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Robinhood Walks Back 3% Checking, Savings Product
- Wednesday, 09 January 2019
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Stock trading app Robinhood tried to launch a 3% interest rate savings and checking product with no fees, but upon concerns from regulators backtracked and changed its marketing of the new offering. So reports CNBC.
Read more...Alibaba Positions to Buy Currency-exchange Startup WorldFirst
- Wednesday, 09 January 2019
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Ant Financial, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, is making an "aggressive" effort to purchase currency exchange company WorldFirst, a London-based startup. So reports Zacks.
Read more...Chinese Schools Offering New Postgrad Fintech Programs
- Wednesday, 09 January 2019
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is one of several institutions launching postgraduate fintech programs. So reports the South China Morning Post.
Read more...FinTech Funding Set to Shatter Record
- Wednesday, 09 January 2019
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The first half of 2018 netted $57.9 billion in funding for Fintechs, approaching the record $62.5 billion they took in in all of 2015. So reports Business Insider.
Read more...Buterin Drops $300K Into Ethereum 2.0 Projects
- Wednesday, 09 January 2019
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Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum, gave away $300,000 worth of crypto to three startups; ChainSafe Systems, Prysmatic Labs, and Sigma Prime. So reports Unhashed.
Read more...Researchers ID 4,800 ‘Pump-and-Dump’ Attempts from Jan-July
- Wednesday, 09 January 2019
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Dishonest traders have attempted nearly 5,000 “pump-and-dump” schemes from January to July, according to a new research paper. So reports MyBroadband.
Read more...Charlotte Hosts 2nd Annual Southeast Fintech Venture Conference
- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
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Approximately 250 Fintech company investors and founders met in Charlotte for the Southeast Fintech Venture Conference to network and pitch ideas. So reports The Charlotte Business Journal.
Read more...Canadian Pilot Program Puts Fintech Obstacles in the Spotlight
- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
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An eight-week distributed ledger technology pilot program operated by Canada’s central bank indicated practically applying the new technology may take time. So reports The Financial Times.
Read more...FinTech Sandbox Grows in Arizona
- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
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Arizona added two more companies--Grain Technology, Inc. and Sweetbridge NFP, Ltd.--to its Fintech "sandbox." So reports The National Law Review.
Read more...Kooltra Nabs $6.5M in Series A Funding
- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Kooltra, a Toronto-based Fintech firm, pulled in $6.5 million in Series A funding with the hopes of expanding its cloud-based foreign exchange platform. So reports Red Herring.
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