Payment processing company CoinGate teamed up with a privacy service provider Surfshark for a pilot project of the long-anticipated Litecoin Lightning Network (LN) solution. Surfshark is the first company in the world to accept Litecoin payments via the Lightning Network during the test phase, which begins on 17 January 2019.

KeyBank National Association today announced that KeyBank and Laurel Road Bank have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition by Key of Laurel Road's digital lending business; Laurel Road's three bank branches located in southeast Connecticut are not part of this transaction. 

Following the MoU signed last year, the financial companies Inditrade Capital and Robocash Group have launched an online service for short-term consumer lending in India. Given the increasing demand for digital lending, the service is expected to lead the segment in India in a period of 3 to 5 years.

"Ninety percent of what we see today won’t exist in 10 years’ time, but 10 percent of it will change the world" - Chris Larsen, Ripple's CEO.

This statement might be the summary of it all. The world is constantly changing, and with this change, new technologies and approaches are revealed, defining the future business and communications.

Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced that it has been recognized as a Leader by IT market research and advisory firm IDC in its IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Contractual Print and Document Services Hardcopy 2018–2019 Vendor Assessment (doc # US44387318, December 2018).

 IT Governance, the leading provider of cyber risk and privacy management solutions, has launched its Data Protection Act 2018 Training Course to help professionals better understand current data protection legislation.
 

Abacus Group, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for alternative investment firms, today announced the launch of Abacus, a new Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) feature that provides clients with single sign-on to third-party applications.

Exactpro, a leading finance-based software and market infrastructures Quality Assurance and testing company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Lilia Tira as its Strategic Advisor in PR and Communications and Senior Consultant in Business Development.

Snoop Dogg, the famous rapper has more lately reinvented himself as an investor, playing a role in specialist cannabis venture capital firm Casa Verde Capital.

Snoop, who was born Calvin Broadus, said the deal was part of his European investment strategy.

"I've been looking for an opportunity to expand my tech investment portfolio to Europe and seeing the way Klarna operates and how they challenge the status quo, I think it’s a match made in heaven. I’m very excited about this partnership,” he said.