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Terrapinn Training Launches Fintech Courses; Payments And Blockchain Tech At The Center Of Attention
Terrapinn Training will be hosting two fintech courses in November in Singapore: the 3 Day Master Class in Payments Disruptors and the 3 Day Masterclass Blockchain, two programs designed to dive into some of the hottest topics in fintech right
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Singapore Fintech Awards 2016 Announces 40 Finalists
Singapore FinTech Awards 2016, comprising the MAS FinTech Award and ABS Global FinTech Award, will be part of the inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival that will be held during 14 – 18 November 2016. The Awards recognise innovative FinTech solutions that
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OCBC Bank Enables Peer-to-peer Payments Powered By Siri And iMessage
OCBC Bank customers can now send money to their friends and family by issuing a simple voice command to Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant. Users just have to tell Siri whom to send the payment to and how much they want
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Connecting Global Fintech: Hub Review 2016
Deloitte has recently published ‘Connecting Global Fintech: Hub Review 2016’ (Sep 2016) which is a study of over 21 hubs across the globe, providing an Index Performance Score for the following areas: – Global Financial Centre Index (GFCI) – Doing
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DBS Report: Fintech, A Challenge And An Opportunity For Banks
Fintech investment more than doubled in 2015 and the sector currently counts 19 unicorns; players that are in a position to challenge banks. Despite the apparent threat, fintechs also bring the opportunity for small and medium-sized banks to partner with
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The Fintech 100 – Announcing The World’s Leading Fintech Innovators For 2016
Fintech Innovators, a collaboration between fintech investment firm, H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech, announced its list of the world’s leading fintech innovators, the 2016 Fintech 100. The annual list includes the leading 50 Established fintech companies across the globe, as well
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Industry Stakeholders Team Up To Boost Malaysia’s Fintech Sector
A new association has been formed earlier this month in Malaysia to represent the fintech scene and push the country into becoming a leading hub. This followed a set of initiatives that have been launched in Malaysia in recent months
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Singapore and South Korea Sign Cooperation Agreement in FinTech
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Korean Financial Services Commission (KFSC) today signed a cooperation agreement to foster greater cooperation in FinTech. The signing took place at the sidelines of the FinTech Demo Day organised by the Korean
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Commonwealth Bank, Wells Fargo and Brighann Cotton Pioneer Landmark Blockchain Trade Transaction
World-first interbank open account transaction provides more efficient and effective method for the shipment of goods. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Commonwealth Bank), Wells Fargo and Brighann Cotton have undertaken the first global trade transaction between two independent banks combining the
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Fintech Meets Travel
Fintech meets travel! Experts have been talking about this for quite a while now. But is it really happening? In short, it already has! In many ways these two industries are made for each other, it really is a marriage
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