Tag: Singapore fintech

December 20, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

The expanding world of RegTech: Backpack.io founder Yoni Avital speaks

LeapRate Exclusive Interview… LeapRate reported exclusively last month that trading platform provider TradeSmarter has spun off a new RegTech company called Backpack. Based in Singapore, Backpack (www.backpack.io) provides turnkey back office solutions for brokers. Since posting, we've had a lot of queries from LeapRate readers about RegTech, and why it is becoming an important issue…

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May 12, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

First ever FinTech bridge launched between UK and Singapore

Singaporean officials and FinTech companies gathered with UK FinTech companies in Downing Street on Wednesday to mark the launch of the UK’s first ever FinTech Bridge, which included the signing of a regulatory cooperation agreement between the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The new FinTech Bridge will assist UK…

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