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JPMorgan Chase puts data to use with new think tank

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JPMorgan Chase puts data to use with new think tank

JPMorgan Chase has launched a think tank that promises to deliver data-rich analysis that addresses big global economic challenges for the "public good".

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Feedzai secures $17.5 million funding round

Feedzai, a data science company that makes banking and commerce safe by using real-time, machine-based learning to analyze big data to detect and prevent fraud, today announced it has raised a $17.5 million Series B financing round. Oak HC/FT led the financing, along with existing investors, Sapphire Ventures (formerly SAP Ventures) and Espirito Santo Ventures.

Startupbootcamp FinTech welcomes new members & Singaporean MD

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Startupbootcamp FinTech welcomes new members & Singaporean MD

Startupbootcamp FinTech Singapore has appointed a new managing director (MD) in Steven Tong, formerly of Infocomm Investments and the London-based accelerator, and welcomed three new members in PwC Singapore, Pix Vine Capital and Jungle Ventures.

Hadoop adoption ‘anaemic’ says Gartner

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Hadoop adoption ‘anaemic’ says Gartner

Gartner’s 2015 Hadoop adoption study has found that only 18% of respondents plan to invest in the big data boosting technology over the next two years. Merv Adrian, research vice president at Gartner, called the figures “anaemic”.

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Applied Technologies becomes TmaxSoft Reseller

Applied Technologies, a UK IT infrastructure and data centre design specialist, has become a reseller for Korean-based firm, TmaxSoft.

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Azul Systems Joins Eclipse Foundation

Azul Systems, a specialist in Java runtime solutions, has joined the open source Eclipse Foundation. The firm sees it as a way to encourage open mobile and embedded technologies that will help drive the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT).

MasterCard to buy analytics house APT for $600 million

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MasterCard to buy analytics house APT for $600 million

MasterCard is to pay $600 million to acquire Big Data analytics outfit Applied Predictive Technologies.

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State Street, Berkeley and Stanford form data science consortium

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) and State Street Global Exchange today announced a collaboration to establish the Consortium for Data Analytics in Risk (CDAR), a new research center focused on applying advanced data-science techniques to manage and mitigate economic and financial risk.

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MasterCard launches Girls4Tech education programme in India

MasterCard today announced the launch of Girls4Tech, its signature education program to drive interest and encourage STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers for middle school girls in India.

Santander Innoventures invests $5m in MyCheck

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Santander Innoventures invests $5m in MyCheck

The Israel-based MyCheck is the first fintech firm to receive a major investment from the $100 million Santander Innoventures fund.

Six undertakes hackathon talent challenge for new fintech incubator

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Six undertakes hackathon talent challenge for new fintech incubator

Swiss financial infrastructure provider SIX Group is running a weekend hackathon with a view to acquiring new talent ahead of the launch of a fintech incubator in May.

Wall Street heavyweights join $130m funding round for big data firm Dataminr

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Wall Street heavyweights join $130m funding round for big data firm Dataminr

Some of the biggest names on Wall Street, including John Mack and Vikram Pandit, have joined a $130 million funding round for Dataminr, a startup that trawls through tweets and other data sources to create alerts for clients such as banks.

BBVA: "We are building the best digital bank of the 21st Century"

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BBVA: "We are building the best digital bank of the 21st Century"

Spanish bank BBVA has set its sights on building "the best digital bank of the 21st century", according to remarks by chairman Fransisco Gonzalez at the company's annual shareholder meeting in Bilbao.

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Big data and virtual currencies leading to massive changes in cybercrime landscape - Europol

A decline of traditional hierarchical criminal groups and networks will be accompanied by the expansion of a virtual criminal underground made up of individual criminal entrepreneurs, who come together on a project basis.

Finextra Future Money returns for 2015

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Finextra Future Money returns for 2015

Created as the premier event bringing both the most innovative minds in banking together with the exploding FinTech community, Finextra Future Money returns to London on April 21 and 22 for an exciting two day event.

Finovate Europe 2015 - Day 1 roundup

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Finovate Europe 2015 - Day 1 roundup

Crowdfunding, bitcoin, identity and security, and, of course, personal finance management dominated the first day of Finovate Europe in London. Finextra watched the demos, followed the tweets and spoke to the players. Here's what caught our eye.

Power in numbers: Two Capital One staff charged for mining database to predict stock prices

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Power in numbers: Two Capital One staff charged for mining database to predict stock prices

Two Capital One employees have been charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission after they mined customer transaction data to successfully predict stock performance.

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Goldman leads $56 million investment in Big Data firm Antuit

Antuit Holdings Pte Ltd (“Antuit”), a global, Big Data solutions company headquartered in Singapore, announced today it has secured an investment of up to $56 million led by Goldman Sachs (GS), a leading global investment bank, and Zodius Capital (“Zodius’), an original founding investor.

North American banks disillusioned with big data analytics - Aite survey

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North American banks disillusioned with big data analytics - Aite survey

Despite the hype surrounding big data, three quarters of North American bankers are dissatisfied with analytics technology, according to research from Aite Group.

AmEx creates Silicon Valley tech hub

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AmEx creates Silicon Valley tech hub

American Express is opening a technology hub in Silicon Valley that will house a team building up the card giant's capabilities in big data, cloud computing and mobile.

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