Meet Glint, a fintech with an app and debit card that enables users to save, exchange, and spend in physical gold and multiple currencies...
LendIt Europe 2017 keynote speaker Christoph Rieche, Iwoca CEO, announced the API with fellow fintech Tide is now live; the API allows third parties to access Iwoca’s credit and underwriting process which can decide on a loan within 10 minutes; Tide will provide Iwoca with data to help speed up credit decisions. Source.
Barclays’ paper sets out a methodology for the mitigation of potential fragmentation risk presented by central bank digital currency (CBDC), through an architecture that places CBDC and commercial bank money on a similar footing.
The second Funding Circle securitization comprises of a £207m portfolio of small business loans issued by investment trust P2P Global...
The European country is considering a coin offering that would include the issuance of estcoins; the offering would build on the country's progressive innovation in technology and specifically its e-Residency Program; Kaspar Korjus, director of Estonia's e-Residency program, has been a leading proponent for the ICO and the country is also supported by ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin; funds from the ICO would go towards investment in new technologies for the public sector as well as invest venture capital into Estonian companies. Source
Some predict "Request to Pay" is the smoother, more flexible future of payments between people and businesses.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority plans to move forward with overdraft changes in April which would allow for banks to...
Beleaguered German fintech Wirecard continues to struggle with allegations of accounting impropriety; auditors have been unable to find 1.9 billion...
Last year, MoonPay closed one of the biggest funding rounds in the history of the crypto ecosystem.
Attendees at the second Crypto, Fintech & Banking meetup at LIBF last week were keen to learn more about the limitations of bitcoin, tokenization, and what tax looks like on the blockchain.