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Five fintech start-ups aiming to replace traditional banking
June 9th, 2016
According to recent data from Accenture, funding for fintech companies reached a staggering £3.7bn in the first quarter of 2016 alone. With global investment growing at such a rapid rate, traditional banking services are finally beginning to realise the ...
What is fintech?
June 3rd, 2016
If nothing else it is on course to become a $20bn market this year. Fintech was once simply shorthand for financial technology (a portmanteau). But in 2008-09 in the post financial crisis world, Fintech began to take on a ...
Iran begins oil cooperation talks with US, Canada
April 28th, 2016
Tehran has entered into talks with the US and Canada to agree on selling petrochemicals, buying new technologies in the oil industry and also to discuss investments in Iran’s oil and gas sector, Iranian media reported yesterday. Iran’s Foreign ...
Fintech funding hits all-time high in 2015, despite pullback in Q4: KPMG and CB Insights
March 11th, 2016
KPMG and CB Insights release their inaugural quarterly fintech venture capital (VC) report, highlighting a record year for venture-backed fintech startups in 2015, but waning investor appetite to close out the year. While 2015 marked a banner year for ...
BBVA announces the acquisition of an online business banking service
March 7th, 2016
BBVA today announces the acquisition of Holvi, the Helsinki-based online business banking service, as it seeks to expand its portfolio of digital businesses to complement the Group’s overall transformation process. Holvi, which was founded in 2011, and describes its offering ...
Greece Is First EU Country Out Of The Gate To Buy Iranian Oil
January 27th, 2016
Greece, once a leading European customer of Iranian oil before the imposition of Western sanctions in 2012, will be the first European country to resume buying Iranian crude now that the sanctions have been lifted. The country’s biggest oil ...
Japan’s Annual Trade Deficit Narrows as Energy Import Costs Fall
January 25th, 2016
The value of imports fell in 2015 while exports edged up China’s slowdown, low global growth curb shipments abroad Japan’s annual trade deficit narrowed almost 80 percent from a record as energy import costs fell and the weaker yen ...
How are banks actually going to use blockchains and smart contracts?
January 25th, 2016
Banks are now officially collaborating on connected distributed ledgers, something of a milestone in the blockchain narrative. But how are they actually going to use computational blockchains that can operate that well-known term of art – “smart contracts”? Dr ...
Financial Regulators of UK, Luxembourg and Australia issued warnings for unauthorised financial services firms
December 22nd, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority of UK, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) of Luxembourg and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, issued warnings to inform investors and public for unauthorised financial services firms. FCA UK FCA informs ...
‘Fintech 100’ – Announcing the world’s leading fintech innovators for 2015
December 15th, 2015
China fintech on the rise as ZhongAn tops listtop fintech companies closes 31 October; Overall fintech investment expected to jump 66% to over US$20bn in 2015. Fintech Innovators, a collaboration between fintech investment firm, H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech, today ...
