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Colombia's Nequi debuts facial biometric authentication

Nequi is shaking up the banking sector in Colombia with an innovative platform and offering account access exclusively through a user’s mobile device using the convenience and security of biometric authentication.

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Oberthur hangs out wearables range

OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products and services, strengthens its leading position in the payment field by introducing its “Flybuy” range of new innovative wearable options for seamless payment on the go.

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Nineteen startups accepted on to Nordea accelerator

Over 200 startups from across the world applied to Nordea’s Accelerator programme. 19 startups have now been offered to start working at Nordea’s premises in Stockholm and Helsinki from 12 September to develop their fintech ideas together with Nordea.

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LendIt partners with Capital One to co-host annual fintech start-up competition

LendIt, the largest conference series dedicated to connecting the global online lending community, today announced a partnership with information based lending company Capital One to co-host PitchIt @ LendIt, a competition to find a future star of the fintech world.

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CA Technologies becomes a sponsor of Swiss Finance + Technology Association

CA Technologies joins Swiss Finance + Technology Association as a partner to support the development of the Swiss FinTech ecosystem.

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Zurich hosts startups at Kickstart Accelerator

Today Zurich will host 30 international startups at an official opening for the Kickstart Accelerator, an initiative of DigitalZurich2025.

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Singapore opens fintech innovation lab

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced the opening of its FinTech Innovation Lab.

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Hitachi and BTMU to test blockchain for cheque issuance

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, Hitachi) and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) today announced that they have started Proof of Concept (PoC) testing for using blockchain technology for digitalization of checks in the Republic of Singapore.

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Sziget Festival grooves to cashless payment vibe

Sziget Festival, which is the largest musical festival of the region, almost half million visitors completed more than 3 million card transactions during the 7 days of the festival.

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NCR builds innovation lab

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, today announces the NCR Innovation Lab, a brand new research and development hub, which will focus on cross-functional research, innovation, and design-thinking.

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California lawmaker pulls digital currency bill after EFF opposition

For the second year in a row, EFF and a coalition of virtual currency and consumer protection organizations have beaten back a California bill that would have created untenable burdens for the emerging cryptocurrency community.

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Eight startups enter the Fintech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific

Eight leading financial technology (fintech) companies today begin a 12-week mentorship program in the third annual FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific.

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TMX Group partners JA Central Ontario for student innovation challenge

JA Central Ontario and TMX Group will today launch the JA Alumni TMX Innovation Challenge, an exclusive, two-night event for students who have completed the 18-week entrepreneurial JA Company Program.

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Mizuho experiments with Facebook Bot anmd Amazon Echo

Mizuho Bank, Ltd. has conducted two experiments of new financial communication services through Facebook bot and new banking services with an Alexa skill prototype for Amazon Echo in Silicon Valley, collaborating with Information Services International-Dentsu,Ltd.

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RBS opens virtual accelerator for entrepreneurs in the Highlands and Islands

More than 30 entrepreneurs from across the Highlands and Islands are being sought to take part in a virtual support programme to accelerate commercialisation of their business ideas.

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Citizens Bank names Lamont Young head of digital

Citizens Bank recently announced the appointment of Lamont Young as Head of Digital.

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BBVA selects 56 startups to compete in Open Talent innovation contest

The finalists of the 8th edition of the BBVA Open Talent contest were announced today. They will compete in three separate finals in Mexico, London and New York in September.

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Canstar launches fintech comparison portal WealthBricks

More than 3 million Australians use Canstar's comparison tables each year and the majority of those individuals identify as self-directed investors.

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Société Générale sends group innovation finalists to incubater

Société Générale today announced the results of its first Group innovation challenge in Africa on the theme of “customer satisfaction”.

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IODM connects with innovation hub York Butter Factory

Publicly listed technology startup IODM Ltd has announced an exclusive industry partnership with innovation hub York Butter Factory (YBF), which will enable IODM to connect and collaborate with its burgeoning startup community and corporate partners seeking to innovate.