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Daimler Financial Services acquires PayCash Europe SA
January 18th, 2017
PayCash Europe SA will become the electronic payment system for services provided by the Daimler Group under the new “ Mercedes pay” brand name “Mercedes pay” enables payments on-the-go with a smartphone Bodo Uebber, Member of the Board of ...
DFS grants virtual currency license to Coinbase
January 18th, 2017
Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo today announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved the application of Coinbase, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc., for a virtual currency and a ...
The first global exchange for virtual gaming products
December 2nd, 2016
Switex to create the first standardized and independent market for trading virtual game items Naga to manage Switex based on its technological leadership while Deutsche Börse Group to supply market expertise Hamburg-based FinTech firm Naga Group AG and Deutsche ...
Japanese Financial Institution Set to Launch a Digital Currency Exchange
October 31st, 2016
Japanese financial services group SBI is set to launch a platform that enables the trading and exchange of virtual currencies, citing increasing interest in virtual currencies like bitcoin which is proving popular among everyday investors. An announcement reveals the new company to be ...
Company wants to introduce hands-free shopping in virtual reality
October 17th, 2016
Alibaba‘s finance arm is working on a technology that could potentially allow users to shop inside virtual stores without having to take off their virtual reality (VR) goggles to settle payments. On Wednesday, Ant Financial, the company behind Alipay, ...
Japan set to drop sales tax on buying virtual currency
October 12th, 2016
Japan looks to end sales-tax collection on purchases of virtual currencies in the spring, a move likely to propel the growth of bitcoin and others as alternatives to traditional money. The change would reduce costs for buyers and relieve operators of ...
DLT Financial To Launch Top 10 Cryptocurrency Index
September 8th, 2016
Recently rebranded from Tramonex, DLT Financial is a fintech company that aims to make virtual currencies an enticing asset class for investors. The firm has received a 250,000 GBP ($333,000 USD) grant from the UK government to develop a working prototype of their proposed ...
SWIFT: Virtual currencies unlikely to crowd out fiat currencies
September 7th, 2016
The SWIFT Institute has published a new research paper analysing whether Bitcoin will crowd out fiat currencies in the global community. The paper, entitled “Virtual currencies: Media of exchange or speculative assets?”, looks at the dynamic relationship between virtual currencies, such ...
Certain financial derivatives such as binary options, CFDs with leverage will be restricted by FSMA
August 16th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) of Belgium has issued an announcement to inform that the authority establishes a framework for the distribution of OTC Derivatives (Binary options, CFDs, etc.). According to FSMA’s announcement, the distribution of certain ...
KBW and Nasdaq Launch Financial Technology Index
July 20th, 2016
Keefe Bruyette & Woods (KBW), a Stifel company (NYSE:SF), and Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) today announced the launch of the KBW Nasdaq Financial Technology Index (Ticker: KFTX), a preeminent index designed to precisely track the performance of those companies that leverage ...
