Why is LatAm banking giant BBVA to commence fintech ops after M&A?
Jan 03, 2017 06:38 am UTC| Fintech Insights & Views
The Openpay, a payments Fintech startup based in Mexico that enables real-time payments for individuals, small businesses, and large enterprises has been owned by the largest financial institution inMexico (BBVA Bancomer)...
Irrational Innovations sees potential in Nigeria to become global fintech leader
Jan 03, 2017 05:53 am UTC| Fintech
Irrational Innovations, a fintech-focused venture capital in Africa, mapped out and analyzed the growing fintech ecosystem in Nigeria consisting of over 50 companies with investments exceeding $200M in the last 2...
Swedish not in favor of Riksbank’s digital currency ‘e-Krona’
Jan 03, 2017 05:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
Swedish are not much in favor of the digital currency e-Krona which is being considered by the countrys central bank. Riksbank last year revealed that it has been debating whether or not to issue e-Krona. Speaking at...
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken adds support for Monero trading
Jan 03, 2017 04:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced the support for Monero (XMR) trading on its platform. Monero is one of the leading cryptocurrencies and has witnessed unprecedented growth in 2016 40x market cap...
ETH/EUR faces strong resistance at 55- day EMA, break above targets 9.36
Jan 02, 2017 13:04 pm UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/EUR is seen trading slightly below on Monday. The pair breaks the minor resistance at 21- day MA and jumped till 8.139 (KRAKEN). It is currently trading around 7.75 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily...
DASH/ USDT trades well above 61.8% fibo, jump till USDT12.40 likely
Jan 02, 2017 11:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
DASH/USDT is seen trading well above on Monday and it has broken 61.8% retracement level at USDT11.21 and jumped till USDT11.78 (Poloniex). The pair is trading higher for the past five trading session and slight weakness...
ETH/USD faces strong trend line resistance at 8.25, decisive break above to see further upside
Jan 02, 2017 11:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD has been attempting to break above the trend line resistance from the past couple of days. It is currently trading at 8.18 levels at the time of writing (Kraken). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen:...
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