Fintech Kantox raises £4.6 million from investors as it targets profitability
LONDON — Foreign exchange fintech company Kantox has raised £4.6 million from its existing investors as it aims for profitability. Filings with Companies House show Kantox raised the sum at the end of...
View ArticleTitanfall Spin-off Launches Next Week
In an interview with Titanfall boss Vince Zampella, head of Titanfall developer Respawn, earlier this week, we learned that Titanfall’s RTS spin-off is coming much sooner than we thought. After a...
View ArticleBEHOLD: This is what Apple’s custom badge reader looks like
Photos of what looks like a badge reader for Apple’s internal use were posted by the FCC in July. Behold: Apple’s mystery device A1846. FCC According to the user manual included with the filing, it’s...
View ArticleMonzo CEO apologises for ‘unacceptable’ outages and tells customers to carry...
LONDON — The CEO of hot startup bank Monzo has written to customers to apologise for service disruption, warning that problems may persist and people should carry backup cards. Tom Blomfield, who...
View ArticleGoogle employee’s anti-diversity screed enrages coworkers (updated)
It’s evidence that a toxic culture still exists within tech companies. For all the talk of improving diversity in technology companies and getting employees to treat each other with respect, it’s clear...
View ArticleJudge sets $30K bail for UK researcher in malware case
A Las Vegas federal judge set bail of $30,000 on Friday for a celebrated young British cybersecurity researcher accused by U.S. prosecutors of creating and distributing malicious software designed to...
View ArticleKenya forms First FinTech Bridge between an African Financial Regulatory...
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi have signed a Cooperation Agreement which provides a framework for...
View ArticleBest strategies to grow your FinTech business the right way
Entering the world of entrepreneurship is easy, but staying there for a long while achieving success is quite difficult & challenging. The reason being is that our clients always expect something...
View ArticleFintech lender Prosper’s valuation dives 70% in latest funding round
San Francisco fintech Prosper is about to close on $50 million in funding, in a round that slashes its value 70 percent to $550 million, The Information reports. That a steep decrease from the $1.9...
View ArticleOxford University launches online fintech course
Executives in the financial services industry need to adapt their knowledge to respond to the challenge from fintech, according to Peter Tufano, dean at the Said Business School, Oxford University....
View ArticleUK companies will face far tougher fines if they lose customers’ info in data...
LONDON — Companies that expose their customers information in data breaches could face far harsher penalties — including fines of up to 4% of their global annual turnover. On Monday, the British...
View ArticleI, robot: Say hello to Pepper as Brisbane hosts largest robotics festival
The world’s first “social” robot will be joking, dancing and chatting with attendees to Australia’s largest robotics festival in Brisbane this August. Pepper the robot will be at the Robotronica...
View Articlefinder fintech roundup: H2 Ventures, Prospa, Macquarie, KPMG, Spotify,...
The H2 Accelerator, the dedicated fintech, data and AI accelerator program from venture capital firm H2 Ventures, has turned out its latest seven graduates. Startups are given a spot at Stone &...
View ArticleBooker on hug with McCain after healthcare vote: ‘I’m a hugger’
“I’m a hugger, and so I hugged John McCain. And by the time I get home, I’m getting blown up on the internet,” he said. Booker spoke with Van Jones at the CNN commentator’s “We Rise Tour,” and...
View ArticleWannaCry ‘hero’ headed to court for allegedly creating malware
A U.K. security researcher who achieved “hero” status after stopping a global internet hack is due in federal court on Tuesday. He’s accused of creating illegal malware. Marcus Hutchins, who also goes...
View ArticleApple’s single sign-on feature gains nearly 440 new providers, expands to...
Apple’s running list of providers offering support for single sign-on streaming authentication grew exponentially this week with the addition of 438 cable and satellite television companies, including...
View ArticleAmazon is the new Walmart: the e-commerce giant is increasingly becoming a...
Walmart was once considered the symbol of everything that was wrong with the retail industry. Now, Amazon is taking on that undesirable role. Fish’s Eddy recently put a sign in its window reading “F*ck...
View ArticleFintech Australia Shares 2017 Australian Fintech Update (Infographic)
On Saturday, Fintech Australia released a new infographic that revealed more details about the Australian fintech industry’s successes so far this year. This infographic comes just after the...
View ArticleFIRST Robotics held areas first competition at UNC Pembroke
Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) PEMBROKE, NC...
View ArticleAuris Surgical Robotics, founded by superstar Fred Moll, has quietly closed...
Auris Surgical Robotics, a 10-year-old, San Carlos, Ca.-based surgical robotics company that was founded by serial entrepreneur Frederic Moll, has quietly raised $280 million in Series D funding led by...
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