Category : Fintech

Global growth in lithium-ion batteries will have a large impact on graphite January 12, 2016: For at least two decades, the graphite industry has been led by growth in Chinese steel because of its use as a key raw material in electrodes and refractories. But 2015 was a year of major change as China crested the peak...

This will simplify cross border settlement accounts January 8, 2016: Saxo Payments, the global transactions services provider, and SafeCharge, a leader in advanced payment technologies, announced  their partnership which will see SafeCharge  gain a significant competitive edge, enabling it to offer its clients fast and cost-effective banking services in multiple currencies. The partnership also means...

Investment accelerates growth for leading global sports app November 18, 2015: Sportlobster, a leading sports app that brings fans together, has secured £2m from leading UAE-based investment company, Daman Investments. “Sportlobster is in strong growth mode at the moment and this is certainly a reflection of our investment into – and focus on – the...

Prepaid MasterCard available in 14 major currencies with no exchange rate fees November 10, 2015: AFEX, one of the world’s largest non-bank providers of global payment and risk management solutions, has launched the AFEX CurrencyPass Prepaid MasterCard. AFEX has partnered with Centtrip, an award-winning prepaid card and e-money business. It provide live market rates on 14...

Innovative banking platform opens the doors for PSPs without a licence to trade in Europe November 5, 2015: Saxo Payments, the global transactions services provider, has launched an innovative new tool for non-European PSPs at Money 2020.  Designed to support PSPs that do not have a licence to trade in Europe – and their merchants...

Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya The European nation is fast developing into a fintech startup hub Though internationally Switzerland is known for its watches, chocolates and secure banks, it is fast developing into a fintech startup hub. So much so that it is giving tough competition to the leaders —London, Berlin, New York and Singapore. Here are...

Knowledge is power only if you know how to use it Paul Yarwood October 19, 2015: “Knowledge is power” – ever since this became a favourite IT sales cliché in the 1980s, enterprises have been gathering and archiving megabytes, gigabytes and now terabytes of digital data. Contemplating such mountains of data can leave one feeling...

Risks regarding China and the Fed may be receding a bit for now but there remains plenty to keep an eye on including the risk of an “accident” flowing from slower emerging market growth and the plunge in commodities  Introduction Back in April this year when shares were riding high, it seemed the worry list...