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Stripe Worth $35 Billion After Raising $250 Million in New Funding Round
19.9.2019
Fintech startup Stripe is valued at $35 billion during funding round that garnered $250 million to expand its global reach
Addis Ababa to Host the Africa Fintech Summit
16.9.2019
On November 21, leading innovators, investors, and policymakers from around the world will gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 4th edition of the Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS). With participants who represent over $4.5bn in private equity and venture capital funding, the AFTS is the premier...
Big Banks Won’t Touch Crypto Clients – But These Smaller Banks Will
13.9.2019
Cryptocurrencies undoubtedly bring new business opportunities. The expanding industry around digital assets and its customers need more and more services that traditional sectors can provide. Banking is often a bottleneck in the crypto space as most traditional institutions are still reluctant...
Bengaluru Fintech Summit Identifies Promising Tech Startups Paving Way for India’s Leadership in Digital Era
13.9.2019
Fintech Storm hosts a landmark Bengaluru Fintech &Crypto Summit 26-27 September to identify promising emerging tech startups and catalyse the startup funding ecosystem. Young techies and entrepreneurs should step up to pave way for India’s tech leadership in the fourth industrial...
Go-Ventures Backs Fintech Startup ‘Pluang’ By Offering US$3 Million Funding
11.9.2019
The Indonesian fintech firm, Pluang has come into limelight after receiving a US$3 Million for Series A funding from reputed venture capital fund, Go-Ventures. Go-Venture’s collaboration with Pluang will be serving to facilitate marketing, technology advancement, and improvements, along with...
Connecting Cash to the Internet Using Stablecoins
11.9.2019
Most often overlooked in the fintech space is the world’s most scalable and private payment system: cash. It is used in every country around the world and despite its much exaggerated demise, according to the G4S Global Cash Report 2018, cash circulation has risen to 9.6% of GDP across...
Panerora ICO Is Pushing Out Banks from the Remittance Industry
11.9.2019
The impact of fintech became very noticeable in the past few years. The blockchain-based services have not only started to take portions of the banking markets, but have also become a top choice for nonbank markets as well. With so many in need of banking services, especially on the African...
Coinbase Launches USDC-Based Initiative to Support DeFi Developers
10.9.2019
U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase launches the USDC Bootstrap Fund to support developers projects
The D&DD Summit takes over Tel Aviv for Blockchain Week 2019
10.9.2019
Tel Aviv Blockchain week is quickly approaching and the D&DD Summit is the event that everyone wants to attend. Israel has built a strong reputation as a worldwide leader in the fintech and cybersecurity space. And keeping in line with […]
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The D&DD Summit takes over Tel Aviv for Blockchain Week 2019
10.9.2019
Tel Aviv Blockchain week is quickly approaching and the D&DD Summit is the event that everyone wants to attend. Israel has built a strong reputation as a worldwide leader in the fintech and cybersecurity space. And keeping in line with […]
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Gobi Partners Leads Invests in $24 Million Funding Round of Indonesian Fintech Firm SuperAtom
10.9.2019
The steady march of technology and the easier availability of smartphones as well as cheap data have led to the rapid growth of the Fintech sector in many countries. While the United States, the United Kingdom, and China remain the leaders in the Fintech space at a global level, many other...
Payments Processor Stripe Launches Lending Service for Online Companies
8.9.2019
Stripe launches its lending service for online companies Stripe Capital
Cross Border Payment Fintech Firm Chipper Cash Expands to Nigeria
5.9.2019
Fintech had come a long way since the days of PayPal when the payments company emerged as a novelty of sorts and took the world by storm. However, over the next decade, very few Fintech companies came along. All that changed around half a decade ago when Fintech made a remarkable comeback due...
Indian Government’s Steering Committee submitted its Final Report on Fintech-related Issues
5.9.2019
The Indian Ministry of Finance declared recently that the Steering Committee on Fintech-Related Issues had presented its last report to the finance minister. The committee was established by the DEA (Department of Economic Affairs) under the chairmanship of Subhash Chandra Garg who was the...
Indian Government’s New Report Views Crypto Positively
4.9.2019
A new Indian government report has put cryptocurrency in a positive light, viewing the mechanisms surrounding it, including initial coin offerings, as “revolutionizing the global fintech landscape.” The report also discusses the regulation of coins and tokens. Also read: Indian...
FinTech Ecosystem in South Africa: Accelerating the Digital Transformation of Banking & Financial Services
4.9.2019
Johannesburg, South Africa: Africa’s financial services landscape continues its dynamic evolution as the rapid growth of FinTech on the continent drives both the disruption and leapfrogging of legacy systems and further accelerates the digital transformation of financial services. Digital...
AlphaCode of South Africa Invests $1.5 Million in Three Domestic Fintech Startups
4.9.2019
The growth in technological innovation and the easy availability of cheap internet has made it possible for Fintech to grow at a breakneck pace over the past few years. The Fintech industry has become one of the biggest disruptors in the financial sector over the past half a decade and it...
$23 Million Fintech Startup Fund Established by Accion Venture Lab
4.9.2019
For the past five years or so, the Fintech sector has grown at a breakneck pace and has quickly become a multibillion-dollar industry spread across the world. The easy availability of data, the advancements in technology and the innovative ideas of a range of Fintech startups have made the industry...
BlockchainArmy Announces Strategic Partnership with INFIbond
3.9.2019
BlockchainArmy and INFIbond Asia have signed a historic partnership agreement and are now opening INFI Turkey. On the development, Erol User, Chairman of INFI Turkey said, We look forward to bringing the revolution of Empathic AI—a unique and cutting-edge technology—into Turkey. Yoram Kraus,...
Cashwerkz Introduces a New Fintech Platform
3.9.2019
The march of Fintech has been a relentless one over the past few years, and if one looked closely, then it becomes quite clear that it is going to continue for the foreseeable future. Fintech is all set to become one of the biggest industries in the world, and investors are investing hundreds...