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VCs pledge to support UK tech despite Brexit vote

London’s tech companies, a statement issued by London & Partners said, have attracted $6.64bn across 2,894 deals in the past five years

Barclays enlists Samsung for internal hackathon

The winning effort, which needs to help automatically enrol customers into new services so they do not have to visit physical branches.

Mobile banking on the rise as payment via apps soars by 54% in 2015

High street bank branches see 32% decline in visits since 2011 as consumers turn to online methods – with digital-only banks adding to the competition

Peter Thiel is taking a stake in German Fintech startup nextmarkets

Experts continuously monitor markets around the globe.

Deutsche Bank Prefers Swift For Intraday Liquidity Reporting

It supports compliance with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s requirements for banks to send a detailed report to their regulator on a monthly basis about the intraday liquidity flows for every country and currency in which they operate.

“The UK doesn’t understand investment, it’s scary”

Despite robo-advice only just emerging in the UK, Cunningham explored how “the robo phenomenon is more mature in the US”

Thomson Reuters and Imperial in FinTech/RegTech partnership

Our world is experiencing a data revolution, and Imperial is at the helm.

The Central Bankers’ Bold New Idea: Print Bitcoins

Bank of England economists advocate central banks issue their own digital currency

Barclays launches digital banking hackathon

Applications and devices in an application network.

Santander doubles the size of fintech fund to $200 million

It has also invested $4m in blockchain software firm Ripple

Bank Of England Narrowly Optimistic About Blockchain While Blythe Masters Talks Transparency And Risk

Giving evidence first, Dr Ben Broadbent, deputy governor, Monetary Policy, Bank of England, stated that digital central bank currency was far off in the future, adding that such a thing would face not just technology barriers but would also be a question

Cloud tech: how to support cross-border M&A

Markets that will show particularly strong M&A activity include Spain, Italy and Germany.

Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Boost GDP, Bank of England Says

The Bank of England’s deputy governor for monetary policy.

Lloyds goes mentor with start-up match-ups

The aim is to initially enrol 100 mentors to work with the same number of start-ups.

UK lagging behind other countries in digital skills, Barclays report finds

This research shows Britons need to equip themselves with digital skills whether to futureproof their career, or keep personal data and devices safe.

Capgemini unifies automation technologies with Automation Drive, a single suite of services to accelerate client growth

Automation Drive will enable clients to orchestrate new ways of working, embedding automation across the organization within IT, processes and applications to realize significant business value

Capgemini helps UK firms use AI, bots and blockchains

Capgemini already has eight Applied Innovation Exchanges in countries including Paris, Munich, Mumbai and, more recently, San Francisco.

Fintech MarketInvoice raises £7.2 million from Europe despite Brexit: 'Nothing changed'

They did quite a lot of diligence on the company and then we just signed after Brexit.

Vale International to be link for Asia-funded tech deals

“The idea is to create a link, a bridge, a conduit for Asian money looking for investments in Europe or vice versa,” said Tsang.

Marathon Asset Management taps SimCorp for client reporting

The implementation will also include Coric’s advanced web and mobile functionality, Web Reporter, allowing the flexibility and agility to respond to investors’ future demands.