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Silvergate Bank and Bitstamp Launch Bitcoin Collateralized Loans
16.1.2020
U.S.-based Silvergate Bank has launched a bitcoin collateralized loan product with Bitstamp as its launch partner. The crypto exchange will act as the bank’s agent to manage and provide custody for bitcoin collateral. The product utilizes Silvergate Bank’s Exchange Network to fund loans...
Uphold Users Gain Access to Salt’s Crypto-Backed Loans
16.12.2019
Uphold users have gained access to loans from Salt Lending using crypto holdings such as bitcoin cash (BCH) as collateral. The digital money platform has more than 1.5 million users globally and has powered over $5 billion in transactions. Also Read: Nexo Now Offers Bitcoin Cash Instant Crypto...
$4 Billion US Fintech Startup Sofi Receives New York Bitlicense
4.12.2019
Sofi is a startup valued at over $4 billion which is focusing on providing millennials with student loan refinancing, personal loans, mortgages, and other wealth management and financial services. In September it has added crypto trading to its investing platform as a response to demand from...
‘In Small Steps’ China Cuts Benchmark Interest Rates
1.12.2019
Careful not to rush too much with stimulus, the Chinese government nevertheless realizes that its behemoth economy is invariably slowing down. New loan interest rate cuts have been announced recently to encourage bank lending and borrowing in the private sector. With a brewing liquidity crisis...
Blockchain.com Loan Desk On Track to Lend Over $120 Million In November
14.11.2019
Wallet provider Blockchain.com is reportedly on track to lend out more than $120 million in November
Shinhan Bank of Korea to Develop Blockchain-based Platform for Loan Management
12.11.2019
According to the latest reports, Shinhan Bank has entered into a collaboration with SEMAS (Small Business Market Promotion Corporation) for building a blockchain-based platform dedicated to loan management. The platform would streamline the verification process for SMEs that apply for institutional...
Earn More Interest on Your Crypto With These Comparison Tools
20.10.2019
2019 has been the year in which crypto lending has really taken off. Centralized and decentralized finance have been major growth areas, aided by crypto exchange integration and a backdrop of negative interest rates in the banking sector. Why be penalized for saving fiat when you can be rewarded...
Blockchain Startup Tracks Property Liens in Energy-Efficient Loan Market
1.10.2019
Spring Labs to create a property lien registry to track liens in energy-efficient loan market
Online Lender SoFi to Launch Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading Next Week
25.9.2019
The millennial-focused SoFi will offer trading in bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin next Tuesday and source its liquidity from Coinbase
Bitrue Exchange to Launch Crypto-Backed Loan Platform
24.9.2019
The service, which goes live on Sept. 30, loans BTC, ETH XRP and USDT at a 0.04% daily interest rate
Bankera Launches a Global Crypto Backed Lending Solution
21.9.2019
The team behind Bankera, which is building the bank for the blockchain era, has announced the release of its very own lending solution – Bankera Loans. The solution aims to provide flexible and secure crypto-backed loans to cryptocurrency holders globally starting from as low as 100 EUR up to...
Alibaba and Tencent Refuse to Share Loan Data Information with Beijing
19.9.2019
As everyone knows, a credit system is something that almost all countries need to have, and it is a hugely important tool that helps in keeping the consumer credit market as strong as possible. To that end, the Chinese central bank launched a private credit score company named Baihang in 2018. That...
Here’s How Europeans Can Deal With Negative Interest Rates
17.9.2019
Low and negative interest rates have been a burden for account holders across Europe for some time. And it’s only getting worse, as the European Central Bank just announced a new rate cut to a record low of -0.5%. Private and corporate customers in many countries on the continent don’t...
Crypto Lending Platforms Prepare to Assail the Banking System
30.8.2019
The battle lines have been drawn and the troops assembled. On the one side stands the combined might of the banking cartels, centuries of deeply entrenched financial infrastructure supporting them. And on the other side stands a handful of crypto companies armed with little more than a passionate...
The World Bank’s Blockchain Bond Is Just a Fancy Way of Selling Debt
21.8.2019
Last year the World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced a permissioned Ethereum-based blockchain to facilitate the end-to-end issuance of bonds between financial partners. The Bretton Woods-created financial institution hopes to make debt capital markets far more efficient with...
German Company Secures €750 Million ‘Eco-Friendly’ Loan Via Blockchain
9.8.2019
Blockchain enables syndicated loans and digital identification
Commerzbank Decides to Lift Loan Provisions due to ‘worsening’ Economic Conditions
8.8.2019
The German economy, which is the largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world, has been going through growing pains over the past few quarters. In such a situation, the country biggest banks have also had to go through their share of pain, and in this regard, banking giant Commerzbank...
P2P Crypto Lending Is on the Rise
3.8.2019
As peer-to-peer cash, it only seems logical that cryptocurrency should be deployed for P2P lending. While that application has taken time to materialize, bitcoin and other crypto assets are now increasingly fulfilling that purpose. Across the BTC, BCH and ETH networks, credit is being supplied...
Banks Stopped Walmart Bank – Now the Retail Giant Hits Back With Crypto
2.8.2019
On August 1, it was discovered that the giant retail corporation Walmart has patented plans for a stablecoin that’s backed by U.S. dollars. If released into the wild, the USD-based cryptocurrency would be issued to select Walmart retailers and partners while the patent’s description...
Cryptofinancier Nexo Partners With Korea’s Terra to Create Loan Platform
17.7.2019
Singapore and Switzerland are joining forces to bring crypto lending to East Asia