Experimentation of the national project will start in January 2020, promoted by CeTIF, SIA and Reply, in collaboration with Bank of Italy and IVASS, to digitize the management of sureties using blockchain technology.

The “Fideiussioni Digitali” initiative (Digital Sureties) was born at the end of the feasibility study, which lasted about 4 months and involved around thirty major players in the insurance, banking and financial sector, the public sector and corporates.

Deloitte has announced its selection of this year’s 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK, naming digital banking unicorn Revolut as the top tech company.

Deloitte’s 2019 UK Technology Fast 50 awards recognize and rank the top 50 tech companies in the UK based on the last four years of revenue data.

Fintech unicorn Revolut emerged as the overall winner, generating an average three-year growth rate of 48,477% to the year 2018/2019 – the fourth-highest growth in the history of Deloitte’s UK Fast 50 competition.

Cyber-attacks have targeted nearly 75 percent of large companies across Europe and North America over the last twelve months.

FinVolution Group (formerly known as "PPDAI," or the "Company"), a leading fintech platform in China, today announced that its subsidiary with an application named "Adakami" in Indonesia, has received a license for Technology and Information Based Financial Lending Institution (peer-to-peer lending license) from the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan, or OJK).

Cryptocurrencies first made their appearance on the Internet and in the global financial markets during the global financial crisis of 2008. Cryptocurrencies have virtual monetary value and rely on peer-to-peer cryptographic technology for the validation of transfers. The value of cryptocurrencies is created by users, and financial exchanges are decentralized using an open source software that can be installed on any computer. The most well-known cryptocurrencies are the Bitcoin and the Ethereum, although the world currently knows more than 1,600 virtual currencies.

Card consolidation app Curve has launched a new feature for users to send money in over 25 different currencies to friends and contacts.

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology and FXChange, Singapore’s largest self-service currency exchange network, are collaborating to provide outbound and inbound travelers in Singapore with simple and flexible digital payment options. The companies are launching multi-currency Visa cards and a corresponding app which will offer travelers the chance to combine payment with the possibility to earn and redeem points at hotels, F&B outlets and other amenities. Wirecard will issue and manage the payment solution via its digital platform.

Paysend, the UK-based fintech business, has expanded its global reach by launching its money transfers service to Turkey.  Users are now able to transfer money to any bank account or card issued in Turkey.

Europe and Central Asia is an important growth market for global money transfers.  Global money transfers to the region grew almost 11 percent to $59 billion in 2018, according to the World Bank.

Today, Ripple is thrilled to announce $200 million in Series C funding—an investment that marks a record year for the business and further proves the value of blockchain technology in improving global payments and the broader utility of the digital asset XRP and the XRP Ledger.

The Series C was led by Tetragon with participation from SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures. These notable investors not only underscore Ripple’s long-term potential, but as partners, they offer invaluable industry insight and expertise to help Ripple’s business grow on a global scale.