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DSB Announces Technology Advisory Committee Membership

The Derivatives Service Bureau today announced the members of its newly formed Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). The mission of the TAC is to provide guidance and recommendations to the DSB Board on technology implementation and investment to support the DSB role as a critical market infrastructure for providing financial instrument identifiers. As part of the DSB governance structure, it will also enable the DSB to sample industry sentiment regarding potential changes in services or performance.

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 09:35
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Mastercard launches Accelerate: continuing to unleash the potential of Fintechs

Mastercard today announces the creation of Accelerate, a new programme to drive growth at scale for the fast-evolving FinTech industry. The initiative is designed to support the ambitions of players in the FinTech sector through tailored support arrangements including access to insight, tools, technology and investment to support innovation. Designed to operate alongside the successful Start Path programme, Accelerate broadens and deepens Mastercard’s engagement with the payment Fintech community including the next generation of digital banks.

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 09:16
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GlobalData announces OTT voice application penetration in Latin America will more than double to 2020, while service revenues decline

Mobile voice service revenue in Latin America (LATAM) will decline from $33.7bn in 2017 to $27.1bn by 2020, with a negative Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.0% between 2017 and 2020, due to the growing adoption of over-the-top (OTT) voice applications such as Skype, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, according to 

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 07:46
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Financial UX Design is About Saving People's Lives

Most people can remember a situation in their lives in which they experienced a huge amount of stress when dealing with money. Whether it was a bad encounter with online banking, a struggle when planning a budget or keeping track of spending, the majority of us can relate. But, how often do we wonder about how these situations can impact our lives, and those of our families and loved ones? In order to create a life-saving financial design, it’s vital to understand the role that emotions play when it comes to money.

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 07:41
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Simon Hunt joined Mastercard as head of cybersecurity solutions unit

Mastercard today announced that leading cybersecurity expert Simon Hunt will join the company as executive vice president to head its cybersecurity solutions unit.

Hunt’s role will be to further enhance Mastercard security capabilities for cardholders, customers, merchants and other stakeholders in light of the growing cybercrime threat.

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 07:33
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Dianrong supply chain finance offering added to R3 Corda

Dianrong, a leader in online marketplace lending in China, and R3, a global enterprise software firm, today announced that Dianrong’s next version of its supply chain finance solution will be made available on Corda, R3’s blockchain platform for finance and business. 

Dianrong has been a pioneer in leveraging fintech and blockchain to improve supply chain finance for small businesses. The new Corda app (“CorDapp”) will further expand Dianrong’s reach both in China and globally by leveraging R3’s proven enterprise-grade blockchain technology platform.

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 07:15
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Intelligent Environments to rebrand as ieDigital

After a comprehensive brand review, Intelligent Environments, the global provider of financial services technology, is set to become ieDigital.

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 07:12
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Quint launches company focussed on real-time data insights

Qunit Group, one of the leading fintech companies in the UK, has launched Infinian, a new data company, to leverage and commercilaise the Groups vast real time data assets. 

Infinian provides highly insightful data to financial services business, fintech companies and some of the biggest global data businesses and credit bureaus. The company’s suite of products enables its customers to enhance the quality of their credit decisions and existing customer databases, enabling them to create more efficient and profitable operating models. 

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 07:04
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SmartCash Announces Success of Community-Approved Initiatives Funded by SmartHive Project Treasury
SmartCash, a community governance, cooperation and growth focused crypto-asset created via blockchain technology, today provides a recap of its completed community initiatives. Each project was made possible via the SmartHive Project Treasury, which is funded by a portion of the block rewards and then directed via SmartCash holders who participate in SmartVoting.

Building the Future

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 07:01
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FundRequest Launches a Marketplace that Rewards Developers for Open Source Contributions

FundRequest, a new platform for incentivizing open-source development, has officially launched their first product: a blockchain powered integration with GitHub that allows developers to directly solve open source project issues and be rewarded. The platform integrates directly with GitHub, allowing projects to fund ‘issues’ that developers can solve and be rewarded in cryptocurrency. 

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 06:56
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