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HitPay introduces HitPay Keyboard payment solution

First payment keyboard in SEA to facilitate person-to-person cash transfers within any chat app

Fintech Push at BNP Paribas Asia

The French bank also said it expects to be among the top five private banks in the APAC region within the next three to five years.

Luxembourg and Singapore fintech hubs connect

The LHoFT and LATTICE80 agree to cooperate in a number of areas, including the exchange of information on innovation projects

Hong Kong gets its own Fintech Association

The Association is organised and led by the community for the community through a series of committees.

Australia and Malaysia build fintech bridge

Ranjit said that the cooperation agreement is an important milestone for Malaysia’s digital finance sector

Hogan Lovells opens fintech knowledge portal

There is information overload coming out of the legal industry - most acute with GCs, who just want a trusted, useable source.

Tata Trusts takes digital route for philanthropy

The aim of Tata Trusts is to eventually make more women generate income and help them become rural entrepreneurs.

House of Fraser shops for IT innovation with Capgemini

As part of the new contract, Capgemini will extend its current remit with House of Fraser in order to support the retailer’s ongoing IT simplification strategy.

European savings and co-operative banks join screen-scraping row

The suggestion has led to an uproar among mature fintech startups, who have lobbied hard for a reversal of the decision, claiming that the reforms will provide banks with the means to control what data is shared, putting new entrants at a disadvantage.

Fiserv partners with fintech startup to launch digital adviser

Bank Innovation and Fiserv developed the accelerator program with support from multiple participants including financial institutions and industry mentors.

India's Biggest E-Commerce Merger at Risk as Billionaire Objects

Flipkart had earlier told Snapdeal that it wants all the startup’s investors to agree to deal terms as a precondition of the transaction

Robos get the press, but adviser tech is getting the money

Take the $140 million in funding that Silicon Valley-based Addepar recently raised from sources including SpaceX backer Valor Equity Partners.

Atom Bank gets £30 million from the government as Philip Hammond pledges investment boost

Banks are required to maintain a certain amount of capital to secure their lending and other assets.

KAL Launches Open Banking Technology Ahead of Europe’s PSD2 Initiative

PSD2 will transform the European financial sector, establishing what is widely known as Open APIs for banking.

Goldman Sachs is ready to disrupt the financial industry’s startups

Goldman has traditionally aided mega companies and governments in raising money, but now it’s going after consumer loans ranging from $3,500 to $30,000.

TechPreneur Africa and Abu Dhabi sign fintech start-up support agreement

The agreement means that African innovators and fintech start-ups can now apply to ADGM's regulatory laboratory sandbox.

High-profile UK tech failures highlight danger of overhype

Failure itself is not unusual in the tech sector.

Open banking demands foresight, but indicates robust new revenue streams

FinTechs are now earning higher positive customer experience scores than traditional banks, and banks are openly seeking to collaborate with FinTechs.

Sedania expects earnings boost with Islamic FinTech platform from 2H17

The company said the acquisition is expected to be completed within 3QFY17, and to contribute positively to Sedania in 2HFY17 onwards.

FinTech fraud firm AimBrain has closed its £4m Series A round

The startup’s platform is primarily targeted at financial services businesses and utilises deep learning to provide seamless identity authentication using biometrics.

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