Backing Big Brother: Chinese facial recognition firms appeal to funds
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Buoyed by China’s plans to build a ubiquitous CCTV surveillance network, Chinese and some foreign investors are pouring money into start-up technology firms that specialize in...
View ArticleBill Gates firm buys Arizona land for $80 million to create ‘smart city’
A real estate investment firm owned by Bill Gates recently bought a giant plot of land in Arizona for $80 million to be developed into a “smart city.” Arizona-based Belmont Partners, one of Gates’...
View ArticleWhy Millennials Are A Key Force Behind A Heated Battle For The $64B VOD Market
Original on-demand programming is huge, but Millennials, in particular, spend more time streaming original content over tech devices than any other demographic. Certainly the major players in the...
View ArticleThought Leaders in Financial Technology: Tracy Metzger, COO of Vesta (Part 4)
Tracy Metzger: There is a need today to go out and find a consolidated way to leverage all of these different great technologies that are bespoke in their way of implementation. There is a need to find...
View ArticleFinTech Fast Tracks Mortgages
According to a report by Sarah Strochak of the Urban Institute, the outpouring of financial technology (fintech) in the mortgage space has brought with it all sorts of innovation, including new ways to...
View ArticleNikkei edges up in choppy trade; tech shares gain
TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average edged up on Tuesday morning in choppy trade, with semiconductor equipment makers attracting buyers, while Mizuho Financial Group fell on dismal...
View ArticleNigerian FinTech firm makes top 50 digital banks’ list
A Nigerian FinTech company,kudimoney.com, has been selected in the 2017 Financial Information Technology Top 50 Digital Banks’ list. A statement by the firm said the list was compiled by Financial IT...
View ArticleSingapore fintech startup Active.ai raises US$8.25M to help banks adopt AI...
Singapore-based fintech startup Active.ai (Active Intelligence) has raised US$8.25 million in a Series A round led by Temasek Holding’s Vertex Ventures, Creditease Holdings and Dream Incubator....
View ArticleInternet of Things (IoT) in Healthcare Market Size Share – Evolving...
Latest market study, In-depth analysis on “Internet of Things (IoT) in Healthcare Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2016 – 2024”. The proliferation of the...
View ArticleSun Life startup demo day showcases FinTech 2.0 – Insurtech
Many insurance policyholders are probably accustomed to only engaging with their providers when they go to the dentist or somebody dies – in other words, when they’re putting in a claim. A new breed of...
View ArticleWomen In Fintech: Normalizing And Celebrating Female Leadership
It’s time that women in the fintech industry were celebrated, rewarded and awarded for the work they do on a daily basis for the finance and technology sectors alike but also the commitment they have...
View ArticleHow a Loans Marketplace Can Change Online Lending
Magilla Loans is an online lending exchange founded in 2015 that connects borrowers to banks without requesting any personal information. The idea of building the “search engine” for loans was...
View ArticleCosmetic Dentistry: What You Should Know
The term cosmetic dentistry gets thrown around a lot. But it is an umbrella term that covers a numbers of dental treatments. So what does Cosmetic Dentistry really entail and what does it mean for you?...
View ArticleA crushing blow to peer-to-peer lending dreams
We haven’t looked at US P2P lending in a while — it’s more commonly called marketplace, or online lending these days* — but the important thing to remember is that the sector has long been dominated by...
View ArticleA Chicago trading firm is setting up shop in Singapore to dominate the...
DRW, the Chicago-based trading firm, is expanding its bitcoin trading operations into Asia. The firm told Business Insider it sees a huge opportunity in Asia for over-the-counter trading. The...
View ArticleNew Blockchain VER-sion of FinTech
While Blockchain technology appears to be making inroads into everything from personal hygiene to death benefits, widespread adoption continues to be something of a slow process. Still and all,...
View ArticleFoxconn’s Profit Down 39% Amid iPhone Production Woes
BEIJING—Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, posted a 39% drop in quarterly net profit amid production challenges dogging the flagship product of its...
View ArticleAndroid Pay launches in Brazil, its first Latin American market
Google has launched Android Pay in Brazil and the Czech Republic, the 16th and 17th countries, respectively, to get the internet giant’s mobile payments service. We already knew that Android Pay would...
View ArticleLawyer to Uber: Turn over data on rape, assault reports from riders
A new lawsuit is again calling into question Uber’s background check policies and how it monitors its drivers. On Tuesday, two anonymous women filed a complaint in California against Uber claiming the...
View ArticleSingapore Steps Up Fintech Initiatives as Festival Unfolds
The Monetary Authority of Singapore unveiled a raft of new initiatives to further the city’s push into financial technology, including a project to improve banks’ ability to detect money launderers and...
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