08/24/2017
Dubai takes on San Francisco and Singapore to become top fintech hub
I think there are very few places in the world where you can get so much in such a small place and yet with so much potential.
Innovation & Startups
08/23/2017
Indonesia’s fintech investments set to touch record high in 2017
Deals in the space rose to 11 in the following year, increasing to 21 in 2016.
08/22/2017
Global financial tech player enters New Zealand
Stripe has been beta testing its products in New Zealand since the start of the year and officially launches today.
08/21/2017
Quantifeed launches Belt and Road model portfolio
The 21st century form of the Silk Road comprises land and maritime trade routes connecting China with Central Asia, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
08/21/2017
Technology disruption now a pressing issue for investors
The first has institutional investors focusing on whether technology is going to blow up the portfolio of assets we currently hold.
08/21/2017
'You don't just build a bank overnight': Digital start-up Starling taking financial services by storm
There was "no single moment" that made her want to quit, but speaking with fintech entrepreneurs in Australia and the United States gave her a realization of how she wanted to change retail banking.
08/17/2017
Bank Of The West Takes On Innovation’s Wild West
The rise of new players in the digital banking space, including banking chatbots powered by AI, new investment tools for consumers and live video chat features.
08/17/2017
A Peek Into the CFTC's Fintech Innovation Lab With Director Daniel Gorfine
The initiative came to fruition after months of talks from the CFTC
08/16/2017
Startup Robos Beating the Big Name Firms on Client Experience
A Corporate Insight study finds that robo startups still have better, more engaging websites than incumbent firms.
08/15/2017
Morgan Stanley’s diversity-focused innovation lab welcomes first cohort
Only a small fraction of all venture capital money is given to multicultural and women entrepreneurs.
08/15/2017
International law firm wins Fintech Hive legal gig
We are committed to providing our programme participants with the holistic support they need to thrive.
08/14/2017
German Fintech Startup Acquires Rival as Dealmaking Heats Up
The unusual transaction between the startups comes as banks themselves are circling fintech firms.
08/14/2017
Technology is making banking human again
Today’s innovators remain in step with the times by redefining what it means to be a ‘friendly’ neighbourhood bank
08/13/2017
Bahrain woos Indian fintech startups
We are not looking at early stage companies.
08/10/2017
Hong Kong Links Up for Fintech
Cyberport has the largest FinTech cluster in Hong Kong with close to 200 FinTech companies, and houses the world’s leading FinTech Accelerators like Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab Asia Pacific and SuperCharger.
08/09/2017
Al Masraf to swap ITS's Ethix for Temenos' T24 core banking system
Temenos UniversalSuite will enable experience-driven banking across Al Masraf's retail and corporate banking lines
08/08/2017
Abu Dhabi Global Market And Swiss Finance + Technology Association Join Forces To Advance FinTech Activities And Global Ecosystem
It is a honour announce this collaboration with ADGM to foster links between the FinTech ecosystems in Switzerland and Abu Dhabi.
08/07/2017
ADGM, KPMG launch fintech challenge for start-ups
The finalists will showcase their solutions at the FinTech Demo Day in Abu Dhabi to a panel of industry experts.
08/07/2017
Fintech start-up targets insurance mass market
And the big industry players in the process.
08/02/2017
South Korea:AIA Life introduces artificial intelligence-based customer service
This service will be available 24/7, without the customers having to wait, so it helps increase productivity, efficiency and accuracy of services, said AIA Life Korea.