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April 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Standard Chartered and Fidelity's Supercharger FinTech Accelerator 2.0 reaches final milestone

SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator, along with main partners, Standard Chartered Bank – also a founding member, and Fidelity International, today announced the successful outcomes of the programme enabling international growth stage companies to expand their operations within Asia. Standard Chartered Bank has initiated Proof of Concept projects with two companies: Robo-advisory for wealth management: Bambu is…

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April 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC signs fintech Cooperation Agreement with OJK to promote innovation in financial services

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Indonesia's Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) have entered a Cooperation Agreement to promote innovation in financial services in their respective markets. The agreement, signed today in Melbourne, establishes a framework for cooperation between OJK and ASIC in the expanding space of innovation in financial services, agreeing to share…

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March 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Singapore and France bolster FinTech ties with cooperation agreements

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that has signed cooperation agreements with the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) of France to enhance FinTech cooperation between both countries. The cooperation agreement provides a framework under which ACPR, AMF, and MAS will share information about emerging…

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March 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mizuho and Marubeni unite for Asean fintech partnership

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., and Marubeni Corporation announced that have agreed to start exploring for opportunities to provide new financial services utilizing FinTech in the ASEAN region. As various new FinTech based financial services are recently being offered, the companies will explore opportunities to provide community-based financial businesses in the ASEAN region…

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March 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Singapore fintech startup Invictus turns to IBM for blockhain support

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced Singapore fintech start-up, INVICTUS, is collaborating with them to leverage IBM Cloud and Blockchain technologies for their Order, Logistic & Payment (OLP) platform. The platform aims to help businesses reduce wastage, redundancy and cash-flow issues in their transaction processes by disrupting the supply chain management cycle with blockchain smart contract…

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March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fintech provider Duco continues global expansion with Societe Generale Bank & Trust

Duco, the global fintech provider of data control services, has announced a commercial agreement with Societe Generale Bank & Trust (SGBT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Societe Generale based in Luxembourg. SGBT plans to use Duco Cube, the self-service data control platform, to automate a number of key processes, including securities, cash and internal system-to-system reconciliations.…

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March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Japan And Singapore establish FinTech Cooperation Framework

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the establishment of a Co-operation Framework to enhance FinTech linkages between both countries. The Framework enables FSA and MAS to refer FinTech companies in their countries to each other’s markets. It also outlines how the referred companies can initiate discussions…

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