March, 2018

• 7 March

  ICOs In The Spotlight: The Top-5 Legal Frameworks

  

  The Fintech Times presents an overview of what to expect in upcoming ICO regulations on a global level. We feature a nonexhaustive list of current practices in our Top-Five jurisdictions – highlighting the best choices for launching an ICO from a legal standpoint. Switzerland FINMA | A set of guidelines …

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• 7 March

  The Best Jurisdictions to Launch ICOs

  

  Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs, also known as Token Generation Events) have taken the fundraising world by storm. Over $3.5 billion were raised through ICOs last year. It forced legal framework developments, with respect to enabling ICOs, on a global scale. We invite you to examine the most popular global jurisdictions …

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• 7 March

  The Enterprise AI Promise: first the machine, then the person

  

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is a buzzword promising an unbelievable future, but there are plenty of challenges facing early adopters so far. It is arguable that AI may not achieve mainstream traction unless organisations plan for its adoption. The Enterprise AI Promise: Path to Value” study by SAS examines Enterprise Readiness …

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• 7 March

  500+ Claims Executives Join the Innovation Revolution in Chicago at the Connected Claims USA Summit

  

  More than 500 attendees are scheduled to meet in Chicago for the Connected Claims USA Summit, run by Insurance Nexus on May 21st & 22nd at the Sheraton Grand. The only conference dedicated to claims technology and innovation, keynote speakers include Ken Rosen, EVP and Chief Claims Officer, Allstate; Keith …

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• 7 March

  IT Outage: A Third of Business Leaders Remain in the Dark

  

  Data shows that organisational leaders need to improve their understanding of IT downtime. Understanding what the cost of IT downtime means for business is critical to securing the resources needed, to strengthen business resilience. This is according to Databarracks, which recently revealed that a third of organisations remain in the dark …

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• 7 March

  Spotcap Awards Scholarship to Aspiring Fintech Entrepreneur

  

  Spotcap announced Vishal Uppal as the winner of the Fintech Scholarship 2017. The first of its kind in Australia, the scholarship awards one aspiring graduate with an interest in fintech $10,000 towards the cost of their tuition. With the number of fintechs operating in Australia increasing by almost 500 percent …

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• 7 March

  Gift Off Tokens: the first equity token

  

  Gift Off is a UK based e-commerce site that operates giftoff.com, enabling users to buy digital gift cards using credit cards and bitcoin. Gift Off has just announced that they are going to do an equity token sale (tokens.giftoff.com) offering part ownership of the company in the form of an ERC20 …

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• 7 March

  Virtual currencies to be regulated as commodities

  

  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Virtual currencies like bitcoin can be regulated as commodities by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein in Brooklyn ruled that the CFTC had standing to bring a fraud lawsuit against New York resident Patrick McDonnell and …

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• 6 March

  GDPR and algorithms: will we be paying for the risk we represent?

  

  by Colin Gray, principal consultant SAS UK & Ireland  As we progress into 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is looming on most organisations’ radar. The requirements are becoming clearer, but there is still some ambiguity about precisely what needs doing. There is, however, no question that algorithms are an …

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• 6 March

  Financial services sector cashing in on technology-driven change

  

  Financial sector leaders feel more positive than peers in other industries (89 percent) about tech change within their organisations, according to Fujitsu’s Tech in a Transforming Britain report. Despite half (50 percent) saying banks will not exist in their current form in a decade, an overwhelming 95 percent believe technology is the …

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• 5 March

  VIPR announces new client – Meridian Risk Solutions Ltd  

  

  VIPR, leading provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, is delighted to announce a new working relationship with Meridian Risk Solutions Ltd.  The Lloyd’s Broker came to VIPR in search of solutions that would help them provide market leading data and business analytics tools to customers and trading partners …

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• 5 March

  VIPR partner with ACORD Solutions Group to launch straight-through Bordereaux processing solution

  

  VIPR, leading provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, is delighted to reveal an industry-first solution in partnership with ACORD Solutions Group, Inc (ASG). ASG provides full scale automation services and solutions for the global insurance industry. The two companies have joined forces to launch an automated ‘US to …

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• 5 March

  REED SMITH RELEASES COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF BLOCKCHAIN LANDSCAPE

  

  Reed Smith, a global law firm, today released an in-depth white paper on the global legal landscape impacting blockchain technology. Created by the firm’s FinTech team, the substantive publication – Blockchain – Distributed ledger technology and designing the future – focuses on numerous applications of blockchain technology across a variety of industries, …

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• 5 March

  Data Portability – How will it impact the financial services sector?

  

  by Nathan Snyder, Partner, Brickendon We live in a world of data and regulations, so it is not surprising that the two are having a large impact on each other and have fundamentally changed, and will continue to change, the financial services landscape. Imagine a day in the not so …

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• 4 March

  The FinTech Effect on the Overseas Money Transfer Industry

  

  Sending money from one country to another was not particularly easy until the turn of the last century, when people had to choose between banks and a handful of high street forex brokers. The arrival of various FinTech companies in this realm has made the older players sit up and …

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