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Abu Dhabi Global Market reports strong interest in reglab programme

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, successfully concluded its 3rd round of applications for its Regulatory Laboratory (Reglab) programme with a total of 36 local and international new FinTech innovators offering potential solutions for the financial and small-medium enterprise (“SME”) sectors in the Middle East and Africa region.

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IMF expands fintech advisory group

The broad impact of technological innovation on financial services has been a focus of the international community and an issue of critical macroeconomic and financial importance.

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Orange joins forces with Google for startup financing

Orange has partnered with Google through Orange Digital Ventures (ODV), the Group's corporate venture fund, to join forces in financing the best start-ups.

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SberTech to award projects at Startup Village

Sberbank Technology has become a partner of Startup Village – Russia’s largest start-up conference for tech entrepreneurs.

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NCR mentors Kiwibank accelerator graduates

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, in partnership with New Zealand-based accelerator programme, Lightning Lab hosted its Demo Day on Wednesday, May 16, following a three-month Kiwibank FinTech Accelerator (KFA) project.

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Fidelity and Citizen Bank back MassChallenge fintech accelerator

MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, will launch its newest vertical accelerator to support and grow startups in the financial technology (FinTech) industry.

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BMO Private bank showcases AI expertise

Bank of Montreal (BMO), a Canadian financial services leader for more than 200 years, hosted Artificial Intelligence (AI) and tech professionals from Canada and Hong Kong to unveil innovative AI technology and applications.

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CIMB pledges RM 75 million to digital learning academy

CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (“the Group” or “CIMB”) has pledged RM 75 million over the next three years to the CIMB 3D Academy (“the Academy”). The Academy – premised on digital, data and disruption – is aimed at helping CIMB embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) to propel its digital ambitions via a Group-wide people development initiative.

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The Disruption House and the International RegTech Association join forces

The Disruption House (TDH), the specialist benchmarking and data analytics company, and the International RegTech Association (IRTA) are delighted to announce a new partnership that will support accelerated adoption of Financial Services Regulatory Technology (RegTech) solutions.

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Abu Dhabi Global Market and KPMG launch fintech innovation challenge

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, and KPMG Lower Gulf Limited “KPMG LG” are pleased to launch the second edition of FinTech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge (the Challenge) and push ahead with efforts to drive innovation in the financial services industry.

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ConsenSys to open Dublin innovation studio

ConsenSys, a blockchain company, announced its expansion into Ireland with the Dublin Innovation Studio, expected to open in June of 2018.

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World’s first blockchain platform for marine insurance now in commercial use

EY, Guardtime, A.P. Møller-Maersk, Microsoft and insurance industry leaders Willis Towers Watson, XL Catlin, MS Amlin and ACORD announce members of the marine industry are using Insurwave, a blockchain platform to support marine hull insurance.

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Tinkoff Bank to open innovation centre with the Talent and Success Foundation

Tinkoff Bank and the Talent and Success Foundation signed a cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

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Demo day comes for Barclays accelerator graduates

After 13 weeks of development, mentoring and networking, the 10 companies in the fifth London cohort of the Barclays Accelerator programme today revealed their propositions at Rise London in Shoreditch: the largest FinTech community site in Europe.

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Smartkarma woos investment analysts with independent research accelerator

Smartkarma, the leading investment research network for independent research providers, today announces the launch of Boost Research. Boost Research is the world’s first accelerator programme designed to support investment analysts who want to start independent research businesses and break the decades old sell-side research model.

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Wells Fargo Innovation Group chief Steve Ellis retires

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) announced today that Steve Ellis, head of the Innovation Group, will retire after nearly 31 years with the company.

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Proxama CEO Woods joins Hampleton Partners to spearhead fintech M&A push

Hampleton Partners, the international technology M&A advisor, has appointed Mike Woods as Fintech sector principal to increase its expertise and exposure in one of the most active and highly-valued areas of the market.

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UK Cryptoassets Taskforce meets for the first time

The first meeting of the UK’s new Cryptoassets Taskforce took place today. The Taskforce agreed its objectives, which include exploring the impact of cryptoassets, the potential benefits and challenges of the application of distributed ledger technology in financial services, and assessing what, if any, regulation is required in response.

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CBA and Mastercard join digital transport accelerator in Australia

Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance today announced Transport for NSW will partner with City Innovation Foundation, Mastercard, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Optus and Amazon Web Services as part of a new Future Transport Digital Accelerator based at the Sydney Startup Hub at Wynyard Green.

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Mastercard packages products to help fintech startups Accelerate

Mastercard today announces the creation of Accelerate, a new initiative to drive growth at scale for the fast-evolving FinTech industry, reflecting the company’s ongoing commitment to this sector.