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Lawtech start-ups collect £16m in backing

According to the report, 45% of the lawtech start-ups were founded by former lawyers

Nova joins the robot revolution at Nordea

Ultimately, it is expected that Nova will will be able to guide customers to a secure environment with log-in, enabling them to perform tasks and/or obtain advice there.

swissQuant and Avaloq create innovative advisory solution

The technology enables banks to automate their offerings and integrate them fully in the core banking system

Luxembourg and Singapore fintech hubs connect

The LHoFT and LATTICE80 agree to cooperate in a number of areas, including the exchange of information on innovation projects

Bankable partners with Starling Bank to provide UK Agency Banking access to clients

This partnership will provide a turnkey solution for ambitious cross-border Challenger Bank initiatives originated by Incumbents or FinTechs.

Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority Signs FinTech Agreement

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority today signed a FinTech Co-operation Agreement which aims to help FinTech companies in Singapore and Denmark to expand into each other’s markets.

Hogan Lovells opens fintech knowledge portal

There is information overload coming out of the legal industry - most acute with GCs, who just want a trusted, useable source.

Vontobel chooses Clearstream as partner for hedge funds business

The current regulatory agenda has made asset safety a key concern for financial institutions and the asset management industry.

Challenger bank Monese goes pan-European with mobile current account

Users will be able to sign up for a euro account via the app.

Global cyber attack hits UK firms

Several firms, banks and government offices in Ukraine began to report attacks earlier today caused by ransomware named "Petya".

Instinet and Virtu Financial launch liquidity streaming relationship

Instinet’s highly configurable infrastructure can be tailored to each client

House of Fraser shops for IT innovation with Capgemini

As part of the new contract, Capgemini will extend its current remit with House of Fraser in order to support the retailer’s ongoing IT simplification strategy.

Here in my car by Jim Wood-Smith, Hawksmoor Investment Management

The quarter ends this week. The headmaster’s report for the markets for the first half of the year says better than expected.

Barclays spoke to regulators about bringing bitcoin 'into play'

Vaswani did not expand on to what extent Barclays could be involved with bitcoin.

UK start-up bank to commence European push starting in Ireland

The expansion of its operations to Ireland is subject to approval from the Irish regulator

Poland's mBank to license tech platform to third party financial institutions

It’s a good choice for companies that face the challenge of digital transformation.

Norway's Sparebanken Sogn Og Fjordane begins deployment of Backbase tech

Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane is over 160 years old, and started as a merger of over 25 savings banks.

French bank to buy majority of Belgian payment solutions group

Dalenys will increase Natixis Payment Solutions' international client base and will pave the way for a rapid European expansion.

will.i.am: AI will be more disruptive to London tech scene than Brexit

Echoing similar remarks made by Chinese business magnate Alibaba chairman Jack Ma this week, will.i.am said that historically, technology and industrialisation have caused wars.

IDT Corporation to Sell Gibraltar Based Banking Unit

The agreed-upon purchase price consists of the value of IDT Finance's net assets at closing plus an additional amount of approximately £3 million.