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WhatsApp steps into the world of business
To make sure businesses don’t actually have to talk to those pesky customers face-to-face.
Fintech funding round-up: 19 January 2018
Stars Varo Money, OakNorth Bank, NetPay and ISME ACE.
IBM hits growth for first time in 23 quarters
Did it in style – exceeding analyst revenue expectations by almost $500 million.
Banking tech round-up: 19 January 2018
Featuring Fiserv, HSLC, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Contovista, Piraeus Bank, Intellect Design Arena and Bank of Baroda.
Blockchain – not for payments?
Blockchain still has the subject of heated discussion and massive investments of time and money.
Coinbase gets the Memo.AI engineering talent
Digital currency wallet Coinbase looks for growth.
Blockchain security firm Ledger raises $75m funding
Investment takes the company’s total capital to more than $85 million.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 January 2018
Catch up on our top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Top six trends in payments
What trends will be impacting the payments industry this year?
Fintech funding round-up: 18 January 2018
Featuring BB&T Corporation, Solgari and Tinkoff Bank.
Security is NOT a priority – especially in Japan
New research from Gemalto indicates many PR gimmicks and posturing are empty promises.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 18 January 2018
Features Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Jibrel Network, Yes Bank and HashCash.
Interview: Dmitry Leus, Imperium Investments – how to protect money?
Reading smart books and applying other successful investment strategies will not lead to success.
Close to you – how white-label partnerships will continue to evolve
They have deepened and broadened, now covering more services than have been traditionally associated with the term.
Microsoft and Alibaba officially have AI that’s smarter than humans
They beat humans using the Stanford Question Answering Dataset – aka SQuAD.
Panama stock exchange tips its hat to Nasdaq tech
Bolsa de Valores de Panamá goes for matching engine technology via the Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture.
Banking tech round-up: 16 January 2018
Featuring Finastra, Cyberport, ME Bank, FIS, FinReach, Deutsche Postbank and Saxo Bank.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 16 January 2018
Post-trade scenarios, a cryptocurrency app and a trading platform. Stars Swift, DeVere Group and Horizon Software.
Google Cloud offers updates on Spectre and Meltdown flaws
It has managed to weather the storm better.
Intel’s Spectre and Meltdown headaches continue
Its share price has also been dropping all week.
Fintech funding round-up: 12 January 2018
Features Ladder, Petal, Fisco, Equitise and Xinja.
Top fintech stories this week – 12 January 2018
Catch up on FinTech Future’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
“Teach STEM from an early age” for equality in fintech
How to tackle inequality and promote women in fintech.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 11 January 2018
Stars Saifu, Thales, Babb, Iznes, SETL and Sberbank’s new lab.
You may soon be able to bid with Bitcoin on eBay
The digital currency is making a surprising entrance into the mainstream financial world.
Intelligent Environments appoints new CEO
He most recently served as VP of EMEA at Fiserv. Prior to that, head of retail banking and insurance at Oracle.
How wearables will change everything
The next wave of technological transformation will be driven by the rise of wearable technology.
Fintech funding round-up: 10 January 2018
Starring Mylo Financial Technologies, Goji and Collibra.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 10 January 2018
Features BNP Paribas Asset Management, Falcon Private Bank and the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange.
IBM proudly poses at patent peak
Its inventors received a record number of patents in 2017 – marking its 25th consecutive year of US leadership.
Dell and VMware race to plug virtual appliance security hole
A severe vulnerability affecting the enterprise seems to have slipped under the radar.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 9 January 2018
Features Cardano Foundation, IOHK, Emurgo, Bitcoin mining, Microsoft and John McAfee.
New year, new us: say hello to FinTech Futures!
We’re starting 2018 with a bang!
AI is on!
Implementation of first uses cases around real-time contextual added-value banking notifications and offers to make their appearance in 2018.
Fintech funding round-up: 8 January 2018
Features IBM, Comcast, MState, Early Salary, Previse and Dinghy.
Intel hit with class action suit over CPU defects
Concerns the design defect found in all of Intel’s x86-64x CPUs.
Infographic: history of Ripple coin
Buyripple explains “how banks fell in love with Ripple” in this infographic.
Credit Karma teams with American Express to offer advance tax refund
With the new GOP tax law in place, Americans have begun thinking about 15 April – the tax filing deadline.
Cloud market soared to $180bn in revenue in 2017 – study
A 24% year-over-year increase, according to new research by Synergy Research Group.
