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International banking and asset management group Investec has acquired a stake in Australian fintech startup accelerator H2 for an undisclosed sum.
03 March 2016
MasterCard is to use artificial intelligence technology from Rainbird - a startup identified by its Start Path accelerator programme.
Distributed ledger consortium R3 has connected 40 banks to five different blockchains and allowed them to facilitate issuance, secondary trading and redemption of a fixed income product in the largest known trial of the technology to date.
Israel is the latest country to get a dedicated fintech hub, as The Floor arrives in Tel Aviv promising to support startups disrupting the financial services industry.
A senior Bank of England official has floated the idea of using distributed ledger technology to enable individuals to hold digital currency accounts with the central bank, but has warned that such a move could prove damaging to commercial providers.
02 March 2016
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has established a 'Fintech Contact Point' as a dedicated channel to encourage businesses involved in the development and application of financial technology.
Digital challenger bank Mondo has set a new date for its £1 million crowdfunding campaign after a rush of applicants on Monday toppled the servers of platform provider Crowdcube.
International securities regulatory body Iosco has identified the disruptive threats from technological innovation as a key risk factor facing financial markets in 2016.
Two of Wall Street's most high-profile women have joined together to bring blockchain-based services to the financial markets as Sallie Crawcheck joins the board of Blythe Masters' distributed ledger outfit Digital Asset Holdings.
Lloyds Banking Group is on the hunt for a head of "innovation product launch and learn" to help lead its £1 billion digital charge.
01 March 2016
Advances in big data mining could open up whole new frontiers in financial services, says Standard Chartered’s global chief innovation officer, Anju Patwardhan
ANZ has recruited a former Google executive to its newly created role of group executive, digital banking, reporting directly to CEO Shayne Elliott.
The Korea Exchange is looking to use distributed ledger technology for a new OTC trading platform.
MasterCard is looking to take payments beyond cards and mobile phones, inviting fashion and design students to build new ways to pay.
29 February 2016
Crowdcube servers have been overwhelmed by a rush of people trying to join a £1 million crowdfunding round in digital banking startup Mondo.
The Financial Stability Board is to evaluate the potential for systemic risk posed by emerging innovations in financial technology, a move which may mark the beginning of the end to the regulatory advantages enjoyed by fintech firms operating at the fringes of the financial services sector.
Forget Apple Pay, MasterCard's selfie pay and bitcoin, Finextra has seen the future of payments and it is Drone Pay.
26 February 2016
The Australian Government has pledged $150,000 to Sydney-based fintech accelerator Stone & Chalk to champion the nation's startup economy in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is the latest financial services giant to go public with its distributed ledger progress, confirming that it is working with Ripple on cross-border payments and experimenting with a blockchain-based loyalty platform.
Advanced registrations for Finextra's forthcoming NextGen banking event at London’s Level39 in Canary Wharf have topped the 500 mark, as Britain's new wave of challenger banks set out their plans to take on the nation's biggest financial institutions.
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