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Young President’s Organisation To Host Global Fintech Summit During London Tech Week

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London Tech Week is a little more than a month away and unsurprisingly, Fintech will be top of the agenda. With the industry subject to constant flux, as new technologies are developed almost every day, The Global Fintech Summit, which takes place between the 8th and 12th of May, is likely to be one of …

London Based Forex Training Firm Investoo Continues Acquisition Spree With Purchase of Broker Comparison Site

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Investoo Group, the London-based start-up that aims to become “one of the biggest lead generation companies in the Forex and retail investment industry”, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired 100ForexBrokers.com. 100ForexBrokers.com was launched in 2012 and has become one of the world’s biggest Forex broker comparison sites, with more than 60,000+ unique visitors per …

City FinTech Firm Pay2Global Acquired By Amsterdam Based TerraPay

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A Dutch mobile first international payment network, TerraPay, incubated by Mahindra Comviva, the Gurgaon, Haryana based value added service provider for mobile operators, has acquired UK-based Pay2Global limited following regulatory approvals. TerraPay has acquired 100% of Pay2Global for an undisclosed amount; Pay2Global is a digital international money transfer firm regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority …

Innovate Finance & SWIFT Innovation Arm Innotribe Launch Global FinTech Federation To Inspire Innovation & Pool Knowledge

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A “FinTech Federation” comprising technology groups from more than 20 cities around the world is being set up by British FinTech trade body Innovate Finance, and Innotribe, the innovation ARM of SWIFT, the financial communications provider. Fabian Vandenreydt, the global head of Innotribe and the SWIFT Institute, described the proposed federation as “a group of …

FinTech Pendulum Swinging Towards Germany, Says Latest CB Insights Report; But Long Term Future Of Financial Disruption Harder To Predict

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CB Insights latest European FinTech report reveals Berlin attracted 80% more venture Capital funding than London – will it last? Could London’s status as the world’s leading hub for FinTech innovation and investment be under threat? Perhaps the more pertinent question is; does it matter? It would seem to be the inescapable conclusion to be …

Spotlight On: Level 39; Quite Simply Europe’s Largest Tech Accelerator For Finance, Retail, Cyber Security & Future Cities Start-Ups

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When we think about London’s start-up eco-system Level 39 is quite possibly one of the first names that comes to mind, somewhere after “Tech City”, perhaps, and certainly right there in the mixer with “Silicon Roundabout”, WeWork, The Bakery, Central Working, Google Campus, Techstars /Barclays London, and so on. Synonymous with the emergence and supercharged …

Say Hailo To The Money Cloud’s New Non-Exec Director

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Last week the Money 20-20 Conference took place in Copenhagen, and for the first time, some of the world’s largest banks shared the stage with a variety of disruptive Fintech founders. Throughout 2015, London’s Fintech revolution gathered pace with companies like Transferwise and World Remit achieving the fabled “Unicorn” status as their valuations, backed by …

UKTI And London Fintech’s Finest Are On A Mission To Japan

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Anybody who doesn’t know that the UK and London in particular are the world’s number 1 destination for finTech start-ups and investment into fintech must have had their heads in the sand for the past 18 months. Today the UKTI and several of the capital’s most promising finTech start-ups, including City Falcon, Money Mover, Prophis …

Insurance Tech Start-up Worry+Peace’s Founder Say’s “Bad Luck Needn’t Suck” As He Prepares To Launch Content Hub With Leading Gadget Site Pocket-Lint

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Most Londoners are likely aware by now that their city is rated as number 1 for in the world for FinTech start-ups thanks to the success of companies such as TransferWise (£37m raised in funding), The Currency Cloud (£12m), Market Invoice (£7m) and Azimo (£12m), but there is no reason for the innovation to stop …

Start-up Capital Accelerator Programme Concludes By Looking At Future London Tech Trends

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UCL BASE co-working and event space was chosen as the venue for the Capital Accelerator Programme’s look at London’s future technology trends and also provided a timely opportunity to celebrate the conclusion of their 18 month program, financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Mayor of London’s office. CAP’s aim was to …

Company Profile: international payments start-up The Money Cloud does what a good FinTech company should; cuts out the middle man

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If we look at the reasons why FinTech has been able to mount a successful challenge to traditional banking and financial services industries, taking a slice, albeit still a very minor one, out of their profits pie and achieving the kind of company valuations that suggests there may be plenty bigger slices to come (think …

Dreamstake FinHack Funding Forum & Startup Showcase: startups are leading London’s FinTech charge!

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FinTech has been variously described as the saviour of London’s startup scene, the industry that will finally put paid to the hegemony of the traditional high street and investment banking industries, and a bubble that is in serious danger of falling under the wheels of its own overhyped bandwagon. The facts are that after London …

#FintechStorm discusses online payments, asks if banks are losing ground in the battle for financial services

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Haggerston Times thinks of Arifa Khan as the voice of Fintech in London, and the Fintech Storm, which she organises, as the best place in London to find unbiased, open and high level discussion of what FinTech means and how it is currently trending. Arifa has an open and daring personality which always makes her …