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Fintech funding in Asia surged to US$16.8 billion; Global fintech investment hit US$57.9B
August 14th, 2018
Fintech funding in Asia surged to US$16.8 billion across 162 deals in the first half of 2018 powered by a massive US$14 billion Series C VC funding round by Ant Financial, up from US$2 billion the second half of ...
Household prices for electricity and gas in EU; How much do you pay?
August 7th, 2018
For the first time, Eurostat is publishing prices for electricity and natural gas that are fully comparable across countries. With the new data requested in Regulation (EU) 2016/1952, Eurostat is now able to calculate the weighted average price reflecting ...
Another week, another improvement in Gold’s prospects
August 6th, 2018
The past few months have added some cred to the “sell in May and go away” rule of thumb for precious metals, as gold’s price action has been both boring and depressing. It’s now close to its 12-month low, ...
Intercontinental Exchange plans to launch a bitcoin exchange
August 6th, 2018
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges, clearing houses, data and listings services, announced that it plans to form a new company, Bakkt, which intends to leverage Microsoft cloud solutions to create an open and regulated, global ...
Consumers choose cheaper, faster ‘lawbots’ over expensive, slow lawyers
August 6th, 2018
New research into the use of digital technology in the UK legal sector has revealed that seven out of 10 consumers would choose a ‘lawbot,’ a customer facing, automated online system to handle their legal affairs over a human ...
What is Egypt CryptoCoin?
August 3rd, 2018
Egypt CryptoCoin ICO (EGY Token): Legit Cryptocurrency Project? The new EGYPT token is an impressive gold-backed decentralized payment network that is so much more than a coin; rather it is a vibrant community. The vision of this project is ...
U.S. dollar rises against the dollar index basket of currencies; Asia markets fell on Thursday
August 2nd, 2018
Asia markets fell on Thursday, following an overnight mixed session in the U.S. as renewed trade concerns offset strong gains in tech. In Australia, the benchmark ASX 200 declined 0.24 percent as the materials subindex fell 1.29 percent. Major ...
Smartphone rankings shaken up once again as Huawei surpasses Apple
August 1st, 2018
According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 342.0 million units during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18), resulting in a 1.8% decline when compared to ...
Pound to Euro exchange rate dips on UK consumer confidence disappointment
August 1st, 2018
On Monday, the Pound to Euro exchange rate opened in the region of €1.1244 and closed down lower around €1.1219. This deterioration in the value of the Pound was mainly caused by Eurozone economic data, which supported the single ...
Popular Chinese internet forum launching its own crypto token
July 27th, 2018
In order to regain its steadily declining user base, Tianya Club, one of the oldest social networking platform has resorted to cryptocurrency by launching its own token called Tianyan Token (TYT). The internet forum which first went live in ...
