05/25/2017
RegTech startup Regnosys raises $900K to accelerate product development
The firm attracted the support of private investors, and plans to use the new inflow of funds to continue product development.
Innovation & Startups
05/25/2017
Gareth Lewis: Why We Quit Our Top Financial Jobs to Launch Delio
It was a problem we believed could be solved with technology and that is when the idea was born.
05/25/2017
OakNorth and AWS: building the UK’s first cloud-based bank
Senior representatives from OakNorth and AWS told Cloud Pro how they achieved this historic feat and what it meanings for the fintech company and its customers.
05/25/2017
Fintech's decentralized nature challenges regulators as industry transforms banking
Banks are taking multiple approaches to developing systems, and any kind of collaboration on standards is at a very early stage.
05/25/2017
Adopting new technologies could help banking customers, according to HSBC
Respondents were found to lack knowledge of new technologies, with blockchain, finance applications integrated into social media and robo-advisors being amongst those that are the least understood.
05/25/2017
Finalists Announced for Ecobank Fintech Challenge
The Ecobank Fintech Challenge has been a huge success
05/24/2017
SA’s FNB announces Business Innovation Awards finalists
The winner will be announced on June 8.
05/23/2017
Digital insurance startup Acko gets $30 mn from SAIF, Accel and others
The company, which was registered in August 2016, had received $2.5 million in November through a mix of preferential and equity shares, filings to the Registrar of Companies reveal.
05/23/2017
ERI has joined the F10 FinTech Incubator & Accelerator
The accelerator already has a proven track record of innovation, acceleration and product creation for financial services.
05/22/2017
Bank of the West and BNP Paribas to Host Third Annual International Hackathon in San Francisco
Ten Cities Across BNP Paribas' Global Footprint to Participate in Hackathon Weekend June 9-11
05/20/2017
Only a 'handful' of robo-advice startups will survive
But this doesn't mean the bank thinks the end is nigh for all robo-advice fintech firms.
05/20/2017
The onward march of low-cost robot services
A US financial giant has launched an online stock market fund platform. Will this spark a price war?
05/19/2017
HSBC's voice recognition software is fooled by a customer's twin in an alarming experiment
Can would-be attackers try as often as they like until they get it right?
05/19/2017
MassMutual rolls out Eagle insurance accounting and data management tech
MassMutual also selected Eagle’s insurance accounting solution to replace its legacy system.
05/18/2017
Are Robo-Advisors The Autonomous Future Of Investments?
Robo-advisors are touted as the next big thing in digital banking and investments.
05/18/2017
Innovation must be matched with compliance if the FinTech sector is to come of age, says Claranet
Research highlights opportunity but success will be determined by data governance and innovation
05/18/2017
HSBC Starts Global Roll-Out of Virtual Platform for Business Borrowers
Customers are able to speak to their banking representative at the same time in order to review or complete an application.
05/18/2017
Bahrain’s New Fintech Fund to Invest in Indian Startups
The new fund will earmark a certain portion of its investment assets to Indian startups that have an interest in the Bahrain region and those that are planning to scale up their operations in the middle-east.
05/18/2017
African Tech Start-Ups And The Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is unfolding at an exponential rather than a linear pace.
05/17/2017
Thailand Wants Your Fintech Startup
The Thai government, meanwhile, has also relaxed the rules of doing business with startups.