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China Is Scrubbing Cash Notes to Stop Virus Spreading so Its Government Paper Money Wont Kill You

Research has shown that government paper money is a hotbed for bacteria and that, at least in the U.S., most...

From Bitcoin to state-controlled CBDCs, is ‘cryptocurrency’ losing its identity?

More than a decade ago, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper, forever changing the lives and livelihood of countless people around the world....

This Week In Insurance Tech: Gojek Rolls Out Online Insurance, Blockchain-Enabled Insurance Tests, AXA Partners with ClassPass

Insurance comparison marketplace The Zebra raises $39M. Tokio Marine uses Metromile for claims processing. Hiscox offers LeakBot sensors for free. Hi...

Why the Fed is considering a cash-backed cryptocurrency

The Federal Reserve is investigating the potential of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as the backbone for a new, secure real-time payments and...

Chinese Insurers Tap Blockchain to Speed up Coronavirus Payouts

Blockchain technology is reportedly helping to streamline medical paperwork processing for insurance service providers as global coronavirus containment efforts continue.Leveraging blockchain’s ability to...

China: seguros usan blockchain para procesar pagos relacionados con el coronavirus

Hechos clave:La plataforma Xiang Hu Bao, propiedad de Ant Financial, añadió el coronavirus a su lista.La verificación de reclamos y los pagos a...

Three currency wars, not one

This short blog post describes three different types of currency wars that seem to be happening at the moment. The phrase “currency wars” is...

African fintech firm Flutterwave raises $35M, partners with Worldpay

San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has raised a $35 million Series B round and announced a partnership with Worldpay FIS for payments in...

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit, confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Nigerian digital payments startup Paga has acquired Apposit, a software development company based in Ethiopia, for an undisclosed amount. That’s just part of Paga’s...

FTC19 Agenda Now Live

Here at FinTech Connect, we’re set on delivering a programme where you'll hear from 300 fintech hard-hitters over 5 jam-packed conference streams, on...

Jumia, DHL and Alibaba will face off in African e-commerce 2.0

The business of selling consumer goods and services online is a relatively young endeavor across Africa, but e-commerce is set to boom. Over...

Who will the winners be in the future of fintech?

Nik Milanovic Contributor Share on Twitter Nik Milanovic is a...

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