June 10, 2018 @ 6:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Canadian Government, under the auspices of the Department of Finance, has published a series of updated rules to strengthen Canada’s AML / ATF Regime that includes regulating businesses dealing in virtual currency. The Canadian government states that the fast changing financial services industry is being… Read More

April 30, 2018 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Stating that Cynopsis Solutions is already the largest provider of KYC services to blockchain and cryptocurrency based projects in Asia Pacific, the company has launched an initial coin offering (ICO) program via a subsidiary called traceto.io. This new entity seeks to expand its decentralized platform… Read More

February 27, 2018 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Accuity, a financial crime compliance, payments and know- your-customer (KYC) platform, has partnered with France-based Fintech Lemon Way, to help flag potentially high-risk customers. Lemon Way has decided to utilize Accuity’s  Firco Compliance Link, a solution which will enable the business to streamline its financial… Read More

February 26, 2018 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

SelfKey, a Blockchain based company that saw its initial coin offering sell out in just 11 minutes this past January, has revealed two new partnerships with a Dutch Antilles-based bank (Curaçao) and a Cayman Islands-based bank. According to the company, the agreement is to offer their… Read More

February 20, 2018 @ 12:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In late January, TrustToken, a global platform for tokenizing fiat currencies and real-world assets backed by Stanford-StartX, FJ Labs, and BlockTower Capital, launched TrueUSD, reportedly the first fiat-backed stablecoin to offer token-holders legally protected certificates of ownership of US Dollars. Co-founded by CTO Rafael Cosman, CEO… Read More

February 12, 2018 @ 4:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sentinel Chain, a platform that is the midst of a token sale, announced last week that a vulnerability had been uncovered that exposed sensitive user info. Founder and CEO Roy Lai, posting on Medium, shared the problem to the Sentinel Chain community; “… one of… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 9:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

IdentityMind Global, Digital Identities You Can Trust, an SaaS platform that builds, maintains and analyzes digital identities worldwide, allowing companies to perform identity proofing, risk-based authentication, regulatory identification, and to detect and prevent identity fraud, announced the immediate availability of its KYC Plug-in for ICOs… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 3:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

tZero, a compliant securities token offering, is experiencing significant demand. While it is hard to quantify, we have been hearing chatter for some time now that SaftLaunch, the issuing platform, has struggled to manage all of the inbound requests legitimate and otherwise. In a letter… Read More

January 5, 2018 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain based identity firm SelfKey has shared that its Pre-Public Sale hit its cap of $15.84 million four days before the scheduled closing date. The public initial coin offering (ICO), is scheduled to kick off on January 14th at 12AM UTC. If you are are… Read More

December 16, 2017 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The central bank of Indonesia, Bank Negara Malaysia,  has published a consultation report on regulating Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The action by the Bank comes at a time when popular interest in Bitcoin is increasing due to the dramatic rise in price and the addition… Read More

December 11, 2017 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

SelfKey, a “self sovereign identity” firm, has just completed a pre-sale of KEY tokens raising $5 million. Now SelfKey is preparing to launch its public Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on December 15th. The token sale has a hard cap of US$21.78 million. The SelfKey white… Read More

November 6, 2017 @ 10:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pundi X, a blockchain startup that aims to make cryptocurrencies an enabler of cashless payment environments across South East Asia, announced on Monday the launch of its Know Your Customer (KYC) process to whitelist investors in preparation for its public Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Investors who… Read More

October 3, 2017 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

OCBC Bank, HSBC and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), along with Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), have successfully completed a proof-of-concept for a Know Your Customer (KYC) blockchain. OCBC Bank is the longest established bank in Singapore formed in 1932 from the merger of three… Read More

March 27, 2017 @ 9:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Trulioo, an on-demand global identity verification company, has expanded coverage to the Republic of Korea with its GlobalGateway platform. GlobalGateway was created to help businesses comply with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) rules and has evolved to support a diverse range of identity… Read More

December 19, 2016 @ 7:00 am By David Burton  |  

Capital formation and entrepreneurship improve economic growth, productivity and real wages. Existing securities laws impede entrepreneurial capital formation. To promote prosperity, Congress and a reconstituted Securities and Exchange Commission need to systematically reduce or eliminate state and federal regulatory barriers hindering entrepreneurs’ access to capital…. Read More

April 5, 2016 @ 11:35 am By Jodi Avergun and Colleen Kukowski  |  

  “Silicon Valley is coming.  There are hundreds of startups with a lot of brains and money working on various alternatives to traditional banking.” This warning came not from a pundit or Silicon Valley lobbyist, but from Jamie Dimon, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer… Read More

April 1, 2016 @ 2:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Treasury, via the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), has published a proposed rule change that impacts the definition of a funding portal under Title III of the JOBS Act. This new rule-making would amend some definitions to include funding portals. Specifically,… Read More