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Fidor Invests Invests Close To S$800,000 (€500,000) To Develop First-Of-Its-Kind Student Academy Programme For Polytechnics In Singapore

Fidor Invests Invests Close To S$800,000 (€500,000) To Develop First-Of-Its-Kind Student Academy Programme For Polytechnics In Singapore

More than 500 polytechnic students and lecturers to be trained on developing FinTech applications using Fidor’s API sandbox and fidorO..

ID Finance and Da Vinci Capital launch $200m fintech fund

ID Finance and Da Vinci Capital launch $200m fintech fund

FinTech Credit Fund to provide affordable debt financing for scaling fintechs Financing available within four weeks following approval..

Financial crime professionals believe that increased personal liability has been good for the UK financial services industry, according to research from LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

Financial crime professionals believe that increased personal liability has been good for the UK financial services industry, according to research from LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

The Senior Managers Regime (SMR) has already had a positive impact on the financial services sector, despite making the day-to-day job..

Ion Pacific strengthens global leadership team as it launches new European headquarters in London

Ion Pacific strengthens global leadership team as it launches new European headquarters in London

Ion Pacific chooses London to become its fully regulated European headquarters, led by Claire Hoey, former Lehman Brothers and Rothsc..

easyMarkets promotes Daniel Byrne to Managing Director, APAC

easyMarkets promotes Daniel Byrne to Managing Director, APAC

Byrne to replace outgoing MD Robert Francis He joined easyMarkets as COO in May easyMarkets CEO Nikos Antoniades praises Byrne’..

AWS Customers Access New Global Cellular for IoT Devices

AWS Customers Access New Global Cellular for IoT Devices

New Eseye Connectivity AmongFirst Featured Products onAWS Marketplace IoT Product Listing  Eseye announced details of a new, fully int..

Legal & General Insurance appoints Nick Frankland as the Managing Director for its new Fintech business     

Legal & General Insurance appoints Nick Frankland as the Managing Director for its new Fintech business     

Legal & General Insurance (LGI) has appointed Nick Frankland into a new role of Managing Director, Fintech, effective from 1 Augus..

How much!? Council tax, train tickets and rent voted worst value for money things in the UK

How much!? Council tax, train tickets and rent voted worst value for money things in the UK

Over half (53%) of the UK thinks their council tax is overpriced Over three quarters (76%) feel their monthly bills are too expensive..

Qualtrics launches “Qualtrics Pulse”

Qualtrics launches “Qualtrics Pulse”

New quarterly satisfaction index benchmarks UK employee engagement Qualtrics, the leader in experience management software, today anno..

ID Finance’s chatbot cuts client services workload by a third

ID Finance’s chatbot cuts client services workload by a third

ID Finance, the digital finance, credit scoring and emerging markets company has developed and introduced a self-learning chatbot for ..

UniCredit prepares for multinational roll-out of instant payments

UniCredit prepares for multinational roll-out of instant payments

UniCredit has started testing with the first pan-European instant payment solution, RT1, in preparation for its instant payments go-..

Kodak Alaris partners with UK Software

Kodak Alaris partners with UK Software

Kodak Alaris Information Management has announced a new partnership with UK Software, which will enable clients within the healthcare ..

Capita Asset Services appoints Steve Lemka

Capita Asset Services appoints Steve Lemka

Capita Asset Services has appointed Steve Lemka as managing director of its investor relations business. Steve will be based in London..

Disruptive Uk Bank Appoints Fearlessly Frank

Disruptive Uk Bank Appoints Fearlessly Frank

Aldermore seeks help of London innovation agency Aldermore, the specialist bank, has appointed innovation consultancy Fearlessly Frank..

Decentraland Announces Anticipated Token Sale for Massive Virtual Reality Economy

Decentraland Announces Anticipated Token Sale for Massive Virtual Reality Economy

Top industry executives join Board for first decentralized virtual world powered by blockchain Decentraland, a virtual reality platfor..

Mobey Forum Announces Speakers and Themes for Mobey Day Toronto

Mobey Forum Announces Speakers and Themes for Mobey Day Toronto

Artificial intelligence, blockchain, open banking, insurtech, innovation-by-design all scrutinized at second annual North American con..

PatSnap announces strategic alliance with GreyB aimed at streamlining Research & Development globally

PatSnap announces strategic alliance with GreyB aimed at streamlining Research & Development globally

PatSnap, the global Intellectual Property Analytics company backed by Sequoia and used by innovative companies to accelerate their res..

Global economy suffers $53bn natural disaster loss during 1H 2017, according to Aon catastrophe report

Global economy suffers $53bn natural disaster loss during 1H 2017, according to Aon catastrophe report

Insurers face $22bn natural disaster payout with 76 percent of losses related to U.S. events Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s ..

SleepCogni receives grant funding to continue their quest to improve sleep science

SleepCogni receives grant funding to continue their quest to improve sleep science

As part of a collaborative R&D program, the UK’s Innovation agency have co-funded SleepCogni’s exciting research and development i..

Dash Passes Apple’s Rigorous Review Process And Becomes An Approved Digital Currency

Dash Passes Apple’s Rigorous Review Process And Becomes An Approved Digital Currency

Approval Comes After Successful Appeal Dash, the world’s leading digital currency for payments, has officially been accep..

British SMEs face uncertain funding future

British SMEs face uncertain funding future

Thirty-five percent of small businesses express concern over lack of funding options One in five businesses unaware of funding option..

European P2P leader TWINO expands to Central Asia and begins listing Kazakhstan loans

European P2P leader TWINO expands to Central Asia and begins listing Kazakhstan loans

Latvian peer-to-peer lender offers investors the chance to further diversify portfolios with Kazakh consumer loans, the first Europea..

Eurozone equity rally remains on – but ECB set to change monetary policy’s direction of travel

Eurozone equity rally remains on – but ECB set to change monetary policy’s direction of travel

The Eurozone equity rally remains on, despite hints that the ECB is preparing to change its monetary policy, affirms a leading investm..

Ethereum Co-founder Mihai Alisie Joins Aragon Advisory Board

Ethereum Co-founder Mihai Alisie Joins Aragon Advisory Board

Distinguished early pioneer joins team of advisors at the world’s first decentralized management platform Aragon, the decentralized ma..

Billions at stake if banks and insurers could make customers feel valued

Billions at stake if banks and insurers could make customers feel valued

More than 50 per cent of the customers of UK financial services brands would be willing to spend more – potentially equating to billio..

Rci Bank Increases Rates Across Fixed Term Accounts

Rci Bank Increases Rates Across Fixed Term Accounts

Interest rates on all three of RCI Bank’s fixed accounts has increased today The award winning* savings provider RCI Bank has today ..

Petya ransomware attack: How UK businesses can stay protected online

Petya ransomware attack: How UK businesses can stay protected online

The recent Petya attack hit companies across Europe and the US Ebuyer offers businesses across the UK tips on how to protect themselv..

New head of underwriting for Atradius Special Products

New head of underwriting for Atradius Special Products

Trade credit and political risks specialist Gary Geller has been appointed as the new London underwriting team head for the Atradius S..

Archover Gains Membership To Asset Based Finance Association

Archover Gains Membership To Asset Based Finance Association

ArchOver joins industry body for asset-based financiers following full FCA approvals  ArchOver, the peer-to-peer (P2P) business lendin..

Homeserve’s Martin Bennett Named AGlassdoor Highest Rated Ceo

Homeserve’s Martin Bennett Named AGlassdoor Highest Rated Ceo

Martin Bennett is third highest rated CEO in the UK Bennett is one of only eight CEOs to feature consistently every year since ranking..

Workday positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of first-ever Gartner Magic Quadrant for cloud core financial management suitesfor midsize, large, and global enterprises

Workday positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of first-ever Gartner Magic Quadrant for cloud core financial management suitesfor midsize, large, and global enterprises

Evaluation based on completeness of vision and ability to execute Workday, Inc. (NYSE: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud application..

Diverging Pathways

Diverging Pathways

Nicholas Hallam, chief executive of Accordance, explores the European Commission’s VAT agenda following the recent release of the Comm..

Company directors at greater risk of identity fraud – Cifas and LexisNexis® Risk Solutions report reveals

Company directors at greater risk of identity fraud – Cifas and LexisNexis® Risk Solutions report reveals

1 in 5 of all identity frauds are against company directors London & South East hotspots for director fraud Identity fraud cases ..

Ospt Alliance Welcomes CardtekAs Full Member

Ospt Alliance Welcomes CardtekAs Full Member

Innovative Mobile Payments Solution Provider to Help Establish Transit Ticketing Standards OSPT Alliance, a vendor neutral, global ass..

Credence Security to Address Growing Market for GRC Solutions in Middle East Through Partnership with Rsam

Credence Security to Address Growing Market for GRC Solutions in Middle East Through Partnership with Rsam

Credence Security, a subsidiary of Cognosec AB, and the region’s specialty distribution company, today announced that it has signed a ..

Craig Kritzinger Appointed as Head of Technology at Neyber

Craig Kritzinger Appointed as Head of Technology at Neyber

Senior Employee Benefits Technologist Joins Leading Financial Wellbeing Provider Craig Kritzinger Head of Technology Neybe..

ID Finance awarded Microfinance Company status from the National Bank of Kazakhstan

ID Finance awarded Microfinance Company status from the National Bank of Kazakhstan

ID Finance has become the first company to be granted an official license from the National Bank of Kazakhstan to provide online credi..