Sydney Stock Exchange builds blockchain prototype for equity securities
Oct 05, 2016 05:29 am UTC| Fintech Digital Currency
Sydney Stock Exchange (SSX) has reached its first milestone in its blockchain project. Its joint venture with Bit Trade Labs APX Settlement Pty Limited has successfully prototyped its blockchain smart register for...
Social investing app investFeed partners with fintech startup Trading Ticket
Oct 04, 2016 09:57 am UTC| Fintech
Investment tech startupTrading Ticket has partnered withinvestFeed, an app that creates a social network, similar to Twitter, for investing and stock trading. investFeed made the announcement in an online post alongside...
SBI and India’s premier educational institution sign MoU for fintech collaboration
Oct 04, 2016 07:22 am UTC| Fintech
State Bank of India (SBI) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indias prominent educational institute Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur at Mumbaiin order to define abroader...
Banks must act now to benefit from fintech boom – BCG Report
Oct 03, 2016 10:50 am UTC| Fintech
In a recently released whitepaper, the Boston Consulting Group has called upon banks and the entire capital markets ecosystem to take action now in order to gain benefits from the fintech revolution. Titled Fintech in...
MAS signs MoU with five local polytechnics to enhance fintech curriculum
Oct 03, 2016 10:22 am UTC| Fintech
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with five local polytechnics to promote the curriculum for graduates to equip in skill development, necessary to...
Singapore seems to gain from global fintech boom: ACCA report
Sep 30, 2016 07:36 am UTC| Fintech
A new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) showed thatSingapores fintech sector is seemed to be bearing to grow as competitors across the globe struggle with regulatory challenges and...
Australian VC firm Telstra Ventures invests in C88 Financial Technologies to expand fintech domain
Sep 30, 2016 06:44 am UTC| Fintech
Australian venture capital arm Telstra Ventures announced a strategic investment in fintech group C88 Financial Technologies for series B round in order to grow fintech empire. According to reports by Tech in Asia,...
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