Finovate Global: Fintech News from Around the World

As Finovate goes increasingly global, so does our coverage of financial technology. Finovate Global: Fintech News from Around the World is our weekly look at fintech innovation in developing economies in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. Central and Eastern Europe Central Banking’s FinTech & RegTech Global Awards names the Read more…

The ABCs of Digital Transformation: A is for Artificial Intelligence

  Finovate has curated an additional summit day that will take place the day after FinovateFall on September 27. The exclusive summit day kicks off at 8am and will focus on two of the technologies that are driving fintech innovation forward in the 21st century: Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology. Be sure to register if you’re Read more…

Chain Rebrands to Interstellar Following Acquisition

Earlier this year, we reported that cryptographic ledger company Chain was in talks to be acquired by blockchain technology platform Stellar. Today, Chain announced that the deal has been finalized, and that it is retiring the Chain brand and rebranding to Interstellar. Interstellar brings Chain together with Lightyear, which Stellar launched in 2017 to design and develop the Read more…

Sberbank Partners with 500 Startups to Launch Russian Fintech Accelerator

Sberbank and international accelerator 500 Startups are launching a joint development programme for Russian IT start-ups, reports Antony Peyton of Fintech Futures (Finovate’s sister publication). Their areas of interest cover a lot. It’s not just fintech but start-ups working in e-commerce, cloud B2B services, internet of things (IoT), big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), Read more…

“View Your Career as a Marathon, Not a Sprint,” says Mary Jane Ajodah to Future Women in Fintech

Mary Jane Ajodah covers fintech and emerging technology within the Client Service Delivery Strategy Group at Bank of New York Mellon. Her responsibilities entail developing use cases for emerging technology with various business areas, identifying and driving opportunities for partnerships with third parties, and articulating a strategic vision around new technology for operations. Ahead of Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com Xero Learn Sets Stage for Next Generation of Number Crunchers. SynapseFI Raises $17 Million in New Funding. Around the web iSignthis acquires core banking platform software business. HooYu teams up with U.K. casino operator, Bear Group. United Bank of Egypt leverages technology from Finastra to upgrade its core banking infrastructure. Ripple and TransferGo Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com Standard Chartered Pilots Blockchain-Based Trade Guarantees. Digital Onboarding to Enhance Customer Experience for Mariner’s Bank. Check out more sneak peeks of demos from FinovateFall presenters: Launchfire Tolerisk Horizn Tala Security CrediVia Around the web NICE introduces Proactive Fraudster Exposure functionality to its Real-Time Authentication solution for call centers. The Paypers features Onfido CEO Husayn Read more…

Finovate Global: Fintech News from Around the World

As Finovate goes increasingly global, so does our coverage of financial technology. Finovate Global: Fintech News from Around the World is our weekly look at fintech innovation in developing economies in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. Latin America and the Caribbean Officials from the incoming Mexican administration see fintechs Read more…

eToro Adds IOTA Cryptocurrency to Platform

After launching its cryptocurrency exchange earlier this year, social trading platform eToro has bolstered the number of the cryptocurrencies it offers, adding IOTA to the roster. IOTA was launched in 2015 to provide fast communication and transactions for internet of things (IoT) platforms and has a market capitalization of $1.4 billion. The currency shows promising use Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com Using Your Data to Stay Alive. Highlights of This Year’s Inc. 5000. Around the web BBVA Compass leverages MX for financial management tools. CNBC: Ripple wants to target China with blockchain-based payments ID.me approved as NIST 800-63-3 conformant. Industrial Bank of China selects Avaloq to provide a banking solution for its private-banking branch in Read more…

Finovate Global: Fintech News from Around the World

As Finovate goes increasingly global, so does our coverage of financial technology. Finovate Global: Fintech News from Around the World is our weekly look at fintech innovation in developing economies in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. Central and South Asia Pakistan joins Emirates Islamic QuickRemit online fund transfer service. Read more…