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PayPal Invests in $48 Million Series C of Korean Fintech Payments Startup
March 15th, 2017
South Korean Fintech firm Viva Republica has closed a KRW 55 billion ($48 million) Series C round of funding which saw participation from the likes of PayPal and other significant backers. Viva Republic is the developer opf Toss, a now-popular peer-to-peer ...
Japanese Giant Hitachi Tests Blockchain Tech for 150 Million Member Rewards Program
February 28th, 2017
Hitachi, a major and decades-old Japanese conglomerate and multinational is implementing a blockchain platform onto its popular point management and rewards platform, PointInfinity. Japanese blockchain developer and bitcoin exchange Tech Bureau is providing ‘Mijin’ its private blockchain solution to ...
Fintech startups in Indonesia flourish in 2016
January 10th, 2017
Fintech startups flourish in 2016, mostly in lending Financial technology (fintech) startups mushroomed in 2016, with the number of businesses in the segment soaring last year, according to the Financial Services Authority (OJK). As many as 135 fintech startups ...
European online alternative lending market volumes grew 23% between 2015 and 3Q 2016
December 27th, 2016
TWINO, Europe’s fastest growing peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, and KPMG today announce the publication of ‘Alternative lending market trends in Continental Europe in 2016’ – a major piece of research on the state of the alternative finance market across ...
The dawn of financial technology in Islamic finance
December 23rd, 2016
Over the past decade, financial technology — widely referred to as FinTech — has grown primarily due to growing Internet access worldwide and the emergence of smartphones and apps. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report published last year, 70 ...
Blockchain Presents A New Model For Transactive Energy
November 28th, 2016
Peer-to-peer (P2P) power trading presents a promising use case for blockchain technology and supports transactive energy, according to a report from Navigant Research. Owners of distributed energy resources will be the first stakeholders. Blockchain technology could provide a new ...
UK Bond Network gains FCA approval, paving way for IFISA
November 10th, 2016
UK Bond Network is considering offering its customers the Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), now that it has received authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). UK BOND Network is expecting to launch its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) in January, ...
NatWest sets up alternative finance panel for loan referrals
November 1st, 2016
NatWest has set up a panel of alternative lenders to which business customers can turn if they fail to qualify for a loan from the UK bank. The panel, called ‘Capital Connections’, builds on NatWest’s existing referral partnerships with ...
Inexperienced Chinese investors are getting stung by fintech scams
September 8th, 2016
China is witnessing a fintech boom. Companies providing electronic payments, cryptocurrency trading and other online financial services there are not only mushrooming, they are among the biggest and most highly rated in the world. The Fintech 100, a ranking ...
The 18 companies that control bitcoin in 2016
July 1st, 2016
Flashy startups like Coinbase, Circle, Blockchain, and BitPay are some of the most famous companies in bitcoin. But arguably more important are the miners — individuals and organisations who form the core backbone of bitcoin, ensuring the digital currency’s ...
