Tagged: ukraine

May 25, 2023 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital Innovation for America, a lobbying group advocating on behalf of digital assets, has updated its campaign to highlight the ability of crypto to streamline transfers or payments globally by promoting the need for Ukrainians living in the US to support the ongoing war against… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partners are repaying €1.8 million of war-affected loans. Under the Group guarantee mechanism in 15 months of the war, PeerBerry business partners have already “repaid €38.73 million, or 77.12% of the total war-affected obligations towards PeerBerry investors.” As noted in a blog post,… Read More

May 3, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On April 25th, 2023, the FBI’s Detroit Field Office, with assistance from the Virtual Currency Response Team (VCRT), the Cyber Police Department and Main Investigation Departments of the National Police of Ukraine, and the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, reportedly “conducted coordinated, court-authorized activity involving… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After “proactive” efforts to petition the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (The Central Bank), in September 2022, Revo Russia (OOO Revo Technologies MFC) obtained special permission in order “to accelerate repayment of its obligations to Mintos investors in payments larger than 10 million RUB… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry recently revealed that its business partners are repaying €1.8 million worth of war-affected loans. PeerBerry writes in a blog post that under the current Group guarantee mechanism in 14 months of the war, the investment platform’s business partners have already repaid €36.8 million, or… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In March, PeerBerry investors reportedly funded €65.53 million of loans, “i.e., €10.23 million or 18.5% more than the previous month.” In March, their investors “received €877 001 in interest.” 1071 new investors joined the platform last month. The average annual ROI on PeerBerry “in March… Read More

March 26, 2023 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nation-state cyber threat actors are expected to acquire and flex new offensive cyber capabilities in “an increasingly polarized world,” warns cyber risk analytics specialist CyberCube. In a new report, CyberCube anticipates “there will be further attempts to compromise IT supply chains and geopolitical targets such… Read More

March 19, 2023 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partners are “repaying EUR 1.7 million of war-affected loans.” Under the Group guarantee mechanism in 13 months of the war, PeerBerry business partners have already “repaid EUR 34.8 million, or 69,3% of the total war-affected obligations towards PeerBerry investors.” Remember that AutoMoney UA… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

TransferGo says it has emerged as one of the top platforms enabling remittances and transfers to Ukraine. TransferGo is a Fintech that is regulated by the Bank of Lithuania. The company states that the largest amount of funds going into Ukraine is from Poland and… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  As war continues to rage in Ukraine and inflation impacts the economy, fintechs and digital banks expect the subsequent global economic downturn “to drive a rise in financial crime – and they’re staffing up their financial crime prevention teams.” A new survey by ComplyAdvantage,… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eleving Group has shared its operational and financial updates. Eleving Group continues “to reduce its portfolio exposure in Belarus.” The portfolio “has substantially decreased during last year and continues to further amortize.” The impact of the portfolio reduction “has been minimal on the Group’s financials…. Read More

January 16, 2023 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The money transfer system Tempo France has a “positive outlook” for the dynamics of the remittances corridor between the EU and Ukraine in 2023. The company stated that the segment “would see a 5 percent shrink in annual terms in Q1 2023.” But the remittances… Read More

January 16, 2023 @ 9:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  2022 was a year of challenges, but also “huge wins” for Mintos and their investors, the company claims. During 2022, Mintos launched a new financial instrument, Notes, “benefiting our investors with investor protection mechanisms.” They also celebrated “reaching a milestone of 500 000 registered… Read More

January 12, 2023 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The year 2022 was by far the most “eventful” year for the crypto market, according to Jack Tan, the Co-founder of WOO Network. According to Jack Tan of the WOO Network, the industry that has been struggling for years to get mass adoption “took back-to-back… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) is pleased to support our partners at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) on the launch of Stellar Aid Assist, which is described as “a first-of-its-kind blockchain-powered aid disbursement system that delivers relief funds quickly, affordably and efficiently to individuals in crisis.” As… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alternative investment platform PeerBerry business partners are repaying EUR 1.8 million of war-affected loans. In 9 months of the war, under the Group guarantee mechanism, PeerBerry business partners have already repaid “over EUR 27.02 million, or 54% of the total war-affected obligations towards PeerBerry investors.”… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European financing platform Debitum notes that its partner company Triple Dragon – an “innovative,” “fast-growing,” specialist lender in the gaming and mobile app industries – in December 2022 will mark their 6th year anniversary. During these years Triple Dragon have reportedly “managed not only to… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Binance NFT Marketplace is pleased to be the official sales platform of an exclusive NFT collection created by the Kharkiv Art Museum in Ukraine. This cultural institution is “home to around 25,000 works of fine art, and the museum’s collection is recognized as one… Read More

October 6, 2022 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

This past July, payments Fintech Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) reports that it surveyed 4,200 Ukrainian SMEs who are clients of the company that also work with customers outside of Ukraine. According to Payoneer, businesses in Ukraine remain resilient, persevering even as the unprovoked war with Russia… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partners are repaying more than €1.6 million of war-affected loans. As noted in the update from PeerBerry, AutoMoney UA and Slon Credit UA long-term loans are being “repaid under the initial loan schedule.” The last payments of these loans “are being repaid with… Read More