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Blockchain technology offers many different benefits to enterprise developers but there’s no cross-industry open standard for how to develop it. Read more: www.itworldcanada.com

Nordea has set up a site for developers to experiment with the bank's Open Banking APIs in a quest to become the "go-to hub" for banking APIs in the Nordics. Read more: www.finextra.com

In spite of the Russian economy's poor state and sanctions imposed by the European Union and the US over Ukraine and Crimea in 2014, the local tech startup scene is developing rapidly. Read more: www.computerweekly.com

If you've been paying attention to trends in finance, you know there's a lot of buzz around startups in financial technology, more commonly known as FinTech. Read more: www.businessinsider.com

Magazine recognizes companies that are leveraging technology to disrupt traditional real estate industry business models. Read more: www.inman.com

KUALA LUMPUR: Six Islamic banking institutions have launched the first bank-intermediated financial technology (fintech) platform, known as the investment account platform (IAP). Read more: www.thestar.com.my

Penny, a personal finance bot we reviewed last fall, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding from Social Capital. Read More: techcrunch.com

Insly, an Estonian provider of a SaaS solution for insurance brokers and agents, raised €1M in seed funding. Read more: www.finsmes.com

Welsh financial services outsourcing and software provider Target Group has been bought by India-headquartered multinational Tech Mahindra in a deal valuing the business at £112m.

Some investment opportunities are better in theory than reality. And some don’t even measure up in theory. Read more: blogs.wsj.com