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App-only startup bank Monzo crowdfunding passed £2.5 million ($3.1 million) in less than 24 hours

01/03/2017(0)
App-only startup bank Monzo has attracted enough initial interest in its £2.5 million ($3.1 million) crowdfunding campaign to fill it close to three times over, after less than 24 ... Read More
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What about paying with your sunglasses?

06/02/2017(0)
Because we carry our phones with us all the time that it makes sense to include mobile payment functionality on them. However what about those times it’s not convenient ... Read More
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Banking Giants Set to Invest in R3-Rival & Blockchain Startup Axoni

20/12/2016(0)
US banking giants Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are leading a number of other financial institutions to invest in blockchain startup Axoni, a report has revealed. According to Reuters, the banks ... Read More
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A startup in India delivers cash to your doorstep

02/12/2016(0)
A city-based startup has found a unique way to increase its business in times of demonetisation — by delivering currency notes along with each order. The startup tailmil.com is ... Read More
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BNP Paribas backs the growth of the PayCar FinTech

30/11/2016(0)
Several of the Bank’s businesses are participating in the startup’s first funding round, for a total stake of €1.3 million The BNP Paribas Group, via its French Retail Banking; BNP Paribas ... Read More
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Rakuten buys struggling bitcoin startup Bitnet to create a ‘blockchain research lab’

19/08/2016(0)
Rakuten has confirmed that it has acquired the assets of Bitnet, a bitcoin wallet startup it invested in, which will be used to create a ‘bitcoin lab’ for the Japanese ... Read More
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Over 10,000 people were duped by Bitcoin mining startup, feds say

02/12/2015(0)
SEC: Josh Garza and GAW Miners “robbed one investor to pay another.” On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued the founder of a now-shuttered Bitcoin mining company, alleging that it ... Read More
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Customer Bitcoins Stolen in Purse Email Breach

14/10/2015(0)
Bitcoin startup Purse said today that 10.235 BTC (roughly $2,500) in customer funds were stolen over the weekend during a security incident. Eleven customers had their accounts emptied, according to Purse ... Read More
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“Bitcoin’s PayPal” : Why the Cryptocurrency Is Not a Good Payment Mechanism

30/09/2015(0)
Leading Bitcoin startup BitPay is cutting costs, suggesting that the currency won’t be catching on soon. In 2014, a Bitcoin startup called BitPay raised $30 million from investors and was dubbed ... Read More
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Visa, Citi, Nasdaq, Fiserv and Capital One back blockchain startup Chain

11/09/2015(0)
Five financial services heavyweights have joined in a $30 million funding round for blockchain startup Chain, which is aiming to overturn Wall Street conventions for the issuing and handling ... Read More
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