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Nominations open for 2018 Insurance Nexus Canadian Awards

The insurance industry is entering an age of disruption and digital transformation. Bespoke products and personalized outreach will soon be the new norm, and insurance carriers will see pivotal changes powered by AI solutions.

Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 10:11
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Databarracks:Organisations should follow the FCA and BoE’s thinking to strengthen their operational resilience

New data reveals the maturity of the financial sector in business continuity and operational resilience

Organisations – regardless of sector – should use the FCA & BoE’s recommendations to improve operational resilience. This is according to Peter Groucutt, managing director of Databarracks

Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 09:53
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Financial IT
Israeli Embedded AI Processor Startup Hailo Targets Japan and South Korea

Breakthrough deep learning processor boosts processing power of autonomous vehicles, smart home appliances, cameras and TVs

Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 09:48
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Financial IT
SatoshiPay Receives €566,000 Investment From Crypto Specialist and Targets London IPO

SatoshiPay (‘the Company’), at the vanguard of providing frictionless global micropayment infrastructure based on blockchain technology, initially to digital content creators, has received a €566,000 cash injection from serial technology/crypto investor Daniel Masters and announced its intention to IPO in London.  Already backed by Axel Springer, one of Europe’s biggest media houses, as well as specialised funds including Blue Star Capital and KR1 and experienced business angels such as Jim Mellon, the Company is aiming to rapidly scale its micropayment technology and build on its existing

Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 09:44
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Financial IT
EuroCCP Appoints Cécile Nagel as CEO

EuroCCP, Europe’s leading equities clearinghouse, today announces the appointment of Cécile Nagel as Chief Executive Officer. Ms Nagel joins from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) where she was most recently Head of LSE Markets Global Product Development and LSE Exchange Traded Products.

Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 09:40
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Financial IT
Launch of CoAssets Stirling Fort Absolute Return Fund (CASFAR)

CoAssets Limited (CoAssets or the "Company") (ASX: CA8), a financial technology platform specialising in providing funding solutions for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is pleased to announce the launch of the CoAssets Stirling Fort Absolute Return Fund (CASFAR Fund or Fund) by its wholly owned Singapore based subsidiary CoAssets International Pte Ltd.

Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 09:38
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Financial IT
Why we need a treasury function in cryptocurrencies?

So far, not much has been written about treasury functions in the context of cryptographic utility tokens. However, as the distinctions between different classes of utility and security tokens becomes more defined, it will become a more important topic of discussion, research and experimentation.  

Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 08:10
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KESTRA FINANCIAL RECRUITS MERRICK FINANCIAL GROUP

Industry-leading independent advisor platform, Kestra Financial, Inc. (Kestra Financial), today announced the addition of Merrick Financial Group.

Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 07:58
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Swarm Fund Partners with MakerDAO to Bring Dai Token to Platform

Swarm (www.swarm.fund), the blockchain for private equity, today announced that it has partnered with decentralized autonomous organization MakerDAO to integrate the Dai token into the Swarm platform.

Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 07:21
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SharesPost and OKCoin Announce Partnership for Global Security Token Network

SharesPost, a leading provider of private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research, has announced that OKCoin will be joining SharesPost's Global Liquidity And Settlement System (GLASS) as exchange nodes. In conjunction with SharesPost's existing Alternative Trading System (ATS), GLASS will provide OKCoin with compliant access to the U.S. investor market.

Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 07:16
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