Wave Business Tools

With rapidly developing EV businesses and great fintech assets, sounds like good Ideanomics

Sales to financing to charging – that is the Ideanomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDEX) model.  The company has two primary divisions […]

Fintech to drive further Qatar economic diversification, says QDB executive

Qatar's economic diversification strategy is expected to gain further momentum from the growth and development of the country's financial technology (fintech) industry, an official from Qatar Development Bank (QDB) has said.

'Fintech holds considerable opportunities for economic diversification, one of the four pillars of Qatar's National Vision 203

Qatar Fintech Hub Hosts Second Hackathon to Support Innovative Fintechs | The Fintech Times

Qatar Fintech Hub (QFTH) is inviting entrepreneurs and Fintechs from Qatar and around the world to apply to its second Hackathon.

Fintech Focus For January 27, 2021

Quote To Start The Day: October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. Source: Mark Twain One Big Thing In Fintech: Greenwood Financial, a new challenger bank aimed at serving Black and Latinx communities, has amassed 500,000 signups in the first 100 days since opening its waitlist in October, said Ryan Glover, an Atlanta-based entrepreneur and founder of Bounce TV. Glover said he thinks the platform, which is expected to launch in May or June, is on track to hit more than 600,000 active accounts by the end of the year. "We see that there is definitely an appetite for what we're doing," said Glover, who founded the digital bank alongside civil rights leader Andrew Young and rapper and activist Michael "Killer Mike" Render. Source: Banking Dive Other Key Fintech Developments: Foxquilt, Digital Partners teaming up. BNPL tech seeing growth, innovation. Overstock jumping on blockchain talk. Pocketnest landing a new investment. SIA, WizKey team on trading platform. Cboe to add a program for ETP MMs. DeFi may be making a big comeback. Social Leverage files S-1 for an SPAC. Oxygen, Fundera team on PPP loans. Matrix Executions eyes high volumes. Stripe leading $102M round for Fast. Lagarde’s comments on a digital euro. Melio hit $1.3B valuation in Series C. Victory Park launches fintech SPAC. CMC taps AWS for improved delivery. NetCents started printing credit cards. Albert tapped $100M for development. CoPeace raises for impact initiatives. UBS poaches a top JPMorgan quant. Rothschild added to its BTC holdings. Kevin raised seed for payments tech. QuantaVerse adding new crime tools. Roostify taps $32M for home lending. LME overhauling tech and data stack. Watch Out For This: President Joe Biden said his administration intends to order 100 million more doses each of Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc.’s coronavirus vaccines, and at least temporarily speed up shipments to states to about 10 million doses a week. Source: Bloomberg Interesting Reads: ARK Invest’s Big Ideas Report 2021. Spirit Airlines CFO talking numbers. New York City in worst fiscal health. US is not ready to debate the WTO. Dominion Voting sues Rudy Giuliani. Investors getting high on Cannabis. SPACs are disrupting the VC world. Top 6 tips for being happier at work. Drupal’s journey to billion-dollar exit. Real estate trends to watch in 2021. Members saved $100M with Current. Biden eyes OSHA safety standards. Twitter’s platform open to academics. Bullish stock bets explode to records. Calendly turned into a $3B company. PepsiCo, Beyond Meat intro venture. Ford Bronco trailer burns at rest stop. Market Moving Headline: The skyward march in GameStop Corp. accelerated Tuesday, its stock nearly doubling during exchange hours and then surging another 50% after being name checked in a tweet by Elon Musk. Its market value flew past the $10 billion mark via a year-to-date rally that is pushing 700%. For more on the dynamics behind this rally, click here. Earlier this month, [] traders piled into the stock after activist investor and Chewy Inc. co-founder Ryan Cohen joined its board. The rally has also in part been fueled by Reddit-charged day traders who used the website’s WallStreetBets forum to pump up shares and fight back against the huge levels of short interest, which has held steady at about 140% of the float, according to data compiled by S3 Partners. Short bets by Gabe Plotkin’s Melvin Capital and Andrew Left’s Citron Research have faced a reckoning in the battle with GameStop’s retail fans. Source: Bloomberg See more from BenzingaClick here for options trades from BenzingaSocial Leverage SPAC To Unlock Market Access To New Wave Technology InnovationsFintech Focus For January 26, 2021© 2021 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

Qatar Fintech Hub Hosts first Incubator and Accelerator Open Day | The Fintech Times

Qatar Fintech Hub Demo Day for Wave 1 of its flagship Incubator and Accelerator Programs took place virtually on 18 January 2021.

Qatar Fintech Hub Hosts first Incubator and Accelerator Open Day | The Fintech Times

Qatar Fintech Hub Demo Day for Wave 1 of its flagship Incubator and Accelerator Programs took place virtually on 18 January 2021.

Myanmar's fintech startups go from strength to strength | KrASIA

Regional investors have also set their sights on Myanmar’s fintech market where 80% of the country’s 55 million people are unbanked.

Rutger Responds: Key take-aways from FinovateWest Digital - Finovate

The following is a guest blog post by Rutger van Faassen, Head of Product & Market Strategy for FBX at Informa Financial Intelligence. Like many of you, I am still getting used to the virtual conference format. We all miss the in-person networking and engagement with conference participants; however, the saved travel time is an Read more...

Fintech Investments in Asia Pacific Surged 9.1% to $1.4 Billion during Q2 2020, as Investors Shift Focus from India to Australia, Other Regions: Report

Fintech investments in Asia Pacific surged 9.1% to $1.4 billion during Q2 2020, as investors shift focus from India to other regions: report.

Fintech Investments in Asia Pacific Surged 9.1% to $1.4 Billion during Q2 2020, as Investors Shift Focus from India to Australia, Other Regions: Report

Fintech investments in Asia Pacific surged 9.1% to $1.4 billion during Q2 2020, as investors shift focus from India to other regions: report.

South East Asia Leads Fintech Funding in Asia Pacific - Fintech Singapore

Investments in private financial technology (“fintech”) companies in Asia-Pacific grew 9.1% to $1.4 billion in the second quarter of 2020 when compared with the first quarter, according to the Q2 APAC Fintech Funding Report by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Fintech Giant Ant Group's Profits Increased 560% Year-Over-Year to an Estimated $1.3 Billion, Dual IPO Listings Forthcoming

Fintech giant Ant Group's profits increased 560% year-over-year to an estimated $1.3 billion as it prepare for dual IPO lisitings.

Fintech Giant Ant Group's Profits Increased 560% Year-Over-Year to an Estimated $1.3 Billion, Dual IPO Listings Forthcoming

Fintech giant Ant Group's profits increased 560% year-over-year to an estimated $1.3 billion as it prepare for dual IPO lisitings.

How Banks Can Beat Aggressive Fintechs for Business Deposits

Ecommerce fintechs introduce small business bank accounts that compete with traditional financial institutions. But they can fight back.

How the Housing Market Recovery Is Making Inequality Worse

The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbates inequalities across the United States, especially in the housing market.

This Asian Nation Was Virus-Free for 99 Days - Before It Came Back

The coronavirus re-emerged in Vietnam, which didn't see any new local case for three months. It shows a new outbreak can occur at any moment.

Here's Why the Dow Jones Pulled Off a Blistering Rally Today

The Dow Jones rallied on Tuesday because investors are playing defense. The Nasdaq underperformed for a second straight day.

COVID-19 is boosting fintech and mobile money in Myanmar, but what's next? | ASEAN Today

Myanmar's cash society turns to digital financial services as COVID-19 looms large, but what does the future hold?

Cardano's ADA Might be Listed on Coinbase in Late 2020, While Token's Holders May Soon Stake It via Coinbase Custody

Cardano's ADA might be listed on Coinbase in late 2020, while token's holders may soon stake it via Coinbase Custody.

FundThrough commits $10 million to help small businesses after federal government rejects FinTech COVID-19 relief proposals | BetaKit

FinTech startup FundThrough is looking to tap into its own capital reserves to provide relief to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This Week in Fintech ending 26 June 2020 - Daily Fintech

This weekly summary from our 8 experts, brings you insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. To continue receiving This Week in Fintech, you can either become a paying Member for $143 per year (and receive all our content in addition to this weekly summary) by clicking here.  If you just want […]

The Fed's Balance Sheet & Stock Market Correlation Reveal a Disturbing Trend For Equities

Hyper-dependence on the Federal Reserve puts the U.S. stock market at risk of a significant correction in the medium term.