As Canada’s top financial hub and one of the top 10 financial centres in the world, the Greater Toronto region is positioned to be a leader in fintech, or financial technology, innovations that are rapidly reshaping the financial services sector. Firms like FundThrough, Koho, Purpose Investments and OneVest – all founded or co-founded by University…
Zagreb, Croatia ~The digital transformation of the banking sector is inevitable, and traditional banks in Central and Eastern Europe must prepare for a wave of technological changes and adapt quickly to remain competitive. Not only are digital wallets and real-time payment options becoming mandatory, but artificial intelligence (AI), automation, Open Banking, blockchain technology, and cryptocurrencies…
The Financial Times (FT) has released its annual Europe’s Leading Start-Up Hubs list, showcasing the top European hubs supporting innovative entrepreneurs with incubators and accelerator programs. Among the 150 hubs featured in the 2025 list, six are recognized for their contributions to the fintech and insurtech sectors, driving innovation and growth in these industries. Europe’s…
(“Curinos” or the “Company”), a global data intelligence business that combines industry-exclusive expertise, insights and analytics to help leading financial institutions grow their businesses, announced today a new partnership with CoMotion, the collaborative innovation hub at the University of Washington, to relaunch its FinTech Incubator. The Curinos FinTech Incubator, located in CoMotion Labs at Startup…
NatWest Group has today announced that it has become the first UK-headquartered bank to work with OpenAI as part of a collaboration that supports its strategic focus on bank-wide simplification, which includes deploying AI to meet customers’ needs faster and more effectively and to increase productivity and efficiency across the bank. The wide-ranging, large scale…
Project Nemo, in collaboration with Fintech Fringe and The Payments Association, has introduced the first challenge that addresses financial exclusion.This initiative kicks off the inaugural challenge in Fintech Fringe’s Innovation Challenge Series, aimed at linking financial institutions with innovative startups to tackle critical industry issues. The winners will be highlighted at Pay360, Europe’s payments event,…
Building the legal and financial architecture necessary for a new, innovative financing mechanism dedicated to climate finance. A new capital markets issuer made its debut on the London Stock Exchange this month: The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Capital Markets Mechanism or CCMM issued its USD500 million inaugural bond on January 22, 2025, which was six-times…
*February 1, 2025* — The world of cryptocurrencies is on the brink of an unprecedented transformation. According to blockchain experts and market analysts, the year 2028 will mark the beginning of the **”AltcoinRevolution2028″**, an event that could redefine the global financial landscape and solidify the role of alternative coins (altcoins) as pillars of the digital…
The eIDAS 2 wallet takes this concept to a new level In 1887, Edward Bellamy’s book Looking Backward offered a vision of a utopian society transformed by cooperation and technological progress. His protagonist, Julian West, awakens in a world where a streamlined system of fairness and accessibility has replaced the inefficiencies of industrial capitalism. As…
In the race to adopt and advance artificial intelligence (AI), it’s easy to get caught up in the technological capabilities and buzzword bingo and lose sight of what truly matters: the impact on humans and our everyday lives. AI should break down barriers to financial services, not create new walls As financial institutions worldwide rush…