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·Apr. 12, 2017

The UK Treasury’s First International Fintech Conference

Business Insider reports on the UK Treasury's first International Fintech event; the UK's Chancellor Hammond is scheduled to speak about growing and strengthening fintech amid the challenges presented by Brexit; the CEOs of Funding Circle and TransferWise will also be speaking at the event. Source

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Apr. 12, 2017

Kabbage CTO Takes Job at Regions

Kabbage's chief technology officer Amala Duggirala has taken a new role with Regions as the bank's chief investment officer; Amala Duggirala has been with Kabbage since November 2016 leading the firm's technology platform efforts; prior to Kabbage she worked as executive vice president of application development at payments technology company ACI Worldwide; her technology experience in lending and payments will help to support and enhance product development and innovation in her new chief investment officer role at Regions. Source

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Apr. 12, 2017

Hardeep Walia on Motif’s Impact Portfolios

For the past seven years Motif has offered investors a platform for building portfolios around customized themes personalized to their investment interests and objectives; to extend the platform's offerings and provide investors with a chance to express their personal values through investing, the firm now offers Motif Impact portfolios; the firm's CEO Hardeep Walia provides details on the platform's new investment initiative and explains how the firm's offerings have evolved with economic and social movements in the US. Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Apr. 12, 2017

CB Insights Reports on Global Unicorns

CB Insights provides a list of 189 global unicorns from its private market database; 91 companies are located outside of the US; globally by country, China ranks first in number of private market unicorns with 46; Lufax is the top P2P lender globally by valuation at $18.5 billion. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Apr. 12, 2017

A New Place for Startups in London’s Square Mile

Innovate Finance is planning to move from Canary Wharf to a new location in the Square Mile; the industry body also plans to provide space for startups; Mark Boleat, the City of London's policy chairman, also noted they plan to bring broader and faster wireless coverage in order to attract small businesses stating that the Square Mile was a "natural place for fintech to coalesce." Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Apr. 11, 2017

FCA Regulator on Global Fintech Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority's Director of Strategy and Competition Christopher Woolard has reported some concerns over fintech regulations globally; in a speech at the Innovate Finance Global Summit in London, Woolard specifically discusses fintech sandboxes noting concerns about establishing them before any government regulatory standards are in place and suggesting that countries institute some guidance before introducing sandbox initiatives; the UK has been a leader in sandbox innovation and the country plans to publish a full report in May on its first sandbox initiative. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Apr. 11, 2017

European Investment Fund Report Reviews 20 Years of VC Investing

As a fund with access to 355 venture capital funds the European Investment Fund (EIF) was able to analyze European venture capital activity from 1996 to 2015 in their new report; the report points out that new funds performed almost as well as seasoned funds in selecting winners when economic times were good; on the contrary when economic times are not as fruitful the skilled venture capitalists were better at picking companies and avoiding big losses; the big takeaway from the report is that the real skill involves avoiding the big disaster investment in tough economic times. Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Apr. 11, 2017

Lend Academy Article: The Keys to Success: From Females in Fintech

Lend Academy provides insight on achieving success from this year's Fintech Woman of the Year finalists; highlights include visualizing success, setting goals and learning from experiences; the article also includes a link to a recent Exchanges at Goldman Sachs podcast where Goldman Sachs' global co-head of the Industrials Group in Investment Banking shares her career advice. Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Apr. 11, 2017

Chart of the Week: Leading VC Investors in Unicorn Exits

CB Insights reports on the venture capital industries top investors in unicorn exits; Sequoia Capital ranks first on the list of investors investing in unicorn startups with private market exits during 2009 to March 2017; Sequoia Capital has invested in 18 companies with unicorn exits including fintech company Square Capital. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Apr. 11, 2017

Innovate Finance and the FCA Publish Report on UK Fintech Sandbox

Innovate Finance and the Financial Conduct Authority have published a preview report on the UK Fintech Sandbox with a full report planned for May 2017; the preview report provides insight on the benefits of fintech sandboxes and how they can promote innovation while also helping to facilitate regulation. Source

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