The ten fintech firms selected will work closely with 40 plus institutions
Including AIG, Bank of America, Fidelity, & JP Morgan.
Amazon launched a credit card product in Brazil in an effort to compete with Mercado Libre and ramp up its fintech strategy in South America.
Enterprise blockchain outfit R3 has acquired the technology and team of financial asset tokenization specialist Ivno, expanding its capabilities in the digital assets and currency space.
The CEO of online consumer lender Aura, James Gutierrez, has stepped down from day to day operations in order to...
Blockchain has been becoming increasingly utilized across a range of industries; speculators believe 2017 could be blockchain's biggest year ever with a number of factors supporting the technology; bitcoin's price has been increasing, reaching a three-year high in January; market participants have been strengthening led by the Hyperledger Project; investment has also been increasing, specifically investment in patented blockchain technology. Source
According to a new study released by J.D. Power consumers gave the highest ratings to some of the biggest banks...
JPMorgan Chase and Grubhub have struck a partnership to allow delivery drivers to instantly access earnings; the product is similar...
Coinbase has introduced the Coinbase Intelligence, a growing suite of product to address the compliance needs of crypto businesses.
In the "Top 10 Disruptive Technologies in Fintech" report, Juniper identifies the emerging technologies that are disrupting and influencing financial services in 2017; the top three include PSD2 and open APIs, regtech, and chatbots; at the top of the list, open APIs are a trend influencing financial services globally and Europe's PSD2 legislation is expected to help accelerate innovation. Source
PitchIt 2017 was a competition for fintech startups, in exclusive partnership with global venture capital fund 500 Startups, the world leader in investing in and mentoring early-stage fintech startups; the platform nurtures emerging talent in fintech throughout the competition, provides selected finalists with unparalleled access to industry expertise as well as invaluable exposure and branding; eight finalists present their businesses to a panel of select judges who then ask questions to determine a winner. Source





