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International law firm names five tech start-ups to get free legal advice
March 7th, 2017
Five businesses selected to join fintech entrepreneurs programme Slaughter and May, the leading international law firm, today announces the names of five tech businesses it has selected to join its Fintech Fast Forward programme. The successful businesses, which operate ...
Japanese Giant Hitachi Tests Blockchain Tech for 150 Million Member Rewards Program
February 28th, 2017
Hitachi, a major and decades-old Japanese conglomerate and multinational is implementing a blockchain platform onto its popular point management and rewards platform, PointInfinity. Japanese blockchain developer and bitcoin exchange Tech Bureau is providing ‘Mijin’ its private blockchain solution to ...
SEC Staff Issues Guidance Update and Investor Bulletin on Robo-Advisers
February 25th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today published information and guidance for investors and the financial services industry on the fast-growing use of robo-advisers, which are registered investment advisers that use computer algorithms to provide investment advisory services online with ...
Euclid Opportunities invest in RSRCHXchange
February 23rd, 2017
Euclid Opportunities, NEX Group’s financial technology investment business, announces today that it has made a strategic investment in RSRCHXchange, a cloud-based marketplace and MiFID II workflow solution for accessing institutional research. The investment will enable RSRCHXchange to continue to ...
DBS to hire 100 developers via first-of-its-kind hackathon
February 20th, 2017
DBS today announced plans to hire 100 developers skilled in emerging and disruptive technologies, as it ups the ante on reimagining banking. The new jobs will help DBS cement its position as a leading digital bank. Taking an innovative ...
Will South Africa issue a national digital currency?
February 15th, 2017
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) is open to issuing a national digital currency, which would likely be based on Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). “If we go the route of issuing a digital currency, the objective would ...
IOSCO analyzes potential of tech-driven change in the securities market industry
February 8th, 2017
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has issued today a press release to pubilsh a report regarding the potential of tech-driven change in the securities market industry. Below is the press release a it was published by IOSCO: ...
Liverpool Gets Its Own Digital Currency
February 6th, 2017
Liverpool, home of the 1960s English rock band, The Beatles, has become the latest destination to launch its own digital currency. Launched a month ago by Colu, a Tel Aviv-based technology company, the Liverpool Local Pound (LLP) already has ...
An AI Law Firm Wants to ‘Automate the Entire Legal World’
February 6th, 2017
AN AI LAWYER Whether it’s a new employment contract, a rental contract, or sale contract, it needs to be checked before signing. Everyone knows the struggle of working through the dreaded small print, searching for pitfalls hidden in the tiniest details, ...
PFSOFT integrated with the prime broker Maybank Kim Eng Securities
January 26th, 2017
PFSOFT, the global fintech developer of multi-asset brokerage and trading solutions, has recently integrated with the prime broker Maybank Kim Eng Securities (“Maybank Kim Eng”). The integration allows any mutual client of PFSOFT and Maybank Kim Eng’s prime ...
