Blockchain-based Figure Technologies has unveiled Figure Equity Solutions, which allows private companies to raise, manage and trade equity on the same platform.
El empleador de Yarotska es NEAR, una empresa de blockchain que tiene un cofundador ucraniano y que recientemente abrió una oficina en el país más occidental de Europa, Portugal.La empresa se ha convertido en partidaria de los refugiados ucranianos que huyen del país tras la invasión de Rusia, y ...
Oakam has originated more than 420,000 loans and over $275mn to customers with little or bad credit; the UK based lender uses credit bureau data and alternative data including network associations, behavioral data and chat data between potential customers and their agents; the combination of the data sources has allowed them to better asses risk to a client base mostly ignored by traditional financial firms. Source.
Timothy Mayopoulos is the most recent example of a high profile executive moving into fintech; Mayopoulos will serve as President...
PayPal reported earnings and the company is seeing huge user growth with more than 7 million customers in April alone;...
From the LendIt Fintech Jobs Board: The Financial Crime department at leading digital bank Revolut is looking for a Senior...
Germany's central bank is testing the use of blockchain technology in securities settlement; the central bank has partnered with Deutsche Börse to build a prototype; the prototype system is expected to be able to transfer electronic securities and digital coins also performing functions for coupon payments and redemptions of securities. Source
Decentraland is looking to create a virtual world where blockchain serves as a registry for digital plots of land; users who mine a block get ownership of the land which can eventually be traded; according to an article in March on the current version of the project, users can build structures using cubes, spheres and plains with more complex features being added in the future; the company hopes to bring support to VR headsets; the company raised 86,206 ether in a little over an hour. Source
Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) and Afterpay Limited today announced the successful completion of the Scheme of Arrangement under which Block...
Silicon Valley startup accelerator 500 Startups partnered with cryptocurrency exchange Huobi to incubate blockchain projects; Edith Yeung, a partner at 500 Startups, said to CoinDesk, in partnering with Huobi Labs, "Our teams will learn so much especially around the ins and outs of how a digital exchange works."; the companies will help startups to develop business plans, create and refine marketing strategies, fundraise and develop white papers. Source.