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The Swedish fintech introduces its developer platform, democratising access to financial data and helping third-party providers create next-generation products for customers. Swedish fintech Tink launched their API platform, granting developers in companies of all sizes, across any sector, access to Tink’s technology. This will allow developers to use Tink’s Account …
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14 hours ago
traceto.io Partners with Exchanges and AI Trading Platform to Remove Existing Barriers to Cryptocurrency Investment
While developing its revolutionary blockchain-based KYC platform, traceto.io has also been busy form…
19 hours ago
The Blockchain Boom: Playtime Over?
By Nathan Gore. Blockchain in 2018; the fun and games are done, bring on funding and growth. With th…
2 days ago
Banking in 2028: Mobile, Open Source, Invisible and Decentralised
By Kate Goldfinch. Banking has changed significantly over the past ten years. Consumers now expect a…
2 days ago
2Checkout’s 2018 Digital Commerce Benchmark Reflects Continuous Upward Trend for Subscription-Based Sales and Regional Variations in Payments Preferences
2Checkout (formerly Avangate), an eCommerce, payments and subscription billing solutions provider, r…
3 days ago
Cryptoassets Taskforce Meets for the First Time
The first meeting of the UK’s new Cryptoassets Taskforce took place on Monday, 21st May 2018. The Ta…
3 days ago
Startups and Ideas to Change the World
David Pope, Marketing Director, HooYu HooYu is a global identity confirmation service used not only…
3 days ago
New Positive Technologies Report: How Hackers Rob Banks
Positive Technologies released a new report, Bank Attacks 2018, detailing that banks have built up f…
4 days ago
78% of Bankers Believe that Platformisation of Banking Will Steer the Market According to an In-depth Survey Released by Temenos
Retail bank executives are reviewing their digital strategies, with 61% developing niche proposition…
4 days ago
Tradeshift announces Tradeshift Pay, Industry’s First End-to-End Cloud Platform for Supply Chain Payments and Finance, Including Blockchain-Based Financing
Tradeshift, a large business commerce platform in supply chain payments and marketplaces, launched a…
4 days ago
Fintech Industry Calls for Clarity on Immigration Policy, as New Data Reveals Potential for 30,000 New Jobs
Innovate Finance, the independent membership association that represents the UK’s global fintech com…
5 days ago
FCA to Publish Cryptocurrency Review
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced its intention to outline its views on cryptocurr…
5 days ago
AnApp announces new Blockchain Technologies, to change the IoT World
AnApp Blockchain Technologies has developed new and transformative ‘Proof of Assignment’…
5 days ago
Finance Montréal announces the creation of the Montréal FinTech Station
Finance Montréal is pleased to announce the creation of the Montréal FinTech Station thanks to finan…
6 days ago
London Becomes Home to World’s First Crypto Sculpture: “Crypto Connection” by Federico Clapis, Powered by Eidoo
This week the UK is displaying the world’s first public sculpture dedicated to the rapidly growing c…
6 days ago
Cybersecurity investments in Q1 increased by more than 25% YoY
Investments in companies offering cybersecurity solutions for the financial services industry were u…
May, 2018
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9 May
JCB Pilot of Japan’s First Fingerprint Authentication Chip Card from IDEMIA
JCB Co. Ltd, the only international payments brand based in Japan, will conduct a pilot trial of its latest JCB Biometrics Card with fingerprint authentication. JCB Contactless’s payment solution is provided by IDEMIA, a global Augmented Identity company. Toppan Printing will also take part in the demonstration trial in respect …
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8 May
Spotcap Opens Applications for Fintech Fellowship to Address Skills Gap
Online lender Spotcap opened the Fintech Fellowship to applicants. The programme offers an £8k award to a postgraduate student studying a fintech related course at a UK university. Applications will be open for four months and close on the 1 August 2018. The fellowship launched last year to raise awareness of …
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8 May
The Internet of Things is driven by network, not devices, says GlobalData
At the recent Mobile World Congress, Cisco rolled out a new networking and device management platform for Internet of Things (IoT) practitioners that promises to enable the creation of extremely large-scale deployments without breaking the bank. However IoT at scale can be expensive in terms of delivering basic device interconnectivity …
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8 May
Squirro research reveals banks believe artificial intelligence can have a significant and positive impact on their business
But 83% are unaware of how to deploy artificial intelligence & machine learning to address specific business problems, so much benefit is still to be realised. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in financial services (FS) is on the rise, with 83% of banks having evaluated AI …
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7 May
Avoka Releases 2018 State of Digital Sales in Banking Report
Avoka, the customer acquisition journeys in banking, unveiled the findings of its 2018 State of Digital Sales in Banking Report. The report, now in its third year, compares the digital account opening capabilities of 50 of the largest banks in North America, Europe, and Australia, measuring both the breadth of …
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7 May
ArchOver launches R&D funding bridge for UK innovators
ArchOver, the P2P business lending platform, is now helping businesses to bridge the funding gap that prevents them continuing to grow their business whilst waiting for their R&D tax claim to be repaid. ArchOver’s Research & Development Advance (RDA) service is the first provided by a P2P lender funding advances upward of …
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6 May
Metro Bank Gets Personal with Launch of AI-Powered Insights
Metro Bank has announced the forthcoming release of its market-leading AI-powered money management service, Insights. Developed with Personetics, it will transform customers’ ability to manage their finances and help them to achieve their financial goals. Launching this summer, it will be available through the bank’s award-winning app to all personal customers. …
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6 May
Positive Technologies research: Banking and finance were the most vulnerable web applications in 2017
New report provides statistics on web application vulnerabilities, based on client security audits performed with Positive Technologies Application Inspector in 2017. Positive Technologies has announced its latest report from its own audits of web application security: Web Application Vulnerabilities in 2017. The results, collated through the security firm’s automated source code analysis …
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5 May
Moneyhub integrates with Monzo and Starling to deliver holistic financial overview for users
Moneyhub has integrated with Monzo and Starling’s APIs, enabling Moneyhub to offer users of the digital banks an holistic overview of all their financial assets through Moneyhub’s platform. Users of the two UK challenger banks will now have access to Moneyhub’s proprietary categorisation engine and Smart Nudges, enabling them to …
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5 May
Monese enables Smart Transactions and Google Pay™
UK Android customers can now benefit from a Monese card via Google Pay. Smart Transactions, another new Monese feature powered by Google Maps APIs, will give all users more insight into their spending habits and will integrate with an upcoming Money Management solution. Monese, the company that is working on improving …
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4 May
New temporary measures agreed by ESMA should be the foundation to improve reputation of CFD market, say Capital.com
Following the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) statement on temporary product intervention measures placed on CFD trading, Fintech company Capital.com has broadly welcomed the changes, stating that the work of regulators is essential to create a level playing field between CFD providers and to protect consumers from unsustainable risks. Ivan Gowan, …
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4 May
BlockShow Europe 2018 welcomes Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to their major blockchain conference
After an eventful two months of hosting blockchain meetups across Europe, Blockshow is bringing their journey to a close with the featured conference, BlockShow Europe 2018. For the main conference in Berlin (May 28-29), over 80 blockchain experts will share insights from their expertise on a wide range of blockchain …
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4 May
FSS launches Paynalytix-As-a-Service to maximize business performance
Financial Software & Systems (FSS), a global company who specialise in payments technology and transaction processing, announced the launch of Paynalytix-As-a-Service at Seamless Middle East, the region’s premier industry event in Dubai. FSS Paynalytix-As-a Service brings multi-source, multi-format data together in the cloud and helps banks harness the value of …
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4 May
UK Government and Mayor of London select Blockchain Startup Nuggets to Lead UK Tech Mission in China
Department for International Trade, Greater London Authority and City of London Corporation Support Disruptive E-commerce Payments and ID platform, now invited on two trade visits to China. Nuggets, the e-commerce payments and ID platform, has been backed by the Department for International Trade, the Mayor of London and the City …
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