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1631 Results from 2016

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MasterCard partners Coin for wearable payments onslaught

MasterCard is looking to bring payments to a wide array of fitness bands, smart watches and other wearable devices through a partnership with consumer electronics and financial software startup Coin.

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The game changing challengers out to rock the banking world

Yann Ranchere, partner at venture investment and advisory firm Anthemis, discusses why 2016 could see game changing challengers enter the banking sector.

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Accenture shortlists 15 for London Innovation Lab

Blockchain technology, cognitive computing and biometric security feature among the shortlisted applications selected to participate in Accenture’s 2016 FinTech Innovation Lab London.

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MasterCard and Samsung unveil pay-by-fridge

MasterCard and Samsung have partnered to develop an app that enables consumers to order groceries direct from the Korean electronics firm's new range of smart refrigerators.

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Appetite for cash remains strong as ATM usage soars

Strong growth in ATM cash withdrawals over the past year suggest that proponents of the War on Cash are fighting an uphill battle.

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Sorry start to the New Year for HSBC as online problems continue

Online problems at HSBC have run into a second day as the bank begins an inauspicious start to the New Year.

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Orange to expand into banking with majority interest in Groupama Banque

Telecommunications company Orange is looking to diversify into financial services by acquiring a 65% stake in France's Groupama Banque with a view to opening a mobile-led bank in 2017.

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Blockchain consortium R3 begins recruitment drive

Bank-backed blockchain collaboration outfit R3 is in the market for talented developers, designers and architects capable of working on "some of the thorniest problems in financial technology".

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Crazy fintech predictions for 2016

Pascal Bouvier, newly installed as a venture partner with Santander Innoventures fintech venture fund, dusts off his crystal ball and peers into the not-too-distant fintech future.

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UK banks tap the unbanked with basic bank accounts

Up to nine million consumers stand to benefit from the launch by nine major UK banks of fee-free basic accounts.

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Nasdaq sees in the New Year with first blockchain transaction

Nasdaq is claiming a major step forward in the use of blockchain technology in capital markets after documenting a successful private securities transaction via its distributed ledger-based Linq platform.