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Banking, Fintech And The Second Pandemic Wave: What’s Next For 2020?

Back in May 2020, a couple of months into the coronavirus crisis, governments across the globe were scrambling to implement measures to protect their economies while maintaining public health and safety. Now, with Covid-19 casualties having surpassed the one million mark worldwide, it’s clear that the crisis is far from over. Conversely, the second wave is just […]…

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A Day in the Life of a Recruiter

What does a recruiter do all day? What is the workload like? What kind of skills do they need? Whether you’re a company who hires recruiters to find people to work in your business and you’re curious what a recruiter does for you, or you’re a job seeker wondering what your recruiter does behind the […]…

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Hong Kong prepares for ‘next era’ of fintech

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has outlined a slew of new initiatives on bank data exchange, CBDC research, trade finance digitisation and RegTech, as the island state kicks off its annual Fintech Week. In his opening keynote, HKMA chief executive Eddie Yue announced that the central bank is exploring a new data strategy and considering […]…

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Clarity AI raises $15M for sustainable investment platform

Spanish fintech Clarity AI has raised $15m to further develop its platform that analyses the societal impact of investment portfolios. Clarity AI was founded in Madrid in 2017 by Rebeca Minguela, who last month featured in our rundown of Europe’s leading women in fintech. The platform uses in-house technology to leverage big data and machine learning […]…

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Top 10 Asian FinTech Startups You Need to Follow

Asia is a major player in the FinTech startup industry. For example, Digital Information World reports that China’s FinTech have attracted $42 billion in investments with 166 startups.  What makes it more impressive is also the fact that China is home to the most valuable FinTech startup in the world: Ant Group. East Asia isn’t the sole […]…

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Atlanta-based fintech company Bluefin announces $25 million in growth financing

Atlanta-based fintech company Bluefin, known for offering payment and data security for small and medium-sized businesses, announced a $25 million in growth financing from Macquarie Capital Principal Finance.  Macquarie joins current Bluefin investors Napier Park and Camden Partners. Bluefin’s work, with specializes in securing Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Protected Health Information (PHI) and financial card data through omni-channel […]…

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Have a look at PCN’s new branding! (video)

Our new branding is reflective of the company culture, approach to business, and is ready for the future of PCN. This is the new PCN, people create networks. prod. ESKRY…

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Strive launches world’s first banking offering especially designed for families

Today, a new UK based fintech for parents and kids called Strive launched with the announcement of the acquisition of a popular digital piggy bank company GoSave in an all stock deal. With 50% of the UK population considered financially vulnerable (FCA.org.uk) the need for easy solutions to teach kids about money and engage their parents in […]…

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Despite the pandemic global fintech financing runs high

FT Partners latest number-crunching shows COVID-19 hasn’t derailed venture capital’s interest in the fintech industry. Total global fintech financing hit $12bn of capital raised in the third quarter of 2020, according to research by FT Partners.  While many predicted the COVID-19 pandemic would hit the fintech industry hard, the three months from 1 July to […]…

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