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BNP Paribas to become startup bank for Parisian version of Silicon Valley

Saeed Amidi founder and CEO of Plug and Play, says of Station F: “I believe it will become the hot spot of all startups and all corporate innovation".

Switzerland’s Hypothekarbank Lenzburg goes open banking

The open platform will be made available to Swiss Fintech Innovations.

Why veteran of a legacy vendor joined core banking startup crowd

The Irish fintech startup Leveris is also building a cloud-based system.

Bitcoin “Speculatory Object” From “Unknown Actors”: German Central Bank

A prime example is LocalBitcoins, which in 2014 was forced to halt operations in the country due to regulatory uncertainty

Allianz, Axel Springer, Daimler, Deutsche Bank with Postbank, Core, and Here to launch joint platform for online registration, e-identity and data services

At the heart of this new, standard access procedure for online activities is a so-called master key.

96 per cent of financial institutions struggle to locate information in the workplace

The rapidly-evolving cyber threat landscape means that the duty-of-care for protecting sensitive customer and company information has never been higher and this will only increase with the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation in May 201

British consumers do not trust what their banks say online

Commissioned by Lithium Technologies, the study of 2,000 UK adults uncovers a significant opportunity for financial institutions who can crack the code and build trust with consumers on digital channels.

Motor financing software firm eyes £800m stock market debut

Counts Barclays, Mercedes-Benz and Bank of America as customers, supplying firms with software used to manage loans

New European Projects Continue to Strengthen TAS Group

The Directive on Markets in Financial Instruments will be in force by January 2, 2018

SS&C Releases First Round of 2017 Product Upgrades

The core suite of products is used by nearly 4000 locally deployed and outsourced customers.

Venturing forward

I think thematic thinking is powerful when doing growth investing and is a great way to sharpen your thesis.

CACEIS signs investment agreement to develop postmarket blockchain infrastructure for SMEs

The pilot agreement as formed last year set as its objective to improve the access of SMEs to capital markets while facilitating and enhancing the security of postmarket operations.

Barclays sign eight FinTech start-ups and spinoff ‘intrapreneur’

Barclays, Britain's second biggest bank, has given formal engagements to eight of the 11 financial technology (FinTech) start-up companies that pitched yesterday at its Rise event in London, U.K., after graduating from their 13-week business Accelera

Nordea ships staff to Stockholm Fintech Hub

Nordea is keen to develop relationships with startups and third party developers as part of a wide-ranging digital transformation programme.

Bravura extends international mandate

Bravura is pleased to be continuing the relationship, having worked with Lloyds for a number of years now.

moneyinfo User Forum showcases innovative new retirement planner

The balloon ride helps users visualise their retirement future

Groupe Arnault seeks foothold in French tech start-ups

Push to invest in promising companies at an earlier stage of development

Hackers cybersquatting on hundreds of UK bank domains

The tricks include phishing email campaigns, pay per click ads (often for competitors’ services), for-profit survey sites and affiliate program abuse, or more nefarious content like ransomware and drive-by download campaigns.

Groupe Arnault seeks foothold in French tech start-ups

Push to invest in promising companies at an earlier stage of development

Old Mutual Wealth Update on UK Platform Transformation Programme

Management estimate this would have cost in excess of a further £50 million and taken a further two years post migration to deliver.