First pharma blockchain conference to be held in New Jersey
Oct 24, 2016 09:10 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The Pharma Blockchain Bootcampwill be held on November 16, 2016, in Edison, New Jersey, and will seespeaker line-up of blockchain leaders from leading health innovators including Michael Dillhyon of YouBase, Leonard Kish...
Australian and Kenyan regulators join forces to drive fintech innovation
Oct 24, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Fintech
The Capital Markets Authority of Kenya (CMA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have signed a Co-operation Agreement in order to support fintech regulations and promote innovation in financial...
Mizuho to establish fintech innovation lab in Tokyo
Oct 24, 2016 06:21 am UTC| Fintech
Mizuho Financial Group has announced plans about setting up an innovation lab within the Fintech Center of Tokyo Finolab, in order to create a fintech ecosystem and enhance customer services. Finolab is jointly operated...
DH Corporation and Malauzai Software Inc. partner to drive disruptive digital offerings in fintech
Oct 21, 2016 10:41 am UTC| Fintech
DH Corporation (D+H), a leading financial technology provider and Malauzai Software Inc. (Malauzai), have signed a new strategic agreement in order to drive disruptive digital offerings in the fintech...
HEC Paris to organize "Fintech Talent Fair" 2016
Oct 20, 2016 12:10 pm UTC| Fintech
HEC Paris, specializing in management education and research, announced that it is organizing its Fintech Talent Fair on October 20, 2016, a half-day event aiming to bring students closer to fintech-related employers, for...
Central Bank of Malaysia issues details of fintech sandbox framework
Oct 19, 2016 11:48 am UTC| Fintech
Bank Negara Malaysia has issued details of Fintech Regulatory Sandbox Framework that will enable the experimentation of fintech solution in a live scenario, subject to suitable safeguards and regulatory...
Fintech startup First Circle raises $1.2m for online SME financing platform in Southeast Asia
Oct 18, 2016 11:38 am UTC| Fintech
Philippines-based FirstCircle, an Irish-led fintech startup, has raised $1.2m in a seed investment round for Southeast-Asian business and aims to revolutionize SME sector with fast and easy loans through its online...
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