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What you need to know: The crowdfunding industry will likely continue its move forward in 2017 because SME confidence is high, as well as government support. It will build its strength from the [...]

What you need to know: Masthaven bank, an online-only bank started operating as an alternative to the conventional banks in the United Kingdom. The PRA and FCA granted the challenger bank’s [...]

What you need to know: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed a bank charter for fintechs that would allow challenger banks to offer more products and services without the [...]

What you need to know: This article describes central policy changes in UK, US and Canada. In the United Kingdom, changes in policy increased the amount of banking license grants and [...]

What you need to know: The fintech industry in China has experienced spectacular growth over the past years. Millions of consumers shifted to more efficient and better alternatives from [...]

What you need to know: According to Accenture, blockchain technology can help reduce infrastructure costs of the largest investment banks by as much as $12 billion each year by 2025. Large [...]

What you need to know: Qtum, a Singapore-based company, will try to merge the consensus system of ethereum and the transaction model of bitcoin. The new public blockchain appeals to distributed [...]

What you need to know: It is important for the business sector to maximize the potential and benefits of blockchain technology. Thus, The Bitfury Group, together with international law firm [...]

Digital Commerce in a Flash Financial technology is changing the way people shop. There are also new business models appearing that will have a profound influence across commerce and the wider [...]

New Banking Entrants in a Flash Traditional banking has remained unchanged for a long time, with most clients using big, stable banks. This has generated a high level of complacency amongst these [...]