There’s finally a commercial use for blockchain tech in finance
By Joon Ian Wong
The idea of using blockchain—the technology underpinning the bitcoin cryptocurrency—has gripped the imagination of financial institutions all over the world. One...
InsurTech: Like FinTech, but even bigger?
By Steven Watson, Accenture
My previous blog pointed out how, when it comes to investing in technology startups, the insurance industry’s definitely following the strong...
TransferWise launches international money transfers via Facebook
By Anna Irrera, New York
The London-based startup said on Tuesday that it had developed a Facebook Messenger "chatbot", or an automated program that can...
Atomico capta 723 millones para invertir en ‘startups’ europeas
Atomico, uno de los fondos de inversión más importantes de Europa, ha cerrado una nueva ronda de financiación de 765 millones de dólares, una...
Fintech Radar Spain: Spain quadruples its Fintech sector in three years
By Finnovista.
When we founded Finnovista in early 2013, there were only 50 Fintech startups in Spain and Fintech was mostly unknown and undiscovered to...
Apple Pay Surpasses PayPal to Become Most Popular Mobile Payment Solution in the U.S....
Apple Pay has surpassed PayPal to become the most popular mobile payment solution in the United States, according to research from Boston Retail Partners.
36%...
Singapore is Beating the World at Fintech
Commitment is evident in accessibility, education, and funding
As a tiny country with limited natural resources, Singapore built its outsized influence on the world as...
Raisin recauda 30 millones de euros en financiación de serie C para seguir con...
Raisin, la plataforma europea número 1 que permite a los ahorradores acceder a depósitos con los mejores tipos de interés de toda Europa, acaba...
Insurtech, Interview with Sam Evans, Founder of Eos Venture Partners
By FinSMEs
According to CB Insights, vc activity related to insurance startups hit its highest annual total in 2016 with $1.69B invested in 173 deals.
In...
Tecnocom presenta MINDx, su unidad de negocio para la transformación digital
MINDx, incluye un completo porfolio de soluciones para impulsar la transformación digital de las empresas.
Tecnocom estima que los proyectos asociados a la...
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As decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to gain traction, promising a new frontier in financial services,...
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A smart contract blockchain designed as a foundation for high-performance decentralized applications or dApps, Solana relies on a novel consensus mechanism called “proof-of-history”, which works in...
Data Privacy in Social Media: Expert Advice to Startups
Customers are crucial for any business, and this is even truer for startups with a social media presence. Collectively, the data that customers provide...