02/16/2017
A VC fund set up by Skype's cofounder has raised $765 million to invest in European startups
Atomico raised the new capital from wealthy family offices and pension funds across Europe
Innovation & Startups
02/16/2017
Swift’s global payments innovation initiative now live
The project went into live production in January this year.
02/16/2017
UBA wins Most Innovative Bank of the Year
Our innovations in the digital banking space have been possible because of our huge investments in building efficient, trustworthy platforms.
02/14/2017
UK’s tech start-ups feeling stress of Brexit challenges
Fundraising, hiring and European access main causes of anxiety among entrepreneurs
02/13/2017
ICICI Bank, HDFC Life, & three others launches Fintech startup challenges
Fintech Valley has launched India’s first Fintech startup challenge
02/13/2017
Alior Bank to fuel continued rapid growth with Misys FusionCapital
Bank to boost operational efficiencies across treasury and foreign exchange trading
02/10/2017
Six Asian Firms Make Global Top 50 Most Innovative Companies List
A newcomer to the Top 5 is Amazon, which moved up four spots this year while Netflix and Facebook made the top 10 for the first time, ascending from the 15 and 19 spots respectively.
02/09/2017
Former DBS bankers back fintech remittance start-up
SingX's foreign exchange platform can help consumers as well as small and medium sized enterprises
02/09/2017
Neptune continues liquidity expansion in first few weeks of 2017
The data is provided to the network using an open standard which means it is cheap for Banks to connect to the network, as well as being uncomplicated for the buy-side to integrate with OMS/EMS systems.
02/09/2017
CIMB Niaga allocates Rp 2 trillion to boost digital banking
Last year, digital transactions accounted for 90 percent of the bank’s overall transactions
02/08/2017
Rakuten, JAFCO co-invest in Japanese fintech startup FOLIO's US$16M Series A
FOLIO offers an online security brokerage service in Japan, specialising in thematic investing
02/08/2017
Catella: Start-ups and the European real estate industry – a boost for innovation
A functional start-up ecosystem forms a foundation from which a potential property area can develop in subsequent years.
02/07/2017
Banco Original wins award for innovative digital solution developed by GFT
The App is available in both the Apple and Google stores.
02/06/2017
Participating in the digital revolution is our obligation
But will it help galvanise traditionally risk-averse GCC-based business patriarchs to unlock their funds for local technology start-ups?
02/06/2017
Former Helion executives launch US$100M VC fund Stellaris Venture Partners
Stellaris’s key investment areas include local language online services, technology-led financial inclusion, supply chain networks, vertical machine learning applications and SaaS
02/05/2017
Valuing a digital bank isn't so Simple
BBVA is continuing to invest in Simple
02/03/2017
African Innovation, M-Pesa's Mobile Payments Innovations, Key Lessons For Banks With Lesley-Anne Vaughan
M-PESA transformed from a microfinance product to a revolutionary service
02/03/2017
Worldpay appoints Santander's head of innovation Peter Jackson as new UK chief executive
Since its listing in 2015, Worldpay has set out plans to launch in a range of overseas markets. It was granted a licence to process payments in Australia in August last year, after previously picking up a Canadian payment licence through a deal with a loc
02/02/2017
Isbank launches first P2P money transfer service in Turkey
IsCep allows banking and stock exchange transactions through one application with real time data
02/01/2017
Unicorns, Foals, And Family Offices
Unicorns draw a lot of attention, but not from many single family offices