Ahead of the arrival of a suite of loan offerings – coming soon – we bring you more from the “creeping crypto” school of news. Our friends at Crowdfundinsider report on the latest step in the integration of cryptocurrencies and “mainstream” life: The team at Fintech Deel notes that if your business holds money in stablecoin USDC, […]
The relentless march of digital currencies continues. We run an extended excerpt from our friends at Crowdfundinsider on the proposed launch of a pan-European central bank digital currency. As pointed out several times on this News site, and in our blogs, a CBDC is a digital token, not a cryptocurrency. That has ramifications for oversight, […]
Irresistible forces and immovable objects have a fair bit of history. Inevitably, the irresistible force ends up the winner. In FinTech, cryptos are the coming thing. And nothing, it seems, can stop them. The UK’s top financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is reduced to little more than whining in this report from our […]
It seems that things have moved on, in a positive way, from the publication of the Kalifa Review early last year. We reported here on Kalifa’s findings at the time. Now the strength of the UK FinTech offering is widening its powerbase from London to other parts of the UK. Our friends at Altfi report […]
In Japan, it’s been possible to have monthly salaries partially paid in Bitcoin since well before the cryptocurrency’s first big price spike at the $20,000 level in December 2017. As regular visitors to this News site will know, we see cryptos as a key component of the financial future. But the new, new thing is […]
Cryptos are making their way onto our screens and into our wallets… Our friends at Altfi report two developments. The first is an infrastructure fund, which does not invest directly into cryptos but in the companies that service the industry (exchanges and the like). The second is a more sophisticated play directly into Bitcoin and […]
As we indicated last week in this News section, a series of new loans are in the pipeline ahead of the end of the tax year. The April deadline sees the expiry of the £20,000 Individual Savings Account limit for the year. Remarkably, some of our lenders have money sitting on their accounts without allocating […]
Today, we offer one of those exceptions that proves the rule. Recent research, quoted extensively in the excerpted article below, demonstrates that humans are still just about ahead of artificial intelligence in the field of investment. AI has already bested us at Go, prompting the retirement of the reigning world champion. And the dominance of […]
The news is out. As regular visitors to this News site will be aware, Money&Co. is planning to apply for a banking licence. Our friends at Financial News carry this report: Nicola Horlick, the fund manager once dubbed the City “Superwoman”, plans to raise around £50m as part of a banking licence application she claims […]
We’re pleased to report that the pipeline of new loans is looking healthy, and new auctions will be landing on site shortly. Meanwhile, we’re continuing our look at the prevailing climate in the regulation of cryptocurrencies by central banks and governments. Crowdfundinsider reports the effects of a major clampdown from the Russian authorities. Cypress-based KoronaPay, a […]