Category: Chicago
Cboe Digital, a leading global exchange operator, announced that it has obtained approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to introduce margin futures for bitcoin and ether. The …
World Business Chicago recently hosted its first FinTech Exchange at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s University Technology Park. Chicago’s economic development agency added financial technology to its sixth priority …
As a Chicago-based publication, FInTech publishes occasional updates on FinTech news and reports from Chicago’s vibrant finance and technology organizations. A Guide to Cannabis Payments Building on success and …
For many FinTechs, particularly those operating in cutting-edge spaces like blockchain and cryptocurrency, regulation has often been seen as a dirty word; something that can only shackle innovation. But …
Illinois FinTechs may soon have a new opportunity to provide safekeeping of digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, in a move that would make the state only the second in …
Missed credit card payments, payday loans, distrust in government mark Americans’ pandemic financial struggles, reports a survey by the Chicago Booth Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation, as Congress …
PayPal did some transit advertising of touch-free payment solutions along Chicago’s Michigan Ave. in October. The farmers at the Clark-and-Division farmers’ market came up with their own DYI solutions, …
Corporate Cash Holdings Soar, Says New Carfang Group Study Corporations in the U.S. added $1.1 trillion or 38.5% to their cash holdings in the first half of 2020 according …
The vision for a robust faster payments ecosystem in the United States is well-established. There are multiple contenders to bring it to life – from private offerings like The …
BondEvalue and Northern Trust Complete World’s First Blockchain-based Bond Trade Northern Trust and partner BondEvalue completed the first trade of a fractionalized blockchain-based bond in Singapore this month. Northern …
