07/15/2020
Digital asset infrastructure firm Metaco raises $17m
The new funding will be used to broaden the company's presence in the US, South East Asia and Western Europe as well as to step up research and development.
Innovation & Startups
07/15/2020
New approaches to biometrics and digital ID systems in Africa considered to achieve universal coverage
The document reviews key insights from the webinars, including the wake-up call the pandemic has provided to governments about the value of useful, digital identity systems, and its exposure of fault lines in social protection and opportunity.
07/14/2020
Romania-Founded UiPath Raises $225 Million To Reach A $10.2 Billion Valuation
The total amount invested in UiPath post-Series E is $1.2 billion.
07/14/2020
AxiomSL named Best Enterprise Data Management Provider in WatersTechnology Asia Awards
AxiomSL ControllerView Data Integrity and Control Platform Recognized for Seamless Implementation, Automated Data Ingestion, and Dynamic Data Lineage Tracking
07/14/2020
Bridge Alliance, China Unicom and Singtel Strengthen Interconnected Platform Capabilities with eSIM Swap Collaboration
Collaboration will facilitate roll-out of IoT across Asia Pacific
07/14/2020
Nigeria’s Riby has gone nationwide helping clients digitise operations to access finance
The startup is also increasingly deepening its product stack to enable it to offer financial services to individuals and small business owners
07/14/2020
Incumbent banks accused of blocking fintech sector’s access to BoE Term Funding Scheme
Earlier this month, business banking startup Tide said it would freeze lending under the Bounce Back Loan scheme after failing to win funding to finance the financial assistance packages.
07/14/2020
Broadridge Emerging as Go-To Solution for Leading Financial Intermediaries for New European Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II)
Broadridge SRD II solution is market-ready; onboarding underway in multiple regions
07/14/2020
Baloise Bank SoBa launches the first e-banking messaging service in Switzerland
Customers of Baloise Bank SoBa now have access to an e-banking messaging service that is integrated into Baloise's e-banking app.
07/13/2020
Skycap's flagship program of US$150 M global FinTech investment on the roadmap
Dubai-based global advisory and financial management services firm to offer equity shares in FinTech platform
07/13/2020
Fintech will Drive Some of the Largest Venture Capital Exits in the Next 5 Years, Steve Sloane from Menlo Ventures Predicts
The Fintech sector managed to secure $17.6 billion in funding during this time period, meanwhile, revenue for the four largest US banks reached $461 billion.
07/13/2020
Will Robo-Advisors Replace Traditional Financial Planners?
Robo-advisors are elegant tools that do their best to minimize investing costs and streamline their clients' financial lives.
07/13/2020
FinTech in Mauritius
The FSC has issued a guideline in April 2019 in relation to a Securities Token Offer
07/12/2020
Transitioning from a registered investment advisor to a multi-family office
A multi-family office is different from a high-end wealth manager in that it caters to multi-generational families.
07/12/2020
How Voice Technology is Changing the Financial Industry
Financial institutions, however, have seen plenty of advancements with AI-powered voice technology.
07/10/2020
Sanlam Banking On Tech, Partnerships To Boost Its Post-COVID Business Recovery
This digital transformation is opening up alternative distribution channels while revolutionizing the customer experience.”
07/10/2020
New Singapore bank ADBC inks MoU with Tencent Cloud
The recent spread of COVID-19 has exposed the need for updated banking services to complement traditional banking processes.
07/10/2020
Improving Banking Experiences with Biometrics
There is also behavioral biometrics that includes dynamic signature verification, keystroke dynamics, and voice recognition.
07/10/2020
Discover Named a Best Place to Work for IT Professionals in 2020
Discover provides a competitive benefits package to all of its employees including a flexible work environment, generous 401(k) match and paid time off package, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave and commuter benefits.
07/09/2020
IPC Wins Best Artificial Intelligence Based Solution at the WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2020
It is a prime example of how IPC is unlocking the value in voice communications and developing highly accurate language models to serve the financial markets both in Asia and around the world.