Region’s largest FinTech hub set to open in Bahrain

Region’s largest FinTech hub set to open in Bahrain

Manama - Bahrain FinTech Bay (BFB), billed as the largest dedicated FinTech hub in the Middle East and Africa, is scheduled to open in February next year, it has emerged. A joint venture involving the Economic Development Board...
NoviCap alcanza break even en tan solo tres años y consolida su expansión internacional

NoviCap alcanza break even en tan solo tres años y consolida su expansión internacional

NoviCap, la compañía financiero-tecnológica que permite a las empresas anticipar el cobro de sus facturas y pagarés, anuncia su entrada en beneficio tres años después del inicio de su actividad. Este hito, registrado en...
FINTECH INVESTMENT REMAINS STRONG: REPORT

FINTECH INVESTMENT REMAINS STRONG: REPORT

  Total global fintech funding remains strong, with US$8.2 billion invested in Q3, after more than doubling to US$9.3 billion in Q2, according to a KPMG report. Although deal volume declined, Q3 investment stood well above the US$6.3 billion raised in Q3. Venture...
As World’s first Cryptocurrency Index Fund, CRYPTO20, flies past $14 million in ongoing token sale

As World’s first Cryptocurrency Index Fund, CRYPTO20, flies past $14 million in ongoing token...

With just over a week remaining of its current token sale and more than 4500 backers, CRYPTO20, the world’s first Cryptocurrency Index Fund, has already surpassed $14 million in funding. CRYPTO20 is a finished product,...
Australian FinTech sector booming

Australian FinTech sector booming

By Dylan Bushell-Embling   Australia's FinTech sector has more than doubled in size since 2015, and more than half of Australian FinTech firms are looking to expand overseas. These are among the key findings of a new census of...
Taiwan could be quite competitive with Singapore or Hong Kong in terms of market size

Taiwan’s Failing Fintech Dream

  In Taiwan, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) in 2015 established a Fintech Office to plan and promote fintech development. Since taking office in May 2016, the Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) administration has announced additional programs...
PayNet Provides Expert Testimony to U.S. Congress on The State of Fintech

PayNet Provides Expert Testimony to U.S. Congress on The State of Fintech

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PayNet, Inc., the nation’s provider of credit assessments on privately held commercial lending businesses, addressed The Congress of the United States, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Small Business to testify on online...
La "fintech" Afluenta incorpora créditos a monotributistas y autónomos

La “fintech” Afluenta incorpora créditos a monotributistas y autónomos

  La empresa de finanzas colaborativas,  Afluenta, lanzó la quinta versión de su plataforma fintech que incluye como novedad el otorgamiento de préstamos comerciales a monotributistas y autónomos Esta actualización incorpora funciones de inteligencia crediticia en la evaluación de...
Las fintech cambiarán la manera de hacer negocios

Las fintech cambiarán la manera de hacer negocios

Por Yulissa Álvarez   En República Dominicana cada día son más los dominicanos que cuentan con un teléfono móvil inteligente conectado al internet y, dado que los millennials realizan todas sus transacciones a través de banca...
Is Bitcoin Becoming Mainstream?

Is Bitcoin Becoming Mainstream?

Between November 2016 and November 2017, Bitcoin saw its market-cap increase by 1034% to a record breaking value of $128,982,906,067 on coinmarketcap.com. November 2017 also saw Bitcoin hit a new all-time high against the...