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Accenture invites startups to apply for sixth London Fintech Innovation Lab

FinTech entrepreneurs are being invited to apply to Accenture’s (NYSE:ACN) sixth FinTech Innovation Lab London, a three-month program where early and growth stage companies receive mentoring and accelerate their business development working directly with top financial institutions, as fintech investments in the UK continue strongly.

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UAE startup takes home $50K top prize from Visa’s Everywhere Initiative finals

Visa (NYSE:V), the world’s leader in digital payments, has selected a tech startup based in the United Arab Emirates as the winner of its Everywhere Initiative, a global program designed to encourage the development of the next big thing in payments.

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CFTE launches Fintech Foundation course

CFTE is pleased to announce the worldwide release of Around Fintech in 8 Hours.

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Standard Chartered opens a new Global Business Services centre in Bengaluru

Standard Chartered Bank today officially opened its new Global Business Services (GBS) centre in Bengaluru.

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ADX showcases blockchain voting at AGMs

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the region’s leading financial market, has unveiled its latest digital services as part of its participation in the Abu Dhabi Digital Government stand, during GITEX Technology Week 2017.

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Citi nurtures Hong Kong's next fintech generation

A group of 60 university students from Hong Kong visited Citi Ventures in San Francisco in September, as part of their week-long FinTech-focused entrepreneurship boot camp at Stanford Graduate School of Business in Silicon Valley under the Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP).

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Artificial Intelligence Bank-in-Messenger raises $1million from IIDF and private investors

The very first “Bank-in-Messenger”- TalkBank.io has raised $1million in seed investments with a company valuation of $6.1million. IIDF and 7 private investors, including Mark Malinovsky (kuponator.ru) have funded the start up.

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Nacha names first APIs for development

Nacha—The Electronic Payments Association and the Payments Innovation Alliance, today released a Meeting Summary Report and Overview Document from the latest meeting of the API Standardization Industry Group.

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KAS Bank sets up fintech innovation division

KAS BANK, the specialist provider of securities services to the UK pension industry, is today announcing plans to invest in the creation of a dedicated Fintech Innovation division, tasked with radically transforming the governance technologies available to UK pension schemes.

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GBST gets digital for the UK wealth market

GBST, provider of wealth administration software through its GBST Composer® platform, has launched a digital capability to the UK market.

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Blockchain startup gets leg up from Startupbootcamp

Project Dolphin Blockchain Intelligence (https://presale.dolphin.bi/) is a platform for collecting quick and high-quality risk assessment and information about ICO campaigns.

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Three UAE startups make it to Visa Everywhere finals

Three companies from the UAE’s dynamic technology startup community have made it to the finals of Visa’s Everywhere Initiative, an innovation program designed to encourage the development of the next big thing in payments.

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Law firm Addleshaw Goddard opens applications for second fintech programme

Following the resounding success of 'AG Elevate', originally launched in November 2016, Addleshaw Goddard has today announced its 2018 programme to support FinTech growth with an expanded program for participants.

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Peter Memon joins Synechron as head of emerging technology

Synechron, Inc, the global financial services consulting and technology services provider, has today announced Peter Memon has joined the company as its new Head of Emerging Technology.

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Hong Kong regulator opens sandbox

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a circular announcing the launch of the SFC Regulatory Sandbox to provide a confined regulatory environment for qualified firms (Note 1) to conduct regulated activities utilising financial technologies (Fintech).

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Chilean regulator SBIF joins R3

The Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions of Chile (Superintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras or “SBIF”) recently joined the global network of members of the enterprise software company R3, as a regulatory member, which will allow it to stay up-to-date on the latest advances and implementations of Distributed Ledger Technology (“DLT”) in financial services.

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HK accelerator SuperCharger connects with fintech learning platform CFTE

Delivering on its vision to create a global Fintech ecosystem, the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce a new partnership with SuperCharger, the leading Fintech accelerator in Asia with offices in Hong Kong and Malaysia.

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Electron wins UK Government Award to advance blockchain in balancing electricity markets

Electron, a London-based energy tech company, today announced that it has been awarded substantial funding from the Government's Energy Entrepreneurs Fund to prove how blockchain will transform the market for balancing the electricity grid.

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Milan opens 'Fintech District'

The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance and the City of Milan have today announced the opening of the "Milan Fintech District", the country’s first hub dedicated to the most cutting edge businesses in the financial industry.

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ABN Amro melds bricks-and-mortar with online for first 'stream store'

As a world premiere, Dutch cheese shop Kaan’s Kaashandel and ABN AMRO are today launching the world’s first live Stream Store in the Dutch town of Alkmaar.