On June 20, for the first time, Tbilisi hosted Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Georgia organized by Smile-Expo, an international conference dedicated to blockchain, cryptocurrencies and ICO. It brought together entrepreneurs, blockchain developers, investors, lawyers, bankers and public officers. The main issue covered during the event is the prospects of mining and blockchain in the digital economy of Georgia.

Results of the event

Coincierge Club, an app that allows users to use crypto currency to pay for goods and services, store value and make instant person to person transfers, has established a partnership with Mexico in hopes to improve the country’s economy by removing corruption and cost.

Coincierge Club established the deal in January of this year, and with the help of ProMexico the company has continued to evolve the partnership. Since joining forces, Concierge Club has created a coin and a website for the project.

Global treasury teams are wasting an average of 4,812 hours per year using traditional spreadsheets to manage their cash, payments and accounting operations, according to a new Kyriba survey of 100 plus major brands in the U.S. and Europe.

The biggest Excel time-waster, according to survey participants, was getting the daily global cash position, which sucks an average of 1,296 hours per year, followed by treasury-related accounting tasks (1,176), payment fund transfers (960), cash forecast generation (792), and 588 hours per year for other key tasks.

The ID Co. is excited to announce the launch and immediate availability of the Open Banking API Platform with full support for all of the leading UK banks.

MakeCents, an innovative, New York City-based startup focused on developing a novel, scalable, distributed blockchain solution for stable and simple payments, today announced that it has officially launched the testnet of its decentralized platform. 

Leading fintech companies from the dynamic Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) technology startup community have made it to the finals of Visa’s Everywhere Initiative, a global innovation program that tasks start-ups to solve commerce challenges of tomorrow, further enhance their own product propositions and provide visionary solutions for Visa’s vast network of partners.

Xero today announced that Gusto will be the preferred payroll provider for its small business and accountant customers in the U.S. 

Starling Bank, the mobile-only bank, and Growth Street, the peer-to-peer business lender, are joining forces to give the nation’s five million small business owners better access to the flexible finance they need to prosper and grow.

Growth Street will be the first SME finance provider to go live on Starling’s in-app Marketplace, which gives users access to a range of services from pensions to insurance to loyalty schemes. The Starling partnership is Growth Street’s first marketplace integration, and represents the first live use of Growth Street’s third-party API.

The Nordic countries constitute the most advanced and digitally ready payment market in Europe, and one of the most advanced in the world.

Solactive is excited to announce that it has brought home another award! On the evening of July 19, Solactive
was awarded Most Innovative ETF Index Provider for 2017 Europe at the 14th Annual Global ETF Awards for its
accomplishment in the European ETF market. The Annual Global ETF Awards, an international event designed
to reward companies contributing to the growth of the ETF marketplace, selected winners based on the
number of votes cast by ETF industry entities worldwide.