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Hong Kong Mulls Letting Retail Investors Trade Crypto, Removing ‘Professional Investor-Only Requirement’
21.10.2022
The director of licensing and head of the fintech unit of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has confirmed that the regulator is considering allowing retail investors to invest directly in crypto assets. “We’ve had four years of experience in regulating this...
Finder’s Experts Predict Bitcoin Will End the Year at $21K, Panel Expects BTC to Hit $79K by 2025
20.10.2022
Following the recent xrp and ether prediction forecasts by crypto and fintech experts chosen by the product comparison web portal, finder.com, Finder’s latest handful of specialists have produced a predictions report for bitcoin. The group of 55 Finder’s experts think bitcoin will...
Nubank to launch loyalty tokens on the Polygon blockchain
19.10.2022
Dubbed Nucoin, the token creation process will receive collaboration from 2,000 clients in the following months
Fintech Bill Approved and Ready to Be Sanctioned in Chile
18.10.2022
A fintech bill, which seeks to regulate fintech and cryptocurrency-related activities in Chile, has been approved by the deputy chamber of the congress, leaving it ready to be sanctioned by the president of Chile, Gabriel Boric. According to individuals in the sector, the bill is directed...
Hong Kong to Clarify Crypto Position During FinTech Week
17.10.2022
The authorities of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are expected to present a policy statement on the development of the city’s digital assets market at the forthcoming Hong Kong Fintech Week event. ...
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What the Regulators Said at DC Fintech Week
14.10.2022
A number of high-profile regulators weighed in on crypto and related issues
Finder’s Experts Expect XRP to Spike to $3.81 by 2025 if Ripple Wins SEC Lawsuit
14.10.2022
Following the recent ethereum price predictions report, 55 crypto and fintech experts chosen by the product comparison web portal, finder.com, shared their forecasts associated with the crypto asset xrp, often referred to as ripple. Finder’s experts believe xrp could spike to $3.81 per unit...
Regulators Should Use 'Range of Options' in Fintech, Fed's Barr Says
12.10.2022
Sometimes just identifying risks is enough to change risky behavior, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said at DC Fintech Week
Finder’s Specialists Predict Ethereum Will Slip to $963 This Year, but End 2022 at $1,377 per Unit
12.10.2022
46% of around 55 fintech and cryptocurrency specialists believe ethereum is undervalued following The Merge, according to a recent survey published by the comparison website Finder.com. With less than three months left in 2022, Finder’s panelists predict that ethereum will drop as low...
Interoperable QR Payments Reach Record Number in Argentina
12.10.2022
Interoperable QR payments, a system that allows all digital wallets in Argentina to make payments in several stores, reached a record number in September. According to official numbers, 3.15 million payments were completed using this system, including cryptocurrency-based payments that exchanges...
Celebrity-Backed Fintech for Teens, Step Receives $300M in Debt Funding
11.10.2022
The app also launched a crypto trading feature, starting with bitcoin
Namibian Central Bank: Virtual Assets ‘Remain Without Legal Tender Status’ but Merchants Can Still Accept Them as Payment
6.10.2022
The Bank of Namibia recently said it has brought virtual assets and virtual asset service providers under its fintech innovations regulatory framework, and that it plans to amend applicable laws and regulations. According to the central bank’s governor, there is an ongoing “battle...
US Tennis Player Serena Williams’ VC Firm Leads Ugandan Fintech’s $12.3 Million Pre-Series A Funding Round
2.10.2022
The Uganda-based digital lending fintech startup, Numida, has said it will start offering its services to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in other African countries. Numida’s plans to offer its services to businesses beyond Uganda’s borders came shortly after it...
Fintech App Eco to Convert User Balances From US Dollars to USDC
30.9.2022
Eco will use digital settlement-service platform Zero Hash to custody the stablecoins
SEC alleges fintech and 'market maker' firms manipulated crypto market in token scheme
29.9.2022
Though the SEC has pursued many enforcement actions related to initial coin offerings, the regulator’s stance on airdrops’ role in alleged token schemes is unclear
Connect With FinTech Professionals at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2022
29.9.2022
Asia’s flagship FinTech event Hong Kong FinTech Week: Pushing Boundaries, Reaping Benefits, will be held from October 31 – November 04, 2022, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and Online. Thousands of FinTechs and financial professionals, investors, regulators, and tech...
Ivory Coast-Based Payments Fintech Secures $5 Million From Its Pre-Series A Funding Round
26.9.2022
The Ivorian payments financial technology (fintech) startup, Julaya, recently concluded its pre-Series A round with an additional $5 million capital raise. This brings to $7 million the total capital that the fintech startup, which specializes in business-to-business payments, has raised in this...
Digital Asset Exchange Platform Granted ‘Crypto Financial Services Provider License’ by Israeli Regulator
24.9.2022
An Israeli capital markets regulator, the Insurance and Savings Capital Market Authority, recently granted a “crypto financial services provider license” to Bits of Gold, the first such license for an active company in the country. This license allows Bits of Gold to offer crypto...
Rushing ‘token mapping’ could hurt Aussie crypto space — Fintech founder
23.9.2022
Australian crypto entrepreneur Fred Schebesta said Australia already has a “fledgling” crypto industry but needs to “align with the other major markets."
Regulated fintech in Bahrain enables crypto payments with Binance
22.9.2022
The Central Bank of Bahrain gives the nod to EazyPay, launching crypto payments for more than 5,000 payment gateways in the country