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Bahrain launches fintech talent programme

Bahrain FinTech Bay and the Labour Fund “Tamkeen” announced in a press conference yesterday the launch of its FinTech Talent Program focused on the training and development of Bahrainis and is the first and only of its kind in the Middle East.

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Facebook acqui-hires Chainspace team for blockchain push

Facebook has reignited speculation about its plans in the payments space by aqui-hiring the team behind London-based blockchain startup Chainspace.

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Quebec's AMF launches Global Financial Innovation Network

The Autorité des marchés financiers (the AMF) is pleased to announce the official launch of the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), an international network of financial regulators committed to supporting financial innovation that benefits consumers.

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Barclays announces 2019 accelerator class

Barclays is excited to announce and welcome the ten companies that will join the 2019 London Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars class – the sixth London programme to date.

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Hang Seng Bank and HKSTP forge fintech alliance

Hang Seng Bank (Hang Seng) and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) today announced a strategic alliance to help accelerate the development and deployment of fintech solutions for the banking sector in Hong Kong.

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Regulatory bodies open global sandbox

An international network of financial regulatory bodies is calling for applications from firms wishing to test innovative financial products, services or business models across more than one country or jurisdiction.

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Trust, Identity and Security around Open Banking

John Knuff, Vice President of Global Ecosystems, Equinix, speaks about trust, identity, and cross-border payments, and how open banking, PSD2 and fintech partnerships are changing the financial ecosystem.

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Wells Fargo welcomes new accelerator cohort

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) announced today that OpenRisk Technologies Inc. and Vouchr have joined the Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator, bringing the total number of companies in the portfolio to 21.

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Georgetown University launches professional fintech course

FinTech Consortium is pleased to announce the launch of Georgetown University’s Professional Development Program in FinTech, an online interactive course.

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NatWest builds data academy open to all staff

NatWest is looking to train up its staff for the data revolution by pumping £1 million into an academy open to all of its 70,000 employees.

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Swift to open gpi gateway to R3 blockchain

Interbank co-operative Swift is to conduct a proof-of-concept trial to link its gpi network to the Corda platform of enterprise blockchain consortium R3.

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Hong Kong Science and Technology Park signs fintech MoU with Tencent

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tencent to accelerate the R&D development and deployment of Fintech in Hong Kong by combining Tencent’s revolutionary and advanced technology capabilities with HKSTP’s infrastructure and vibrant innovation and technology (I&T) ecosystem.

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Marshall Islands to deliver physical 'notes' for digital currency circulation

Swiss startup Tangem has won a contract to issue physical 'banknotes' for the Republic of the Marshall Islands decentralised digital national currency.

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SocGen revisits innovation strategy

To offer evermore innovative services and a best-in-class relationship experience to its clients, Societe Generale moves to the next level with its Innovation strategy.

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Temenos backs platform to drive faster fintech procurement

Temenos, Cisco and Deloitte Luxembourg are among a group of companies setting up a due diligence, connectivity and testing platform to help the financial services industry in its efforts to work more effectively with fintech firms.

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DBS innovation chief Cross steps down

DBS innovation chief Neil Cross is bidding goodbye to banking after five years leading the Singaporean bank's digital transformation effort.

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TrueLayer launches Open Banking-based payments API

TrueLayer has launched an Open Banking and PSD2-based payments API, giving businesses and consumers an alternative to card payments and bank transfers.

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Pan-Asian fintech network approves mobile payments specifications

More than 60 companies from 12 countries have joined a new Pan-Asian committee to spur the adoption of fintech in the region.

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Barclays supersizes New York accelerator

Barclays is turbo-boosting the New York arm of its Rise accelerator and introducing an investment pool of £10 million for each cohort to go through the programme.

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Token Economy Association teams up with Singapore government-backed blockchain accelerator

Token Economy Association (Singapore) (“TEA Singapore”) is pleased to announce the partnership with Tribe Accelerator, the first-of-its-kind government-backed blockchain accelerator, and part of TRIVE Ventures (“TRIVE”), a Southeast Asia focused Venture Capital (VC) firm based in Singapore.