Category : Fintech News

The Open Source Strategy Forum 2018

The Open Source Strategy Forum is a two-day event to empower financial technology professionals to accelerate open source collaboration at their companies. Day One will feature three tracks, each going deep on a key topic area: • Business Value &am...

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Now Tokenised: Project Team Win £5,000,000 Contest

CoinGeek can officially announce that the Bitcoin BCH blockchain now has a leading tokenization solution, and has a winner for its £5m contest (amounts payable in BCH, of course) for developing that solution. ‘Team Tokenized’, who successfully rose...

TCC and Recordsure Appoint New CEOs as Group Eyes Fresh Growth

TCC and sister company Recordsure have announced the appointment of Mike Park and Joe Norburn as CEOs of the respective organisations, with Founder Joanne Smith taking the position of Group CEO. The changes in leadership reflect a growing momentum ac...

Bobby Lee and Vinay Gupta Bring the Sparks whilst M.I.A Sets the Fire at the Crypto Challenge Forum

Written by Matthew Dove (Digital Editor) The first day of the Crypto Challenge Forum held at London’s Central Westminster Hall proved to be more heated than your average Monday afternoon in October. The roster featured big hitters from the worl...

Global Token Review – Top 5 Upcoming ICOs: Opet Foundation

Opet Foundation plans to improve the education industry by using emerging technologies like Blockchain and AI. The company will use blockchain to develop a decentralised tutor marketplace to help high school students with their education. They will a...

Forum of Private Business gives Philip Hammond 5 out of 10 for his Pre-Brexit Budget

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has given Philip Hammond 5 out of 10 for his last budget before Britain leaves the EU. Managing Director Ian Cass said: “We welcome the Chancellor’s moves to support High Street’s up and down the country, especiall...

Global Token Review – Top 5 Upcoming ICOs: Tachain

Tachain has a mission to build a blockchain platform which is secure, ‘fun’, and provides overarching services for the commercial advertising and transport industries. The company states that it wants its customers to derive joy and playfulness when...

Global Token Review – Top 5 Upcoming ICOs: ICOVO

ICOVO is a new addition to the field of Distributed Autonomous Initial Coin Offerings (DAICOs). A DAICO is a version of an ICO, which incorporates a few aspects of Distributed Autonomous Organisations (DAOs). The ICOVO platform intends to prevent th...

FiDLT – Boston’s Fidelity Investments Makes a Commitment to the Future of Digital Assets

Written by Athravan Sett (Contributing Reporter) Boston-based giant Fidelity Investments – entrusted with managing over $7.2 trillion of assets for over 13,000 institutional clients – announced earlier this month the launch of Fidelity Digital Asset...

SEI Holds Intrapreneurial ‘Ideathon’ with the Acceleration of Innovation in Mind

SEI, a leading global provider of wealth management solutions, held an “Ideathon” at its Finsbury Square offices in the City of London on Friday. The aim of the contest was simple: the acceleration of innovation. In an exercise known as “...

CompareChecker Announced as 2018 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards Finalist

It has just been announced that North West based CompareChecker has been shortlisted for the 2018 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards in the Innovation Entrepreneur of the Year award. CompareChecker beat off some tough competition in order to m...

London and Singapore Are Leading Fintech Hubs: Report

Singapore and London came up tops as Fintech hubs based on a joint recent report issued by accounting bodies in the two countries.

Singapore and London Are Leading Fintech Hubs: Report

Singapore and London came up tops as Fintech hubs based on a joint recent report issued by accounting bodies in the two countries.

OneTrust Sponsors Keynote Conference at Data Protection World Forum

On November 20-21, Data Protection World Forum will bring together industry experts in data protection and privacy, six months after the implementation of GDPR at London’s ExCeL Data Protection World Forum has announced OneTrust is sponsoring its 201...

Startup Nation Israel: Dispatches from the Beating Heart of Middle Eastern Fintech

Written by Ronnie Lavie (Contributing Editor) Israel is a small country with a population of just under 9 million people. Despite this, in recent years it has become a global leader in tech advancements and exports, with Waze and Taboola being just a...