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Six Keys to Meaningful Evaluation of New Financial Technology

Jack Henry

Banking and securities lead all industry sectors in terms of average IT spending as a percentage of revenue, at nearly 8%, according to a 2018 Deloitte study. Global IT spending in the banking sector during 2021 is estimated to be nearly $300B.

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Top Funded FinTech Startups Founded in 2018

Let's Talk Payments

Increasing access to capital, consumer awareness, and acceptance to new ways of managing finances and other ecosystem drivers have been attractive for entrepreneurs in 2018 as well. Figure is a financial technology company that offers consumer credit products by leveraging blockchain, AI, and.

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SIFMA Fintech Conference 2018

Insights on Business

Some important financial technologies are changing the way the world is doing business and that change is now reaching the securities industry. Another technology in discussion will be the ever prevailing blockchain technologies. There will also be many great panel discussions at SIFMA 2018. IBM keynote.

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Citi Venture Investing Head: ‘Financial Services is Becoming More Like Tech’

Bank Innovation

Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor. This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac.

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Bitcoin Daily: UK Researching CBDC Use Cases; Lebanon To Introduce CBDC In 2021; SEC Member Pushes For Cryptocurrency Regulation; ShapeShift Delists Three Privacy Coins

PYMNTS

In other news, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Hester Peirce expressed hope that securities regulations concerning cryptocurrencies will speed up to match the speed of financial technology innovation. 6), CoinDesk reported, citing regulatory concerns. Zcash and dash are privacy optional.

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FinovateFall 2018 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

You can also store your IDs and secure notes. Fortr3ss is working in financial, healthcare and comcast industry sectors. ^KT. They see themselves as a platform for managing digital identity, secure by biometrics. William Mills III, Chief Executive Officer of William Mills Agency is live blogging today at FinovateSpring 2018.

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Jack Ma Summoned For Questioning About $37B Ant IPO

PYMNTS

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and regulators from three Chinese agencies are interviewing Ant Group Founder Jack Ma, Chairman Eric Jing, and CEO Simon Hu about the upcoming $37 billion initial public offering (IPO), according to a Financial Times report on Monday (Nov. Ant's third funding round in 2018 raised $10.3

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