UK Cash Deposit FinTech Raises £11m to Drive Growth
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Investment, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
London based FinTech, Flagstone, developer of the UK’s largest cash deposit platform which provides clients with access to over 550 deposit accounts from 30 banks through asingle application, has raised £11m in growth capital from investors including Kindred Capital, Moneysupermarket Group plc, VentureFounders and a number of private individual investors.
Spotcap Fintech Fellowship 2019 Open for Applications
- 6 years 3 months ago
- IT Innovations
Fintech and other financial services firms must work harder to be able to secure the skills they need for the future. That is one of the main findings from a recent report from TheCityUK and recruitment firm Odgers Berndtson.
Collision technology conference now seven times the size of last year’s US event and already larger than its European flagship event, Web Summit
- 6 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
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’... more
FINRA opens office of Financial Innovation
- 6 years 3 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
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).
Investment app tickr marks major growth milestone with crowdfunding campaign
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Management, Investment Management, Wealth Management, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
Investment app, tickr, is today launching its crowdfunding campaign on leading investment platform Seedrs. Funds raised will be used to accelerate user acquisition, while building several new features including a visual newsfeed giving users an interactive overview of the companies in their portfolio and the work they are doing to make an impact on the world. tickr’s user statistics demonstrate the scale of appetite for disruption in the... more
Synectics Receives Royal Recognition
- 6 years 3 months ago
- IT Innovations
Synectics Solutions, the Stoke-on-Trent based Fintech, predictive analytics and data services company, has been honoured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation. The award was made for its outstanding successes in innovation, including the application of technology to save the UK taxpayer hundreds of millions annually from potential fraud. The Queen's Awards, which are the highest official UK accolade for British... more
London on Track to Become Global Fintech Hub, New Report Finds
- 6 years 4 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
This year, London will be home to just as many fintech ‘unicorns’ as current global leader San Francisco – according to a new report from global recruiter Robert Walters and market analysis experts Vacancy Soft.
Temenos honors customers in ‘Best in Banking Awards’ at Temenos Community Forum 2019
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Banking, IT Innovations
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced the winners of this year’s customer awards. The awards recognize Temenos clients for best practice, achievements and a demonstration of excellence, innovation and a vision for the future of banking.
Financial Innovation Summit discusses new fintech developments in the region
- 6 years 4 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Organised by BII World the Financial Innovation Summit launched yesterday at the Hilton Doha. The two-day event covered over 20 fintech experts explore on the latest trends, developments and emerging technologies in the banking sector in the region.
Tinkoff Group builds the most powerful supercomputer among financial institutions for AI applications
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Banking, IT Innovations
Tinkoff Group built its own supercomputer in line with its AI First strategy and ambition to develop a platform for machine learning and artificial intelligence. The Kolmogorov cluster is designed to quickly train models on large datasets built since the company’s inception 13 years ago. Fast connections between computer nodes improve the efficiency of hardware resources in distributed training on huge data sets.
Kofax introduces automated process discovery and robotic lifecycle management
- 6 years 4 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Kofax, a leading supplier of Intelligent Automation software to automate and digitally transform enterprise business processes, announces the availability of Kofax Robotic Process Automation (RPA) 10.4, the latest version of the Kofax RPA solution that now includes Automatic Process Discovery and Robotic Lifecycle Management with Git (an open source version-control system for tracking programing changes).
Onguard continues to invest in UK growth strategy with latest appointment
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Cash management, IT Innovations
Onguard, the FinTech company that offers a platform which streamlines the entire order-to-cash process, has announced the appointment of Colin Sanders as senior business executive as it continues to invest in its UK growth strategy. Colin’s appointment comes after a successful year at Onguard which saw record sales which has continued into 2019. Thanks to this continued success, investing back into the company is high on Onguard’s agenda for... more
UK ranked third in global list for innovation, disruption and technology
- 6 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations
The UK has risen one place, to third, in a global ranking of most promising countries in the world for technology breakthroughs that have a global impact.
Embedded World 2019: Paragon and Visuality Systems Partner to Deliver Integrated SMB Protocol
- 6 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
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Alibaba Cloud launches Tech for Change Initiative for Social Good
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Cloud, IT Innovations
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud-computing arm of Alibaba Group, today announced the Tech for Change initiative at the Mobile World Congress (MWC). The initiative calls for inspiring ideas and joint efforts from enterprises, start-ups and young entrepreneurs, to tackle global social and humanitarian challenges in areas such as education, economic development and the environment through technologies.
