UNEP and FinTechs Partner For Sustainable Finance
- 7 years 10 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, Infrastructure
The Stockholm Fintech Hub is supporting Sweden and the United Nations Environment Programme to pilot the UN’s 2030 vision for sustainable finance. Although modern society couldn’t have developed without the finance sector, it’s come at a cost to people and the planet. Inequality has increased and the Earth faces serious environmental threats. In 2015, world leaders came together to find solutions, and agreed on 17 global goals for 2030 that...
BBVA Executives Meet Propel Venture Partners Startups
- 7 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
Senior executives from BBVA got the chance to meet with some of the USA’s most innovative and forward thinking financial technology businesses this week at the first tech summit hosted by BBVA-backed venture capital firm Propel Venture Partners.
Duff & Phelps Hires Two Managing Directors
- 7 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
Duff & Phelps, the premier global valuation and corporate finance advisor with a specialist risk consultancy practice, today announced that two new members have joined its UK Compliance and Regulatory Consulting (CRC). Derek Taylor and Fergus Allan have both been appointed as Managing Directors in Duff & Phelps’ London consulting team. Derek Taylor - Managing Director (London)
Kyriba Provides Innovative Fintech to More Swiss Companies
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Payments, Cloud
Kyriba Corp., the global leader in cloud-based treasury, cash, risk and payment management solutions, today announced exceptional growth in Switzerland. To strengthen its position as a world leader in the space, Kyriba bolstered its presence in many countries in 2016, including Switzerland. This growth strategy translated into exceptional development of new logos, an increase of +40% from 2015 to 2016.
InsurTech Startup Trov Closes $45 Million Series D Financing
- 7 years 10 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, Insurance
Today Trov, the advanced technology company revolutionizing insurance for the tech-empowered consumer, reported that it has closed $45 million in Series D funding led by Munich Re / HSB Ventures, bringing its total funding to just over $85 million.
Smart Contracts: From Ethereum to Potential Banking Use Cases Whitepaper
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Banking
With contributions from Zerado, FinTech Network have produced a whitepaper that looks at smart contracts and how they could improve efficiencies within the banking sector. The whitepaper highlights:
CommBank Ships Free Data Analytics Platform to SMEs
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Commonwealth Bank is putting the power of big data into the hands of small and medium businesses by launching a powerful new-to-market business analytics platform. The world-leading Daily IQ 2.0 platform brings together a suite of data feeds and online tools enabling businesses to not only monitor their performance in real-time and instantly view customer purchasing and demographic trends, but to model future scenarios based on a range of...
Incofin Investment Management Teams Up with New Investors to Increase Access to Financial Services for Smallholder Farmers
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Investment Management
Launched in 2015, the agRIF fund seeks to address the scarcity of financial services adapted to the needs of smallholder farmers, an economic segment representing the largest portion of those living on less than $2 per day. It does this by investing equity in financial intermediaries that target the agricultural sector.
NCR Silver Tablet POS Launches in Australia
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
NCR Corporation, a global leader in omni-channel solutions, has launched the NCR Silver family of point-of-sale (POS) solutions to Australian retail, service and restaurant merchants. NCR Silver is an integrated payment, marketing and management solution that can transform a tablet into a complete POS system, capable of sales reporting, employee management, inventory management and more.
TradeShift and CreditEase Join Forces for Trade Financing App
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Trade Finance
Tradeshift, the world’s largest business commerce platform, has partnered with CreditEase to deliver a trade financing app that will bring low-cost financing to millions of businesses in China.
Net Element Introduces Apple Pay Support in Russia
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Payments, e-Payments
Net Element, Inc. ( NASDAQ : NETE ) ("Net Element" or the "Company"), a provider of global mobile payment technology solutions and value-added transactional services, today announces that its PayOnline subsidiary has launched Apple Pay support in Russia.
GMC Software Research: Almost Half of UK Consumers Considering to Switch Banks
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Banking
43 percent looking to switch in the next year, as 68 percent feel they are “Just a number” to their bank
Incofin Investment Management Teams Up with New Investors
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Fund Management
Launched in 2015, the agRIF fund seeks to address the scarcity of financial services adapted to the needs of smallholder farmers, an economic segment representing the largest portion of those living on less than $2 per day. It does this by investing equity in financial intermediaries that target the agricultural sector.
Neptune Integrates Into Flextrade’s Buy-side EMS Platform
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Investment
The fixed income market network is now connected to its latest OMS/EMS provider to offer the buy-side greater access to liquidity through best-of-breed price discovery tools.
TradeShift Collaborates with CreditEase on Trade Financing App
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Trading Systems
Tradeshift, the world’s biggest business commerce platform, has partnered with CreditEase to deliver a trade financing app that will bring low-cost financing to millions of businesses in China. CreditEase, the largest peer-to-peer lender in China (and globally), can now deliver accounts receivables financing to millions of fast-growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
