Blockchain technology could help integrate Europe’s financial markets: BNY Mellon EMEA IC Head
Jan 02, 2017 07:10 am UTC| Fintech
BNY Mellons top executive sees huge potential in blockchain technology and believes that it could help integrate Europes financial markets. Niamh de Niese, Head of EMEA Innovation Centre, BNY Mellon, lists blockchain,...
K+H Connection to organize fintech conference in April 2017
Jan 02, 2017 06:53 am UTC| Fintech
Chicago-based consulting company K+H Connection announced that it will present a new fintech conference Flourish: The Growth of Branded Currency, to focus on theintersection of retail and fintech that will be held from...
2017 New Year’s Honours list accolades EY fintech leader
Jan 02, 2017 06:19 am UTC| Fintech
Big four accounting firm Ernst Young (EY) announced that its global fintech leader Imran Gulamhuseinwala has been recognized in the 2017 New Years Honours list for his services to the financial services...
Bank of Russia to set up Fintech Association amid blockchain push
Dec 30, 2016 05:25 am UTC| Fintech
The Bank of Russia has announced that its representatives, along with financial market participants, have approved the decision to set up an Association for Financial Technologies Development (FinTech Association). The...
Higher School of Economics, Waves team up for Pro FinTech Startup Program
Dec 29, 2016 05:23 am UTC| Fintech
Business Incubator ofHigher Schoolof Economics inMoscowhas partnered with Waves, the decentralized platform for crowdfunding and community management, for the second year of fintech startup program...
HKMA and ASTRI launch ‘Fintech Career Accelerator Scheme’ to offer fintech internship
Dec 28, 2016 13:18 pm UTC| Fintech
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced that it has collaborated with the Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) and launched the Fintech Career Accelerator Scheme (FCAS) in order to nurture...
German fintech company Kapilendo AG secures €7M in Series B funding
Dec 28, 2016 10:20 am UTC| Fintech
Berlin-based fintech startup Kapilendo AG announced that it raised 7 million in a Series B funding round that was primarily supported by the new investors pension fund of the Chamber of Dentists in Berlin. The company...
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