GENERAL FINTECH

The growth of FinTech is challenging governments to devise new regulations to meet the demands of the burgeoning industry. Read more: techcrunch.com

Rule changes open up ways for consumers to bypass banking sector. Read more: www.ft.com

Nonprofits, burdened by higher compliance requirements, could stand to gain the most from the cutting-edge innovations. Read more: Read more: www.pymnts.com

While the prudential regulators are testing the waters in FinTech regulation, other federal agencies have also focused on FinTech’s potential. Read more: www.bankingtech.com

according to Ben Brabyn of Level39, Europe's largest technology accelerator for finance, there has been a recent cooling of exuberance around fintech. Read more: www.bloomberg.com

KB Financial Group has geared up to coordinate with rising FinTech start-ups to take the industry mainstream. KB Financial launched in March to offer all-in-one package of services to promising start-ups.Read more: www.koreaherald.com

Ireland and Germany are poised to step up to fill a void as leader of Europe's FinTech scene once the UK leaves the European Union (EU). Read more: www.cnbc.com

The Bank of Canada is open to doing more financial technology experiments like the one it is currently conducting on a blockchain-based payment system. Read more: www.reuters.com

Banks have found a novel way to fend off FinTechs plans to take them down: they are funding it. Read more: www.americanbanker.com

Like other late-adopters of Internet technology, Vietnam has benefited from the cheap hardware like wireless routers and the very affordable Internet access. Read more: www.fintechranking.com