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Company update/Innovation
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.
06 February 2019
News/Innovation
Facebook has reignited speculation about its plans in the payments space by aqui-hiring the team behind London-based blockchain startup Chainspace.
05 February 2019
Company update/regulation
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.
01 February 2019
Company update/startups
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.
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.
31 January 2019
News/regulation
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.
Finextra TV/Innovation
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.
30 January 2019
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.
FinTech Consortium is pleased to announce the launch of Georgetown University’s Professional Development Program in FinTech, an online interactive course.
News/devops
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.
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.
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.
Swiss startup Tangem has won a contract to issue physical 'banknotes' for the Republic of the Marshall Islands decentralised digital national currency.
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.
29 January 2019
News/retail
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.
DBS innovation chief Neil Cross is bidding goodbye to banking after five years leading the Singaporean bank's digital transformation effort.
TrueLayer has launched an Open Banking and PSD2-based payments API, giving businesses and consumers an alternative to card payments and bank transfers.
More than 60 companies from 12 countries have joined a new Pan-Asian committee to spur the adoption of fintech in the region.
25 January 2019
News/startups
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.
24 January 2019
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.
23 January 2019
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