By Christopher Mims for WSJ Early reviews of Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 7 were, in

We’re excited to announce that you can now send money to and from Japan with

By Louis Buenaventura for QZ At just over six years old, Seoul-based KakaoTalk has more

ABN Amro, IBM, Holland FinTech and Linux Foundation are to run the first-ever Hyperledger hackathon,

By Charles Hutzler for WSJ Master’s program focuses more on cultivating leadership skills than academics

By Tanaya Macheel for American Banker The sea of data at banks can be tough

By Mike Butcher for TechCrunch.com Some people might be wondering why a hashtag to do

By Brian Yurcan and Tanya Macheel for the American Banker While much of fintech over

Barclays is teaming up with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to enable customers to send

By William Mougayar for Observer Government services are one of the most obvious and immediate application areas

Deutsche Bank has opened a data lab in Dublin, creating 40 new jobs, with plans

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BNP Paribas has opened a 5000 square foot ‘Innovation Zone’ on the 30th floor of

By Jason Zweig for WSJ Your next financial adviser might be a centaur — not

Security measures for the UK’s contactless card programme have been derided as ‘chaotic’ after it

By Sam Brodbeck for the Telegraph

US exchanges, clearing houses, trade repositories and dealing platforms will have to test their systems

Visa (NYSE:V) and PayPal (PYPL) today announced that Visa Checkout will soon be available as

MoneyGram (MGI) and Walmart announced the launch of a new state-of-the-art online money transfer platform

Beginning today, Chase Visa consumer credit and debit cardholders can now use Android Pay to

By Ian Allison for IBT Optimising the antiquated arena of global trade finance has become

By July Verhage for Bloomberg In mythology, unicorn sightings are blessed events. In fintech world,

By John Russel for Techcrunch Hong Kong is making a move to challenge Singapore and others

By Ingrid Lunden for techcrunch.com While Square continues to take small steps into Europe, a

UK money management app Pariti has formed a referral partnership with P2P financing outfit Zopa

A special regulatory regime that would allow Hong Kong banks to test out innovative new

By Bloomberg The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is establishing a financial-technology hub and adopting a

By Lynsey Barber for CityAM Fintech unicorn Transferwise has revealed revenue tripled last year but

By Steve O’Hear for Techcrunch.com The UK’s Divido is one of a number of startups

By Roman Dillet for Techcrunch.com French startup Lydia is launching a card so that you