除此之外,ZOBA也想過更實際地回饋當地居民,引進外界資源為偏鄉、偏遠部落、老社區翻新硬體設備、做建設,或者一起整理環境,透過CSR(Corporate Social Pesponsibility,企業社會責任)的方式回饋社區和部落居民。沈辰禧表示自己未來也不排除成立非營利組織,致力於農區再造、社區營造。
【財訊快報/巫彩蓮報導】元大金(2885)旗下元大銀今(12)日宣布獲得金管會核准,成為第二家可經營跨境電子支付業務的民營銀行,未來將與螞蟻金服旗下支付寶結盟,年底前推出跨境O2O掃碼支付業務,陸客來台時,透過手機支付寶APP即可輕鬆購物進行付款,全力打造跨境O2O新支付體驗,搶攻跨境消費每年600億元的商機。
元大銀表示,跨境O2O(線上結合線下,online to offline)業務不僅結合了跨境第三方支付業者與台灣本地商店的虛實應用,也推動國內電子支付產業的發展,提升數位金融交易效率及減少處理成本,透過跨境O2O掃碼支付業務,無論是購物、付款消費等都將大大增加便利性,除了可免去攜帶大量現鈔的不便之外,還能享有支付寶的專屬優惠。
元大銀繼9月下旬取得兼營電子支付業務許可後,再度獲准辦理跨境電子支付業務,預計首波上線商戶名單包括自動販賣機、電信業、叫車服務業及台灣伴手禮名店等,希望透過虛實整合的應用機制,提供來台陸客更便捷的支付服務。
London's pedigree in finance has combined with the booming technology scene
of the last few years to turn the UK capital into a petri dish for financial
innovation.
Eileen Burbidge, the
government's fintech envoy, told Business Insider: "The UK is emerging
as the fintech centre of the world and London is the jewel in the crown of the
UK’s fintech success story."
Total investment in London-based fintech companies so far this year has
already hit £357 million ($554 million), according to London & Partners, the
organisation set up by the Mayor's office to encourage investment into the
city.
That's already higher than 2014's total of £314 million ($487 million),
according to figures London & Partners obtained from CB Insight.
London & Partners and BI have compiled a list of the 11 funding deals in
the sector above £10 million — check them out below.
11. Seedrs — the crowdfunding platform raised £10 million
in July
Investment: £10 million ($15.6 million), July. Who invested: Woodford Patient Capital Trust, Augmentum
Capital. Company value: £30 million ($46.4 million). What it does: A crowdfunding platform that lets people
invest in startups. Tennis star Andy Murray is an advisor and has
been investing through the platform.
10. Currency Cloud — the cloud-based money transfer
company raised £11.3 million in June.
Currency Cloud
Currency Cloud CEO Mike Laven.
Investment: £11.3
million ($18 million), June. Who invested: Sapphire Ventures, Rakuten FinTech
Fund. Company value: N/A. What it does: Cloud-based international money transfer
software. It's used by many of the companies on this list, including
TransferWise, Azimo, and WorldRemit.
9. Borro — the online pawnbroker raised £12.2 million in
February.
Borro lets people put expensive, one-off items up as
collateral for loans.
Investment: £12.2 million ($19 million),
February. Who invested: OurCrowd, Rocket Internet. Company value: N/A. What it does: An online upmarket pawnbroker that lets people
use expensive, one-off items as collateral for loans. The company is on track to
lend $100 million (£64.4 million) this year, TechCrunch
reports.
8. iwoca — the online small business lender raised £12.9
million in July.
iwoca
iwoca's co-founders Christoph Rieche, left, and James
Dear.
Investment: £12.9
million ($20 million), July. Whoinvested: Commerzbank, Acton Capital
Partners, Redline Capital. Company value: Hundreds
of millions. What it does: Balance sheet lending to small businesses.
iwoca's online platform plugs into hundreds of data points to give business'
quick decisions on whether they can lend to them. Loan volumes grew
250% in the year to June.
7. Credit Benchmark — the credit rating platform raised
£12.9 million in July.
The startup takes anonymised credit rating data from banks and
pools it.
Investment: £12.9
million ($20 million), July. Who invested: Balderton Capital. Company value: N/A. What it does: Pulls anonymised credit rating data from banks
and other financial institutions to help with risk assessment. Top rated
European venture capital fund Index Ventures is also an investor, alongside
Balderton.
6. Azimo — the mobile money transfer company raised £12.9
million in June.
Azimo
Azimo staff.
Investment: £12.9 million ($20 million), June. Who invested: Frog Capital, Anthemis, Greycroft
Partners. Company value:£64.4
million ($100 million). What it does: International mobile money transfer. Facebook
once offered one of the company's co-founders $10 million to become director of
business development, according
to the FT.
5. RateSetter — the peer-to-peer loans platform raised £20
million in March.
RateSetter
Rhydian Lewis, RateSetter CEO.
Investment: £20
million ($31 million), March. Who invested: Woodford Investment Management, Artemis. Company value: £150 million ($232 million). What it does: Peer-to-peer business and consumer loans.
Since launch in 2010 the company has funded £790 million ($1.22 billion) worth
of loans.
4. LendInvest — the peer-to-peer mortgage platform bagged
£22 million in June.
LendInvest
LendInvest co-founders Christian Faes and Ian Thomas.
Investment: £22
million ($34.2 million), June. Who invested: Beijing Kunlun. Company value: N/A. What it does: Peer-to-peer marketplace for short-term
mortgages. The startup has financed £390 million ($604 million) worth of
mortgages in just 2 years.
3. TransferWise — the international money transfer company
raised £37.4 million in January.
TransferWise
TransferWise founders Taavet Hinrikus, left, and Kristo
Kaarmann.
5月9日的經濟學人週刊(The Economists)有一篇特別報導,標題是「Slings and Arrows」。典出莎士比亞名劇「哈姆雷特」(Hamlet)中的一段獨白"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune."(忍受無情的命運矢石弓箭折磨,是否就是更加高貴的心靈?)西方人因此對於把命運加諸於人身上的磨難,用"slings and arrows"稱之。
經濟學人用這個標題強調「金融科技」(Financial Technology, FinTech)對傳統金融業所加諸的磨難,亦即矽谷的高科技公司已經開始提供銀行服務,這些高科技公司認為金融不過是有關位元和位元組(bits and bytes)的管理,由高科技公司來處理FinTech業務會比傳統銀行更適合。FinTech的發展,將使銀行業更加脆弱並減少利潤,但銀行不太可能被完全消滅。FinTech至少在下列方面比傳統銀行更具優勢:P2P網路借貸、群眾集資、互聯網支付,以及機器人理財顧問(robo "adviser")。