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250 UK tech entrepreneurs set out policy demands

Political parties have so far failed to address the biggest concerns of startups and scaleups.

Professional services firms biggest adaptor of automation

In all, 88% of professional services companies have automated all or part of a key process in the past year.

Look beyond investments in tech companies, experts say

The government has put a lot of effort into establishing funds, incubators, accelerators, and the regulatory framework, in order to cultivate more entrepreneurs."

New GlobalData report identifies key finch regulatory trends Tue, 26/11/2019 - 17:01

Listed below are the key regulatory trends enabling fintech, as identified by GlobalData.

Ant Financial to raise a $1 billion startup investment fund

Ant Financial Vice President Ji Gang told attendees at a Beijing conference Tuesday that his company was looking to raise a fund, but didn’t specify the amount nor potential targets, according to a blog post by the conference organizers.

How Asian Banks are revolutionizing the customer onboarding

Asian banks have been very successful not only in adapting fast to the evolving banking environment in general , but they have been particularly innovative when it comes to onboarding new customers.

Top entrepreneurs call for reforms to boost UK startup scene

The manifesto, published today by The Entrepreneurs Network and Coadec, branded the UK’s visa system “unfit for purpose”, saying it acted as a barrier to startup growth.

GDPR breaches in 2019 lead to €402.6m in fines

The UK’s data protection authority, ICO, fined the British airline after the Magecart group used card skimming to collect the personal and payment information of up to half a million their customers.

Local tech company expands business to help clients be more accessible to their customers

According to the ADA, over 20% of Americans live with at least one disability.

Path Solutions chooses Nityo Infotech

This partnership is an expression of our confidence in Path Solutions’ top-notch Islamic banking technology, industry business practices, track record of fail-proof implementations, and world-class business model.

Finantix Continues Global Expansion with Office Opening in Sydney, Australia

Todd brings extensive business development experience to the firm, having previously held a similar role at Iress where he worked with clients in the wealth management and stock broking markets.

Luxembourg-based MiddleGame Ventures announces new early-stage fintech fund, first close at €150 million

In fact the fund has already made three representative investments: Nivaura, a capital markets digital platform; Railsbank

Deltix Announces CryptoCortex FIX Hub Trading Access to Gemini

In addition to order execution and risk management, ExecutionServer provides traders with execution algorithms including smart order routing.

Microgen and Touchstone Wealth Management merge

By combining the talent, expertise and market knowledge of both companies

Alibaba to pay banks up to $32.3 mln in fees for Hong Kong listing

An additional supplementary prospectus lodged with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed Alibaba would pay the banks up to $32.3 million, if a so-called overallotment of a further 75 million shares is issued which bankers think will occur.

Deploying ‘Industry 4.0’ technologies in Treasury

As a growing number of financial operations move to ‘real-time’, Treasurers need to rethink how they organise and manage treasury functions ensuring that investment in technology can support seamless processes, efficiently.

GCC states missing from annual Deloitte and KPMG tech lists

The Big Four professional services firms Deloitte and KPMG have released their annual tech and fintech benchmarks – with firms from the GCC failing to make an impact.

Bahrain bank, China firm create $50m venture capital fund for Middle East tech market

The fund – MEC Ventures – will invest across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, and technology ecosystem enablers

Goldman Sachs has been showing its tech bankers a lot of love

It probably helps too that the technology sector was the most active for M&A globally in the first nine months of the year, and experienced the fastest growth.

Factual Announces Strategic Partnership With Mitsui

Factuals location data platform helps leading global companies use data to better understand and acquire new customers, measure the effectiveness of their investment in data, enrich their data offerings and improve the customer experience.

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