describes how the network could… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Taulia, a top supply chain financing Fintech is raising $60 million, according to the company. Big-name investors are participating in the round including JPMorgan, Ping An, Saudi Aramco, and existing investors including Zouk Capital. CEO of Taulia, Cedric Bru said the funding round is a… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Cloud9 Technologies has closed on a $17.5 million Series B funding round led by global bank UBS, with participation from existing investors including JPMorgan and Barclays. Cloud9 has developed a product that uses the “voice communication talk path” for the “trading floor of the future.”… Read More

May 22, 2020 @ 6:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Last week it was reported that JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), one of the largest banks in the world and the doyenne of Wall Street big banks, is providing banking services to both Coinbase and Gemini. More specifically, JPMorgan is providing cash management services like wire transfers,… Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a report in WSJ.com, JPMorgan is now offering banking services to two well known digital asset exchanges – Coinbase and Gemini. Typically, digital asset exchanges have been shunned by big banks as compliance officers have viewed the risk as too large fearing the… Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 7:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Monzo has reportedly hired David Laramy, the former head of fraud at JPMorgan Chase. Laramy will be serving as Monzo’s new vice president and head of its global financial crime division. Laramy’s appointment has come shortly after the banking challenger appointed former American… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Taulia has officially announced a strategic alliance with the largest US Bank JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM). According to a release, the partnership is said to create a unique trade finance solution for JPM clients. Crowdfund Insider covered the partnership this past weekend. Going forward, JPMorgan’s clients will… Read More

April 26, 2020 @ 9:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), the largest bank in the US, needed to deal with a legacy platform as it sought to better handle financing needs for corporate customers. The bank decided it was better to partner with a Fintech instead. According to a report in Bloomberg, JP… Read More

April 3, 2020 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global financial services giant JPMorgan recently announced it has established an electronic foreign exchange (FX) trading and pricing engine in Singapore. The launch was notably launched with support from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). JPMorgan reported that the new trading engine, which was first… Read More

March 5, 2020 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent study published by Juniper Research claims that by 2024, the number of digital banking customers will surpass 3.6 billion, which would be a significant 54% increase from the current 2.4 billion users in 2020. This considerable growth has been attributed to the steady… Read More

February 24, 2020 @ 9:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent report published by JPMorgan Chase, the world’s sixth-largest bank with around $2.5 trillion in assets, indicates that present blockchain and distributed ledger tech (DLT) developments are laying the groundwork for issuing digital currency, however, mainstream adoption of virtual money might still be many… Read More

February 23, 2020 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) , the world’s sixth-largest bank with over $2.6 trillion in assets, has moved a step closer to introducing a wide range of personal banking products in the United Kingdom. The move would be similar to what Goldman Sachs has done… Read More

February 21, 2020 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan, the largest bank in the US, and UK Aid confirmed last month that they would invest $15 million into the business operations of Catalyst Fund, a Boston-headquartered project accelerator which funds Fintech firms in order to support financial inclusion efforts in India,  Mexico, and… Read More