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$KABN.ca North America Partners with Indicio to Build the Liquid Avatar Verifiable Credential Ecosystem to Support Digital Identity Credentials for Everyday Use $MOS.ca $MOGO.ca $CTZ.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:24 AM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
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Platform will empower consumers, governments, and business to manage, issue and verify digital identity and personal data.

  • Entered into an agreement with Delaware based PBC (Public Benefit Corporation), Indicio (https://indicio.tech/), a professional services firm specializing in decentralized identity architecture, engineering, and consultancy.
  • Together, the team will build and launch the Liquid Avatar Verifiable Credentials Ecosystem (“LAVCE”), to support and enable online identity assurance which includes a digital credentials wallet and platform for issuers, verifiers, and individuals to support the issuance, verification, and management of verifiable credentials for digital identity.

TORONTO, ON / February 3, 2021 / KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp. (CSE:KABN) (OTC:TRWRF) (FRA:4T51) (the “Company“, “KABN North America” or “KABN NA“) (www.kabnsystemsna.com), a North American Fintech solutions company specializing in empowering individuals to manage, control and generate value from their biometrically-verified Self Sovereign Identity (“SSI”) through its Liquid Avatar (www.liquidavatar.com) platform, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Delaware based PBC (Public Benefit Corporation), Indicio (https://indicio.tech/), a professional services firm specializing in decentralized identity architecture, engineering, and consultancy. Together, the team will build and launch the Liquid Avatar Verifiable Credentials Ecosystem (“LAVCE”), to support and enable online identity assurance which includes a digital credentials wallet and platform for issuers, verifiers, and individuals to support the issuance, verification, and management of verifiable credentials for digital identity.

The Company believes that digital identity is addressable to 100% of the online market. This solution is one of the first global platforms to support governments, healthcare, workplaces, hospitality and other businesses and organizations as they begin to issue digital credentials and to empower users, at no cost, to manage and take full control over storage and use of these credentials, their digital identity, and personal data.

Using the LAVCE, individuals, or “holders” will be provided with a digital wallet that will be able to, within Liquid Avatar, support a wide range of verifiable identity and other digital credentials based on the Trust over IP (www.trustoverip.org) open-source governance and technology stacks, to which KABN is a steering committee member, and industry standard data models.

Together, with the Liquid Avatar app and its high-quality digital image icons that can represent various facets of a user’s personality, the system will usher in new tools and services to create verifiable digital identities allowing for new and innovative ways for users to create a holistic profile of themselves that they manage and control, through self-defined personas. KABN North America will pay for the build and operate the LAVCE and the new verifiable identity credentials program creating an open-source solution to drive industry adoption and support standards that everyone can build to. This program is expected to ultimately replace the Company’s current KABN ID solution.

“With over 5 Billion people online and about 400 million people in the US and Canada the world continues to get smaller through increased digital presence and opportunities. Providing individuals with a no-cost service that allows them to prove who they are and verify, manage, control and generate value from their digital identity has the potential to create significant consumer and commercial opportunities,” said David Lucatch, CEO KABN North America. “The creation of the LAVCE and our new digital identity credentials align with our goal to make Liquid Avatar engaging and simple to use as governments and industry continue to move swiftly towards adopting increased levels of security, regulation and compliance, enabling consumers to control their identity and data usage. This program also supports our industry efforts with the Trust over IP Foundation, Lumedic Exchange and other company efforts.”

Liquid Avatar will be releasing its live, open beta app globally in Google Play and Apple App Store on February 18, 2021, subject to all final approvals. The LAVCE is expected mid-spring as part of Liquid Avatar’s ongoing release schedule.

Using the LAVCE, issuers, like governments, workplaces, financial services, and others will be able to issue verifiable credentials that are linked to a holder’s verifiable identity credential, creating a higher level of security and safety. Verifiers who want to make sure that an individual has the credential and is who they say they are will be able to scan a Liquid Avatar icon and to request a verifiable presentation to determine acceptance.

“We are excited to be working with KABN and the Liquid Avatar team to build and deploy the Liquid Avatar Verifiable Credential Ecosystem to enable issuers, verifiers and consumers to use verifiable credentials to deploy digital identity solutions that preserve privacy while enhancing security and safety,” said Heather Dahl, CEO Indicio

“Liquid Avatar and the LAVCE will potentially provide a paradigm shift in the way that individuals manage, control and use their digital identity and will be interoperable with a host of emerging ecosystems and solutions through its open-source protocols,” said RJ Reiser, Chief Business Development Officer KABN North America. “We believe that our digital wallet will be a foundational piece that will empower consumers to fight against fraud in all its forms. Working with Indicio and its world-class, industry leading team, we will be creating one of the world’s first consumer facing digital wallet programs that will enable issuers, verifiers and consumers to easily and simply adopt and deploy verifiable identity and additional credentials solutions.”

Liquid Avatar, available at no cost to consumers, makes it easy for individuals to start and maintain the process of managing their SSI/digital identity while giving users the ability to share it with their friends, family, colleagues, and others easily, safely, and cryptographically secure through biometrically enabled Self Sovereign Identity tools and services.

The Liquid Avatar platform allows users to create high quality digital icon representations of the various facets of their online personalities and identity, which can be used to easily share what they want, when they want, and with whom they want. Liquid Avatar users will also be able to create digital wallets to manage and store a wide range of verifiable identity and access credentials, and to take their conventional identity online, allowing users to prove themselves as easily and effectively as they do in the “physical world”.

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$KABN.ca North America to Release Liquid Avatar to Further Progress Self Sovereign Identity – Available in Popular App Stores February 18, 2021 $MOS.ca $MOGO.ca $CTZ.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:24 AM on Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
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Liquid Avatar empowers users to manage, control and benefit from their online identity and data

  • Will be releasing its live, open beta app globally in the Google Play and Apple App stores on February 18, 2021, subject to all final approvals .
  • Liquid Avatar, available at no cost to consumers, makes it easy for individuals to start and maintain the process of managing their SSI/digital identity.

TORONTO, ON / January 26, 2021 / KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp. (CSE:KABN)(OTC PINK:TRWRF)( FRA:4T51) (the “Company“, “KABN North America” or “KABN NA“) (www.kabnsystemsna.com), a North American Fintech solutions company specializing in empowering individuals to manage, control and generate value from their biometrically-verified Self Sovereign Identity (“SSI”) through its Liquid Avatar (www.liquidavatar.com) platform, will be releasing its live, open beta app globally in the Google Play and Apple App stores on February 18, 2021, subject to all final approvals .

Liquid Avatar, available at no cost to consumers, makes it easy for individuals to start and maintain the process of managing their SSI/digital identity. With the ability to share that with their friends, family, colleagues, and others easily, safely, and securely through biometrically enabled Self Sovereign Identity tools and services.

The Liquid Avatar platform allows users create high quality digital icon representations of themselves which can be used to easily share what they want, when they want, and with whom they want. Liquid Avatar users will also be able to create digital wallets to manage and store a wide range of verifiable identity and access credentials, and to take their conventional identity online, allowing users to prove themselves as easily and effectively as they do in the “real world”.

With online identity and data management at the forefront of the global regulatory and legislative landscape, the addressable market for services, such as Liquid Avatar, can potentially be 100% of the online market, over 400 Million people in North America and over 5 Billion people worldwide.

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$KABN.ca Liquid Avatar Partners with The Campus Agency to Reach US University and College Students on Campus and Virtually $MOS.ca $MOGO.ca $CTZ.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:11 AM on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
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Access to up to 2,000 US Colleges and Universities with reach of up to 1.5 Million Students

  • Entered into an agreement to partner with US based, The Campus Agency to create innovative engagement programs for Liquid Avatar to reach the US college and university student, alumni and family market.
  • KABN NA and The Campus Agency will be working together to engage micro-influencers, develop and launch innovative engagement and Augmented Reality programs to introduce the college and university market to the Liquid Avatar and KABN value programs.
  • The partnership goals are to increase brand awareness, maximize engagement, educate users on the value proposition of Self Sovereign Identity, and generate user benefits and revenue for the partnership program.

TORONTO, ON / January 19, 2021 / KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp. (CSE:KABN)(OTC PINK:TRWRF)(FRA:4T51) (the “Company“, “KABN North America” or “KABN NA“), a North American Fintech solutions company specializing in empowering individuals to manage, control and generate value from their biometrically-verified Self Sovereign Identity (“SSI”) through its Liquid Avatar platform, announces today that it has entered into an agreement to partner with US based, The Campus Agency to create innovative engagement programs for Liquid Avatar to reach the US college and university student, alumni and family market.

KABN NA and The Campus Agency will be working together to engage micro-influencers, develop and launch innovative engagement and Augmented Reality programs to introduce the college and university market to the Liquid Avatar and KABN value programs. The partnership goals are to increase brand awareness, maximize engagement, educate users on the value proposition of Self Sovereign Identity, and generate user benefits and revenue for the partnership program.

With reach to over 2,000 US College and University campuses and over 1.5 Million Gen Z students, alumni and families, The Campus Agency has been supporting innovative direct to student and online marketing programs for over 40 years.

“We’re excited to bring our 40 years of creating success on campus and digital initiatives to Liquid Avatar and to bring this important and innovative program to our collegiate communities, allowing users to manage and control their digital identity and future credentials safely and securely,” said Chris Nyland, Chief Operating Officer, The Campus Agency. “This is our second program with KABN North America and Liquid Avatar, as we’re already jointly a part of the COVID-19 consortium for creating Verifiable Identity Healthcare Credential.”

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ZeUPay: Groundbreaking P2P Payment Provider & #Crypto to Fiat Gateway – $ZEU.ca Technologies $MOS.ca $MOGO.ca CTZ.ca $TRAD.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 7:26 AM on Monday, January 18th, 2021
  • Completed its exhaustive due diligence review and corporate integration documentation and expects delivery of final legal opinions in relation to the proposed acquisition of Prego International Group AS.
  • ZeUPay will be fully integrated into the Mula ecosystem.
  • Users of ZeU and the Mula platform native function and applications, as well as users of third-party developed applications, will be able to use its Crypto to Fiat gateway functionalities.

Montréal – January 17, 2021 – ZeU Technologies Inc. (CSE:ZEU) (CNSX:ZEU.CN) is pleased to announce that it has completed its exhaustive due diligence review and corporate integration documentation and expects delivery of final legal opinions in relation to the proposed acquisition of Prego International Group AS.

Management of both companies plan to sign the final acquisition documents later this week. It is expected that all regulatory review should be completed on or around February 5,  2021.  At that point, all shares of Prego International would have been exchanged for convertible debentures of ZeUPay, a wholly owned subsidiary of ZeU Technologies and the target corporation.

Ronald Eriksen will join the board of directors of ZeU Technologies at closing.

ZeUPay will be fully integrated into the Mula ecosystem. Users of ZeU and the Mula platform native function and applications, as well as users of third-party developed applications, will be able to use its Crypto to Fiat gateway functionalities.  All current account holders of Prego, including Pay2Go card holders, will be seamlessly migrated to a Mula digital wallet that will allow them to send or receive money, lend to the ecosystem, earn income and interest, and structure transactions. ZeUPay’s utility token will be hot-swappable with a range of other tokens, including the MulaPay stable utility token.

Source: https://agoracom.com/ir/ZeUTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/753243-zeupay-groundbreaking-p2p-payment-provider-crypto-to-fiat-gateway/messages/2298541#message

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Sheldon Inwentash $IDK.ca $IDKFF Discusses The Digitization Shock Happening In Canada And His Experience Investing In New Technologies $IP.ca $IPNFF $PKK.ca $PKKFF $MTRX $RACMF

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:50 PM on Thursday, January 14th, 2021
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Entrepreneur Sheldon Inwentash is the founder and President of Toronto’s ThreeD Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investments in companies operating in junior resources, blockchain, artificial intelligence, psychedelics, electric vehicles and other sectors.

For Sheldon, a career that began in the life insurance industry as an oil and gas analyst quickly evolved into one that would include the creation of five companies and nine CEO roles, including a 20-year stay as the founder of Pinetree Capital.

In addition to providing companies with investment strategies, Sheldon provides counsel and guidance to C-suite executives. He has financed hundreds of public and private start-up companies, many of which went on to have successful exits.

We recently spoke with Sheldon about the digitization shock happening in Canada and his experience with investing in new technology.

During COVID, all you have to do is turn on the news to learn about the various digital strategies that companies have had to implement. Do you think digitization will continue to impact the way businesses operate, even after the pandemic is over?

Sheldon Inwentash: Yes. COVID definitely accelerated digitization, but I believe that whether there was a pandemic or not, we were going to see it happen. Even after COVID is over, people will be more embedded in working remotely and going through the digital mechanics. Whether it’s through a ZOOM call or shifting your business to eCommerce, my feeling is that we are in the midst of a digital acceleration, and this way of life will be with us indefinitely.

The stock market is at an all time high and junior cap stocks are on a tear. How do you think the digital revolution influenced this?

Sheldon Inwentash: There are a lot of digital technology stocks that are on the rise. There are also a lot of companies that, because of people having to purchase items online, have seen a sharp increase in stocks. I think the market is also discounting a pent-up demand on many fronts. Whether it’s the anticipation of airline stocks, oil and gas stocks, the green revolution – I think it’s a great time to be an investor because there are so many different verticals that are exciting and interesting to invest in. Frankly, I see this continuing over the long term.

ThreeD Capital invests in a range of industries, including blockchain technology, electric vehicles and AI. What about the future of technology piques your interest when it comes to making investment decisions?

Sheldon Inwentash: We have a number of disruptive technologies in our portfolio. These are technologies that change the way we do things or are different from what we’ve done before. They’re more efficient to use. Technology is an integral part of our investment philosophy and we are actively looking on a weekly basis at new emerging technology companies that we think have a chance for exponential growth.

A tech entrepreneur comes to you asking for capital. What do you expect from them in terms of a pitch?

Sheldon Inwentash: I want to hear a clear, concise message. From there, obviously, there’s depth of technology and infrastructure. Time is your enemy in this business. Even before we listen to a pitch, we prefer to get a PowerPoint presentation in advance because then we are able to determine whether or not it’s something that interests us. In some cases, even the PowerPoint isn’t so clear, but we may still be interested. In that case, we expect the founder to be able to communicate in a very succinct and fast matter or otherwise it tends to lose our focus.

What, in terms of venture capital, can investors do to help make Toronto the next Silicon Valley?

Sheldon Inwentash: I think Toronto is underrated in the amount of tech that I see evolving in the city. Anytime you have a number of universities and teaching and research centers within an hour outside of Toronto, which we do, those are the places that spawn all the R&D. Those are the places that come up with great new things.

People are leaving Silicon Valley. There are Silicon Valley’s in every city now because of the digital revolution. Anyone can work, from anywhere, whenever they want now. There’s really no barrier to entry.

In the blockchain space, Toronto is a global leader, but it’s not understood that that’s the case. The only thing that’s missing is capital, but there’s a lot of that in Toronto, as well, so there are opportunities everywhere. Arguably, Toronto doesn’t have to be a Silicon Valley of the north, but it does have its fair share of companies that are spawned here.

Source: https://www.finsmes.com/2021/01/threed-capital-interview-with-founder-chairman-and-ceo-sheldon-inwentash.html

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$KABN.ca North America Engages Entoro Capital, LLC as Financial Advisors in the United States of America $MOS.ca $MOGO.ca $CTZ.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:47 AM on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021
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Financial Service Agreement for US listings, registrations, and potential transactions

  • Announced today that it has retained Houston, Texas based Entoro Capital, LLC , a technology-enabled global investment bank and broker-dealer, to provide a range of Financial Advisory Services in the United States of America.
  • KABN NA and Entoro will together be reviewing KABN NA’s proposed upgraded OTC Markets listing, and in the future, potential, but not assured, U.S. based transactions including, but not limited to a potential Reg A+ offering, registrations, and listing opportunities.
  • Entoro will also use its network to introduce KABN North America to potential business opportunities.

TORONTO, ON and HOUSTON, TX / January 13, 2021 / KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp. (CSE:KABN)(OTC PINK:TRWRF)(FRA:4T51) (the “Company“, “KABN North America” or “KABN NA“) (www.kabnsystemsna.com), a North American Fintech solutions company specializing in empowering individuals to manage, control and generate value from their biometrically-verified Self Sovereign Identity (“SSI”) through its Liquid Avatar (www.liquidavatar.com) platform, announces today that it has retained Houston, Texas based Entoro Capital, LLC (“Entoro”), a technology-enabled global investment bank and broker-dealer, to provide a range of Financial Advisory Services in the United States of America.

KABN NA and Entoro will together be reviewing KABN NA’s proposed upgraded OTC Markets listing, and in the future, potential, but not assured, U.S. based transactions including, but not limited to a potential Reg A+ offering, registrations, and listing opportunities. Entoro will also use its network to introduce KABN North America to potential business opportunities.

Entoro provides advice and services to a wide range of established and growth-oriented businesses around the world. Their experienced professionals offer deep sector expertise across a full range of services in investment banking, equities, and fixed income.

While KABN NA is not proposing any immediate offerings in the US, nor are any assured, Entoro is also a leader in the Regulation A+ capital raise marketplace through its FINRA-registered broker-dealer subsidiary, Entoro Securities, having developed strong retail investor distribution relationships to better leverage the registration exemption for its clients. As part of its service programs, in addition to any traditional offering process, Entoro will be using OfferBoard® to automate any future US-based transactions. OfferBoard® is Entoro’s high-tech, investor portal that provides flexibility, convenience, transparency, and security for investors while increasing engagement and streamlining the entire process. OfferBoard® also allows accredited and qualified investors to review multiple project details and investment criteria with confidence after signing a non-disclosure agreement.

“We have known the world-class investment and management team at Entoro for a number of years and together, we have been looking for the right time and opportunity to work together” said David Lucatch, CEO KABN. “With the open-beta launch of Liquid Avatar just weeks away and having successfully completed our Canadian offerings, in part with Mackie Research this past December, we are excited to bring Entoro on board to help us create awareness, business opportunities, financial advisory services and in the future, potential capital initiatives in the U.S.”

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VIDEO – $KABN.ca and ImagineAR $IP.ca $IPNFF Combine Forces To Bring Augmented Reality To Liquid Avatar – The Platform For Self Sovereign Identity Users. Yeah, It’s Complicated But Watch and Learn About What Is Coming. $MOS.ca $MOGO.ca $CTZ.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:21 AM on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021
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Both KABN North America (KABN:CSE) and ImagineAR (IP:CSE / IPNFF:OTCQB)  are incredibly disruptive and on the cusp of unstoppable trends, which makes them both explosive but also so new that investors still need to wrap their minds around each of them, let alone both of them together.  The good news is that CEO’s from both companies (David Lucatch KABN and Alen Paul Silverrstieen ImagineAR) have sat down with us to explain why their combination is the way all of us will be controlling and profiting from our online identities in the near future.

Before watching the video, here is a little about what you need to know about each company.

KABN – Solves the major problem around our online identities and data. Through Liquid Avatar they provide each one of us with the power to manage and monetize our digital identity, which is an unstoppable trend as both a natural evolution of the web, as well as, legislation forcing big platforms to no longer share and profit from our personal online data.

IMAGINEAR – As the name implies, ImagineAR is an Augmented Reality Company that enables businesses to create their own mobile phone AR campaigns with no programming or technology experience.  AR is also an unstoppable trend – but don’t take our word for it.

Apple CEO Tim Cook stated “AR Will play an important role in how we use technology in the future – and promises to be as influential in our society as the smart phone”

The AR market is expected to grow to $200 Billion by 2025 from just $3.5 billion in 2017. .

Now you know why the combination of these two companies is so powerful and well worth your while to watch, listen and learn about what they are going to do.  The future is coming, so you might as well see it coming first.

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Is #blockchain coming to your bank? – SPONSOR: Blockchain Foundry $BCFN.ca $HUT.ca $BITF.ca $GLXY.ca $HIVE.ca $VYGR.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:00 PM on Friday, January 8th, 2021

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Is blockchain coming to your bank?

  • On Wednesday evening, the collective value of all cryptocurrencies crossed $1T (with a frickin “T”). And on Thursday, Bitcoin, the most prominent coin, hit $40k — 2x its price from just a month ago.
  • While these are huge milestones for the industry, it may not even be the most consequential ones of the week.
  • The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) — a bank-regulating bureau within the Treasury Department — has issued guidance saying banks may adopt certain blockchain technologies.

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On Wednesday evening, the collective value of all cryptocurrencies crossed $1T (with a frickin “T”). And on Thursday, Bitcoin, the most prominent coin, hit $40k — 2x its price from just a month ago.

While these are huge milestones for the industry, it may not even be the most consequential ones of the week.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) — a bank-regulating bureau within the Treasury Department — has issued guidance saying banks may adopt certain blockchain technologies.

Specifically, chartered banks can deploy stablecoins, which are more… er… stable than other crypto because they’re pegged to other assets.

The OCC has been very forward-looking on payments…

… since a former Coinbase executive, Brian Brooks, took over the bureau in May 2020.

According to Forbes, Brooks has previously:

  • Issued guidance allowing banks to custody cryptocurrencies
  • Created a special payment charter for fintech firms

One DC lawyer said the OCC was similarly ahead of the pack on internet banking, and the latest guidance (AKA an interpretative letter) will help make crypto more mainstream.

What does this really mean?

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of blockchain payments startup Circle, says the OCC’s move is important because it:

  • Allows banks to treat blockchain like other payments infrastructure (e.g., SWIFT, ACH)
  • Enables banks to use decentralized and faster settlement technology
  • Creates a path for the US to create its own digital currency (AKA a “USDC”)

Furtner, Forbes notes that there’s a huge opportunity to improve the speed of cross-border transactions if US banks deploy blockchain.

The changes are happening too fast for some

In November, 6 members of Congress criticized the OCC for moving “unilaterally” on crypto regulation.

The OCC itself acknowledges that banks must expand “compliance programs” to deal with any blockchain-related transactions.

Meanwhile, another US bureau with the Treasury Department, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), released more stringent rules on data collection for digital wallets.

Crypto is moving fast, but there are still some hurdles to clear until the next trillion (with a frickin’ “T”) in market value is created.

Source: https://thehustle.co/01082021-blockchain-banks/

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ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca $IDKFF Announces Completion of Private Placement with $ZEU.ca Technologies Inc.

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 5:11 PM on Thursday, January 7th, 2021
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  • Announced that it has acquired 600,000 units of ZeU Technologies Inc. at a price of $0.25 per Unit.
  • In consideration, the Company has issued an aggregate of 185,185 common shares of the Company at a deemed price of $0.81 per common share.

TORONTO, Jan. 07, 2021 — ThreeD Capital Inc. (the “Company”) (CSE:IDK / OTCQB: IDKFF), a Canadian-based venture capital firm that invests in disruptive companies and promising junior resources companies, is pleased to announce that it has acquired 600,000 units (the “Units”) of ZeU Technologies Inc. (“ZeU”) at a price of $0.25 per Unit. In consideration, the Company has issued an aggregate of 185,185 common shares of the Company at a deemed price of $0.81 per common share (the “Offering”). Each Unit of ZeU consists of one common share (the “Share”) of ZeU and one share purchase warrant (the “Warrant”) of ZeU, with each Warrant being exercisable to acquire one additional Share at an exercise price of C$0.35 for a period of two years following the date of issuance.

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VIDEO – $KABN.ca North America Launches The KABN Prepaid #Visa & Digital Banking Platform To Support Its Liquid Avatar Users and Provide Online Banking Solutions Powered By XTM Inc. $PAID.ca $MOS.ca $MOGO.ca $CTZ.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 7:08 PM on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
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The world of small cap technology is getting more exciting everyday. The AGORACOM thesis for this decade is that more wealth will be created from cheaper and more powerful tech than the last 2 decades combined. Said another way, the little guy has never been in a better position to compete and even beat the big guys.

Today’s press release between KABN North America (KABN:CSE) and XTM Inc. (PAID:CSE) is a prime example. Powered by XTM, KABN is launching its prepaid Visa Card and digital banking platform to support its challenger bank initiatives in North American.

What is a “challenger bank”?. Glad you asked. Here is the best explanation we found

“In the age of business disruptors, it is no surprise that we are seeing a shakeup within the financial services sector now in the form of challenger banks. The purpose of these challenger banks is to compete with the long-established big banks and give consumers more options in the fintech world.  Popularly considered to be small-medium retail operations set up with the purpose of competing against other, larger and more established banking institutions, challenger banks are heralding an exciting era in finance for customers.” 

KABN has no intention of becoming a bank but it does want to provide their Liquid Avatar customers with online banking solutions important to them. With all of the necessary approvals and partnership agreements in place, KABN North America will begin rolling out the program in Canada throughout the first quarter of 2021 and has plans to continue its card program rollout to the U.S. and other geographic regions 

What is Liquid Avatar? Glad you asked. To understand it you first have to understand and remember that Facebook and other tech giants showed the world that sharing our private data and profiting from it is a major issue.  It became such a major issue that sweeping laws have been enacted in Europe (GDPR) and the United States (CCPA) that not only puts a stop to these practices but also demand that individuals are given the opportunity to take control of their digital identities – and even profit from them.

The term is often referred to as “Self Sovereign Identity (SSI)” and though it sounds kind of complicated, it actually sounds like music to the ears of investors that want to learn more about this massive global trend.

KABN is the small cap company that is leaps and bounds ahead of any other small cap company in this space.  Their technology delivering your online identity is damn cool (check out www.LiquidAvatar.com) and their global recognition is even better given their recent addition to the Trust Over IP Foundation as a Steering Member, joining the likes of IBM, Mastercard, Accenture and other global giants that are forming an ecosystem around SSI

This is a global paradigm shift that you DO NOT want to miss because it is happening right now and KABN is the leading small cap company for investors to gain exposure. Why? Because they are turning the problem of data privacy into a profit for people like you and me.

Watch this great interview with CEO David Lucatch  

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