March 27, 2017 @ 10:46 am By Cole Lyons  |  

New financial regulations, including the EU’s Second Payment Services Directive and their open architecture framework that forces banks to share transaction data, may force banks and Fintechs to fight for customer loyalty. Compromises must be made between the competitors. However, according to the banking and… Read More

March 26, 2017 @ 6:48 pm By Cole Lyons  |  

MIT’s recent fintech hackathon, its first ever, connected the Fintech industry with more traditional financial services. This combination is yet another signal that Fintech is changing. Priscilla Cherie Koepke, the FinTech Practice Leader at MIT’s Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship, is tasked with creating an… Read More

March 23, 2017 @ 5:23 pm By Cole Lyons  |  

SecureKey announced Monday that later this year it will release a blockchain-based service, giving customers the ability to control what classifying information they share with corporations. The Toronto-based identity management company’s new service has obtained the support of Canada’s top five banks. SecureKey’s new service… Read More

March 22, 2017 @ 10:36 am By Cole Lyons  |  

Sydney Australia-based Fintech accelerator H2 has recently accepted its new round of startups, including the sports trading game FanTrade and personal chef delivery app DishMe. These companies differ from H2’s typically financial focus. This new company approach can be explained by a January blog post by Toby… Read More