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PSD2 causes disruption to the status quo

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PSD2 causes disruption to the status quo

Stephen Lemon, Co-Founder, VP Business Development, Currencycloud, speaks at the SAP Financial Services Forum about PSD2 in the context of open APIs – comparing the option of simply complying with the option of getting ahead by leveraging APIs for collaboration.

Accurate information gives better and quicker decisions

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Accurate information gives better and quicker decisions

David McCarthy, Chief Financial Officer, Atom bank, talks at the SAP Financial Services Forum about how leveraging analytics in real-time can benefit the finance area in banks by giving more accurate information, improving the decision-making process and responsiveness to market change, and therefore providing a better product.

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Indian securities regulator forms fintech panel

Application of technology in financial markets is changing the way financial markets traditionally have functioned.

Square stock rises on bigger deals

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Square stock rises on bigger deals

Shares in payments upstart Square have surged after the company pushed revenues above expectations on the basis of more sales to larger retailers.

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Global fintech investment rebounds in Q2 2017

Total global fintech investment more than doubled quarter over quarter in Q2’17 to US $8.4 billion, up from US$3.6 billion in Q1’17, according to the KPMG Pulse of Fintech report.

Regtech to make compliance process more efficient

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Regtech to make compliance process more efficient

Richard Anderson, Richard Anderson, Head of Product Management, Regulatory Intelligence, Thomson Reuters, talks to us about the challenges of regulatory change and why automation is necessary to address these challenges, and why firms will start to use regtech to improve their compliance processes.

Former Deutsche COO takes stake in DLT venture Cobalt

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Former Deutsche COO takes stake in DLT venture Cobalt

Cobalt, the FX post-trade processing network based on shared ledger technology, has closed an investment from Henry Ritchotte, the former Deutsche Bank COO who will also become a member of the startup's strategic advisory board.

New business models take data world by storm

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New business models take data world by storm

Chris Long, Head of BI & Data, Leeds Building Society, and Rainer Walke, Head of Core Banking/SAP Banking, NTT DATA Deutschland, speak at the SAP Financial Services Forum about which drivers are changing the landscape and making financial institutions do more with their data analytics and - what they think should be the key areas of investment by providers of technology solutions for the future.

Fidor to run fintech education programme in Singapore

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Fidor to run fintech education programme in Singapore

German direct bank Fidor is opening an Asia-Pacific base in Singapore with a pledge to spend EUR500,000 on training students and lecturers at the island state's five local polytechnics on the development of fintech applications for its digital banking platform.

Oxford University launches online fintech course

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Oxford University launches online fintech course

Fintech is coming to the hallowed (virtual) halls of Oxford, thanks to an online programme from the university's Saïd Business School.

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Morgan Stanley launches multicultural innovation lab

Morgan Stanley today announced the launch of the Multicultural Innovation Lab, an accelerator program for technology and technology-enabled start-ups in the post‐seed to Series A funding rounds.

USAA pilots conversational AI on Amazon Alexa

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USAA pilots conversational AI on Amazon Alexa

Military bank USAA is tapping AI technology from Clinc for a pilot that will let members check their balances and spending patterns by talking to Amazon's Alexa.

Open platforms not a threat but an opportunity

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Open platforms not a threat but an opportunity

Martin Haering, Chief Marketing Officer at Finastra urges banks to see open platforms as an opportunity rather than a threat and explains the positive impact they have on the industry’s key service providers and CMOs through more collaboration, improved revenue, cost and more efficient use of data thus better customer experience.

Disruption in the Insurance market

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Disruption in the Insurance market

Laurent Lemaire, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, elseco, talks to us at the SAP Financial Services Forum, about how disruption is currently impacting the insurance market and the role technology plays in it, the opportunities this disruption brings and the change in new entrants we will see in this market.

RBC customers can now ask Siri to pay their bills

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RBC customers can now ask Siri to pay their bills

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has revamped its app, enabling customers to ask Apple's Siri assistant to pay their bills on iPhone and iPad.

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Abu Dhabi and Kenya forge fintech links

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, and the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Kenya signed a Cooperation Agreement which provides a framework for cooperation to support financial innovation in each jurisdiction.

Blockchain-friendly banking startup Fiinu names Andy Briscoe chairman

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Blockchain-friendly banking startup Fiinu names Andy Briscoe chairman

Fiinu, a UK startup building a "blockchain-friendly" bank has added a pair of senior financial services industry veterans to its board.

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InvestCloud welcomes first startup to LA accelerator

InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has announced Efficient Tax as the first FinTech startup to take residence at its Los Angeles Innovation Center.

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Dubai's DFSA launches crowdfunding framework

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has today launched its regulatory framework for loan and investment-based crowdfunding platforms, the first such framework in the GCC countries.

Cloud is a core functionality for clients

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Cloud is a core functionality for clients

Dr. Marcus Winter, Head of Reinsurance Development, and Christof Reinert, Head of Risk Management Partners, Munich Re, talk at the SAP Financial Services Forum about how cloud and global co-creation are enabling organisations to create new business models that will meet changing client expectations, and the cyber risks that are transforming the insurance industry.

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