FinTech

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The Floor promises to connect Israeli fintech with China, Hong Kong and the rest of Asia

03/03/2016(0)
The new hub will open an R&D center, collaborative workspace and host events that will link Israel’s best in financial technology with investors and partners from Beijing to Singapore ... Read More
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Citi Reaches Deal for American Express’s Costco Credit Card Portfolio

01/03/2016(0)
Deal comes after AmEx and Costco said last year they were ending their 16-year relationship Citigroup Inc. reached a deal to buy Costco Wholesale Corp.’s co-branded credit-card portfolio from American Express Co. Financial terms weren’t ... Read More
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Bank of Russia Sets Up Taskforce to Explore Bitcoin and FinTech

29/02/2016(0)
It may come as quite a surprise to some people, but the Bank of Russia will be exploring what Bitcoin technology has to offer to the financial world. The ... Read More
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PayPal Eyes Growth in New Alliances With Vodafone, America Movil

22/02/2016(0)
  Mobile carriers are gateway to 740 million potential customers Payments business looks beyond e-commerce for revenue PayPal Holdings Inc. forged new mobile-wallet partnerships with telecommunications giants Vodafone Group ... Read More
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MasterCard contactless transactions in Europe Surpass 1 Billion; Impressive 150% year on year growth

19/02/2016(0)
Impressive 150% year on year growth for MasterCard and Maestro contactless transactions, as merchants and issuers capitalize on opportunities Europeans continue to opt for contactless technology when making payments, ... Read More
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Amsterdam becoming “silicon valley” of fintech

18/02/2016(0)
The FinTech sector is on fire in the Netherlands, to such an extent that Amsterdam may well be on its way to becoming the “Silicon Valley” of FinTech companies, ... Read More
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Amazon to acquire Indian payments firm Emvantage

18/02/2016(0)
Amazon.com, Inc. has agreed to acquire Emvantage Payments Pvt. Ltd., a privately held company that offers services in the area of online payments. EMVANTAGE has developed a series of ... Read More
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China Provides Tax Breaks For High-Tech Services

17/02/2016(0)
The State Council executive meeting on February 14 agreed to introduce pilot measures to encourage further development in China’s services sector, including tax breaks for advanced technology service companies. ... Read More
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Rival Now Offers Access to ICE Futures Markets

17/02/2016(0)
Chicago-based Rival Systems (Rival), a trading software company established last year, announced today that it now provides ICE Futures U.S. and ICE Futures Europe products on its Rival Trader platform, giving its users ... Read More
BetaSmartz

BetaSmartz Launches First Across-the-Board Automated Investment Platform

16/02/2016(0)
BetaSmartz, the automated investment platform for all sizes of investors, from institutional to retail, launched today. BetaSmartz’s technology, based on six decades of Nobel prize-winning research and industry expertise, ... Read More
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