Savers need more education on how to use the IFISA
Angus Dent, CEO, ArchOver UK savers are under a lot of pressure. Consumer interest rates remain low following the Bank of England’s re..
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CoinDesk Expands With Launch of CoinDesk Productions
The launch coincides with the addition of two Bloomberg veterans to the CoinDesk Business Development Team CoinDesk Inc., the leading ..
FINANCE
Divido launches first multinational B2B finance solution for point of sale
London, June 5th, 2018– Divido, the retail finance platform, is today extending its proposition to provide a B2B finance solutio..
BUSINESS
Deloitte strengthens leadership team in Scotland with key partner promotions
Business advisory firm Deloitte has strengthened its senior team in Scotland with the appointment of two new partners – Fintech ..
BUSINESS
Token Enables Bank Direct Payments for Caxton FX Consumer and Business Customers
Empowers international FX leader to leverage open banking to offer a simple, fast and convenient way for customers to load their prepa..
BANKING
Contis announces Visa partnership for the fast-track FinTech programme
New initiative provides FinTechs with rapid access to full banking and payments functionality Commitment to reduce on-boarding times..
NEWS
Verifone Enables Businesses-On-The-Go By Launching a Multipurpose Camera on its Portable Payment Device
Designed to support on-the-go small and mid-sized business merchants (SMBs), Verifone introduces a built-in camera/scanner for the Ver..
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ING’s money management platform Yolt expands to France and Italy
ING announced today that it’s expanding its money management platform Yolt to France and Italy. Yolt is ING’s smart money app in the U..
NEWS
The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange Announces Soft Launch, Onboarding Pre-selected Institutional Clients and Pre-qualified Retail Traders
The digital asset exchange will utilise its soft launch to develop optimised UI and UX Gibraltar – 01 JUNE, 2018– The Gibraltar Block..
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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2018 Article IV Consultation with Algeria
On May 30, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation[1] with Algeria. A..
NEWS
Traditional Security Defences May Prove Inadequate for Effective GDPR Strategies, Warns Aruba
With future attacks on personal data almost certain, it’s time to add a new layer of security analytics and monitoring to enable fast ..
BUSINESS
ID TECH Joins nexo standards as an Associate Member
nexo standards, the international association dedicated to enabling fast, interoperable and borderless payments acceptance, today anno..
NEWS
New figures show 31% increase in loan applications, as economists look for growth in consumer confidence
Hitachi Personal Finance has reported a 31% increase in the number of motoring, leisure and home improvement loans between 2015/16 an..
FINANCE
GDPR: Are your spreadsheets making you an easy target?
Ruth McFarland, ACA, Finance and Operations Manager, Synapse, writes about how to protect financial data on the move The Data Prote..
BUSINESS
Cardstack and DotBC Partnership Tackles Murky World of Music Rights
Blockchain-based project puts music and media metadata back into hands of artists New York, NY— May 30, 2018 —Cardstack Syndicate Inc...
NEWS
Game Changer: Ultra Announces Platform to Revolutionize Gaming Industry
Former Xbox, Atari, Dell, Unity, Uber and Time Warner Executives Join Forces to Create Ultra The blockchain-powered platform aims to s..
NEWS
Synechron opens new office and Financial Innovation Lab in Paris
Opening will support Synechron’s European growth and build local FinTech opportunities Paris, New York, London, Dubai, Pune, May 31st,..
NEWS
KPMG and Google Enter an Alliance to Help Organisations Transform Digital Experiences
New solutions combine Google Cloud’s security and artificial intelligence (AI) leadership with KPMG business acumen, industry knowledg..
NEWS
HMRC report on Off Payroll shows worrying brain drain of contractors
Visionary to lead gamification of Jaxx Liberty platform Toronto, Canada — May 31, 2018 — Decentral Inc., Canada’s leading blockchain..
NEWS
Bitfinex and Ethfinex Introduce Trading for Lympo, Utrust, BLOCKv, and DADI
The new tokens currently have a combined market cap of $200 million Taipei, Taiwan – May 31, 2018 –Bitfinex, the world’s l..
NEWS
ThinCats funds Evans Entwistle’s acquisition of SBMC Business Management
Penarth-headquartered accountancy and business advisory firm, Evans Entwistle has secured a £450,000 funding facility from ThinCats to..
BUSINESS
Navigating a buoyant M&A market: Does the deal corridor with the US or EU offer British companies the better scope for growth?
The UK is at the centre of a buoyant global M&A market.In the first quarter of this year, M&A activity involving British compa..
BUSINESS
UK employment sector set for huge shift: Over 1.5 million people to trade in full-time work for ‘the gig economy’
More than 6 million UK adults are already self-employed or working as a contractor, with 6% of full-time professionals looking to make..
BUSINESS
Employers and the Government should support employees’ dependency on high-cost credit, says Neyber
According to Neyber, the Financial Conduct Authority’s announcement that it will crack down on high-cost credit can’t come soon enough..
FINANCE
UK Finance Responds To FCA’s Outcome Of High-Cost Credit Review
Responding to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s publication of the outcome of its high-cost credit review, Eric Leenders, ..
FINANCE
Why so critical?: Making crypto credible
By Erik Wilgenhof Plante, CCO at Sequant Capital Cryptocurrency, whether it is Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple or the others on the market, ..
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CryptoIndustry Heavyweights Back Platform for Social Good, Social Alpha Foundation
The Hong Kong-based not-for-profit is the world’s first blockchain for social impact grant-making platform Hong Kong — May 31, 2018 — ..
FINANCE
Digital Disruption Is The New Face Of Banking
By Christopher Baldwin, Head of Marketing, Northern Europe, Selligent Marketing Cloud Change is the only constant The writing is on t..
BANKING
Angels and Assets: Should Wealth Managers Take an Interest in Angel Investment?
The economies of the world are more competitive than ever, running neck-and-neck with each other, and currently, Asia’s economy is lea..
INVESTING
Trunomi joins forces with Shyft Network to to launch fully interoperable Global e-ID framework and power Global ID and KYC
Trunomi data rights management solution enters partnership with Shyft Network Amsterdam, the Netherlands — Trunomi, the industry’..
NEWS
CIPURSE Specification Chosen for Fare Collection Solution in Moscow’s Innovation Hub
01 June 2018 – Global technical association, OSPT Alliance, today announces that its open, non-proprietary CIPURSE™ standard has been ..
TECHNOLOGY
How banks can stay relevant in a changing world
Elina Mattila, Executive Director at Mobey Forum Earlier this week, futurists and innovators from across financial services industry g..
BANKING
Menzies snaps up top forensic accounting specialist
Top 20 accountancy firm, Menzies LLP, continues to grow its forensic accounting service by snapping up high profile forensic accountan..
NEWS
AID:Tech partners with PharmAccess to Transform Antenatal Care in Tanzania Through Blockchain Technology
Announcement comes as the initiative sees Africa’s first baby born on the blockchain Dublin, Ireland — June 1, 2018 — AID:..
TECHNOLOGY
Pelican Group launches PelicanPay – an Interoperable Pan-European API Hub
The launch of PelicanPay gives fintechs and TPPs pan-European market access through a single-API – dramatically streamlining the onboa..
NEWS
Orvium, The Decentralized Platform For Scholarly Publication, Counts CERN, NASA, Amazon and Oracle Experts in Senior Team
Token Generation Event announced for 2018 to fund development and foster platform use by the research community Orvium, the open-sourc..
TECHNOLOGY
3 ways financial institutions can leverage Live Engagement on social media
By Priya Iyer, Chairman & CEO, Vee24 With nearly 2.62 billion people having active social media accounts[1],the finance industry ..
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