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Callsign wins the crowd at Temenos Innovation Jam London

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, announces that the audience of Innovation Jam London has voted Callsign the winner of the regional competition.

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ADGM prepares to Plug and Play for fintech innovation

Plug and Play, the world’s largest and most successful global innovation platform, and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, are pleased to establish the ‘Plug and Play ADGM’ office and announce the go-live date for its signature FinTech innovation programme for Abu Dhabi and the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

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Singapore Fintech Association established Marketplace Lending Committee

The Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) today announces the launch of the Marketplace Lending committee and website, in response to the rapid growth in the sector.

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China Construction Bank puts robots in charge of branch

China Construction Bank has opened a Shanghai branch staffed by robots and packed with facial recognition, artificial intelligence and virtual reality technology.

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Open Banking ends managed roll out, paving way for new services

The UK's Open Banking initiative has completed its three-month managed roll out programme, leaving regulated firms free to start offering related services.

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BBVA invests $50m in Chinese AI-focused fund

Spanish bank BBVA is pumping $50 million into an artificial intelligence-focused investment fund run by the former president of Google China.

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Societe Generale and Wavestone open 2nd edition of the Banking Cybersecurity Innovation Awards

After last year's successful first edition, Societe Generale and Wavestone are launching the second edition of their challenge for startups and innovative SMEs in cybersecurity.

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Sberbank and HSE business incubator looking at 600 start-up ideas

Sberbank and the Higher School of Economics’ business incubator is beginning to review ideas for start-ups that were submitted to the corporate business accelerator.

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Seismic Foundry portfolio firms join SEI incubaotr Codify

Three of the portfolio firms that were invested in by the Seismic Foundry Capital Markets FinTech fund have joined the SEI supported incubator, Codify, based in their Alphabeta building in Finsbury Square, London.

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Visa takes Everywhere Initiative to Nairobi Tech Week

Visa has announced that it will be opening up the first Visa Everywhere Initiative for Sub Saharan Africa to young developers at this year’s Nairobi Tech Week (NTW) taking place from April 19- 21.

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Barclays Bank sets up tech venture unit

Barclays Bank has launched a new venture unit to invest in and partner with tech companies in a drive to find new opportunities for growth and innovation.

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Mark Zavadskiy appointed Sberbank VP for digital partnerships

Sberbank announces the appointment of Mark Zavadskiy as Vice President for Strategic Digital Partnerships at Sberbank.

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Standard Chartered opens Hong Kong innovation lab

Standard Chartered has opened an innovation lab in Hong Kong to tap emerging financial technologies and data science in the region.

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DBS Hong Kong appoints Brit Blakeney as innovation and ecosystem head

DBS Hong Kong today announced that Brit Blakeney has joined the bank as Innovation and Ecosystem Head. Brit is a digital executive with over 20 years of experience.

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The next stem of the real-time discussion

Paul Thomalla, SVP Global Corporate Relations & Development, ACI Worldwide, talks about where the discussion about real-time payments has moved in the last 6 months, how more SMEs would now change banks if they didn’t offer them real-time payments and what similarities there are between the US, Europe and Asia, within the fintech and regulation space.

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Emirates NBD registers cheques on a blockchain

Emirates NMD has integrated blockchain technology into issued cheques to reduce the risk of forgery and to minimise potential fraud.

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House of Lords calls for UK to lead the way on ethical AI

As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in a host of industries, not least the financial services sector, gains traction, the House of Lords has called for the UK to lead the way in the ethical development and deployment of the technology.

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Changing lanes with innovation

James Maudslay, Senior Manager Solution Marketing, Equinix, talks about some of the practical implications for banks around Open Banking and how well positioned are they in dealing with them, how are banks managing their need to offer innovative digital services to their customers and whether legacy infrastructure is a constraint, and how strategic partnerships and collaboration with others will benefit banks.

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Competing in an increasingly competitive space

Cédric Derras, Global Head of cash Management, UniCredit, talks about what some of the key initiatives and trends the global payments industry is wrestling with are, how banks are coping with this through greater collaboration with third-parties to manage and compete in an increasingly competitive space, and how this will benefit the banks and their customers in the future.

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Startupbootcamp FinTech seeks international startups focused on Latin America

Startupbootcamp FinTech, the leading global FinTech accelerator focused on innovation for the financial services industry, is on the search for the next FinTech startups ready to take Latin America by storm.