Tag: fintech

November 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dubai and Australia seal agreement on fintech cooperation

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and ASIC today signed a Cooperation Agreement which provides a framework for cooperation to support and understand financial innovation in each jurisdiction. The DFSA regulates the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Dubai has recently set up a number of initiatives aimed at encouraging fintech innovation, including the 'FinTech Hive'…

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November 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MAS and MIT Media Lab to unlock advanced technologies for financial industry

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced it has joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This collaboration will also help to strengthen Singapore’s talent pool in the FinTech industry, by providing Singapore-based industry professionals and researchers with opportunities to work alongside MIT researchers. Financial institutions and FinTech players…

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October 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EquiChain to build Cryptographic Securities Exchange

EquiChain, the London-based FinTech specialising in blockchain technology for capital markets, announced that it has been accepted into the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Regulatory Laboratory (RegLab) programme to develop and test its latest FinTech innovation. In doing so, paving the way to become a key part of the financial market infrastructure of the United…

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October 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FMA and ASIC confirm trans-Tasman collaborative approach to fintech

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have re-affirmed their commitment to collaboration and cooperation on the expanding opportunities in fintech and innovation. The FMA and ASIC entered a wide-ranging Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2012. Today in Sydney, senior executives from both regulators discussed the opportunities and challenges…

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VTFinTech deploys Parity One on OpenFin’s operating system
October 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC’s LabCFTC releases Primer on Virtual Currencies

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s LabCFTC has today released, “A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies.” This primer is the first of a series that LabCFTC will release to provide fundamental, and essential, information about financial technology (FinTech) innovation. LabCFTC believes that promoting education, understanding, and regulatory clarity around emerging technologies can help facilitate market-enhancing innovation…

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October 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TransFICC secures strategic investment from Illuminate Financial and Main Incubator

TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity for fixed income and derivative markets, announced that has secured €1 million in early stage investment from capital markets specialists, Illuminate Financial and Frankfurt based early stage investor in FinTech, Main Incubator. TransFICC provides banks and asset managers with an alternative to maintaining connectivity to multiple e-Trading venues,…

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