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Big data firm Palantir raises $450m

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Big data firm Palantir raises $450m

Palantir Technologies, a big data startup co-founded by Peter Thiel, has completed a massive $450 million funding round that values the company at $20 billion.

Banks lag manufacturers and telcos in race to build innovation centres

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Banks lag manufacturers and telcos in race to build innovation centres

The financial services sector is trailing rival industries in the race to set up innovation centres in technology hubs such as Silicon Valley, according to a report issued by consultants CapGemini and Altimeter Group.

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Startupbootcamp FinTech unveils startups for London programme

Startupbootcamp FinTech, the leading accelerator focused on financial innovation, has today announced the 10 international startups selected to join the London program.

Big data privacy startup Privitar attracts heavyweight investors

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Big data privacy startup Privitar attracts heavyweight investors

Privitar, a UK startup promising to help banks and others make the most of big data while ensuring customer information is kept private, has raised more than $1 million in a seed funding round joined by two former Thomson Reuters CEOs.

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Big data startup Salviol raises EUR6.5 million funding led by Orange Capital

Salviol, a big data solution provider that optimize businesses through the detection, prevention and management of fraud, today announced the company has raised €6.5 million euros in Series A funding led by Orange Growth Capital.

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Kiltearn implements Indata big data platform

INDATA, a leading industry provider of software and services for buy-side firms, today announced that Kiltearn Partners, an investment firm based in Edinburgh, Scotland, has implemented the iPM Epic platform, expanding their front-to-back office solution from INDATA.

Singapore pledges S$225m to fintech

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Singapore pledges S$225m to fintech

Singapore has committed S$225 million over the next five years to a scheme designed to build a vibrant ecosystem for innovation in fintech.

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RBS turns to Pega for real-time customer interaction

Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA), the software company empowering the world's leading enterprises with strategic business applications, has been selected by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for customer decisioning.

Alibaba moves into financial data and information services

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Alibaba moves into financial data and information services

Chinese Web giant Alibaba is investing nearly $200 million in China Business News (CBN) as it prepares to move into the financial data and information services industry.

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Misys bids to unlock hidden value of data with in-memory analytics engine

Misys, the leading financial software company, has launched an in-memory analytics engine, FusionBanking Insight, integrated with its next-generation core banking solution, FusionBanking Essence.

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.

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