09/11/2018
nCino Expands Presence to Sydney, Australia to Meet Increasing Demand in Asia Pacific for Advanced Technology and Digital Transformation in Banking
Leading cloud banking provider hires General Manager for Asia Pacific
Innovation & Startups
09/10/2018
Standard Chartered’s Saadiq embraces digital in a big way
According to the report, 38 per cent of conventional banking users surveyed used digital banking, in contrast to only 26 per cent of Islamic banking users.
09/10/2018
TransferWise reports second year of profit, revenue almost doubles
TransferWise reported an annual post-tax net profit of $8 million for the fiscal year ending March 2018.
09/10/2018
ADGM sets out private financing framework
PFPs are online platforms that enable start-ups and smaller enterprises to obtain financing from private and institutional investors to launch and grow their businesses.
09/10/2018
OCBC hooks up to SME Cloud Exchange Network
OCBC Bank is ASME’s first strategic partner in SMECEN and the two have been partners for many years in the Entrepreneur of the Year Award (EYA).
09/09/2018
Infosys Forms New Venture with Holdings
Trusted Source Pte Ltd currently IT services to Temasek and a number of other organizations.
09/09/2018
Sberbank Teams Up With 500 Startups to Launch New Russian IT Startups Program
The bank also revealed that at the first stage, the teams will work on start-ups in Moscow for nine weeks and their mentors will be specialists from The final stage will be a demo day where top managers from Sberbank, private venture investors and represe
09/09/2018
University of Cambridge scientists establish $100m investment fund to back ‘young, hungry entrepreneurs’
Nobel Laureate Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, Trinity College master Sir Gregory Winter and Astrononomer Royal Lord Martin Rees among them
09/06/2018
Wahed Invest robo-adviser expands with new Islamic index funds
The new equity funds launched by Wahed will track indices that are screened by Standard & Poor’s to follow religious guidelines that exclude certain business sectors such as tobacco, alcohol and gambling stocks.
09/05/2018
DIFC's FinTech Hive aims to expand its programme in 2019
Number of finalists doubled to 22 in the second edition of this financial technology accelerator programme
09/05/2018
Old Mutual in digital transformation offensive
The other innovation is the company is also rolling out an updated Old Mutual app which will include biometric facial recognition
09/05/2018
NAB to double Venture capital funding with extra $50m over two years
“Beyond financial capital, we work with our portfolio companies to establish collaboration within NAB and create opportunities to drive positive outcomes for all stakeholders."
09/05/2018
ANZ and Atlassian join forces to manage 'agile' banking
Some of ANZ's IT staff have used core Atlassian products Jira and Confluence for several years
09/03/2018
Abu Dhabi Global Market launches licence for tech start-ups
The full package of related services is available for $700
09/02/2018
Grand Bahama takes another step towards ‘Tech Hub’ reality, with ICT graduation
The establishment and growth of a technology sector will create jobs in the tech industry and can have a spinoff effect in other industries such as real estate, tourism, retail, restaurants, and transportation among others.
08/31/2018
Finastra joins Bahrain FinTech Bay
Leading innovation hub brings opportunities to drive open innovation via FusionFabric.cloud
08/31/2018
Technology tycoons plot £1.5bn London float
Funding Circle will be the first peer-to-peer (P2P) lender to join the UK public markets, in a sign that the industry is coming of age.
08/30/2018
£379bn advice tech provider integrates pension switching firm
Intelliflo’s subscribers will be able to access Selectapension’s pension switching tool from within their back office system.
08/30/2018
Geneva Based Asset Management Firm Wins Global Business Award for Innovation
Business Worldwide features the successes of these organisations, highlighting their exemplary accomplishments and inspiring others to follow their example.
08/30/2018
SA start-ups make waves with blockchain innovations
Market analyst firm IDC says global spending on blockchain solutions is forecast to reach $2.1 billion this year, more than double the $945 million spent in 2017.