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Europe Leads ICO Investments
Europe Leads ICO Investments
December 01, 2017  |  Investments

Atomico, the European venture capital firm, said in a report on Thursday (Nov. 30) that over the course of the past few years, close to...

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Virgin Money Plans First Concrete Step Into SMB Banking
Virgin Money Plans First Concrete Step Into SMB Banking
November 17, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Virgin Money is, once again, aiming to disrupt the U.K.’s small business (SMB) banking market. According to news from The Financial Times on Thursday (Nov. 16),...

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Amex Looks To RippleNet To Innovate B2B Payments
Amex Looks To RippleNet To Innovate B2B Payments
November 17, 2017  |  Cross Border Commerce

American Express is the latest financial company to become a member of RippleNet, the blockchain network operated by Ripple that provides real-time, business-to-business (B2B) global...

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Despite Plenty Of Concerns, SMB Optimism Holds Fast
Despite Plenty Of Concerns, SMB Optimism Holds Fast
November 13, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Small business owners have a lot on their plates today and, depending on who one asks, top concerns range from taxes to late invoice payments....

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FCA Warns Investors Could Lose All Their Money In ICOs
FCA Warns Investors Could Lose All Their Money In ICOs
September 13, 2017  |  International

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is warning initial coin offering (ICO) investors they could lose all of their money. “The term ICO refers...

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EU Finance Ministers To Meet To Find Ways To Lure FinTechs
EU Finance Ministers To Meet To Find Ways To Lure FinTechs
September 12, 2017  |  International

European Union (EU) finance ministers are gearing up to hold talks next week centered on finding ways to lure more FinTech companies their way, reported Reuters. Citing...

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Dubai’s Shedul Is Giving Beauty A Digital Makeover
Dubai’s Shedul Is Giving Beauty A Digital Makeover
August 28, 2017  |  Retail

“We did some research and found out that the majority of businesses in the beauty industry operate offline, without any software at all. A full 52 percent...

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The Chinese Consumer On The International Commerce Stage
The Chinese Consumer On The International Commerce Stage
August 24, 2017  |  International

In late July, PayPal and Baidu captured the world’s attention when they inked a strategic partnership that gives Baidu’s 100 million or so mobile wallet...

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Igniting Smartwatches One Student At A Time
Igniting Smartwatches One Student At A Time
August 23, 2017  |  Wearables

Despite Tim Cook’s most enthusiastic comments that the Apple Watch is doing “great,” the figures on the ground in the U.S. indicate pretty strongly that...

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