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Fit Pay launches kickstarter campaign for smartwatch contactless payments

Fit Pay, Inc. today launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to support the final production and market availability of a payment smartstrap the company has developed for the Pebble Time family of smartwatches.

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UK's Hello Soda launches in South East Asia

UK FinTech firm Hello Soda, headquartered in Manchester, has launched ‘Hello Soda Asia’, its new South East Asian venture.

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Fintech finance boutiques Novitas and FTCL merge

NovitasPartners and FTCL, two boutique corporate finance firms specialising in the fintech sector, today announce their merger to meet the growing demand for corporate finance advisory services from clients within the payments, data, financial software, market infrastructure, business process outsourcing, and securities services subsectors.

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Lebanon opens startup accelerator

In the last few years the ICT sector in Lebanon has experienced something of a boom, worth an estimated $381 million in 2014 and growing at a rate of 7.9 per cent.

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Contactless donation tins to hit UK shops

Elavon, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and a leading global payments provider, has worked closely with Cancer Research UK, omni-channel payment gateway Creditcall, and PSP and terminal provider Payter, to build the foundations for a contactless donations solution which will allow consumers to use their cards when donating to the charity on 4 February.

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Ingenico forms fintech partnership with Toronto's MaRS Discovery District

MaRS Discovery District and Ingenico Group Canada, the global leader in seamless payment, have entered into a partnership to drive fintech development and innovation.

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D+H applies distributed ledger tech to payments services hub

DH Corporation (“D+H”) (TSX: DH), a leading provider of technology solutions to financial institutions globally, today announced that it has successfully integrated blockchain distributed ledger technology into its global payments services hub.

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EY launches fintech secondment programme for startups

EY and Innovate Finance - the world's largest membership association for FinTech, today announced the launch of a FinTech secondment programme.

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P2P loans in UK break through £2 billion barrier in 2015

The peer-to-peer lending industry lent more than £2.2 billion in 2015 according to new figures released today from the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA).

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Envestnet/Yodlee releases new API architecture

Envestnet | Yodlee (ENV), a leading technology and applications platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services, today announced it is introducing a simpler, more intuitive RESTful API architecture that allows developers to integrate with and access the company’s data platform with less effort and time spent.

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SunTrust sets up fintech advisory unit

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI) has launched a new Payments & Technology Industry Specialty in Commercial and Business Banking.

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Rakuten Ventures establishes Yen10 million Japanese startup fund

Rakuten Ventures today announced the launch of the Rakuten Ventures Japan Fund, a 10 billion yen (approx. US$84 million) venture capital fund targeting investments in startups in Japan.

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Santander appoints J Peter Jackson head of innovation area

Yesterday, Banco Santander´s Board of Directors agreed to the appointment of J. Peter Jackson as new head of the Group´s Innovation area.

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FIS opens applications for fintech accelerator programme

The Venture Center announced that applications are now being accepted for the VC FinTech Accelerator, Powered by FIS. Applications end March 31 at 11:59 p.m. CDT

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Robo-advisor Betterment launches business platform

Betterment, the largest automated investing service, today announced the official launch of Betterment for Business.

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DBS Foundation launches social innovators 2016

Innovative technology is one of the fastest growing sectors in Hong Kong in the past 10 years.

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Innotribe opens applications for Africa startup challenge

SWIFT announces today that the Innotribe Startup Challenge for Africa is open for applications.

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JCB to issue first virtual card with CITIC in China

JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd. has today announced that China CITIC Bank (CITIC), a leading commercial bank in China, started to issue the first JCB virtual cards for online shopping users.

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WWF Finance Innovation Lab announces incubation programme

Financial innovators with a social or environmental mission can now apply to participate in a groundbreaking incubation programme announced today by the Finance Innovation Lab.

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Abacas Exchange runs first transaction using blockchain technology

The Abacas Exchange has successfully issued its first asset-backed coin on the Bitcoin blockchain.

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