On March 28, Tel Aviv will host Blockchain & Bitcoin Israel, a large-scale event dedicated to cryptocurrency, blockchain and ICO. The conferences will be attended by the world's leading experts in the field of digital technologies. Speakers of the event are blockchain entrepreneurs and crypto experts from different countries, including Ukraine, Malta, Israel, Germany, Hong Kong.

The key speakers include:

Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, has launched a new solution to support the government Commercial Credit Data Sharing (CCDS) initiative seeking to stimulate competition and encourage new entrants in SME lending, thereby addressing the shortfall in access to finance. 

Intrapay today introduced its purpose-built payment platform to the global payments sector, backed by a management team comprising some of the leading figures in the industry.

A Cognizant report focussed on why financial service organizations in the Asia Pacific region see blockchain as a game-changing technology

Innovation in and around blockchain is currently concentrated in the U.S. and Europe but application of this new technology is quickly spreading over the Asia Pacific region.

Download this Cognizant report today to see how Asia is poised to become a hotbed for blockchain innovation and why financial service organizations in the region see it as a game-changing technology:

The world’s only cloud-based SaaS core banking provider Ohpen has successfully closed a €25 million Series C investment round, with private equity firm Amerborgh. Ohpen will use these funds to further fuel growth and expand into a third country, where it will enable financial services companies to digitalise their services and migrate their customer accounts into the cloud.

Nasdaq Inc.  and Palestine Exchange (PEX) have signed a new market technology agreement for Nasdaq to deliver new matching engine technology via the Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture to Palestine's stock exchang

Berlin based Penta, a challenger bank for startups and businesses has raised a €2.2 million seed round one month after launching in Germany as its customer growth has gained pace. The thriving FinTech is also announcing the end of its waitlist, which allows German businesses to open a business bank account with Penta today.

We are living amid a constantly evolving digital landscape. FinTech startups and challenger banks are continuously launching new advanced digital products on the market. Consumers, being blown away by flashy technologies, demand for their banks to reinvent themselves to stay current with other progressive industries. Not surprisingly, the traditional retail banks have a hard time keeping up given their recent branch closures and staff reductions.

1 - PCA Predict (a GBG company) for KYC onboarding

Capturing data according to the Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations is an important step to prevent money laundering, fraud and other criminal activity.

Micah Willbrand is Global Head of Anti-Bribery & Corruption at NICE Actimize