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Legal tech platform invest in Artificial Intelligence powered expertise finding platform
May 3rd, 2017
Nextlaw Labs, the innovative legal tech venture development company launched by global law firm Dentons, today announced its investment in AI-powered expertise finding platform, ProFinda. The deal was closed through Nextlaw Labs’ investment fund, Nextlaw Ventures. “The difficulty of ...
Luxleaks whistleblower to contest appeal sentence
April 12th, 2017
The man who revealed the Luxleaks scandal, Antoine Deltour, has said he will contest the sentence handed to him last month at the Court of Appeal in Luxembourg. “I don’t think this decision is characteristic of a fair decision ...
EY shuts Inverness audit and accounting office
April 4th, 2017
Eight employees at the Inverness office have been redeployed within EY, while numbers of others have secured opportunities outside of the firm. The tax team is unaffected by the decision and will remain in Inverness. A spokesperson for EY ...
Singapore Exchange to support capital access for the start-up and SMEs
March 31st, 2017
Singapore Exchange (“SGX”) today announced the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (“MOU”) separately with Crowdonomic Media Pte Ltd (“Crowdo”) and PwC’s Venture Hub, as part of its drive towards supporting and facilitating capital access for the start-up and ...
Abu Dhabi to launch FinTech Summit in October 2017
March 31st, 2017
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, is pleased to partner with PwC to launch the inaugural FinTech Abu Dhabi Summit in October 2017. The FinTech Abu Dhabi Summit, to be organised alongside with ...
BT facing criminal inquiry over Italy accounting scandal
January 26th, 2017
Prosecutors in Milan have confirmed an investigation into allegations of false accounting and embezzlement at BT’s Italian arm. It is being led by Fabio De Pasquale – a veteran of high-profile investigations, including a long-running inquiry into the former ...
KPMG hired a team of 70 consultants from fellow big four firm EY
January 23rd, 2017
KPMG in Spain hired a team of 70 consultants from fellow big four firm EY who were working on advisory projects for listed energy company Gas Natural, financial newspaper Expansion first reported. The EY consultants are led by partners ...
Leveraged trading in bitcoins halted in China
January 20th, 2017
Central Bank orders major trading platforms to halt leveraged trading business, and strengthen internal systems to curb money laundering Leveraged trading in Bitcoins has been halted in China, nearly a week after the central bank launched its first-ever probe ...
FinTech Fortnight Launches in February 2017
January 13th, 2017
The first ever ‘FinTech Fortnight’ is launching in February 2017, drawing attention to this rapidly advancing sector which is impacting and evolving all aspects of finance. FinTech is becoming more revolutionary, and incrementally more important; a recent study by ...
Five potential FinTech surprises for 2017
January 12th, 2017
In the ever-expanding FinTech ecosystem, it is easy to get caught up in all the hoopla, hysteria and hype. As we enter 2017, PwC’s DeNovo is providing our views on more plausible changes of direction in the FinTech space. ...
