19 fintech startups selected for Nordea’s second Accelerator programme
Aug 30, 2016 10:52 am UTC| Fintech
Nordea Startup Accelerator, an intensive 12-week programme for encouraging fintech startups, has selected 19 startups that have been offered to start working at Nordeas premises in Stockholm and Helsinki from 12 September...
Russian event calls for Fintech startup projects
Aug 30, 2016 07:22 am UTC| Fintech
Finopolis 2016, an event to be held in the city of Kazan in Russia on 13 and 14 October this year, has called for fintech projects as a part of its FinTech startup competition. According to the event website, the goal...
Kadin insists Indonesian govt to initiate fintech services
Aug 29, 2016 13:27 pm UTC| Fintech
The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has urged the government to facilitate fintech services by giving fiscal incentives and regulations in a move to enhance financial efficiency. According to The...
Kenya-based company Fintech provides banking solutions in Ethiopia
Aug 29, 2016 07:55 am UTC| Fintech
Fintech, a Kenya-based enterprise information technology solutions and services provider, has introduced a technology to Ethiopia that will enable banks to curb ATM related transaction errors. According to The East...
Innotribe and Innovate Finance launch new initiative to foster fintech innovation
Aug 26, 2016 05:26 am UTC| Fintech
Innotribe, SWIFTs innovation arm, and Innovate Finance, the independent membership organisation for global FinTech, have launched the Global FinTech Hubs Federation (GFHF) to help foster innovation across the worlds...
Monetary Authority of Singapore sets up fintech innovation lab ‘Looking Glass @ MAS’
Aug 24, 2016 11:02 am UTC| Fintech
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today officially announced the opening of its FinTech Innovation Lab Looking Glass @ MAS. According to the official release, the name Looking Glass is inspired by the 1871...
BOJ Governor says the bank may explore fintech in operations
Aug 23, 2016 12:55 pm UTC| Fintech
Governor of the Bank of Japan Haruhiko Kuroda speaking in a seminar hosted by the bank on fintech today, revealed that the central bank may apply fintech to its operations in the future given its progressing influence on...
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