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Collision technology conference now seven times the size of last year’s US event and already larger than its European flagship event, Web Summit

In its first year in Canada, North America’s fastest-growing technology conference has officially announced it has now reached maximum capacity for this year’s Collision event, to be held in Toronto’s Enercare Centre from May 20 - 23.

The size of Collision’s now sold-out floor space is set to be seven times larger than Collison 2018, formerly held in New Orleans. The size of the space has also surpassed its flagship event, Web Summit. This year’s Collision is also bringing more than twice as many speakers, startups and investors compared to last year’s conference.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 08:20
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AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon Managed Blockchain

Today, Amazon Web Services Inc., an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced the general availability of Amazon Managed Blockchain, a fully managed service that makes it easy to create and manage scalable blockchain networks. Customers who want to allow multiple parties to execute transactions and maintain a cryptographically verifiable record of them without the need for a trusted, central authority can quickly setup a blockchain network spanning multiple AWS accounts with a few clicks in the AWS Management Console.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 08:15
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Proven APIs Hold the Key to Open Banking Success in Bahrain

Bahrain’s Open Banking compliance deadline of 30th June is rolling round quickly and its regulator, the Central Bank of Bahrain has already signalled that it has no plans to extend it.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 17:31
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SIX and Eagle Investment Systems Expand Alliance to Include Global Sanctions Data

Eagle clients can now source sanctions data directly from SIX for use within Eagle solutions. The alliance will help to streamline efforts by clients to source, validate, and align sanctions data with existing portfolio data, helping firms minimize the risk of reputational damage and fines that can result from dealing with sanctioned entities.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 14:31
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FINRA opens office of Financial Innovation

FINRA today announced the formation of an Office of Financial Innovation that will serve as a central point of coordination for issues related to significant financial innovations by FINRA member firms, particularly new uses of financial technology (fintech).

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 14:11
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Bankable sets strategic partnership with Visa and receives investments

Bankable, the global provider of “Banking as a Service” solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Visa (NYSE: V) to enable financial institutions and banks to access real-time and modular banking solutions worldwide.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 13:25
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Trade Ledger wins place in the inaugural Hong Kong-UK FinTech Bridge Program

 The world’s first open banking business lending platform, Trade Ledger, has won a place in the inaugural Hong Kong-UK FinTech Bridge Program announced last night (29th April 2019) at a special event hosted at Mansion House by the Lord Mayor of London.  In just three years Trade Ledger has established its ground-breaking business lending platform on three continents. This latest achievement means Trade Ledger is the first global technology platform to leverage both the AU-UK and UK-HK bridges.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 13:18
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Volante Technologies Expands Payments as a Service on Microsoft Azure for U.S. Financial Institutions

Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of software for accelerated end-to-end payments processing and financial message integration, has expanded VolPay-as-a-Service, its cloud-based ecosystem of business services for payments innovation and modernization, with key innovations for U.S. financial institutions.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 13:13
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UiPath Raises $568 Million Series D Funding Round

The leading robotic process automation (RPA) company, UiPath, is blazing a path to an “automation first” era, closing its Series D investment round, raising $568 million at a post-money valuation of $7 Billion. This was led by Coatue and joined by Dragoneer, Wellington, Sands Capital, and funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 13:11
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Exscudo enables Sepa deposits to crypto exchange

Excudo announced that SEPA deposit functionality has been added to the Exscudo Exchange.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 11:09
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