Fintech News
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8.7KUniversity of Cape Town to Offer the First Fintech Degree in Africa.
The University of Cape town (UCT) has become the first university on the African continent to offer a fintech degree in Financial...
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7.0KWhy Tech Giants are more Disruptive to Banks than Fintech Startups
On Tuesday, the World Economic Forum released a 194-page report on Fintech disruption. According to the report, traditional economics and distribution models...
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59.4K100 Popular Fintech Blogs and News Websites to Follow
The financial technology (fintech) sector is rapidly evolving, with new trends and innovations reshaping the way we think about payments, banking, and...
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26.9KIndian 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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6.3KWhy 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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29.7KTop10 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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6.2KMixed 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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6.5KDubai 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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5.7KVCs 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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8.8KETHLend: 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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6.2KFintech 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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7.6KFintech 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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4.6KCan Blockchain be the Key to Overcoming the AML Challenge in Crypto-Currency?
Special Counsel Roy Keidar of law firm Yigal Arnon & Co examines how blockchain could provide the answer to the anti-money laundering...
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11.7KHere is why Banks will soon be acquiring fintech startups instead of investing in them
Industry experts have opined that JPMorgan’s interest in Worldpay is likely to mark the beginning of acquisition of European fintech startups by...
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10.0KEducational technology Innovations and Investments in Africa
There is much hype about Educational Technology. ‘Disruption’ and ‘transformation’ are common bullets in presentations at large education gatherings mostly in North...
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6.3KDemystifying Initial Coin Offering
The no-holds-barred philosophy of “asking for forgiveness as opposed to permission” reigns in bitcoin-land where developers write software and entrepreneurs build businesses...
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11.9KBanking Technology Innovations and Investments in Africa
According to the latest report by the world bank, 66% of the people in the Sub-Saharan Africa do not have a bank...
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8.5KHow Boston Fintech is Boosting like the Major Global Fintech Hubs
Boston, the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States, is doing really well in fintech....
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4.6KBoost as Major Global Banks Join SWIFT’s Blockchain Proof of Concept
SWIFT is the global provider of secure financial messaging services. Its secure messaging platform connects over 11,000 banking and securities companies across...
