Having ambitious plans to replace PayPal, Lydia has already become a mobile payment leader in France and is not going to stop.
Singapore proves to be one of the most important Asia-based fintech hubs – and the role of the government in this success can hardly be overestimated.
Square’s Cash App will incorporate Bitcoin trading facility at zero commission charges.
An international digital asset exchange council has been formed as a step towards the adoption of global standards for tokenization of assets and to improve regulatory measures for asset exchanging and digitization.
Following outstanding ICO performance where London-based fintech company has managed to reach the $24M threshold, world first-class financial and innovative experts now include BlockEx in the TOP100 most influential companies of blockchain industry.
The Gibraltar-based fintech startup PayPro will offer their clients a decentralized portfolio of financial services to guarantee the protection of their interests. ICO is on the way.
Robinhood’s zero commission approach for its clients will surely give other crypto exchange a run-for-its-money.
Stripe stops handling bitcoin on April 23 due to transaction-connected prolems. However, the company stays optimistic about other cryptocurrencies, planning to add support for other coins in the future.
The consumer launch of UK-based startup Curve was described as a major milestone for the whole fintech industry on its way to disrupt conventional banking system. Up until now, the service was running in beta version exclusively available to business users.
Google is bringing together some of its payment services under a new brand called Google Pay. The service will simplify online payments and accelerate access to users’ payment information.
Chain is now developing Ivy, Bitcoin-based programming language, used to facilitate coding of smart contracts and compete with Ethereum platform.
Totle, a platform for managing crypto portfolios, bridges the gap between conventional and crypto fund management enabling investors construct a diversified crypto portfolio through a user-friendly interface.
Finance platform MarketInvoice will provide business loans for customers of Investec Asset Finance. To fund these loans, the banking group will render £50 million to the platform.
German FinTech company NAGA Group AG is working on a sophisticated robo-advisor called ‘CYBO’ that provides traders with crowd data indexing and market stats.
Apple enters a market with the peer-to-peer payment system Apple Pay Cash that can become a killer of similar services due to its’ simplicity.