Tag: Europe

A group of global banks and financial institutions has completed the first pilot of a new blockchain-based gold trading platform. Read more: www.coindesk.com

Token, a Silicon Valley-based crypto-payment software provider, and digital bank Fidor have signed a memorandum of understanding for digital payments. Read more: www.bankingtech.com

Additional rules may be needed to monitor growth in Big Data which could pose security, privacy and accountability risks. Read more: www.reuters.com

Merchants can avoid several problems and reduce economic risks provided they ensure this is their core objective from the very beginning. Several factors can be crucial to be for a merchant's success. Read more: www.letstalkpayments.com

New FinTech companies are springing up around the world and disrupting the financial services sector. Read more: www.businessinsider.com

The market is ripe, as younger generations are used to ease of mobile apps and one-click shopping, and they want the same with insurance. Read more: www.dataconomy.com

ING has made splashy investments in its digital bank, announcing it will spend about $850m over the next five years to accelerate customer growth. Read more: www.americanbanker.com.com

Throughout 2017 and beyond, we’ll see the whole retail banking sector continue to undergo a technology and customer lead revolution. Read more: www.finextra.com

WealthTech is a segment of financial technology that focuses on enhancing wealth management and investing. Read more: www.finovate.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