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Lattice80 to run fintech blockchain accelerator in Hong Kong

LATTICE80 announces the launch of a SDG Blockchain Accelerator at the Hong Kong FinTech Week.

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Luxembourg fintech hub entertains Africa startups

The LHoFT Foundation strongly believes that financial technology is crucial to advancing financial inclusion, empowering groups that have been left behind by the traditional financial system.

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Startupbootcamp Mexico invites applicants for second cohort

Startupbootcamp Scale FinTech Mexico City announces the opening of applications for its second cohort and invites the best growth stage FinTech startups to apply by December 10th.

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Commerce Bank forges multi-year partnership with fintech venture fund SixThirty

Commerce Bank announced today a multi-year partnership with SixThirty, a St. Louis-based venture fund that invests in financial technology (FinTech) startup companies. SixThirty targets investments in late-seed stage startups that have a product and market traction and are starting to earn revenue.

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Deloitte, Equifax and FreeAgent sign on as partners to NatWest’s Entrepreneur Accelerator programme

NatWest has announced that Deloitte, Equifax and FreeAgent have signed up as partners to its Entrepreneur Accelerator programme, the UK’s largest fully-funded business accelerator network, with 12 hubs located throughout the country.

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Accenture hosts eight startups at Asia Pacific demo day

Eight leading financial technology (fintech) companies presented their solutions and services to top banking, insurance, venture capital and technology executives today at the fifth annual Accenture (NYSE: ACN) FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific Investor Day, which highlighted the evolution and growth of the industry.

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Dubai Financial Services Authority invites applications for Innovation Testing Licences

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA”) is pleased to announce that round two of the cohort process, which enables companies to apply for an Innovation Testing Licence (“ITL"), is set to open shortly.

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Lattice80 opens new fintech hub in Hong Kong

LATTICE80, the World’s Largest Fintech Hub headquartered in London opens a new Fintech Hub in Hong Kong.

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Singapore FinTech Festival attracts US$12 billion of capital for Asean enterprises

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that 380 participating investors who enrolled for the Singapore FinTech Festival’s deal-making platform, MATCH, have indicated intentions to invest up to a total of US$6.2 billion in ASEAN enterprises next year, and an additional US$6 billion earmarked over the subsequent two years.

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Barclays sets up AgriTech team

Barclays today announced the launch of a dedicated agri-tech team, focused on supporting UK start-ups to connect with the farming community and boost innovation.

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Wahed Invest launches Halal stock screener app

Wahed Invest (“Wahed”), the first fully digital Halal-focused ethical investing platform, today announced the launch of its “Halal Stock Screener,” a first-of-its-kind, free app that allows investors to determine if a company in which they are considering investing is “Halal.”

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Morgan Stanley taps Indian fintech with CTO Innovation Summit

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced Aspiring Minds, a company that specialises in talent assessment for corporates, as the winner of the Firm’s inaugural CTO Innovation Summit India, held yesterday at its Bengaluru Global Inhouse Centre (GIC).

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Eight out of ten Brits wary of fintech

More than eight out of ten people in Britain (83 percent) are ‘unsure’ of fintech, according to a survey of 2,000 UK consumers commissioned by TopLine Comms.

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Accenture invites applications for New York Innovation Lab

Applications are now being accepted for FinTech Innovation Lab New York, a 12-week program co-founded by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the Partnership Fund for New York City that helps early- and growth-stage fintech companies accelerate product and business development through an in-depth engagement with top financial services and venture capital executives.

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OTP Bank invites applications for startup accelerator

OTP Bank will launch its second international accelerator program in the first months of next year and is accepting applications from growth-stage startups and scaleups until the end of November.

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Bank Independent partners Enacomm for Alexa skill

Enacomm’s Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA) banking is now available to Bank Independent customers, who can safely and securely access their bank account information and conduct financial transactions in real-time by interacting with a chatbot.

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Former MD of Visa UK & Ireland joins Red Badger advisory board

Kevin Jenkins, former MD of Visa UK and Ireland, and Dr Chris Brauer, Director of Innovation at Goldsmiths, University of London, have joined the advisory board of digital consultancy, Red Badger.

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Railsbank preps London hackathon

Railsbank, a leading UK-based open-banking and RegTech platform, has announced leaders in the FinTech sector as partners of its annual banking innovation hackathon - this year.

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Danske Bank kickstarts accelerator programme for sustainable businesses

Danske Bank kick-started a 10-week training programme for 10 specifically selected Nordic start-ups.

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Indonesia and Singapore strengthen cooperation in fintech

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Financial Services Authority of the Republic of Indonesia, Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen cooperation in FinTech and foster innovation in financial services between Indonesia and Singapore.