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Bitcoin Daily: Bank Of Canada Tests DLT; Crypto Startup Uphold Gets Into Loans

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SBI President and CEO Yoshitaka Kitao said in the announcement that signatures based on MPC “offered our desired level of security, performance and scalability needed to manage transactions for our growing SBI Virtual Currencies customer base.”. With the company’s Earn product, consumers will be able to get interest on stablecoin holdings.

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New Zealand Fintech – Companies to Watch

Jessica Ellerm

And while financial technology is still a nascent industry, no doubt this sector will be subject to a little more of our Kiwi ingenuity over the coming few years. Harmoney – peer to peer consumer lending. When it comes to p2p lending, New Zealand’s Harmoney leads the APAC region. I kid you not.

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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12

Fintech Labs Insights

Other than Blackstone’s $820 million bet on what is likely the oldest financial technology company on the planet, NCR founded in 1884 as National Cash Register, just $82 million flowed to the under-100-year-old crowd. ATMs, POS & financial technology. Bitcoin exchange. Camino Financial.

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Fintech Unicorn List Q2 2015: 46 Arrived + 37 Closing In

Fintech Labs Insights

Time will tell whether these valuation bets are temporary insanity from private investors or the beginning of a long cycle of re-imagining financial services. Please note: Our list includes financial technology companies (either direct services or software) founded since 2000 and valued at $900 million or more. Security/Risk.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $390 Million Week Ending May 13

Fintech Labs Insights

Incentive & rewards systems for financial institutions. Payments technology. Blockchain technology . Online financial advisor. Tags: SMB, payments, blockchain, crypto-currency, bitcoin, payments. Latest round: $188 million Debt (for AvantCredit UK). Total raised: $1.92 billion ($654 million Equity, $1.26

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Fintech with The Jetsons at FinovateFall 2016

Fintech Labs Insights

We’ve seen authentication strategies evolve from a simple username and password to biometric technologies that leverage voice, behavioral, and facial recognition, as well as device tokenization and Touch ID to help banks increase security while decrease friction for end consumers. Status quo is no longer an option. Collaboration.

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Companies ‘Pivoting To Blockchain’ See Huge Stock Spikes — But Does The Hype Hold Up?

CB Insights

Ziddu focuses on blockchain-backed solutions that offer microfinance lending against collateralized commodities in the form of Ziddu Coins — in other words, blockchain-based technology that could hypothetically make it easier for LongFin to collect collateral from borrowers. “I valued my IPO pricing at $5.”