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Societe Generale is to offer customers the opportunity to replace their current Visa cards with a Motion Code card from Oberthur that replaces the three-figure CVV code on the rear of a card with a small screen display that automatically changes periodically.
17 November 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is partnering R3 and a consortium of financial institutions on a proof-of-concept project to conduct inter-bank payments using blockchain technology.
16 November 2016
The depressing Brexit effect on UK fintech investment is starkly illustrated in Q3 figures prepared for Innovate Finance which show a 26% drop in funding for British startups.
A real-time multi-bank mobile payment platform has been launched in Finland by three of the country's top banks.
The fintech phenomenon is moving away from an obsessive focus on front-end customer experience, extending the reach of startups into at least 30 new areas of traditional banking activity, according to an analysis by McKinsey.
15 November 2016
Private equity outfit Finstar Financial has appointed Mark Ruddock from Wonga to oversee a new corporate venture group that will look for opportunities in the fintech space.
14 November 2016
The opening of new innovation labs by ANZ and DBS in Singapore signal the start of a week-long Fintech Festival organised by the island state's central bank in partnership with the Association of Banks in Singapore.
City Union Bank's latest branch recruit is a humanoid robot dubbed Lakshmi who has been trained to answer generic customer queries on 125 subjects.
11 November 2016
Plans for London-Shanghai Stock Connect have been greenlighted by the British Government as the country looks to expand global trade ties in a post-Brexit world.
A new $100 million Clinton Foundation-sponsored platform bidding to take on predatory online lenders by offering America's underserved communities a low-cost alternative, is opening its doors for beta testing.
The Bank of England is using its new fintech accelerator to work with startups on developing proof-of-concepts (POCs) in data analytics, information security and distributed ledgers.
PayPal has integrated with Apple agent Siri to enable subscribers to use voice commands to transfer payments in 30 countries and in a variety of languages.
10 November 2016
Denmark is about to open its very own Fintech hub, Copenhagen Fintech, a joint initiative by Financial Services Union Denmark, the City of Copenhagen and the Danish Bankers Association to spur innovation in the Nordic capital.
Banco do Brasil (BB) has opened a lab in Silicon Valley as it seeks to build connections with the American fintech scene.
Israel's Bank Leumi says it will open a mobile-only bank to the general public later this year.
09 November 2016
Deutsche Bank is to run a 24-hour hackathon in tandem with autism charity Autistica to develop an app that will help people suffering from the disability deal with anxiety.
Distributed ledger technology consortium R3 has teamed up with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to open a centre of excellence on the island
The Financial Conduct Authority is preparing to run its second TechSprint event, a two-day app development challenge on the theme of 'unlocking regulatory compliance'.
08 November 2016
Online retailer Overstock is furthering its efforts to build a crypto-trading platform by taking a stake in Belgian blockchain startup SettleMint.
London law firm Addleshaw Goddard is the latest legal group to tap the expanding fintech scene with the launch of a programme valued at £500,000 in free legal advice and mentoring services to 16 top startups.
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