Economics

How To Add Blockchain Exposure To Your Stock Portfolio

Blockchain technology has morphed from a popular fintech buzzword into a technology that has become applicable to solve real world challenges. However, at this point in time, the majority of blockchain solutions are still in proof-of-concept stage due to the fact that the technology itself is still in its infancy. For that reason, it may be wise to start adding blockchain exposure to your stock...

The 4 Hottest Trends in Fintech Right Now

The financial technology sector has been experiencing a boom in recent years as the next generation of tech-savvy consumers of financial services are starting to choose banking apps over visiting branches, are investing in cryptocurrencies instead of buying stocks, and are applying for loans on peer-to-peer lending platforms instead of at their banks. Consumer demand-driven innovation in the...

OC Horizon Fintech – One of the first Asian Hedge Funds Offering Investment in Digital Assets, with First Two Months Since Launch Seeing 58% Return

Investors can now benefit from thoughtful, actionable blockchain-related portfolio strategies SINGAPORE — OC Horizon FinTech has concluded its first two months of activity in the world of blockchain-related fund operation. In its launch year of 2017, the fund reported a 58% return through a diversified portfolio of blockchain-related equities and digital assets, including both high market cap...

How to Add Artificial Intelligence Exposure to Your Investment Portfolio

  Whether artificial intelligence (AI) will end up destroying humanity as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have suggested or whether it will be a gift that makes life easier for both businesses and individuals remains to be seen, what everyone can agree on, however, is that artificial intelligence will play a major role in the future. What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? While artificial...

Which Cryptocurrency will give you the best return in 2018?

Usually, when people ask this question, they likely mean which cryptocurrency to speculate on in terms of its market value.   However, there’s more ways to earn with cryptocurrencies than just speculation.     Cryptocurrencies have many different designs and so, they can also give you returns in different ways. I normally categorise coins in the following manner:   Market value coins ...

斗篷币和门罗币: 深层次对比

多数顶级密码货币都注重安全性和普遍性，但就其隐私性而言，比起实际应用，在它们的销售宣传中提到的反而更多。在这一点上问题不大，因为隐私性正渐渐重返密码货币领域，与此同时，有一个目前仍然不受重视的叫做斗篷币的隐私性项目，正等待着时机，一举成为焦点。   斗篷可能是一个很好的投资机会，因为在很长一段时间里，人们把它当做闭源项目，这使得斗篷并不那么引人注目。 2017年除夕，该团队在GitHub发布了他们已经研究了3年的代码。   从发展蓝图来看，这支团队雄心勃勃，2018年对于他们而言，将会是忙碌的一年。   开源将会为斗篷吸引更多来自交易人和开发者的关注。此次修订可能会提高该项目的价值，不仅是在价格方面，而且还包括功能性和安全性方面。   CLOAK & MONERO 斗篷币和门罗币 门罗币(XMR)是市场上最著名的隐私币，它有着悠久的历史，而且今年它的价值增长了十倍。 ...

CLOAK & MONERO: a thoughtful comparison

Most top cryptocurrencies favour security and omnipresence, but privacy more in their sales pitch, than in practice. Which is alright, because privacy is making a come back in the crypto scene soon and there is a currently still undervalued privacy project called CLOAK waiting for the limelight when this happens.   CLOAK will likely be a great opportunity for investment, because it was a...

Pitching from an ice hole - a perfect example of Finnish innovation

What is the scariest stage you have been on? This is a question Finns are giving an easy answer to once again this February. Polar Bear Pitching is a unique pitching event in that there is no time limit for your speech, but you have to do it while standing waist deep in a hole carved to the frozen Baltic Sea. Finns like to describe their attitude towards life with one word, sisu. Sisu stands for...

SnapPop Update Lets You Attach Your Christmas Singing To Stamps

Science Park, Hong Kong - O2O technology developer ConnectAR has released SnapPop 1.1, an important update to the crowdsourced image search app for iPhones, iOS, and Android devices. Using SnapPop, anyone can interact with their surrounding environments by simply snapping a photo of a poster, billboard, business card, product packaging, or other materials, and SnapPop will quickly deliver related...

數位金融及保險專題交流酒會如期舉行

從顧客角度出發  打造AI金融顧問   11月24日，由IBM、神州數碼和數據架構師有限公司（BDA）聯合舉辦的數位金融及保險專題交流酒會，在尖沙咀美麗華酒店如期舉行。會上四位數據專家分享了關於人工智能、聊天機器人和IBM Power System等的資訊，介紹了如何協助銀行及保險行業工作者部署企業級金融顧問系統。   本次活動由IBM香港的張智恆先生主持，他指出虛擬銀行（Virtual Bank）為當下熱門話題，銀行業可以利用AI chatbot提供貼心、以客為本的服務。提高效率及服務質素之餘，亦可有助銷售高價值產品，增加商機、加強業務發展。   深圳四方精創資訊股份有限公司的Alex Chan先生以韓國社交軟件KakaoTalk開發的KakaoBank為例，闡釋了虛擬銀行的影響力。KakaoBank推出一個月內，即開了三百萬個戶頭，收到17億美金的存款，借貸了13億美金。...

墨西哥米却肯州州长Silvano Aureoles Conejo展开访华行程，共商两国经贸关系，推动墨西哥旅游发展

为巩固墨西哥米却肯州与中国的策略经济伙伴关系，州长Silvano Aureoles Conejo率领由米却肯经济发展部部长Jesús Melgoza Velázquez和旅游部部长Claudia Chávez等高官组成的外交大使团，于2017年11月10日至17日亲临北京、上海和香港展开访华之旅。 墨西哥此次访华目的在于与中国政要和经济组织促成合作协议，同时展示米却肯州在贸易、投资和旅游业具备的强大竞争优势。行程以北京为首站，米却肯州长Aureoles与中国外交部副领导人会晤并讨论了墨西哥的中国外交政策及如何在全面战略伙伴关系的合作框架下推动双边经济发展。州长Aureoles亦与中国其他举足轻重的政府和商贸机构会面以促进两国经贸关系，包括中国人民对外友好协会（CPAFFC）及中华人民共和国商务部投资促进事务局（CIPA）等组织。 ...

Governor Silvano Aureoles Conejo of Michoacán, Mexico makes Historic Goodwill Tour to China promoting China-Mexican Trade Relations and Tourism

  In an effort to promote a strong strategic economic partnership between the State of Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico and the People's Republic of China, the Honorable Governor Silvano Aureoles Conejo, along with a delegation including Michoacán's Secretary of Economic Development Jesús Melgoza Velázquez and Secretary of Tourism Claudia Chávez, took a goodwill tour of Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong...

INVITE to 17.11.2017 Finland Friday on Digital Solutions for the 4th Industrial Revolution

  Dear expert, Please join us on Friday the 17th to foster collaboration in (disrupting &) renewing industry verticals with digital solutions. This year, Embassy of Finland in Singapore has organized with its partners more than ten events related to digitalization in health, wellness and sports / traffic and mobility / housing and infrastructure / maritime and ports / education and learning /...