Innovation

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BIS Innovation Hub and HKMA announce TechChallenge winners

The Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub (BISIH) centre in Hong Kong SAR and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today announced the winners of the TechChallenge - Digitising Trade Finance initiative.

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Global regulatory sandbox GFIN opens for applications

The FCA will be among 23 regulators across 5 continents taking part in the cross-border testing initiative organised by the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN).

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UniCredit to run Tel Aviv bootcamp for female entrepreneurs

How does Israel's innovation ecosystem work? What are the shared routes and key steps that have brought success to so many Israeli start-ups? Can these growth and scale-up models be replicated in other places?

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Almost 800 coders will compete in BBVA 2020 hackathon

The BBVA Hackathon 2020 has attracted a total of 3,544 candidates so far, of which 792 made the final cut.

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Idemia opens fintech accelerator for cards programme

In the context of a rapid transformation of the banking industry, IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, supports FinTechs and neobanks with the launch of the Global Fintech Accelerator Card Program. This new program allows a rapid process from cardholder onboarding - to card issuance.

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Relaunched VC firm Mouro Capital leads $26m funding round

Mouro Capital, the $400 million successor fund of fintech-specialist Santander InnoVentures, has led a $26 million financing round including debt and equity in Uncapped, a company changing the way growing online brands fund marketing and inventory.

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Finastra brings financial inclusion to developing markets in APAC

Finastra has announced plans around a range of initiatives which will enable its customers to accelerate through change, as well as creating positive outcomes for millions of people around the world. The move is part of the company’s ongoing innovation and open cloud platform strategy.

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Plug and Play selects eight startups for Fintech Europe programme

Fintech Europe, Plug and Play's fintech-focused innovation platform based out of Frankfurt, Germany, announced today the eight startups selected for its sixth batch.

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Bank of America sets company record for patents filed and granted during first half of 2020

Bank of America today announced it has recorded the most patents filed and granted in the first half of any year in the history of the company.

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OTP kicks off startup partner programme

Announced for the fourth time, OTP Group is looking for innovative startup partners as part of the OTP Startup Partner Program.

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Fintech Frontier aims to make Cincinnati epicentre of innovation

In September and October, FinTech Frontier will present a series of virtual events featuring diverse “dream teams” of venture capitalists, founders and corporate champions to explore the future of fintech and showcase startups.

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Alpha Bank invites applications for annual FinQuest competition

The innovative ideas, applications and technological solutions that will shape the digital future of the banking sector are being sought again this year by Alpha Bank, through the second international digital innovation competition, FinQuest.

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Deutsche Bank opens applications for second Female Fintech Competition

Deutsche Bank has joined forces with Atos, Google and TechQuartier to launch the second Female FinTech Competition.

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Moroccan CIH Bank automates corporate banking services with Finastra

Finastra has announced that CIH Bank, a Moroccan-based commercial bank, has gone live with Fusion Corporate Channels and Fusion Trade Innovation, to digitize its end-to-end corporate banking services. The solutions are automating the bank’s trade and supply chain finance services, providing its corporate customers with access to services online, rather than in-branch. The solutions reduce manual processes, helping the bank to become more efficient and agile, grow its customer base by providing a more seamless digital customer experience and ultimately, generate new revenue streams.

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Mastercard and AlRaedah Finance launch payment solutions for SMEs in Saudi Arabia

Mastercard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AlRaedah Finance, to launch a unique ‘SME in a Box’ payment solution for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Bank of Lithuania: Progress of financial innovations requires equal treatment at EU level

In response to the European Commission’s consultations on the development of the digitalisation of financial services in Europe, the Bank of Lithuania proposes to apply uniform regulation throughout the European Union (EU), following a technologically neutral approach, and applying smart supervisory solutions more widely.

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Worldline invites entries for e-payments challenge

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European market leader in payment and transaction services, is proud to announce it will be hosting the third edition of its e-Payments Challenge, to take place in an innovative fully virtual format for the first time ever on 17-18 September 2020.

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Mizuho, MUFG join Japanese quantum consortium

Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Tokyo unveiled a landmark collaboration with the launch of the Quantum Innovation Initiative Consortium (QIIC).

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BBVA enlists Fujitsu for quantum computing trials

Fujitsu today announces that it is collaborating with BBVA, Spain’s second largest bank, on a proof of concept (PoC) of its quantum-inspired optimisation solution Digital Annealer1.

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India's NPCI collaborates with Apix on fintech innovation

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) said that it has partnered with APIX, a FinTech collaboration platform setup by AFIN, at the first-of-its-kind virtual Global FinTech Fest 2020.