Veille FinTech (21 juin 2015)
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Geneva's fintech accelerator gains momentum
« Fintech Fusion, Switzerland's first fintech accelerator with permanent office in the centre of Geneva, announces the nomination of Sébastien Flury as its Program Director. »
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TransferWise just passed £500M transfers a month
« International money transfer business TransferWise is one of London's hottest start-ups. Earlier this year it attracted money from renowned Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz and became one of the few UK technology start-ups to reach a $1 billion ( £660 million) valuation. »
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Les clients fortunés mal servis en matière d'applications bancaires
« Selon une nouvelle étude, les apps de gestion de fortune sont en stagnation en matière d'innovation. Celles de BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse et la Banque Royale du Canada sortent du lot. »
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The Biggest Fintech Funding Rounds So Far This Year — 26 Over $50 Million
« Even since Dimon made that observation in early April the money has grown, with the four largest fintech deals of the year so far coming in April and May. »
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Three FinTech Startups You Should Know
« Here are three FinTech startups that are already making their mark in 2015 and are worth keeping track of in the upcoming future »
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Banks and startups must collaborate for ‘Fintech 2.0’ revolution
« Having made their mark in relatively safe areas such as payments and P2P lending, fintech firms are now preparing to move into the middle and back office, giving them a multi-billion dollar opportunity to help reboot financial services »
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One in four would share DNA with their bank to secure personal information
« Most people who use mobile banking apps want to tap biometrics, rather than passwords, to access their accounts, according to research from Oz telco Telstra which also shows that a quarter of respondents would even share their DNA with their banks if it boosted security and ease of access. »
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Azimo raises $20 million in financing
« London-based online and mobile money transfer startup Azimo has raised $20 million in funding to support expansion in Europe and to new markets in North America and Asia. »
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London rated world-best for fintech
« A survey conducted with the global fintech community by Startupbootcamp FinTech finds that London has further increased its position as the world's leading city in fintech. »
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Emerging Payments Association sets up incubator
« The UK’s Emerging Payments Association has launched an incubator for early stage companies in the payments industry. »
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Five fintech startups win £175,000 injection from Innovate UK
« Innovate UK has chosen five fintech startups to share a £175,000 prize pot and the opportunity to work with leading banks and government bodies to get their ideas off the ground. »
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Innotribe announces winners of New York startup showcase
« The Innotribe Startup Challenge attendees selected the five finalists from the American leg of the Startup Challenge to compete at Sibos Singapore in October. »
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Bank of England enters the blogosphere
« Our goal is to bring more of our thinking into the public domain and to showcase our analytical and research output. We hope to contribute to the wider debate on areas that are relevant to the Bank's work »
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Eastern Bank rolls out voice authentication tech at call centre
« In a North American first, Eastern Bank is replacing security questions with voice biometric authentication for customers calling its service centre. »
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Russian man embeds transit chip in own hand
« A Russian engineer has sliced open his own hand and embedded a transit chip under the skin to speed up his daily commute. »
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Les banques misent de plus en plus sur le crowdfunding
« Après avoir investi dans la plate-forme de crowdlending Prêt d’Union, le Crédit Mutuel Arkéa a développé la plate-forme de financement participatif bretonne Kengo. Cette banque n’est pas la seule à s’impliquer dans l’économie participative. BNP Paribas, la Banque Postale et le Crédit Coopératif le font aussi »
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69% des utilisateurs mobiles pratiquent le mobile banking
« Selon la dernière étude menée auprès de 15.000 utilisateurs dans le monde et publiée par le Mobile Ecosystem Forum , 69% des utilisateurs mobiles ont recours au m-banking et 65% ont effectué une transaction via mobile »
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New .bank domain launches into general availability
« The new .bank generic top-level domain will launch into general availability next week, promising to offer financial institutions and their customers better online security. »
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Crédit Agricole : le cap des 100 000 documents signés électroniquement chaque jour atteint
« Les 5400 agences du réseau bancaire utilisent 38 000 tablettes pour réaliser des signatures électroniques dans un objectif de zéro papier. »
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Paris met un pied de plus dans la FinTech avec le nouvel incubateur de Truffle Capital
« La société de capital-risque Truffle Capital a inauguré ce 17 juin son incubateur FinTech (finance et technologie), l’un des premiers de France. «
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Marc Barbezat
Veilleur et spécialiste en cybersécurité
