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NEC develops biometrics technology that uses shape of human ear cavities

NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced the development of a new biometric personal identification technology that uses the resonation of sound determined by the shape of human ear cavities to distinguish individuals.

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Ulster Bank opens new hatchery in Northern Ireland with Entrepreneurial Spark

Northern Ireland’s newest business accelerator for entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Spark powered by Ulster Bank Hatchery, has opened its doors today.

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Ipreo and Symbiont team on blockchain for syndicated loans

Ipreo and Symbiont announced today that they are creating a new company to overhaul antiquated and costly manual processing in the $3 trillion global syndicated loans market.

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Thomson Reuters partners with HK accelerator SuperCharger

Thomson Reuters announced today its partnership with FinTech accelerator SuperCharger to bring technology and market data access to FinTech firms undergoing its Hong Kong based program.

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Global Payments and Realex to run transAtlantic 'appathon'

Global Payments Inc. (GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, announced today that it will collaborate with its subsidiary Realex Payments to host an interactive financial app hackathon on March 11-12, 2016 in Atlanta and London.

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Bottomline offers faster payments through a new direct access service

Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ:EPAY), a leading provider of payment, invoice, and digital banking solutions, today launched the Direct FPS Service, a new Faster Payment gateway solution that significantly lowers the barriers and costs to real-time payments for participants.

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Stuart Hall joins iBE TSE as digital practice lead

iBe TSE Ltd, part of Be Group, one of Europe’s fastest growing consultancies, has today announced the appointment of Stuart Hall as Associate Partner, Digital Practice Lead.

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AlphaPoint joins Microsoft Azure blockchain-as-a-service offering

Azure's Blockchain as a Service welcomes its first certified offering from Blockapps: STRATO.

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Russian central bank to set up blockchain working group

For this purpose the Bank of Russia has established a Working group for analysing prospective technologies and innovations in the financial market.

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Visa expands footprint in francophone Africa

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), a global payment company, today announced its intention to open an office in Côte d'Ivoire to reinforce its position as a leading payments technology company and to help bringing the benefits of electronic payments to the economy and a broader range of consumers and merchants across the region.

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UOB commits $1m to Asian fintech accelerator programme

UOB today announced its plans to encourage the growth of the best and brightest financial technology (FinTech) start-ups in the region.

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Square unlocks personal finance tool

We introduced Square Cash as an easy-to-use personal finance tool that allows anyone to quickly send money to anyone else.

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Ribbit.me raises $1.5 million seed round

Ribbit.me, a NY-based blockchain technology startup, announced that it closed a $1.5 million seed round, led by Hayaat Group, an investment company based in Dubai, with Privity FZ LLE acting as advisor.

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Whites Group launches SettlePay currency exchange service

Rising Fintech star Whites Group today announced the launch of SettlePay, a new, flagship technology platform designed to comprehensively expose all charges levied by UK forex providers.

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Nets launches Android top up service for FlashPay and AutoPass cards

Motorists can now top up their Nets FlashPay and Autopass Cards on their Android smartphones.

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London Stock Exchange hosts fintech investor forum

The London Stock Exchange Fintech Investor Forum today brings together the chief executives of many of the UK and Europe’s largest and fastest growing Fintech companies.

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Wings FCU implements Gro account opening

Gro Solutions, a leading provider of digital growth solutions for banks and credit unions, announced that $4.2 billion, Apple Valley, Minn.-based Wings Financial Credit Union is the latest financial institution to implement Gro Account Opening, which simplifies the opening of new Wings Financial Credit Union accounts.

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Investors prefer a hybrid model when considering robo-advisors - E*Trade

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (ETFC) today announced results from the most recent wave of StreetWise, E*TRADE’s quarterly tracking study of experienced investors.

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Visa and China UnionPay sign MoU

China UnionPay (CUP) and Visa Inc. today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Shanghai with both parties agreeing to collaborate on payments security, innovation and financial inclusion.

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Tedipay showcases secure wearables Wildcard

Tedipay (London, UK) showcased Wildcard, an open platform that allows banks and transport operators to offer services to their customers via a range of wearable devices.