FinTech

Photo: Broadridge / LinkedInBroadridge Financial Solutions, a United States-based corporate services company said on Tuesday they are ready to add cryptocurrencies and exchange-traded derivatives capabilities to their offerings. With the acquisition of Shadow Financial Systems, Inc., this service provider that is a famous supplier for public companies that provides them with proxy statements, annual reports and shareholder communications solutions, such as virtual annual meetings – is...

Since its launch on June 18, 2019, Facebook’s Libra project has encountered mixed reactions. Now, four payment companies that had joined the social media giant as founding members of the Libra Association are hesitant. They have developed cold foot over whether to formally sign on to the crypto project. The issue was explained by people familiar with the matter.According to a new Bloomberg report, MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and PayPal are allegedly stalling at officially joining the...

Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra has been in hot water ever since the social media giant released the whitepaper earlier this year. Central banks and governments across the globe have put together a concerted effort against Libra, putting Facebook executives in the dock time and again as they fear that the social media giant is out to create a parallel financial system. But the greatest threat that could derail Facebook’s cryptocurrency project probably lies within. The Libra Association, a...

The People’s Bank of China (PoBC) announced they are nit against PayPal’s desire to acquire a 70% equity state in GoPay (Guofubao Information Technology Co. [GoPay], Ltd.). With this step, Paypal is becoming the first international entity that will be offering its online payment solutions in China.GoPay mostly works as a provider of a number of payment products for various industries including cross-border commerce, aviation, tourism, etc.According to the information revealed by the company,...

NEO galt lange als die chinesische Version von Ethereum. Mittlerweile ist das NEO Blockchain Projekt komplett international aufgestellt. Die Microsoft-Stiftung .NET unterstützt offiziell die Kryptowährung NEO. Das teilt ein Blog-Beitrag des Unternehmens von NEO mit. NEO steht für „Smart-Economy-Plattform“. Früher hieß diese Blockchain, die eine neue Generation des Internets...

ISE Wealth Technologies GmbH Teamfoto RISE Wealth Technologies ist ein FinTech-Start-up mit Sitz in Grünwald bei München. RISE Wealth Tech baut eine Software für die Implementierung von Handelsstrategien auf der Basis von Maschinellem Lernen (ML) und Künstlicher Intelligenz (AI). Soeben gab RISE Wealth Technologies den Fahrplan für das bevorstehende Security Token Offering (STO) bekannt. Eine ideale Gelegenheit für ein Interview mit...

Bunq, a fintech startup mobile bank that provides accounts and other financial services, will be spreading its services to another 22 regions, pushing the number of countries it operates in, all the way to 30. The company, based in Amsterdam, will also be supporting both Apple Pay and Google Pay for all of its customers with Travel Cards in certain countries including Spain, Italy, Belgium, France, Ireland, and the Netherlands.The Bunq company, which already operates in the above countries,...

Revolut, a British financial technology company that offers banking services, has signed a new deal with payments giant Visa. As a result, Revolut will expand its services to 24 new markets, or a total of 56 around the world, and hire 3500 employees.Under the terms of the agreement, Revolut will primarily issue Visa-branded cards in the global expansion. As Reuters reports, Visa will initially enable Revolut to launch in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore and the...

Back in 2016, e-commerce giant Amazon announced its plans to establish a large chain of convenience stores in the United States. Called Amazon Go, the stores are mostly automated and run on computer vision, deep learning algorithms and sensor fusion without cashiers, allowing customers to grab items they need to from the store, and simply walk out.Since inception, Amazon has opened 16 Amazon Go stores with several of them in Washington, Illinois, California and New York and the company still...

Digitec: Einer der grössten Schweizer Online Shops akzeptiert Bitcoin. Vom Bankgeschäft bis zum Politischen Wahlgang, Blockchain-Technologie wird immer populärer. Besonders beliebt sind Blockchain basierende Kryptowährungen wie Bitcoin für Transaktionen und Geldtransfers – insbesondere für grenzüberschreitende Transaktionen. Im Gegensatz zu langsamen und teuren internationalen Banküberweisungen ist ein Bitcoin Transfer extrem einfach. Wie...