August 19, 2014
TransferWise Uses P2P Network To Cut Cross-Border Money Transfer Costs

London-based startup TransferWise is hoping to disrupt the business of international money transfers by actually transferring as little money as possible across borders, according to USA Today. For customers using...

July 31, 2014
Walmart Nabs Social Shopping Startup, Then Promptly Shuts It Down

Walmart Labs, the retail giant’s eCommerce and R&D operation, has announced the acquisition of Luvocracy—a social shopping application that essentially allows users to both check out what their friends, loved...

July 17, 2014
Trading Commissioner Calls For Harmonized Cross-Border Rules

Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Scott O’Malia, stated in a speech earlier this week that U.S. and European regulators must unite immediately to harmonize international derivatives trading...

July 14, 2014
Boston Technologies and Forexware To Merge

Boston Technologies has announced a merger with Forexware, an established software developer for enterprising trading applications in the FX space. Focused exclusively on institutional FX business, the new company will...

July 11, 2014
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 31

Let’s play a little Bitcoin Jeopardy, shall we? We just gave you the answers, so tell us the questions. We’ll give you a hint. One of them is “How Much...

July 03, 2014
Tim Draper Will Use Bitcoin Stash to Help Developing World...

Last week the U.S Government held an auction for the 29,656 bitcoin that were seized as part of the takedown of the Silk Road black market. As of Tuesday, it...

June 27, 2014
Europe’s B2B/B2G E-Invoicing Rose 17% In 2013

New research examining trends among Europe’s e-invoicing service providers suggests more companies are moving away from paper-based billing. B2B and business-to-government e-invoicing alone last year grew to 603 million, representing...

June 20, 2014
New Money Fund Regulations Could Rock B2B World

Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously voted for new measures to be proposed that would reform how money market funds operate. Specifically, changes would be made to...

June 19, 2014
UK: Watchdogs obtain chat room evidence of forex manipulation

Sources say UK regulators have obtained troves of electronic messages between currency traders that include new evidence of foreign exchange market manipulation. The Financial Conduct Authority is currently probing allegations...