Posts By Angela Scott-Briggs
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27.4KFintech NewsIndian Fintech startups are now Banking on Accelerators
Nine Indian fintech startups will soon be graduating from catalyst 2.0, the third edition of fintech accelerator organised by Societe Generale Global...
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6.6KFintech News
Why Ireland Fintech Sector is set to Flourish in Post-Brexit Europe
A recent report by KPMG suggests that Fintech startups are preferring Dublin to London as the uncertainty looms over the terms on...
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30.0KFintech Events
Top10 Upcoming Fintech Events in Asia
Fintech has become a global phenomenon. It is for this reason that several fintech events and conferences are taking place this year...
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24.3KBig Data
The Use of Big Data in Health Insurance and its Potentially Dangerous Consequences
Cathy O’Neil of Bloomberg has written a very interesting article on big data and how its application in the Health insurance industry...
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23.3KBig Data
Geologists Turn to Big Data to Uncover New Minerals
Scientists at the Carnegie Institute for Science have turned to big data mining as they seek to discover new mineral deposits. This...
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46.0KBig Data
11 Big Data Analytics Companies in Singapore That You Cannot Ignore
According to Francis Fong, the Managing Director of SAS Singapore, analytics has always played an important role in the extraction of in-depth...
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6.8KBitcoin
Mixed Reactions as Bitcoin Splits into Two
On the morning of Friday, the 4th August 2017, Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts woke up to the news that the digital currency had...
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6.8KFintech News
Dubai Leads the way in Fintech Initiatives
Financial technology, commonly known as fintech has become the buzzword of the decade in the financial services industry. Dubai International Financial Centre...
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34.0KFinance News
Smartphone technology and satellite data soon enabling 30 million Myanmar farmers to access finance and insurance options
We are half way the rainy season, The rainy season has started in Myanmarmarking an uncertain period for smallholder farmer families. Potential...
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7.1KBitcoin
New Bitcoin Cash Highly Volatile in its First Week of Trading
Bitcoin (BTC) split into two digital currencies with a new one named Bitcoin Cash (BCC) being born on Tuesday, 1st August 2017....
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8.2KECommerce
Important Key Processes and Technologies used in Ecommerce
There are processes and technologies that are indispensable in ecommerce. For you to run a successful ecommerce business, you must, at the...
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32.6KInterviews and Reviews
Interview with the CEO of Republic: Ken Nguyen
Everything starts with an idea. What gave a nudge for republic? And why did you focus on crowdfunding? Having spent many years...
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6.1KFintech News
VCs Ignore Brexit to Accelerate their UK Fintech Investments
Contrary to the fears that Brexit would affect VC UK Fintech investments, the first half of 2017 saw more investors pour their...
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27.2KBig Data
Interesting Big Data Trends in Brazil
In 2016, the Internation Data Corporation (IDC) found out that Brazil was one of the fastest growing big data markets in Latin...
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24.5KBig Data
Israeli Big Data Company Iguazio Raises $33M at $100M valuation
Last week, Iguazio announced that it had raised $33 million to build out its service. The big data company has built out...
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9.3KFintech News
ETHLend: The First Decentralized Lending Application Aims to Create Global P2P Lending Market
ETHLend is a blockchain startup founded by Stani Kulechov. ETHLend aims to provide a global peer-to-peer lending market by using blockchain technology...
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6.6KFintech News
Fintech Startup Klarna Raises $250M at $2.5B valuation
Klarna is a Swedish fintech startup that works with e-commerce retailers and businesses to make online shopping easy and hassle-free. On 21...
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7.9KFintech News
Fintech companies Urge the Federal Reserve to use Cryptocurrency
Faster Payments Task Force has compiled a report in which companies have made a strong case for the U.S Federal Reserve to...
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5.0KTech News
E-Gaming Technology Innovations and Investments in Africa
According to The Guardian, the gaming industry generated over $100 billion in revenues in 2016 out of which over $40 billion was...
