Innovation

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Brazilian central bank draws on Big Tech support for new innovation lab

The Central Bank of Brazil has opened an innovation laboratory for creating new financial applications with the support of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and IBM.

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UK payments community calls on Open Banking to do more to enable access for fintechs

A UK payments industry trade body is calling on the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) to force banks to do more to enable access for fintech firms.

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Former Visa chief takes the helm at crypto banking startup

Marc O'Brien, former CEO of Visa UK and a key advisor of Revolut, has been appointed chief executive officer of mobile crypto bank Crypterium.

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Digital banking transformation creating new systemic risks

Digital banking transformation programmes are creating a new wave of operational and systemic risks for which the industry is ill-prepared, warns UK Finance.

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Japanese banks join quantum computing hub

Japanese banks MUFG and Mizuho are to join a new IBM Q Hub at Keio University to experiment with future applications for quantum computing in the financial sector.

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Government appoints Wales and Northern Ireland fintech envoys

Wales and Northern Ireland are getting their own financial technology envoys as part of a government effort to ensure that the UK maintains its position, post-Brexit, as Europe's top fintech dog.

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NextGen Banking London - live blog

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of NextGen Banking London. The event promises to explore what the AI revolution means for banks - and what financial institutions need to do to benefit from AI, and ensure their customers do so as well.

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PayPal partners Indonesian VC to back Southeast Asian fintech startups

PayPal is extending its Singapore fintech incubator programme to other parts of Southeast Asia after getting financial backing from Indonesian VC firm Alpha JWC Ventures.

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Fidelity creates virtual reality chatbot

Fidelity Investments has created a virtual reality financial advisor to answer client queries using a suite of tools from Amazon Web Services.

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Simple co-founder Reich leaves for pastures new

Josh Reich, the man who kicked off the 'neo-bank' craze nearly a decade ago, is finally leaving Simple for the simple life on a farm in Oregon.

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Deutsche Bank acquires Indian Open Banking software house Quantiguous Solutions

Deutsche Bank has acquired Mumbai-based startup Quantiguous Solutions to help build an Open Banking platform connecting corporate clients to third party partners and its global transaction banking franchise.

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Former JPMorgan blockchain leads unveil new startup

Former JPMorgan blockchain leads Amber Baldet and Patrick Nielsen have launched a new blockchain company, Clovyr, with the aim of creating a hybrid environment for sharing and playing around with enterprise-grade application development tools and datasets

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Ripple moves to build ecosystem around XRP

Ripple is looking to build up an ecosystem around its native digital asset through the launch an initiative called Xpring, which will invest in, incubate, acquire and provide grants to startups using XRP and the XRP Ledger.

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HSBC claims blockchain breakthrough for trade finance

HSBC and ING bank have announced the successful execution of a trade finance transaction using R3's Corda blockchain platform.

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Broadridge awarded blockchain patent for proxy voting

The prospect of applying blockchain technology to the proxy voting process has become more likely after Broadridge, one of the biggest providers of investor-related services, was awarded a patent for this very purpose.

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Securities regulators to set up Fintech Network and ICO framework

International securities regulators are to establish a 'Fintech Network' to share information and knowledge on emerging technologies and risks to the financial system.

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Australian Government pushes back against bank delaying tactics on Open Banking

The Australian Government has pushed back against attempts by the country's top banks to stall the introduction of Open Banking reforms, setting a one-year timetable for the move to data sharing with third party providers.

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Forget the sandbox, just build a web page - SEC commissioner

A newly-appointed SEC commissioner has taken a swipe at the global trend for establishing fintech sandboxes, arguing that they place regulators and the regulated too close together, and instead calling for a more hands off, beach lifeguard-style approach to oversight.

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OCBC Bank to spend $20 million on digital upskilling programme

Singapore's OCBC Bank is to spend $20 million on a workforce digital transformation programme designed to equip its 29,000 staff with the skills required to stay relevant in a technologically-driven banking culture.

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VCs back new holding company for payments startups

A host of big-name VCs, including Bain Capital Ventures and Nyca Partners, are backing a new holding company planning to build up a stable of innovative payment firms.