Global Insurance Symposium 2017 to discuss blockchain and other innovative technologies
Apr 14, 2017 05:54 am UTC| Fintech
The fourth annual conference of the Global Insurance Symposium, to be held in Des Moines, Iowa, from April 25-27, will focus on innovative technologies including blockchain, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles,...
Reserve Bank of Australia sets up internal working group to explore blockchain technology
Apr 14, 2017 04:21 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The Reserve Bank of Australia and other domestic regulators are increasingly focusing on blockchain technology and conducting intensive research on the technology. This has been revealed by the central bank in a recent...
R3, ACORD partner to launch blockchain centre of excellence for insurance industry
Apr 13, 2017 06:00 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
Financial innovation firm R3 has announced its partnership with Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD), a non-profit organisation that provides the global insurance industry with data...
Warsaw accelerator Huge Thing invites blockchain and fintech startups for 2017 program
Apr 12, 2017 06:31 am UTC| Fintech
Huge Thing, a Warsaw-based startup accelerator powered by SpeedUp Venture Capital Group, is inviting startups engaged in areas including blockchain, fintech, biometrics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, cyber...
Apr 12, 2017 06:26 am UTC| Fintech
Regulation has an important part to play in ensuring that right conditions exist for encouraging competition among new startups, Christopher Woolard, Executive Director of Strategy and Competition at the UK Financial...
Visa launches fintech startup challenge ‘European Everywhere Initiative’
Apr 12, 2017 05:32 am UTC| Fintech
Visa Inc, a global payments technology company, has announced the launch of its European Everywhere Initiative, a fintech startup challenge. The fintech challenge invites startups from 19 European markets to submit...
Blockchain technology not mature enough to be part of Eurozone’s market infrastructure: ECB
Apr 12, 2017 04:27 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The European Central Bank (ECB) is closely monitoring the developments in the blockchain space, but considers that the technology is still not mature enough to become a part of its market infrastructure. These comments...
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