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By Steven Watson, Accenture My previous blog pointed out how, when it comes to investing in technology startups, the insurance industry’s definitely following the strong...
TransferWise launches international money transfers via Facebook
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Atomico capta 723 millones para invertir en ‘startups’ europeas
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Fintech Radar Spain: Spain quadruples its Fintech sector in three years
By Finnovista.
When we founded Finnovista in early 2013, there were only 50 Fintech startups in Spain and Fintech was mostly unknown and undiscovered to...
The Rise of Digital Payments in the Wake of India’s Demonetization
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On November 8th, Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, announced a new economic policy that took 500- and 1000- rupee bills out of...
Raisin recauda 30 millones de euros en financiación de serie C para seguir con...
Raisin, la plataforma europea número 1 que permite a los ahorradores acceder a depósitos con los mejores tipos de interés de toda Europa, acaba...
The evolution of the regulatory landscape alongside the rise of FinTech.
Traditionally, compliance isn’t seen as the most innovative or exciting area, but hand in hand with FinTech, and other innovative businesses it becomes much...
The digital corner. Digital transformation in banking – is it a mission impossible?
By Sabrina Del Prete Digital transformation is the new craze in banking. Chief Digital Officers, a role just fresh out of the mould, barely have...
Airbnb is in talks to acquire social payments startup Tilt
By Matthew Lynley We’d been hearing murmurs for a while that Tilt was up for grabs and was talking to a few folks in recent...
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Italian Venture capital P101 SGR raises €6M funding for Spanish car subscription startup Bipi
Series B funding round totals €16.5M for Bipi that has successfully raised a total of 25 million euros.
P101 SGR- via its second...
Top 5 technologies that will transform the Fintech sector
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As remote operations and contactless procedures are becoming the new normal, the Fintech sector has been experiencing a rising hunger towards moving...
Mapfre 2021 Economic and Industry Outlook
MAPFRE Economics presents the 2021 edition of its Economic and industry outlook. As is the case every year, this document seeks to provide an...