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Bank spending on RegTech for fixed income trading desks tops $20 billion

Fixed-income dealers are spending as much as $20 billion a year on RegTech (regulatory technology) to help them comply with the raft of regulations covering their trading desks, according to a new report from Greenwich Associates.

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HKMA opens fintech supervisory chatroom

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched the Fintech Supervisory Chatroom today.

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Vocalink:Payments innovation should play critical role in Government’s post-Brexit economic strategy

Vocalink, a Mastercard company, global payments partner to banks, corporates and governments, has published a set of payments innovation ideas that would provide a foundation for a more productive and efficient UK economy.

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Dubai and Australia sign fintech agreement

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) entered into an agreement today that sets out a framework for cooperation on financial technology (FinTech) innovation.

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DBS seeks accelerator applicants

Innovative FinTech solutions to enhance how banks digitally onboard customers, engage customers with gamification, monitor compliance and manage risk, as well as impactful ways to leverage cybersecurity, are key areas of focus as DBS Accelerator kicks off the second wave of applications under a new “always-on” programme format.

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Quebec regulator appoints Moad Fahmi director, fintech and innovation

The Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF") is pleased to announce the appointment of Moad Fahmi to the new position of Director, Fintech and Innovation.

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Ontario Securities Commission seeks applicants for fintech advisory committee

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is seeking applications for membership on its Fintech Advisory Committee (FAC).

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Fidor to bolster Dubai regional hub

Fidor, the innovative provider of digital banking solutions that helps banks launch and run their own digital brand, today puts its expansion strategy into action through its newest office extension in Dubai Silicon Oasis, the integrated free zone technology park.

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Freetrade is first startup to join InvestCloud innovation centre

InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has announced UK startup Freetrade as the first firm to enter its UK Innovation Center.

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RBC unit Borealis AI to open artificial intelligence lab in Montreal

Continuing its investment in the Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, Borealis AI, an RBC Institute for Research, today announced that it will open a lab in Montreal, one of Canada’s most prominent AI hubs.

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DBS tasks Amazon Web Services with cloud training programme

DBS Bank announced today that it is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to further strengthen its technology talent pool by training them in cloud engineering skills.

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Speech: Fed Reserve governor Lael Brainard on where consumers fit in the fintech stack

The new generation of fintech tools offers the potential to help consumers manage their increasingly complicated financial lives, but also poses risks that will need to be managed as the marketplace matures.1

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F10 Fintech adds Zürcher Kantonalbank to its incubator

F10, Switzerland’s leading FinTech startup accelerator and incubator, today announced the news that Zürcher Kantonalbank, Switzerland’s largest cantonal bank has joined as a corporate member, effective as of December 1st, 2017.

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Singapore and Philippines ink fintech agreement

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today signed a FinTech Co-operation Agreement (CA) to promote innovation in financial services in their respective markets.

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Luxembourg Bankers Association and Luxembourg University launch KYC/DLT research project

The Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL) and its Foundation for Financial Education in cooperation with the University of Luxembourg and its Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) launched a joint research project on the distributed ledger prototype and data analytics for KYC (Know Your Customer).

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Ex-HSBC exec Enrique Melero becomes Bitwala advisor

Former HSBC Private Bank Finance COO, Enrique Melero has today been named as the newest advisor at Bitwala, Europe’s first “blockchain-enabled bank”, further strengthening the bridge between traditional banking and cryptobanking.

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Lithuania and Singapore forge fintech pact

Invest Lithuania and Singapore FinTech Association today signed a landmark financial technology ("fintech") innovation agreement at the 2017 Singapore FinTech Festival, signifying deeper bilateral economic relations as both republics seek to enter each other's regional markets.

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Emirates NBD goes digital in Dubai

Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, today opened its first paperless digital branch at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).

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Mashreq Bank opts for NCR's SelfServ ATM

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions announced today, that Mashreq Bank, one of the leading financial institutions (FIs) in the UAE, has added the innovative NCR SelfServ 82 ATM, which is part of the NCR SelfServ™ 80 Series family that helps financial institutions redefine the banking experience and change the way consumers interact with the ATM forever.

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EU to launch blockchain study

The EU Commission is looking carefully at blockchain developments with the objective of setting the right conditions for an open, innovative, trustworthy, transparent, and EU law compliant data and transactional environment.