Azimo, the leading online money transfer business, today announced triple-digit growth across virtually every metric-including transactions sent, gross transaction volume, and revenue-as online remittances from the diverse communities of Europe to the rest-of-the-world booms. For example, over the past 12 months, Azimo saw a 236% increase in the amount of money sent to Poland, with Moldova (225%) and Nigeria (207%) following closely behind.

These are not my words, but those of Rob Frohwein, CEO of Kabbage. Read on to understand more about the context of the discussion that led to the topic of Fintech opportunities with Rob…

But before, let’s start with a thought experiment:

– It’s the year 2005.
– You live in New York.
– You’re 34.
– You work in advertising.
– You’re very good at what you do, one of the best at press advertising.

Simply said, you’re at the top of your game, and you have a very promising career in front of you.

Just one month after shattering its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) goal and successfully thwarting hackers, blockchain startup KICKICO’s  streak continues with the October 22 launch of its KICK Tokens on the HitBTC exchange.

It’s a move that crypto enthusiasts have been waiting for ever since the fully launched 3-in-1 blockchain ICO crowdfunding and crowd investing platform closed its ICO on Sept. 16. KICKICO raised $12 million in ETH within just two hours of its ICO launch, and had collected an astronomical 84,000 ETH by the time its campaign ended.

As you walk the halls of the Metro Convention Centre, you’d be hard pressed to miss the financial giants along the way. Barclays. Bank of America. Citi. HSBC and more.

More than half (52 percent) of UK consumers think fraud is an inevitable part of shopping online, according to new research conducted by Paysafe, a leading global payments provider.

Torstone Technology, a leading global provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announced that CLSA, a leading Asian capital markets and investment group, has signed a multi-year deal to use Inferno and is now live with the solution, which will bring greater efficiencies to its post-trade processes.

At the end of last year OnGuard and Credit Tools, two leading credit management software suppliers, announced that they were merging. The company that has resulted from this merger is called Onguard, a pioneering FinTech company which acts as a strategic partner for clients throughout the entire order to cash process. With a fresh focus on innovation, Onguard is ready to make big steps in achieving worldwide ambitions.

Red Deer, a next-generation financial technology company dedicated to enhancing the performance of active investment managers, today announces a strategic partnership with Instinet Europe Limited to provide an integrated solution to seamlessly manage research inducement, consumption, valuation, payment and commission management under the new MiFID II regime.

Calligo, a leading global cloud solution provider, today announced a major expansion of its business in the UK. The company has opened a new office in London and has appointed Ross Worthington as Managing Director to support and grow its client base across the country.