IFC partners Accion, others to deepen financial inclusion
This, Hua said, informed the IFC’s decision to collaborate with Accion Microfinance Bank. He also stressed the importance of financial technology to achieving financial inclusion, disclosing that the...
View ArticleNews: Goldman Sachs elevates hiring to curb financial technology challenges
In an attempt to grow revenue from its consumer digital finance operations, Goldman Sachs plans to expand its technology base in India. Following the collapse of its bond trading revenue, Goldman Sachs...
View ArticleJack Dorsey returned to Twitter two years ago — but he still hasn’t saved the...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey surprised everybody. It was March of 2016, and Dorsey was making an appearance on NBC’s “The Today Show” to celebrate Twitter’s 10th anniversary. As the camera panned toward...
View ArticleSeasoned Japanese startup puts fintech on the map with $500m IPO
Money Forward, a well-established financial tech startup, has launched its IPO, marking a watershed moment for Japan’s burgeoning fintech scene. The firm, started in 2012, is now worth US$505 million...
View Article3-Point Plan For Balancing Your Innovation Portfolio
4 October 2017 | One lament I often hear when I advise large company executives on the need to “Think Big” is that their biggest innovation challenge is … They come from technology or marketing wizards...
View ArticleA banking war over access to your data is stifling innovation
The sweeping post-financial crisis law known as Dodd-Frank requires … “Those concerns are a little unfounded,” he told Yahoo Finance. “With the type of innovation in the fintech space, tech is really...
View ArticleAccuity expands innovation team
the global financial crime compliance, payments and KYC solutions provider, is expanding its global innovation team and investing in collaborative innovation processes across its business and...
View ArticleGlobal Dental Implants Market to Grow at a CAGR of 9.70% During 2014 to 2020:...
Persistence Market Research has announced the addition of the “Global Market Study on Dental Implants: Asia Pacific to Witness Fastest Growth by 2020″ report to their offering. The escalating geriatric...
View ArticleAs chip sales hit record levels innovation costs rise
Gordon Moore’s Law shows how the economics of chip manufacture drives the pace of innovation. Demand for chips is huge … including all of its promises of advanced AI, superior healthcare and a myriad...
View Article‘Squirtable’ elastic surgical glue seals wounds in 60 seconds
A highly elastic and adhesive surgical glue that quickly seals wounds without the … molecules developed in collaboration with author and Director of the Biomaterials Innovation Research Center at...
View ArticleFloqast Uses Robotics to Connect Accounting Systems to Cloud
These connectors provide an automated way to make trial balances available in the cloud—and thus available for accountants wherever they may be. Cloud applications are using automation, robotics and...
View ArticleHead of IMF Envisions a Future Without Banks as Fintech Takes Over
Late last month, Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund Managing Director, delivered a speech in the UK envisioning a future without banks. Now Lagarde did not say banks will no longer exist...
View ArticleTrump directed HHS to deny Iowa’s proposal to prevent healthcare market collapse
President Trump directed administration officials to turn down Iowa’s request to help people maintain healthcare coverage and control increasing premium costs in what critics say is an attempt to...
View ArticleJOMS study: Oral and maxillofacial surgeons most qualified for dental implants
ROSEMONT, Ill., Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Both prospective dental implant patients and the general public agree in a new study: oral and maxillofacial surgeons are the most qualified to...
View ArticleTupeloLife Invited to Speak at AHA’s Health Tech & Innovation Forum in...
Dallas, TX, October 05, 2017 –(PR.com)– TupeloLife will present at the American Heart Association’s Health Tech & Innovation Forum, October 4-5 in Boston. The Health Tech & Innovation Forum...
View ArticleShould You Buy Mazor Robotics (MZOR) As It Hits New High?
Shares of Mazor Robotics MZOR surged over 5% on Wednesday to touch a new all-time high. Now the question for investors is: should you consider buying the surgical robotics maker’s stock? Mazor...
View ArticleHas a French firm finally achieved the holy grail of robotics? (And will that...
Paris-based startup Wandercraft, which makes a signature robotic exoskeleton that allows wheelchair users to stand and walk, just announced a €15 million B round. The founders plan to use the money to...
View ArticleTech Buzzwords Don’t Cut It as Skeptical Investors Assess Payment Startups
Moderating a panel of three investment executives who put money into startup payments firms and other financial-technology companies, Frank Young, senior vice president of innovation at merchant...
View ArticleFuturemark analysis debunks rumor that Apple slows older iPhones down on...
Benchmarking firm Futuremark has weighed in on claims that Apple is intentionally slowing down older iPhones to encourage upgrades, with analysis of benchmark results indicating iPhones maintain their...
View ArticleSquare Snares Sellers With Sticky Services In Financial Tech
Best known for processing credit card payments for small businesses like food trucks and farm-stand vendors, Square (SQ) has expanded into a host of financial services as it aims to become a more...
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