Tagged: licenses

January 7, 2021 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Smart Valor, a Switzerland-based digital assets platform, announced on Thursday it secured Cryptocurrency exchange and custodian licenses from the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority. Founded in 2017, Smart Valor describes itself as a blockchain startup set to enable borderless cryptocurrency finance. The platform aims to build… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (HKEx:2318; SSE:601318) announced on Tuesday that Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has granted Lu International (Hong Kong) Limited (LUI HK), a subsidiary of Lufax Holding (“Lufax“), a Type 1 (Dealing in Securities) license. Ping An Insurance… Read More

May 9, 2019 @ 8:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued four more virtual banking licenses. The newly minted digital banks include: Ant SME Services (Hong Kong) Limited, Infinium Limited, Insight Fintech HK Limited, and Ping An OneConnect Company Limited. HKMA said that the four newly licensed virtual… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 3:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) announced the approval of the first two trial financial technology licenses to Manafa Capital and Scopeer. According to the organization, these trial licenses will qualify the two companies to provide crowd-funding service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia…. Read More