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Swiss Federal Council Looks For Feedback on new Fintech Regulation

Switzerland is one of Europe's most forward thinking countries, particularly in the world of payment innovation. The Federal Council is looking to amend the...

China’s Fintech Industry Attracted Over Half of 2016 VC Investments

The fintech industry in China continues to attract significant amounts of foreign investment. Particularly the year 2016 has been quite positive for fintech in...

Australia Plans To Invest Millions In Fintech Startups

Australia is a country where fintech is a top priority right now. Local accelerator H2 Ventures received an AU$4m warchest from Investec, which will...

New OCC Report Labels Fintech As A Threat To US Banking

Leave it up to the financial experts and regulators to hinder innovation at every step of the way. Even though most people agree fintech...

Iran Prepares To Introduce New Fintech and Bitcoin Regulation Soon

Irna is not a country most people would think of when it comes to fintech and innovation. But the Iranian Central Bank wants to...

India’s Currency Ban Will Push Fintech and Bitcoin Adoption

India is quickly becoming one of the most intriguing regions to keep an eye on. Now that the high denomination banknotes ban has gone...

UK Government Sets Aside £500,000 Per Year To Attract Fintech Specialists

Fintech specialists are in high demand these days, even though they are very hard to come by. The UK government revealed their plan to...

R3 Consortium And MAS To Establish Centre of Excellence In Singapore

The R3 blockchain consortium welcomed yet another new partner this week. Unlike all of the previous partnerships, this news related to the creation of...

Lack of Trust Holds Back Global Fintech and Bitcoin Adoption

The Fintech industry is often touted as the go-to solution to chance finance as we know it today. Despite facing a lot of adversity...

Boston Consulting Group Warns Banks Not Paying Attention To Alternative Payment Solutions

Banks all over the world are struggling to collaborate with fintech startups. These new up-and-coming companies have the power to make banks lose control...

GLOBAL FINTECH EXPERT JOINS DIGITAL JERSEY

Digital Jersey has appointed a new Special Advisor to support its work developing a fintech industry for Jersey. Named one of the ‘Fintech Titans’...

Retail Giants Like Tesco Introduce Fintech Payment Platforms

Over the past two years, major financial service providers and banks including Apple and JPMorgan have introduced various merchant payment processors like Chase Pay,...