Some of the UK’s top talent in the world of fintech were in Madrid this week to pitch their ideas to a selection of BBVA’s senior leaders.

Startupbootcamp, the global accelerator network dedicated to scaling entrepreneurial innovation, has announced its expansion to the Latin American market through the launch of a dedicated fintech program in Mexico today.

VocaLink, the global payment partner to banks, corporates and governments, today announced that Rosy Ruiz has joined the firm as Senior Vice President, Sales, Americas.

Ullink, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, today announced a new release of its leading FIX engine, UL APPIA. Version 8 of UL APPIA adds support for generation and processing of microsecond granularity timestamps and new FIX tags, recently ratified by the FIX Trading Community, which must be sent along with electronic orders to support MiFID2 trade and transaction reporting requirements.

Horizon Software, the leading global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, today announced the extension of its long-term relationship with Edelweiss International Singapore (Pte) Limited (Edelweiss Singapore), a subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, one of India’s leading diversified financial services companies. Edelweiss will be using the latest version of Horizon’s award-winning trading technology as a strategic element of their trading.

DueDil, the company information platform, has today announced it is expanding the coverage of its company data, which is set to enable new trade opportunities for millions of companies across the UK and Europe.

Luka Ivicevic, co-founder of Penta, and one of the brightest mind in Fintech industry, shared with us the mission of Penta and the changes brought by it. 

Mambu is kicking off 2017 by opening new Miami offices and appointing a regional Managing Director to meet the growing demand for their platform in North America, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. The office will support Mambu’s current 32 regional clients, including Grameen America which deploys the platform in 12 cities.

SBI Ripple Asia reports that a consortium of 47 banks have successfully completed a pilot implementation of Ripple in Japan using a cloud-based payments platform. This platform, RC Cloud, is powered by Ripple’s solution and is the first in the world to enable real-time money transfers both domestically and internationally. As a result, the consortium has confirmed that it will move into commercial phase.