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Trump Site Allegedly Hacked in Crypto Extortion Scam
- Wednesday, 28 October 2020
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Just a week before the election hackers breifly took over a portion of President Donald Trump's campaign website and threatened to expose “classified information” about him. So reports The Sun.
Read more...Ant Group’s $35B IPO Could Be Largest in History
- Wednesday, 28 October 2020
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Ant Group, the world’s largest fintech, is aiming to raise $35 billion in a public offering that would “shatter records.” So reports Yahoo! News.
Read more...Encryption Study Shows Mexico Warming to Fintech Adoption
- Wednesday, 21 October 2020
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
A new study published by the Ponemon Institute found 40% of the companies it surveyed in Mexico were interested adopting cryptocurrency and blockchain in some capacity. So reports Cointelegraph.
Read more...CoinFlip CEO: World’s Next Biz Behemoth Will Be Blockchain-based Firm from Asia
- Wednesday, 21 October 2020
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
The next “Apple or Amazon” will be an Asia-based blockchain company, prognosticates CoinFlip CEO Ben Weiss. So reports Markets Insider.
Read more...JPMorgan Chase Launches New Fintech Payments, Checking Service
- Wednesday, 21 October 2020
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest bank in the U.S., is launching a “fast-funding fintech service” paired with a checking account that will put it in competition with companies like PayPal and Square. So reports CNBC.
Read more...Italian Banking Association: 42 Banks Added to Blockchain Network
- Sunday, 18 October 2020
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
The Italian Banking Association announced the addition of 42 banks to the nation’s blockchain network, raising the total to close to 100. So reports Coindesk.
Read more...Fintechs Rally as Bank Stocks Flounder: Jim Cramer
- Sunday, 18 October 2020
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Financial analyst Jim Cramer said fintech stocks are benefitting from dips in banks like Citigroup and JPMorgan. So reports CNBC.
Read more...BRD Expects to Hit 10 Million Users Worldwide By Early 2021
- Friday, 09 October 2020
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Cryptocurrency wallet BRD hit six million users and is expecting to top 10 million worldwide customers by 2021. So reports Tech Crunch.
Read more...Nexi-SIA Merger to Create Monster Italian Payments Firm
- Thursday, 08 October 2020
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Italy's Nexi made a deal with rival SIA to create a new digital payments “behemoth” with a market cap of almost US$18 billion. So reports Cointelegraph.
Read more...7th Annual Accenture Fintech Lab Set with 10 New APAC Participants
- Thursday, 08 October 2020
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- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Ten top fintechs have been chosen to participate in the seventh annual FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific.
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