La veille FinTech (5 fév 2017) – les paiements mobiles de Paypal s’envolent et Swissquote propose le négoce en 3D
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Swiss Government initiates consultation on new Fintech regulations
« During its meeting on 1 February 2017, the Federal Council initiated the consultation on amendments to the Banking Act and Banking Ordinance in the fintech area. The revision should ensure that barriers to market entry for fintech firms are reduced and that the competitiveness of the Swiss financial centre is enhanced. The consultation will last until 8 May 2017 »
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PayPal’s mobile payments volume sees 55% increase in 2016
« Mobile payments accounted for a third of PayPal’s overall payment volume during the fourth quarter of 2016, the company’s CEO Dan Schulman has revealed, with the total volume of mobile payments increasing by 55% over the course of last year »
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Samsung va lancer un concurrent de PayPal
« Samsung veut proposer sa propre solution de paiement en ligne. C’est ce qu’annonce Reuters dans un article. Le service serait baptisé Samsung Pay Mini et sera une solution de paiement en ligne pour les smartphones sous Android »
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N26 engrange 2 000 nouveaux utilisateurs français par semaine
« La banque en ligne N26 est prête à conquérir le marché français. De 6 000 utilisateurs en France annoncés à FrenchWeb l’été dernier, l’application mobile en revendique aujourd’hui 30 000 au moment de son lancement. »
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Ecosystème fintech anglo-suisse
« Fintech Circle, le plus grand réseau d’investisseurs en Europe dédié aux fintechs, tisse des liens étroits en Suisse. Il a annoncé hier le lancement de deux projets ambitieux. »
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La fintech chinoise Wangjin espère lever 500 millions de dollars en bourse
« Guangdong Wangjin Holdings Technology, qui construit et exploite des plates-formes de finance en ligne pour des banques et des compagnies d’assurance chinoise, prévoit de lever au moins 500 millions de dollars (465 millions d’euros) en entrant à la Bourse de Hong Kong cette année »
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American Express joins Hyperledger Project
« Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, announced today American Express has joined the project as a Premier Member. »
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Switzerland kickstarts new accelerator programme
« Kickstart Accelerator, one of Europe’s largest multi-corporate, zero-equity technology accelerators and an initiative of digitalswitzerland, has today announced that applications are open to international startups for its second programme, predominantly based in Zurich. »
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Barclaycard readies for Pay by Bank app roll out
« Barclaycard, which has an overview of nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, is partnering with VocaLink to enable its merchants to accept mobile payments through Pay by Bank app »
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Google kills off Hands Free payments app; Samsung Pay comes to more Android handsets
« After a 10 month pilot, Google is ditching its Hands Free payments app, which let users leave their wallets and phones in their pockets and pay just by talking. »
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Twint bekommt harte Konkurrenz
« Das Schweizer Softwareunternehmen Netcetera übernimmt eine auf kontaktloses Zahlen spezialisierte Firma aus Österreich. Damit gewinnt auch das SwissWallet, ein Konkurrenzprodukt zu Twint, wieder an Fahrt. »
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Swissquote: Traden mit der 3D-Brille
« Als erstes europäisches Finanzinstitut lanciert die Westschweizer Online-Bank Swissquote eine Virtual-Reality-Brille zum Traden. «
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BNP Paribas présente son laboratoire d’innovation
« En effet, dans un exercice d’ouverture et de transparence inédit pour une banque suisse, BNP Paribas (Suisse) a présenté il y a quelques jours sa démarche et ses différents projets de transformation numérique. »
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Bank regulations change every 12 minutes
« Bank regulations, rules and updates … it’s too darned difficult to keep up with! Is there a better way of doing business ? »
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BNP Paribas Securities Services invests in fintech start-up Fortia
« BNP Paribas Securities Services has acquired a minority stake in Fortia Financial Solutions. This deal helps Fortia, a start-up that provides compliance software to the financial services industry, cement the relationship it formed with the bank during the inaugural session of the fintech accelerator by L’Atelier BNP Paribas. »
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UK watchdog driving open banking revolution
« The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says its banking “final order” is giving people greater control over their money and reckons the open banking revolution is getting closer. »
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Irish Funds and Deloitte power blockchain for regulatory reporting
« The project will focus on the Resident Investment Fund Returns (Money Market and Investment Funds Returns Reporting – MMIF) regulation and will use blockchain and smart contract technology to create a platform for regulatory reporting accessible to the reporting entity as well as a regulator. »
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First mobile credit card, PayLife 0100, launched in Austria
« SIX Payment Services brings to market PayLife 0100, Austria’s first mobile credit card. The first year is free of charge, after which it costs €0.90 per month. »
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Even Visa Thinks There Are Too Many Mobile Wallets
« PayPal, Venmo, Google Wallet, Apple Pay, IBM Pay, Walmart Pay, Samsung Pay—the mobile wallet market just keeps on going and going, but according to Visa’s new CEO, that’s not necessarily what consumers want. »
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Marc Barbezat
Veilleur et spécialiste en cybersécurité
