Rodrigo Cubero Brealey, president of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (CBCR), reported the creation of an innovation center on the Fintech and cryptocurrency sector, which will aim to analyze the related aspects inherent to the development of the cryptographic industry in the Central American country.…
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SeSocio announces the launch of its NFTs marketplace
SeSocio, an Argentine online investment platform, authorized the first version of its e-commerce website so that users can trade non-fungible tokens, better known as NFTs. These collectible assets have become highly profitable products and…
Singapore selects companies for CBDC development
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the pre-selection of 15 participants for the "Global CBDC Challenge", from which a team for the development of an internal retail cryptocurrency will result.
The announcement reflects the…
Fintech investment in Latin America exceeded $ 51,000 million
Investment in fintech companies in America reached 51 billion dollars in the first half of the year in a total of 1,188 operations in the region, according to a report published by KPMG.
The analysis carried out by the consulting firm…
UCAB will incorporate blockchain and cryptocurrencies as topics in some careers
Blockchain technology has generated great interest in the different international study centres due to the wide range of applications that it promises from the perspective of the design of initiatives, to meet the objective that a project…
Chile requires clear regulation for the financial sector
Felipe Harboe, constituent member and former PPD senator, believes that banks have put barriers to certain financial services that are not within the traditional system because "they seek to defend their business model, which is to be the…
Chancellor of the United Kingdom includes cryptocurrencies in financial reforms
Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, stated that the government will analyze some recommendations for the country to become a center of innovation and business of fintech. "While I believe in the power of new…
Fintech companies have 90 days to adjust to new regulations
This week, the Superintendency of Banking Sector Institutions (Sudeban) held a roundtable with different public and private entities with the intention of clarifying the new regulatory framework that directly affects Financial Technology…
Mastercard adds 6 blockchain payments startups
The payments giant, Mastercard, has announced the integration of 6 blockchain payments startups to its Mastercard Start Path accelerator program, which have been described by the company as “fintech innovators".
Among the prominent…
Plus500 enters the market with the purchase of Cunningham
The CFDs trading platform Plus500 has acquired for 30 million dollars (25 million euros) the provider of technological trading platforms that operates in the futures and options market in the United States Cunningham, thus expanding its…
Innovative Inter Fintech and Open Banking project
Venezuelan banking faces the biggest challenges in innovation developments in an environment that constantly redirects strategies for the best and greatest provision of financial services.
The term Open Banking refers to a business model…
Norwegian company allocates USD 58 million to invest in bitcoin
The Norwegian holding company Aker ASA has created a bitcoin subsidiary company called Seetee AS, to which it allocated USD 58 million that will be destined to invest in the popular digital currency.
According to what was expressed by the…