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August 27, 2019 @ 3:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced on Tuesday it has acquired Fairway Technologies, a U.S.-based engineering services provider. Accenture reported the acquisition will further power the Accenture Product and Platform Engineering Services practice, which helps clients manage and innovate software-based platforms. This news comes just one week… Read More

August 20, 2019 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced on Tuesday it has acquired global financial institutions advisor and consulting partner, Parker Fitzgerald. According to Accenture, Parker Fitzgerald advises financial services companies on financial and non-financial risk, regulation and financial technology. The company also provides strategic advice, independent assurance, and… Read More

June 7, 2017 @ 12:10 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Big consultancies, such as PwC, Cap Gemini, KPMG, Deloitte and Accenture, research and analyze fintech developments to support the digital transformation of their banking customers. They promote this work through well-crafted free reports and white papers. The latest of such reports was published by Julian… Read More

February 28, 2017 @ 6:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Global investment in fintech ventures grew 10% in 2016, to US$23.2 billion, driven primarily by a wave of blockbuster deals in China, according to Accenture (NYSE:ACN) analysis of data from CB Insights, a global venture-finance data and analytics firm. Fintech financing in Asia-Pacific in 2016 eclipsed… Read More

June 21, 2016 @ 8:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Between 2010 and 2015 global investment in fintech ventures has grown from $1.8 billion to $22.3 billion, according to Accenture’s latest report on the global fintech landscape. Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has joined a new fintech hub for start-ups based in Tel Aviv, Israel dubbed “The Floor.” As… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 11:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Global investment in fintech ventures in the first quarter of 2016 reached $5.3 billion, a 67 percent increase over the same period last year, and the percentage of investments going to fintech companies in Europe and Asia-Pacific nearly doubled to 62 percent. These are among… Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 11:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“Major non-traditional financial services companies have been investing in fintech payments in China for the past year.” According to Accenture, fintech investments across Asia-Pacific experienced a boom in 2015 – from about $880 million in 2014 to nearly $3.5 billion in just the first nine months… Read More