The move underscores the growing importance of technology in the banking sector. On Wednesday, Standard Chartered disclosed that it has established a business unit which will promote innovation and which will invest in financial technology. While one part of SC Ventures, its business unit which will include internal consultants to help resolve issues with the…
The deal has the potential to increase its foothold in the region, home to 600 million people, and enable it to catch up with its regional rival Grab, which has its own e-wallet service. In a joint statement, Uber Technologies and Vietnamese financial technology firm MoMo stated that they have signed a strategic deal which…
Blockchain technology being used to validate, store and track healthcare data. The Bitfury Group has entered into an alliance with Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based medical artificial intelligence (AI) firm, to create new applications for the healthcare industry using blockchain. Blockchain technology, being developped in the private as well as in the public sector, has…
While ICOs are a lightning fast way of sourcing capital for startups, the SEC’s report highlights potential pitfalls citing a very interesting case. Regulators on Wall Street stated that initial coin offerings (ICOs), should be subject to the same stringent safeguards that are in place for the sales of traditional securities. ICOs have become…
Britain is likely to see an increase in the number of Payment Service Providers in 2018. In a move designed to boost the growth of fintech companies, Britain’s central bank, the Bank of England has widened access to Britain’s interbank payments system to new fintech firms, an area that was previously dominated by the “Big…
It’s been some time now that Israel has been a mecca (pun intended) for cybersecurity and fintech startups. But with foreign companies most reaping this benefit, the country is now gearing up to harvest its tech talents. The Israeli government has let it be known that it is looking for companies to manage four of…
The company’s card aggregates all your cards and allows you to switch cards after a transaction has been completed. In what is a world first, a London-based startup has teamed up with Mastercard Inc to launch a payment card that allows users to retrospectively choose a different credit or debit card for a purchase they…
The results of a study done by PricewaterhouseCoopers is an eye opener. No wonder BlackRock’s Larry Fink is focused on emerging financial technologies. As per the results of a new study done by PricewaterhouseCoopers, large financial institutions across the world could lose 24% of their total revenues to advances made by financial technology companies in…
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