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"AI is the new electricity" - TSB's Janet Adams frames the debate at Finextra conference

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"AI is the new electricity" - TSB's Janet Adams frames the debate at Finextra conference

Finextra welcomed over 200 attendees to NextGen Banking London, the one-day event that focused on how developments in AI have become a business-critical consideration for traditional banks.

Internal innovators at SocGen incubate thirty startups

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Internal innovators at SocGen incubate thirty startups

Societe Generale is to support the development of up to 30 startups that have emerged from an internal intrapreneurship programme that kicked off in 2017.

ECB paper warns of regulatory arbitrage on crypto-assets

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ECB paper warns of regulatory arbitrage on crypto-assets

While crypto-assets do not currently pose a threat to the euro area's financial stability, a disjointed approach at the national level could trigger regulatory arbitrage and hamper the resilience of the region's financial system, says an ECB paper.

Swedbank to take over Barclays Rise in Lithuania

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Swedbank to take over Barclays Rise in Lithuania

Swedbank is to take over Barclays financial technology centre, Rise Vilnius, following the UK bank's decision to shutter its operations in Lithuania.

ABN Amro to launch blockchain and IoT platform for trade inventories

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ABN Amro to launch blockchain and IoT platform for trade inventories

ABN Amro is looking to launch a blockchain platform for the commodities industry that uses the Internet of Things to communicate directly with physical trade inventories.

Tokyo opens 'Fintech Business Camp' for foreign startups

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Tokyo opens 'Fintech Business Camp' for foreign startups

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is inviting applications from foreign fintech startups to join an accelerator programme which will provide them with unrivalled access to leading companies in Japan's financial sector.

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Unesco tackles gender bias in AI

A UNESCO publication produced in collaboration with Germany and the EQUALS Skills Coalition, I’d Blush if I Could, features recommendations on actions to overcome global gender gaps in digital skills, with a special examination of the impact of gender prejudice coded into some of the most prevalent artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as digital voice assistants.

BNP Paribas rolls out hologram projection technology

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BNP Paribas rolls out hologram projection technology

BNP is to offer clients the opportunity to chat with a holographic projection of members of its real estate, corporate and institutional banking and wealth management teams.

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Intesa Sanpaolo supports innovation in Turin

Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center (a company of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group) signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of aiding the development of an international ecosystem for innovation in the city of Turin.

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Fintech investment house Portag3 appoints six senior advisors

Portag3 Ventures today announced the creation of a group of senior advisors tasked with working with the platform to provide industry and functional expertise to portfolio companies and support the investment team's deal sourcing activities.

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Startupbootcamp selects ten firms for fintech accelerator

Global accelerator program Startupbootcamp has announced the 10 startups selected for its specialised FinTech Accelerator program, which will formally commence on June 3rd and run until Demo Day on August 29th.

Sixteen startups selected for EBAday Fintech Zone

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Sixteen startups selected for EBAday Fintech Zone

Sixteen of Europe's top fintech startups have been selected to demo their products to a prestigious panel of senior banking executives at this year's EBAday symposium in Sweden.

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ECB issues call for papers for payments innovation conference

The European Central Bank and the Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique will host a conference entitled “Crossing the chasm to the retail payments of tomorrow”.

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BNP Paribas kicks off second season of intrapreneurship lab

Pioneer of intrapreneurship for good, the People’sLab4Good is a company lab a 100% dedicated to project holders whose businesses have a positive impact on society and/or the environment.

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Icici hails the winners of 2019 Appathon

ICICI Bank announced the winners of ‘ICICI Appathon 2019’, the third season of its mobile and web application development challenge.

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EIB loans Caixabank EUR70 million for digitisation programme

EIB Vice-President Emma Navarro and CaixaBank’s CEO Gonzalo Gortázar have signed an agreement under which the European Investment Bank (EIB), in keeping with its commitment to promote digitalisation, will support CaixaBank’s innovation strategy and finance the implementation of various investments to transform and digitalise the institution’s IT infrastructure with new technologies for modernising customer access to information and improving transaction security.

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South Korea ushers in regulatory reforms to promote robo-advisory services

The FSC reformed the「Financial Investment Business Regulation」to promote robo-advisory services.

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Eight more startups joins FSC sandbox in South Korea

The FSC designated eight additional financial services as ‘innovative financial services’ to be accepted into financial regulatory sandbox, following the first and second batch of financial services announced on April 17 and May 2.

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Hong Kong and Thailand sign fintech co-operation pact

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 12 May 2019 to foster collaboration between the two regulatory authorities in promoting financial innovation.

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NadiFin showcases 2019 fintech cohort

After 100+ applications from around the globe, 11 post-seed and pre-series B stage Fintech companies have been selected and are ready to scale to new heights through the NadiFin Fintech Accelerator program, powered by MiddleGame Ventures and Farvest in partnership with the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT).

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