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Facebook to launch cryptocurrency in 2020

Facebook is finalising a digital payments system called ‘GlobalCoin’, which is expected to be available across 12 countries by the start of 2020.

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Evalue and 4xxi invite applicants for fintech startup competition

One lucky fintech start-up will win 12 months of unlimited access to EValue’s financial planning API stack and a custom-built user interface from 4xxi, with a combined value of £15,000, to get their financial services business dreams off the ground. Two runners-up will also win access and support.

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EBAday 2019 to set the agenda for European payments industry

A host of board directors, chief financial officers and payments and technology heads from Europe's leading banks have confirmed their participation in the conference programme for the fourteenth annual EBAday, taking place this year in Stockholm between the 18th and 19th June.

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HSBC opens London and Toronto data and innovation labs

HSBC has opened two data and innovation labs - in London and Toronto - that will house specialists in areas such as analytics and robotics working on products and services for the bank's global banking and markets (GBM) unit.

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FX vacation spending money app wins Finastra FusionONE hackathon

Finastra has unveiled the winner of the first public hackathon on its open development platform, FusionFabric.cloud.

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Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day two

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2019, in Panama City. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can accelerate digital transformation.

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Indian securities body proposes innovation sandbox

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has published a framework for an innovation sandbox which would enable non-regulated firms to tap market data feeds to test new product ideas.

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Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day one

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2019, in Panama City. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can accelerate digital transformation.

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One in ten European banks to disappear over the next five years

A.T. Kearney is predicting the demise of one in ten European banks over the next five years as more agile digital challengers embrace the changes wrought by Open Banking to increase their market reach.

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"AI is the new electricity" - TSB's Janet Adams frames the debate at Finextra conference

Finextra welcomed over 200 attendees to NextGen Banking London, the one-day event that focused on how developments in AI have become a business-critical consideration for traditional banks.

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Internal innovators at SocGen incubate thirty startups

Societe Generale is to support the development of up to 30 startups that have emerged from an internal intrapreneurship programme that kicked off in 2017.

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ECB paper warns of regulatory arbitrage on crypto-assets

While crypto-assets do not currently pose a threat to the euro area's financial stability, a disjointed approach at the national level could trigger regulatory arbitrage and hamper the resilience of the region's financial system, says an ECB paper.

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Swedbank to take over Barclays Rise in Lithuania

Swedbank is to take over Barclays financial technology centre, Rise Vilnius, following the UK bank's decision to shutter its operations in Lithuania.

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ABN Amro to launch blockchain and IoT platform for trade inventories

ABN Amro is looking to launch a blockchain platform for the commodities industry that uses the Internet of Things to communicate directly with physical trade inventories.

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Tokyo opens 'Fintech Business Camp' for foreign startups

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is inviting applications from foreign fintech startups to join an accelerator programme which will provide them with unrivalled access to leading companies in Japan's financial sector.

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Unesco tackles gender bias in AI

A UNESCO publication produced in collaboration with Germany and the EQUALS Skills Coalition, I’d Blush if I Could, features recommendations on actions to overcome global gender gaps in digital skills, with a special examination of the impact of gender prejudice coded into some of the most prevalent artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as digital voice assistants.

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BNP Paribas rolls out hologram projection technology

BNP is to offer clients the opportunity to chat with a holographic projection of members of its real estate, corporate and institutional banking and wealth management teams.

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Intesa Sanpaolo supports innovation in Turin

Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center (a company of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group) signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of aiding the development of an international ecosystem for innovation in the city of Turin.

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Fintech investment house Portag3 appoints six senior advisors

Portag3 Ventures today announced the creation of a group of senior advisors tasked with working with the platform to provide industry and functional expertise to portfolio companies and support the investment team's deal sourcing activities.

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Startupbootcamp selects ten firms for fintech accelerator

Global accelerator program Startupbootcamp has announced the 10 startups selected for its specialised FinTech Accelerator program, which will formally commence on June 3rd and run until Demo Day on August 29th.