April, 2018

• 25 April

  Mambu Launches Marketplace to Support Composable Approach To Banking Architectures

  

  Mambu, the SaaS banking engine, launched Mambu Marketplace, a growing collection of trusted partners offering cloud-enabled best-of-breed apps, products and tools to help financial institutions build a holistic and agile digital banking architecture.  Mambu Marketplace offers a choice of global and localised solutions which can be seamlessly integrated with the SaaS …

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• 25 April

  The Gender Gap: The Very Different Reasons Men and Women are Combatting Workplace Performance Anxiety

  

  New research shows that workplace performance anxiety (otherwise known as ‘stage fright’ in a business setting) doesn’t discriminate between the sexes, but has revealed the different reasons why men and women are seeking professional training to overcome anxiety around communicating at work. A study of 1,000 workplaces conducted by RADA in …

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• 25 April

  Lithuania to position itself as the fastest way to the EU Fintech

  

  Lithuania is positioning itself as the fastest point of entry to the EU for Fintech – it currently offers a set-up time that is 2-3 times faster than any other jurisdictions in the EU. The Fintech Times interviewed Invest Lithuania to know more about the future of Lithuanian fintech ecosystem What …

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• 25 April

  FinovateEurope 2018: Data In Focus

  

  This year FinovateEurope attracted 1400+ senior financial and banking executives, venture capitalists, press, industry analysts, bloggers, regulators, and entrepreneurs from across the UK and EU. 1400+ attendees. 70+ companies demoing. 120+ expert speakers. These are the FinovateEurope’s core figures. Finovate’s demoing companies came from a wide variety of fintech sub-sections. …

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• 24 April

  Financial Services: At the Forefront of Innovation

  

  Kate Goldfinch, Editor, for The Fintech Times. FinTech innovators and leaders from across the world were brought together for the annual Innovate Finance Global Summit on 19th-20th April. The Fintech Times prepared a special IFGS overview. In the historic setting of the London Guildhall, the Innovate Finance Global Summit aimed …

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• 24 April

  Modex Launches Smart Contract Marketplace

  

  Modex has launched its first fully functional product alpha, bringing to the market the World’s First App Store for the Blockchain. The Modex Smart Contract Marketplace provides a forum for developers to showcase their skills and offer smart contract solutions to buyers and/or other developers. It provides a way for …

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• 24 April

  Michio Kaku on Bitcoin, Perfect Capitalism and the Recipe for Becoming a Billionaire

  

  By Victoria Silchenko for The Fintech Times. Professor Michio Kaku has long been my personal hero, so listening to his presentation at the World Government Summit in Dubai (a ‘Davos Forum’ in Middle East attracting over 4,000 leaders from 140 countries) and then interviewing him in person was an enormous joy …

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• 23 April

  Startups and Ideas to Change the World

  

  In partnership with Innovate Finance Global Summit.  Virraj Jatania, CEO of Pockit In the UK, over 2 million people don’t have a bank account. More than 8 million have no access to affordable credit. Those who aren’t considered profitable by high-street banks, or thought to be early adopters by fintech …

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• 23 April

  How to Save Money When Starting a Business

  

  Starting your own business can be one of the most exciting times in a person’s life, as it could be what they have worked up to for many years. Yet it can be tricky to get your business off the ground when you are low on funds, but this shouldn’t …

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• 23 April

  ICO Jurisdiction Deep-Dive: The US System of Government and Law

  

  Gordon Einstein, Managing Partner at CryptoLaw Partners, for The Fintech Times. Executive Summary / Bottom Line The US is a regulatory mixed bag when it comes to blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and ICOs. From the ICO perspective, the US has had many negative, and perhaps a few positive, recent developments. However, dealing …

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• 23 April

  Open Banking as an investment opportunity

  

  Farhan Lalji, Director at Anthemis, spoke to The Fintech Times about Open Banking future To most consumers, Open Banking is a big unknown. Before starting my new role at Anthemis, I too was oblivious to the topic, like many average consumers. I’ve spent the last two months exploring every blog post …

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• 23 April

  2017: An Explosive Year in VC Investment

  

  By Nathan Gore, Editor at The Fintech Times. Backed by the growing Fintech scene, 2017 was once again a massive year for start-ups, both new and established, reflected in the boom in the amount of Venture Capital (VC) financing. In this report, the Fintech Times takes a look at all …

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• 22 April

  A Tokenised Future

  

  Mike Kessler, CEO & Founder at Tokenise.io, for The Fintech Times. In this new and emerging tokenised world, what we previously took for granted in the ‘normal’ economy and society is changing. Where we used to rely on banks and large corporations, this is now moving over to trustless environments on …

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• 21 April

  ICO Fraud and How to Avoid it

  

  by Nathan Gore and Fred Sculthorp for The Fintech Times. ICO’s have been successful in quickly funding innovative start-ups that may otherwise have struggled to take off. Their main advantage is that they are free from the confines of a financial establishment that could otherwise leave a startup bound by …

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• 21 April

  G20 Calls for Cryptocurrency Regulation Recommendations by July 2018

  

  The world’s economic leaders gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the G20 summit, and sought for proposals of cryptocurrency regulations to come by July 2018 according to the G20 communique. The document backs the words of Frederico Sturzenegger, Argentina’s Central Bank chief, who noted cryptocurrencies need to be examined. Having …

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