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Financial applications
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May 30, 2017
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Taiwan’s OwlTing taps blockchain to improve food safety
The e-commerce company is using blockchain technology to provide consumers with greater transparency on food sources and production processes
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May 25, 2017
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Old foes, new friends: Nordic banks and startups increase collaboration
Banks and startups in the Nordic region are working together to develop new ideas in financial technology
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May 25, 2017
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Debit card transactions to overtake cash payments, thanks to contactless
The number of payments made using debit cards will exceed the number made by cash three years earlier than expected, as a result of the success of contactless technology
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May 24, 2017
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Dubai financial services regulator launches temporary licence aimed at fintechs
Dubai is making it easier for financial technology companies to test out their ideas through a temporary licence
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May 24, 2017
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SAP aligns with Saudi Arabia’s IT transformation agenda
Global software giant SAP sees an opportunity for its wide portfolio in Saudi Arabia as the Middle Eastern country transforms
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May 24, 2017
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Twenty years of online banking has increased financial awareness
Online banking is helping people manage their finances better and reduce their debt as a result
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May 24, 2017
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Digital-only business bank gets regulatory approval
The latest challenger bank gets its regulatory approval and puts modern technology at the core of its offering
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May 22, 2017
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Denmark's Spar Nord bank in app dispute with Apple
Danish bank Spar Nord considers legal dispute with Apple over the supplier’s rejection of mobile app
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May 17, 2017
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London digital sector continues to grow faster than rest of UK
The gap between the number of digital tech firms in London and the rest of the UK is growing
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May 16, 2017
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Customer experience transformation at Macquarie bank brings legacy system retirement as a bonus
Australia’s Macquarie bank builds a data layer on top of legacy IT systems to transform customer experience
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May 16, 2017
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Samsung Pay finally hits the UK
Mobile payments app available in the UK nearly two years after its launch
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May 15, 2017
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May'17
Nordea moves staff to Stockholm Fintech Hub
Nordic bank is shifting some of its workforce closer to fintech activity in the Swedish capital
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May 11, 2017
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May'17
London will lose its European tech leadership status because of Brexit
London is at risk of being usurped as the tech capital of Europe because of the UK's impending withdrawal from the benefits of EU membership
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May 10, 2017
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May'17
RBS cuts hundreds of UK IT jobs
The Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting hundreds of tech jobs as it prepares for life as a smaller organisation
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May 10, 2017
10
May'17
Blockchain economy on the horizon
Blockchain technologies will enable many new and disruptive business models than the internet itself, an expert predicts