Just a week ago in the National Crowdfunding and Fintech Association of Canada's yearly occasion, FFCON2018, there was one long presentation about the current status of Fintech in Canada. Professor Michael King, from the Scotia bank Digital Banking Lab @ Ivey Business School, conveyed...

According to local news outlet Korea JoongAng Daily, South Korea’s Financial Services Commission declared that rather than regulating fintech sector they would use blockchain technologies and future financial innovation to encourage further development. Choi Jong-ku, the chairman of the FSC, said “the players in the...

Innovation in the Fintech sector continues: A $100 million joint venture was announced between The German fintech incubator FinLab AG and Block.one, developer of the Blockchain software platform EOS.IO. The main aim is to develop projects that would incorporate EOS software. One of the partner...

A research by McKinsey & Company has revealed the financial technology innovators have conspicuously made in-roads into the capital markets. The report titled Fintech Decoded: Capturing the opportunity in capital markets infrastructure revealed that the fintech growth has far outstripped other areas of financial...

Consentium Looks To Monetize Cryptocurrency Transfers. Consentium, the first multi-digital currency and group monetization chat application for Asia, was released to the public Jan. 25. The $10 million in funding raised from a private ICO sale will be used to expand to other Asian markets...

Square CEO Regards Bitcoin As “Transformational Technology”: Square, a digital payment firm, sees Bitcoin as a transformational technology. And, according to analysts, Square could effectively unveil a cryptocurrency platform. Square made news in 2017 when the company said it would release Cash App, a Bitcoin trading...