Intel Launches New Fintech Lab In Israel
Semiconductor giant Intel has launched its new FinTech lab in Israel. The new venture will focus on various technologies like blockchains, IoT, cloud computing and biometrics. Intel’s new innovation …
Category: Finance
Bangladesh Bank Staff Involved In Swift Heist?
The recent Swift attack against a Bangladesh bank has left a lot of people wondering how such a heist could take place to begin with. Some experts even pointed …
Swedbank Creates Digital Banking Conglomerate
After the growing number of blockchain consortiums, some institutions have taken it upon themselves to create a digital banking group. Swedbank is leading the charge in this regard, as …
Gatecoin Has Launched its Withdrawal Platform
After a short delay, the Gatecoin team launched their promised withdrawal platform to return user’s trapped funds. The Hong-Kong-based-exchange disclosed on May 13 a breach in their platform resulting …
Bangladesh Central Bank Hack May Be Linked To Other Attacks Around The World
May 26, 2016
Finance, News, Security, Technology
In February, Bangladesh Central Bank lost $81 million to hackers, three months after the attack, authorities have uncovered three more incidents that may be linked together, SWIFT CEO reveals plans …
Coinbase Co-Founder Fred Ehrsam Endorses Ethereum
In an extensive blog post, Fred Ehrsam the Co-Founder of Coinbase described the company’s motivations for adding Ethereum into their platform. The article features strong words against Bitcoin’s core developers and …
SWIFT Introduces New Centralized Cyber Security Resources
May 24, 2016
Finance, News, Security, Technology
After all of the negative attention the SWIFT team had to deal with over the past few months, it looks like they have finally taken the right decision by …
Ecuador Bank Claims To Have Suffered From A SWIFT Breach In 2015
The SWIFT story is far from over, as yet another bank says they have lost funds during the 2015 attack. A bank in Ecuador claims they have been attacked …
We Interview Urdubit’s Founders, Pakistan’s First Bitcoin Exchange
Urdubit is the first and biggest Pakistani Bitcoin Exchange, in this interview, we talk to the company’s founders Danyal Manzar and Zain Tariq about the implications of running a …