Industry - FinTecBuzz

Nigeria to Launch IP Exchange Marketplace and Wallet, on Algorand

May 24, 20228 min

The Nigerian government has signed a 3-year exclusive IPR (intellectual property right) agreement with Developing Africa Group to launch a nation-wide wallet which will enable the international commercialization of all IP forms being created and registered within the country, both locally and internationally. In this context, the IPR exclusivity agreement consists in the government granting Developing Africa Group – a regional software development company – to build the country’s official platform for its people to...

by BusinessWire

Banking Platform

Brim Financial Taps Marqeta’s Arthur Zhao as CFO

May 23, 20223 min

Brim Financial, one of the fastest growing fintech companies and a licensed credit card issuer, announced today that Arthur Zhao, former Marqeta finance executive, has joined Brim as its chief financial officer. Zhao’s addition is part of the expansion of Brim’s executive team to support market demand for the company’s flexible and scalable embedded finance solutions, including Brim’s platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and credit card infrastructure. Zhao is a proven executive with more than 20 years of...

by PRNewswire

Insurance

Hi Marley Announces Formation of Insurance Advisory Council

May 18, 20224 min

The Council Brings Together Industry Leaders to Advise on the Next Era of Insurance and Technology Hi Marley, creators of the only AI-powered collaboration platform purpose-built for P&C insurance carriers, today announced the establishment of the inaugural Insurance Advisory Council. The Council will guide and inform Hi Marley’s product and go-to-market strategies with background in claims, customer experience, innovation and technology. Their expertise also includes industry suppliers who offer products and services to carriers enabling them...

by PRNewswire

Insurance

Beat Capital Partners Selects OneShield for U.S. Insurance business

May 18, 20224 min

Long-duration Venture Capital Firm for Insurance Startups chooses OneShield’s SaaS for MGAs to provide optimized operational efficiencies and fuel its U.S. expansion. Beat Capital Partners (Beat), a highly-successful insurance industry investor in the United Kingdom, is setting its sights on the U.S. marketplace and has chosen OneShield Software’s SaaS technology platform, OneShield Market Solutions, to launch and incubate new Managing General Agents (MGAs). Beat provides new ventures with startup funding, infrastructure, risk capital, and A+ rated paper, plus experienced guidance and...

by Sundip Patel

Guest Articles

How Inclusive Investing Can Grow Your Business

May 13, 202215 min

Introducing diverse newcomers to a platform where they can begin their investing journey is essential to continuous industry growth. Sundip Patel shares insights on how inclusive investing can help expand your business!

by Russell Armand

Guest Articles

Diversifying our Approach to Cryptocurrency

April 26, 202210 min

As cryptocurrency continues to exponentially grow, within our industry we must address the lack of diversity and work to become more inclusive. The average investor in cryptocurrency tends to be a white male, leaving a massive market untapped.

by Anne-Laure Klein

Guest Articles

Unlock the Potential of Insurance Pricing Analytics with ML

April 20, 202222 min

Unlock the potential of pricing analytics within the P&C Insurance Industry using Machine Learning (ML)

by PRNewswire

Blockchain

Klaytn commits US$20M to advance blockchain research

April 15, 20226 min

Klaytn, one of the dominant interoperable blockchain ecosystems in the Web3 industry, has announced the launch of a $20 million fund to create a Blockchain Research Center (BRC) program. The fund aims to back research projects for the continuous development of its blockchain technology over the next four years, to deepen blockchain capabilities and support industry growth. The research center will operate on an open model, where research conducted will be publicly disclosed as research papers or open-source software, and external researchers will be able to...

by BusinessWire

Blockchain

Wachsman announceds the opening of Wachsman Los Angeles

April 5, 20225 min

Wachsman’s Los Angeles presence will redefine entertainment, art, and sports as these industries embrace blockchain technologies

by BusinessWire

Blockchain

Long-awaited “Tenderbake” Upgrade Revolutionizes Tezos Blockchain

April 4, 20226 min

Proof-of-stake blockchain Tezos deploys a revolutionary upgrade promising faster transactions, smoother-running dapps and prepares for highly anticipated scaling plans with rollups. Ithaca 2, the ninth upgrade to the Tezos protocol, was activated. New Tenderbake consensus algorithm lowers block times and improves finality. Tezos ecosystem developers announce plans for upgrade proposals with high-throughput scaling solutions based on transaction and smart contract optimistic rollups — paving the way for WebAssembly and EVM compatibility. Tezos, one of the original and longest running Proof-of-Stake...

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