The science behind behavioral economics confirms that people make wholly irrational decisions. In the finance world, identifying which emotions come into play when people make the financial choices they do, can help bankers and those in the finance sector to understand why, whether it’s buying a house, withdrawing cash, investing money or saving for retirement.

The highly prestigious award concludes this year’s FinovateAsia, a major international fintech innovation conference which took place in Hong Kong on 29 and 30 October 2018. The event saw around 20 leading fintech firms, including Avaloq, demonstrate their tools and solutions to an audience of industry experts.

Startupbootcamp Scale FinTech Mexico City announces the opening of applications for its second cohort and invites the best growth stage FinTech startups to apply by December 10th.

It is the only FinTech scaling program in Latin America and is designed for growth stages companies specialized in FinTech.

Today, LogMeIn, Inc.

 Mistertango, the first crypto-friendly payment company, today announced the launch of its partners “Offers” platform. The new platform, which is integrated into Mistertango’s website and mobile application, provides customers with access to a range of services and solutions offered by Mistertango’s partners. Mistertango customers will benefit from new, often exclusive offers, and partners have a new channel to market for their products.

A recent report by EY has warned that the financial services sector must revamp its approach to risk management in order to thrive in the digital age. The report said that businesses should be proactively looking for new technologies and adopting risk management to drive profitability. 

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, today announced it is has been engaged by Amazon to launch a new payment option that allows int

Software intelligence company, Dynatrace, today announced the findings of an independent global survey of 800 CIOs, which reveals that nearly three-quarters (74%) of IT leaders are concerned that Internet of Things (IoT) performance problems could directly impact business operations and significantly damage revenues.

iwoca, one of Europe’s fastest growing small business lenders, has today successfully released Open Banking for all new customers with a Lloyds Bank account. The company becomes the first ever business lender to connect with any of the UK’s nine largest banks under the Open Banking initiative, launched in January 2018.