Our Blog
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How you can save lives with Blockchains and Cryptocurrency
Let’s do away with governmental corruption in non profit organisations, and actually start helping people. It’s always been a question at the back of everyone’s minds exactly where our aid donations go. We know that up to 40% of what goes in doesn’t reach the recipient of aid, recently we’ve had a far more shocking…
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Three Months In – Camilla, Community Manager
Camilla It’s been three months and I still feel like a newbie at the hiveonline! We are moving so fast. I joined hiveonline as a Community Manager and started building our relationship with Danish small businesses, trying to make their business more digital and helping them in their day to day. I have had meetings…
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Sofie Blakstad, CEO of hiveonline – Named one of the Top 100 Women in Fintech
LATTICE80 and Miss Kaya have worked together to produce “a complete list of the top 100 Women in Fintech you need to know and follow around the world.” – www.lattice80.com. Yesterday Sofie (pictured above) was named one of those women. This list is to recognise women rising in a historically male dominated field, that of the…
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Fintech Revolution: Price drop alert!
Thanks to all of you who have pre-ordered our forthcoming book, Fintech Revolution: Universal Inclusion in the New Financial Ecosystem (Palgrave Macmillan). We’ve got some good news for you, thanks to popular demand the price in the US has now dropped. Anyone who’s pre-ordered it will pay the new, lower price: Amazon. com: USD 19.99…
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G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group
We’ve seen a lot of movement in government’s attitudes to fintech and cryptocurrencies over the course of the last two years, and the UN Environment Programme’s Inquiry into a Sustainable Financial Future, driven by Simon Zadek and Nick Robins, has been pivotal in driving the change from lack of awareness, through curiosity, towards understanding and…
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hiveonline wins Innovate Finance Pitch360 DLT award
“24 startups. 360 seconds. One chance to impress.” That was the chance we grabbed with both hands last week at one of the premier FinTech events, Innovate Finance’s Global Summit in London. Grasping the chance saw us win the distributed ledger technology category at the Pitch360 competition – YAY!! The happy pitcher, Sofie, hiveonline CEO,…
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New whitepaper on hiveonline’s microfinance solution
We’re working on several projects for developing economies in the background, and a theme that’s emerging is the need for automation, auditing and removing friction from microfinance solutions. With Microfinance Institutions providing loans to one of every ten people on the planet, and charging an average 40% interest, they’re both a help and a significant…
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How Blockchain can empower your business and support implementation of the SDGs
Are you curious about Blockchain and want to understand the basics of this emerging technology? Do you want to hear about how it extends beyond bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies? How about getting an indication as to how Blockchain can bring significant value to your business? At Hiveonline we’re implementing this innovative technology to revolutionise trust,…
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New Copenhagen premises for our growing team
We’re thrilled to announce that our growing Copenhagen team has found a new home in the stunning Pier47 building at Pier47, 47 Langelinie Allé, 2100 København Ø, Denmark. We’ll be moving in on Monday 12 February, and if anyone would like to come and inspect the premises, you’re welcome to come and visit us, or join the…
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hiveonline in Africa – the sky’s the limit!
The potential commercial applications for hiveonline are enormous. These range from developed to developing countries, from private sector and public sector to civil society (NGO’s), and create a new playing field. A field where traditionally, cooperation is challenged by legislation, policy, even ethics and morale; hiveonline’s blockchain based trust network is totally transparent, traceable and non-reversible, allowing…