Tagged: luxembourg

January 23, 2020 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset primary issuance platform Tokeny has announced a new partnership with PwC. Tokeny is a Luxembourg based Fintech that enables companies, banks, funds, real estate assets and more to tokenize these securities using blockchain technology. Tokeny enables institutional grade, issuance, transfer and servicing management… Read More

January 16, 2020 @ 11:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Governance.com, a Luxembourg-based company that provides technology-enabled governance solutions, has secured €3 million through its latest investment round.  Founded in 2014, Governance.com helps regulated businesses achieve sustainable business success by understanding critical process information, enabling users to identify and deal with exceptions while recording every… Read More

January 10, 2020 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Luxembourg is a relatively small EU country that has long been home to a good number of financial services firms. In fact, with a population of just 615,000, it is one of the smallest countries in Europe but it also claims one of the highest… Read More

November 29, 2019 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) Luxembourg have made an agreement to work cooperatively to develop Fintech-related platforms. The cooperation framework shows that both regulators have made an effort to encourage the development of innovative technologies… Read More

November 25, 2019 @ 10:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

VNX Exchange, a Luxembourg based Fintech, has officially launched. The token issuance and trading platform kicked things off with the issuance of its first asset-backed digital asset during the Global Venture Summit in Luxembourg. The launch ceremony was followed by a panel discussion on “Digital… Read More

November 14, 2019 @ 10:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT), a dedicated Fintech center focused on promoting the development of innovative financial services, and the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE) are establishing the Luxembourg Academy of Digital Finance. According to a release shared with CrowdFund Insider,… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Black Manta Capital Partners and Tokeny have formed a partnership to build a “fully compliant Multi-STO-Platform.” for Europe. It is important to note that the Black Manta Investment Platform is operated by BMCP’s ​Berlin (BMCP GmbH) which has reportedly received its license within the MiFID… Read More

September 11, 2019 @ 10:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was reported earlier this week, Revolut has decided to pass on its application for an e-Money license in Luxembourg. The decision was ostensibly made because Revolut has already received a passportable license in Lithuania and it is in the process of pursuing regulatory approval… Read More

September 10, 2019 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut has decided to withdraw its application for an e-Money license in Luxembourg, according to a report in the Telegraph. The application was originally filed in September of 2018. Revolut was said to make the decision following the approval of two financial services licenses from… Read More

September 4, 2019 @ 3:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokeny Solutions, a tokenization platform,  has hired Heslin Kim as Head of Business Development APAC. Heslin was previously at Polymath. Tokeny recently received the backing of Euronext, the Eurozone’s largest stock exchange, a significant strategic investment. Kim said he was thrilled to be joining Tokeny… Read More

August 21, 2019 @ 2:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Fintech platform Lendable has reportedly teamed up with Credit Suisse to launch a new Luxembourg Fund. According to AltFi, the fund will initially provide up to £225 million of financing into the UK consumer market. The launch of the fund comes just one month… Read More

July 25, 2019 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

A security token offering backed by real estate has been launched by Property Token SA in Luxembourg. This is the first STO issuance in the Grand Duchy. The digital offering has been completed with the support of Tokeny Solutions, a law firm and consulting firm… Read More

July 25, 2019 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payconiq, a Luxembourg-based fintech, announced this week it secured €20 million through its latest investment round led by its existing shareholders. Founded in 2014, the mobile payments platform claims it has built a sustainable ecosystem through an open-API approach and flexible microservices, focusing on consumers,… Read More

July 1, 2019 @ 12:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Euronext, a leading European securities exchange has subscribed to the entire €5 million capital increase of tokenization platform Tokeny Solutions, according to a release. The investment gives Euronext a 23.5% stake in the blockchain platform. At the end of March, Euronext had approximately 1,300 listed… Read More

June 5, 2019 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

This falls under the category of recently discovered as this report by Deloitte Luxembourg was released several months ago. But while much of what the authors have to say will come as accepted gospel to industry advocates, Deloitte makes a few interesting points. The Deloitte… Read More

April 2, 2019 @ 11:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Tokeny, the Luxembourg-based fintech compliant tokenization platform delivering institutional grade solutions in the issuance, lifecycle management and secondary trading of security tokens, has partnered with global law firm DLA Piper. Hedera Hashgraph recently cited DLA Piper as first members of the Hedera Hashgraph Governing Council,… Read More

January 26, 2019 @ 2:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Winners of the 2018 Global Fintech Venture Competition Announced in Beijing The winners of the 2018 Global Fintech Venture Competition were officially announced at the 3rd China Fintech Conference on January 20, 2019. The 2018 Global Fintech Venture Competition was initiated by Tsinghua IFR, jointly… Read More

November 23, 2018 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Platform for tokenized venture capital assets, VNX Exchange, has partnered with the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT). The partnership is said to create a new standard of security for the digital assets ecosystem. VNX Exchange says that custody has… Read More

November 18, 2018 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

The Blockchain Bundesverband, an association for the promotion of blockchain technology in Germany, has announced a new think tank for token regulation. “thinkBLOCKtank” will release a joint paper supported by various European countries entitled EU Token Regulation as the group seeks to drive the regulatory… Read More

November 1, 2018 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The Luxembourg House of Fintech (LHoFT) is launching a new initiative which focuses on Fintech companies in Africa seeking to boost financial inclusion. “Catapult – Inclusion Africa” is described as a Fintech tool to provide access to financial services to the under banked or those… Read More