Julius Baer enters crypto arena with SEBA stake
Swiss duo plans tech bridge between traditional and digital assets worlds.
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ZagTrader and BeQuant show crypto FIX-ation
Duo will offer access to cryptocurrencies using the Financial Information Exchange (FIX) and APIs.
Rosbank gauges customer emotion with Neurodata Lab
Every phone call will be analysed – even more.
Bank of Ireland unveils €2bn Brexit fund for SMEs
“Brexit isn’t ‘business as usual’.”
Blossom Capital brings $85m tech fund to Europe
New fund will pay special attention to reviewing female-pitched ideas.
ASX to sell $385m stake in tech provider Iress
“It no longer provides the strategic value to ASX that it once did.”
Europe’s army of fintech start-ups
How European fintech start-ups are competing for a market share.
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Metro, Starling and ClearBank get the RBS grant, South Korea plans fintech push, and more.
South Korea plans interbank payment network
The nation’s Financial Services Commission gives fintech another boost.
BlackBerry buys AI cybersecurity firm Cylance for $1.4bn
BlackBerry says it is “now a billion-dollar cybersecurity firm”.
French card firm Evolis creates Japanese subsidiary
The company is aiming for a long-term presence in the country.
Will challenger banks motivate change?
The need for digital transformation has been obvious for years and the window of opportunity is about to close.
Ping An plans $8bn IPO of fintech subsidiary
Insurtech postponed IPO of OneConnect last year due to stock-market unrest.
ID.me brings identity proofing to Department of Veterans Affairs
“No identity is left behind.”
Rebrand takes analytics firm OmniSci to promised land
Will double workforce by end of the year and move into new San Francisco headquarters.
UK finance software firm Yordex gets £500k funding
Investment company Bloc Ventures takes a shine to its new adventures.
Entrust Datacard acquires Thales’ data security business
Will get the general purpose hardware security module, nCipher Security.
Sasfin takes equity stake in South African lendtech Payabill
Johannesburg-based firm looking for more SME action.
Onfido enjoys extended stay at 2nd Address
Identity verification for the US rentals market.
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Ping An pushes into Indonesia’s fintech space
Its subsidiary OneConnect plans to offer AI, blockchain and biometrics.
US analytics platform Stratifyd gets $4m funding kick from Arsenal
Follows on from a $25 million Series B announced last fall/autumn.
Kenya keen on regulatory fintech sandbox
Capital Markets Authority outlines its plans for innovation.
FCA shows iron fist for anti-competition in asset management
Three firms have been declared in breach of the UK authority’s regulation.
Capitalise captures £3.5m funding
UK firm helps accountants provide advice for their clients.
Israel’s Jerusalem Venture Partners closes $220m tech fund
JVP shows interest in cybersecurity, fintech and insurtech.
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Intel outfit ThousandEyes looking at $50m funding
Series D round includes GV, formerly called Google Ventures.
Hong Kong Exchange buys into Shenzhen fintech
HKEX looking to boost its financial markets tech capabilities.
PSD2 goes live in Netherlands
The Dutch Central Bank is welcoming applications to use this regulation.
Japan’s fintech boosted by nonbank money transfers
The Financial Services Agency will grant licences for a more competitive nation.
White paper: Third-party cyber risk
Your weakest link.
SmartStream teams with Numerix for ISDA collateral management
Automated data management and risk sensitivities to the rescue.
Data intel firm GBG acquires IDology for $300m
UK firm buys identity verification and fraud prevention specialist for American dream.
Financial services leading on “Voice First” technology strategy, but there is work to be done
Richard Stevenson, CEO, Red Box, looks at how voice is a critical data set for digital transformation.
Crypto, tax and HMRC – making sense of new UK guidelines
Each case will be looked at individually to understand the true nature of the transactions.
Spirited Seoul plans $1bn spend on fintech start-ups
Seoul Innovation Growth Fund seeks to boost sector.
Coinbase acquires blockchain intelligence platform Neutrino
Crypto exchange seeks better analysis of data on public blockchains.
Data manager Spinr spins into view for fintech SMEs
UK firm offers cloud-based data and API integration platform.
FCA appoints new chair for Financial Services Consumer Panel
Wanda Goldwag will start role from 1 March 2019.
