Bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, has certainly entered 2017 flying — the price is 1245 USD on March 14th (according to CEX.IO exchange ). The price of the revolutionary digital payment method has already exceeded its all-time record…
Slush , the largest startup event in the Nordics, took place in the “death month” of November in Helsinki . With over 15,000 attendees comprising 1,700 startups, the array of new companies and technologies can be dizzying. From…
Blockchain technology is becoming more and more demanded worldwide, and today we all have a unique opportunity to witness “the biggest innovation after the Internet itself” gaining a growing number of implementations – both within and outside the…
From Spar Nord announcing a new fintech collaboration with Rocket Labs in Aalborg to the central bank in Norway considering blockchain for real time clearing and settlement for domestic payments among other things, it is clear that fintech…
The first ever Helsinki Blockchain Conference 2016 will take place at Microsoft Flux open space, and will be the first high-profile, dedicated Blockchain event in Nordic Region. Blockchain is hailed as one of the most revolutionary technologies of…
Financial Technology, also known as FinTech has made robust strides over the last five years. It is becoming a pivotal part of the global economy. Being the technology that is meant to make financial services more efficient and…
Creamfinance , a smart data powered lender has recently expanded its operations to Denmark, their sixth market entry in a span of 4 years since inception. The company headquartered in Poland has also seen steady healthy spikes in…
Music, tech, politicians, finance – they all want the same thing: the hearts and minds of millennials . In the rapidly developing fintech world, millennials are often a driving force working behind the scenes and pushing traditional financial…
Little by little financial technology (FinTech) entrepreneurship has been chipping away at the once mighty banking industry , threatening to turn it into brick-and-mortar shell of its former self. Piqued by widespread frustration with impersonal services and fee…
At Infoshare 2016 , Richard Kastelein, of Blockchain News shared a beginners guide to blockchain , and why this technology will change the way we do business – and how the principles of blockchain are actually older than…
Fintech is increasingly changing the way business is done globally. For the first time in history, both start-ups and established businesses have easy access to alternative sources of finance. Check out the below infographic on 10 statistics about…
It is a relatively nascent segment within the broader fintech sector, but investments in insurance-tech have soared in the first quarter of 2016. Is insurance-tech the next big thing? According to CB Insights, the first quarter of 2016…