Black Friday Sees Mobile Shopping Surge as Cyber Monday Opens to Consumers
EXCLUSIVE—Digital shopping is expected to hit a high today during Cyber Monday, and most consumers should be ready for it:...
Revolut Reaches 1M Customer Milestone
Two and a half years after its launch, fintech startup Revolut has reached an important milestone: the digital banking startup...
Bank of England Spent £3,000 on a Snap Filter And Doesn’t Know Why
The Bank of England spent £3,000 on a Snapchat geofilter in September of this year, but when asked for justification...
Europe Needs to Catch Up in the ICO Race
ICO funding has quadrupled in 2017, with $2.8 billion raised using the unconventional method this year compared to just the...
Will Bitcoin End 2017 at $10,000?
EXCLUSIVE—All eyes are on bitcoin as 2017 draws to a close: will the notoriously volatile cryptocurrency end the year at...
What’s Next for SWIFT? APIs, Realtime Payments, and Cryptocurrency
EXCLUSIVE--With global payments service SWIFT gpi (global payments innovation) finishing up its first active year, how is SWIFT planning to...
Standard Chartered, Axis Bank Tap Ripple for Cross-Border Payments
Two banks have unveiled a corporate cross-border payment solution for real-time payments, using Ripple’s blockchain solution for the network. The...
Shares of U.S.- Listed Chinese Online MicroLenders Waver After Regulatory Crack Down
Chinese law makers suspended regulatory approval for new micro-lenders in the region on Tuesday, as well as restricted new approvals,...
Don’t Send Payment Reminders with Social Media, FICO Says
Consumers still aren’t comfortable receiving notifications like late payment reminders through social media channels, a study released today by FICO...
Cleveland Fed Pulls P2P Lending Report for ‘Revision’ Over Questions on Data
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has taken a report on P2P lending offline due to questions regarding the report’s...
