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September 19, 2017 @ 1:16 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with KPMG, announced that 11 outstanding global FinTech firms have been shortlisted for the inaugural FinTech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge in October.  The selected firms are currently undergoing an intensive five-week… Read More

August 8, 2017 @ 12:21 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  It’s been quiet an exciting week for Abu Dhabi Global Market: global Fintech challenges, new alliances and partnerships. ADGM and KPMG have synced to launch the first ever FinTech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge on 22 October 2017 in Abu Dhabi to enable startups to… Read More

May 15, 2017 @ 9:50 am By Erin Hobey  |  

KPMG International has announced the acquisition of Matchi, a global fintech innovation and matchmaking platform that connects financial institutions, including banks and insurance companies, with leading-edge financial services technology solutions and companies worldwide. The Matchi platform includes more than 700 curated fintech solutions and a database… Read More

November 17, 2016 @ 9:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

After quarterly fintech investment to VC-backed companies peaked as high as US$5B+ in 2015, investors continue to take a much more cautious approach this year, according to the Pulse of Fintech, the quarterly report on global fintech VC trends published jointly by KPMG International and… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 8:56 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

KPMG and NASSCOM 10,000 Startups just released the new report Fintech in India, targeting key elements that are “creating transformational waves across the financial ecosystem in India” and have seen extensive usage across financial service institutions. Topics include essential themes to the fintech ecosystem such as next-generation payments, financial inclusion, P2P lending, robo… Read More

March 10, 2016 @ 4:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

2015 was the year that financial technology entered the mainstream, claims the new report “Pulse of Fintech” from KPMG and CB Insights (see also the University of Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance  seminal benchmarking surveys last year), which estimates that VC-backed fintech firms around the world secured $13.8 billion in… Read More

February 9, 2016 @ 5:06 am By Erin Hobey  |  

KPMG has acquired fintech platform Markets IT for an undisclosed sum, in an effort to expand its “big data” capability and help banking clients grapple with a barrage of regulatory change, according to the Financial Review. KPMG Australia CEO Gary Wingrove referred to the merger as a “timely… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 8:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Calling all Next Generation Payments, Blockchain, Data / Credit Analytics, Mobile VAS / Mobility, Cyber Security and Biometrics and Wealth Tech innovators and disruptors, start your applications in time for the 7 January 2016 deadline! Aiming to source six groundbreaking FinTech innovations to demo to multiple invited financial institutions (banks… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 12:58 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

KPMG has linked with peer-to-peer business lender MarketInvoice, a partnership that will enable customers of KPMG’s Small Business Accounting Service to access MarketInvoice finance directly through their accounting software and will also include a business education program incorporating regional events, webinars, e-books and online ‘accountancy clinics’… Read More