Mobile payments, wallets, and digital banking have made a splash around the world over the last few years, as smartphone adoption grows and the demand for alternative e-payment options…
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Swiss Crypto Bank SEBA Plans New $96.5M Funding Round
Less than six months after securing its banking license to provide financial products to the cryptocurrency industry, Swiss crypto bank SEBA is seeking 100m Swiss Francs ($96.5m) in fresh…
Brazilian Bank Threatens to Close Crypto Exchanges’ Accounts
Crypto exchanges in Brazil may soon lose banking support as a major commercial bank has refused to abide by an agreement preventing the closure of cryptocurrency exchange accounts. Across…
HSBC Closes ATMs in Hong Kong, Bitcoin Fixes This – Bitcoinist.com
International banking giant, HSBC, has decided to lock down 19 ATM clusters in Hong Kong due to vandalism from protestors. Bitcoin is just one example of an alternative financial…
Future of Banking and Financial Services: 2020 Edition
The world of banking and financial services has changed drastically over the past few years. The rise of technological innovation in banking and fintech sector has changed the way…
Hong Kong Institute of Bankers Adds 6 Virtual Banks – Bitcoinist.com
In another example of the growing appeal of virtual banking in Hong Kong, six licensed virtual banks in the city have joined the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB)….
Banks Need to Think like Fintech Companies to Capitalise on the Digital Banking Revolution
Digital banking is the way of the future, and the Asia-Pacific financial services industry needs to be prepared for the enormous changes that are on the horizon. That’s the…
Basel Committee Seeking Global Crypto Standard – Bitcoinist.com
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published on Thursday a discussion paper on the treatment of crypto and digital assets. Central Banks Expected to Share their View on…
How DeFi Simplifies Financial Planning for All
In the world of decentralized finance (“defi”) we often hearabout “banking the unbanked”. The vision is to give people with no access to even a bank account, access to…
Can Blockchain Solve Open Bank Issues?
“Open Banking is a system that provides a user with a network of financial institutions’ data through the use of application programming interfaces, better known as APIs. The Open…