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Singaporean polytechnics to get fintech push

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is working with local polytechnics to update their banking and IT courses to equip graduates with the skills necessary to join the burgeoning fintech sector.

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PSD2: An open opportunity

James McMorrow, head of payment strategy, Lloyds Bank, believes it is time for financial institutions to choose their strategic path to PSD2 compliance – and to embrace the benefits of open banking.

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Deutsche Bank opens digital factory in bid to become tech firm

As part of its effort to become a "technology company", Deutsche Bank has opened a digital factory in Frankfurt to house 400 staffers - as well as fintech startups - working on products and services for the mobile age.

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IBM to acquire Promontory; create AI-driven compliance subsidiary

IBM is to acquire risk management and regulatory compliance consulting firm Promontory Capital and create a new subsidiary, Watson Financial Services, in which it will use artificial intelligence technology to keep pace with the rapidly changing financial reporting landscape.

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PSD2 a golden opportunity for banks – new Finextra paper

If banks embrace PSD2 as a driver for strategic investment in open banking, they could leverage this mandatory change for technology and business benefit, finds new research from Finextra and Axway.

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France rewrites rule books in anticipation of mass UK exodus

French regulator are speeding up licensing procedures and providing an English-speaking contact for British financial institutions and fintech firms looking to relocate their business in the event of a hard exit from the European Union.

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SEC to host public fintech forum

The Securities and Exchange Commission is to host a public forum to discuss fintech innovation in the financial services industry.

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Banks ready for real-world blockchain

Distributed ledger technology is set to move out of the test environment and into the wild next year, with nearly two thirds of banks expecting to be in production with full-scale, commercial blockchain projects by 2019, according to research from IBM.

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Mastercard opens developer gateway

Mastercard is opening up to developers through the launch of a single gateway to a host of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) covering payments, data, security and 'new and experimental' areas such as virtual reality.

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BBVA creates user-experience centre in Dallas

BBVA is creating an innovation hub in Dallas and stocking it with 60 experts in data analytics, software engineering, and user experience and design, to co-ordinate the bank's global approach to improved customer interactions across all channels.

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Startupbootcamp Fintech arrives in Mumbai

The Startupbootcamp accelerator network is widening its fintech programme, opening an outpost in Mumbai as it seeks out Indian startups bidding to transform the financial services industry.

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Credit Suisse drives blockchain project in syndicated loans market

Credit Suisse and the R3 blockchain consortium are driving a new initiative to apply distributed ledger technology to overhaul antiquated and costly manual intervention in the $3 trillion global syndicated loans market.

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Diebold Nixdorf crowdstorms ideas for digital banking future

Newly-created ATM giant Diebold Nixdorf is embarking on a massive online brainstorming effort, inviting people from outside the financial services industry to help it come up with new products and services for the digital age.

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Fintech hubs go under the microscope

London, Singapore, New York, Hong Kong and Silicon valley have been ranked as the world's top fintech hubs, although specialist niches are emerging in Belgium, Ireland, and Shanghai, according a report by Deloitte.

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CLS to use Hyperledger Fabric for new payment netting service

Multi-bank foreign exchange counterparty CLS is to build a payments netting service for trades settled outside the core membership using distributed ledger technology based on Hyperledger Fabric.

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Idea Bank says turning branches into office space for SMBs has proved too popular

Idea Bank, a Polish lender focussed on small businesses, is boasting that the free office facilities that it provides entrepreneurs have proved so popular that it is being forced to close them to non-customers.

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BNP Paribas is working with clients on blockchain deployment

BNP Paribas says it has entered 'co-development mode' with clients to pilot a number of blockchain applications for transaction banking, after embarking on a collaborative process during its ‘Blockchain Bizhackathon’ earlier this year.

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PayPal and Lenovo team on biometric authentication for laptops

PayPal is teaming up with electronics manufacturer Lenovo and chip maker Intel to let users authenticate payments on their PCs with a fingerprint.

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IBM and China UnionPay apply the blockchain to loyalty bonus point exchange

IBM and China UnioPpay have demonstrated a blockchain prototype for loyalty bonus points exchange among multiple banks.

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RBS tests demonstrate ability of Ethereum to support a national domestic payments system

The Innovation Engineering team at Royal Bank of Scotland has built a Clearing and Settlement Mechanism (CSM) based on the Ethereum distributed ledger and smart contract platform.