Month: November 2022
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Swedish PayTech Company Zimpler Is Expanding To Brazil!
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Zimpler (website), a Swedish-based paytech, has established its Latin American headquarters in São Paulo to serve growing local and regional markets. The paytech, which currently operates in eight European countries with offices in Sweden and Malta, is expanding beyond Europe for the first time.
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Ex-UBS Banker Wants To Become Headhunter Of Swiss FinTechs!
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A former UBS strategist is opening an office in Geneva for a foreign recruitment agency, he wants to work on a specific client segment. The 38-years-old Philippe Reynier will take over as the first boss of the Swiss branch of the international executive recruiter Sheffield Haworth at the beginning of…
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Meet The Italian Founder Antonio Grasso
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Antonio Grasso (LinkedIn) is the founder and CEO of the Italian startup Digital Business Innovation Srl and is considered one of the most influential digital transformation experts in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital transformation, the Internet of Things and blockchain. Born and raised in southern Italy, he began his career as…
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Introducing Entrepreneur Bradley Leimer!
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Bradley Leimer is co-founder of Unconventional Ventures, a company that connects founders with funders, mentors entrepreneurs, advises companies, and expands diversity opportunities in the ecosystem.
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SEC Fines Goldman Sachs Asset Management $4 Million!
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Goldman Sachs Asset Management with false advertising of funds and account strategies. According to the SEC, GSAM was fined $4 million for policy and procedural failures in two mutual funds and a separately managed account strategy marketed as ESG investments.
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Ripple Attacks SEC Over Its Deal With Now Bankrupt BlockFi!
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Crypto lender BlockFi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday! In the first week of November, BlockFi paused withdrawals from customers. The crypto lending platform had drawn down a $400 million line of credit from FTX US over the summer and was one of the first victims of the crypto…
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Hong Kong FinTech Company XanPool Is Looking To Expand In Europe And Latin America After Raising $41 Million!
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XanPool, a cross-border payments infrastructure provider, is accelerating its expansion plans in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America after raising $41 million from investors led by London-based Target Global this year. The Hong Kong-based startup bucked the global startup funding winter when it received $35 million from…
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Crypto Lender BlockFi Is Insolvent
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Following the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the U.S. bank BlockFi, which specializes in virtual currency, has now also filed for bankruptcy. More broadly, the BlockFi business has been on a knife-edge since the spring, when the collapse of several major crypto companies sent the market into a panic…
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RIPPLE Seeks Irish License As SEC Case Decision Looms!
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse told CNBC that the U.S.-based company has applied to the Irish Central Bank, the financial services regulator, for a virtual asset services provider license. The Ireland office will also give Ripple access to the country’s financial and technology talent pools. From Dublin, Ripple can develop and…
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Introducing FinTech Influencer Of The Year Madame Moneypenny
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Natascha Wegelin (Twitter) a/k/a Madame Moneypenny is a German blogger, author and entrepreneur. When Natascha couldn’t find a job after her business studies, she founded her first company, the portal wg-suche.de, with a fellow student at age 26. She sold part of this company to ImmobilienScout24 in April 2017.