StartupTurkey – Antalya
Startup Turkey is the leading startup event which brings together founders, entrepreneurs, investors and executives in the region. It’s a gathering of the leading startups, internet companies, business...
View ArticleTurkish Democracy Group Now Crowdfunding for NYT Ad for Berkin Elvan
Last summer the world was mesmerized as the nation of Turkey rose in dissent against their political class. What started as a simple protest, grew into a national movement of democracy and a demand...
View ArticleBerkin Elvan Campaign is Fully Funded on Indiegogo
We reported yesterday that a crowdfunding campaign was launched to honor Berkin Elvan who died yesterday. Berkin had been in a coma for many months after being hit by a tear gas canister launched by...
View ArticleCampaign Organizers Give Thanks By Launching Indiegogo Initiatives to Give Back
With Thanksgiving less than one week away, Indiegogo shared details about a few campaigns that are showing the real reason for the holiday. The crowdfunding platform announced: “Thanksgiving is a...
View ArticleTurkey Opens First University Blockchain Center
Last week, Turkey officials revealed they have opened the country’s first university blockchain center, the Istanbul Blockchain and Innovative Center (BlockchainIST Center) at Bahçeşehir University...
View ArticlePolice in Turkey Arrest 11 People Connected to Alleged Bitcoin Theft
Police in Istanbul arrested 11 people last week in connection with the hacking theft of bitcoins from the cryptocurrency wallets of 14 victims, Hürriyet reports. Along with 11 suspects detained, police...
View ArticleTurkey Arrests 24 Accused of Robbing Cryptocurrencies
A “nationwide simultaneous operation” executed in 8 Turkish provinces has netted 24 individuals accused of conspiring to rob 13 million Turkish liras ($2.47 million) from “a cryptocurrency company” in...
View ArticleWirecard to Provide International Payments Service For Turkey’s BluTV
Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Monday it will now be providing service for BluTV, a Turkey-based streaming subscription service with over...
View ArticleAlipay Teams Up With Ininal to Connect Turkish Merchants With Chinese Visitors
Alipay announced on Tuesday that fintech company ininal has become its first partner in Turkey. According to Alipay, ininal is a new-general payment platform and a subsidiary of Multinet Up. The...
View ArticleWirecard Teams Up With Turkey’s Flight Booking Agency Enuygun to Improve...
Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with Enuygun, a Turkey-based online travel agency for flights, to...
View ArticleReport: Paysend’s Analysis Reveals that Jordan Is the World’s Most Unequal...
A recent analysis performed by Paysend, a company that allows money transfers to any Visa, Mastercard, UnionPay cards and to regular bank accounts, has revealed the world’s top ten nations with the...
View ArticleGroup-IB: “Huge Set” of Turkish Bank Cards for Sale on Dark Net
Group-IB, a Moscow-founded cybersecurity firm now based in Singapore, “has detected a massive upload of debit and credit card records …on one of the most popular underground cardshops.” According to...
View ArticleTurkey’s Capital Markets Board Is Planning to Regulate Cryptocurrency...
Turkey’s Capital Markets Board is reportedly planning to regulate cryptocurrency-related transactions. The Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB), the regulatory agency that oversees the nation’s...
View ArticleFinancial Giant HSBC Voted Leading Trade Finance Bank in Bahrain in...
HSBC, a British multinational investment bank and financial services holding company with over $2.5 trillion in total assets, has reportedly been voted as the leading trade finance bank in the Middle...
View ArticleCryptocurrency Exchange Binance Partners Major Turkish Bank Akbank to Launch...
Malta-based crypto asset exchange Binance recently revealed that its fiat on-ramp for the Turkish Lira has officially launched. Binance has teamed up with Akbank, one of the largest banks in Turkey,...
View ArticleBBVA’s Turkish Unit Garanti BBVA Implements Proactive Measures to Address...
Garanti BBVA, BBVA’s Turkish unit, announced on Monday it is responding to the coronavirus pandemic by implementing a series of proactive measures in order to address the outbreak, which has affected...
View ArticleTurkey’s Digital Invoice Financing Fintech Figopara Secures $1 Million in...
Turkish Fintech firm Figopara confirmed on May 7, 2020, that it has secured $1 million in funding from its second investment round. Existing investors World Bank’s International Finance Corporation...
View ArticleTurkish Stablecoin BiLira to Launch on AVA, an Open-Source Blockchain...
The Turkish stablecoin BiLira will reportedly be launching on AVA, an open-source platform for building and deploying decentralized finance (DeFi) apps and enterprise-grade blockchain solutions that...
View ArticleDubai’s Tpay Mobile Acquires Payguru, a Turkish Payments Company that...
Dubai-based Tpay Mobile, a mobile payment provider, has reportedly acquired Payguru, a Turkish payments company. The amount paid for the acquisition has not been disclosed. Payguru supports mobile...
View ArticleRay Youssef: CEO at P2P Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Paxful Says Platform Aims to...
We recently connected with Ray Youssef, the CEO at Paxful, a leading peer to peer Bitcoin exchange, which reported a 274% increase in new registrations in Turkey, during the past year, on its platform....
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