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The BNP Paribas Plug and Play Acceleration Program

In Accelerators, FinTechTags BNP Paribas, France, Plug and PlayPublish DateJuly 5, 2018

BNP Paribas is one of the ten largest banks in the world with a presence in roughly 75 countries. It offers banking, finance, investment, savings, and insurance solutions and serves individuals, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporations, and other …

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Boston FinTech – 2017 in Review

In FinTech, Venture CapitalTags BostonPublish DateJanuary 8, 2018

2017 was a big year for Boston FinTech. September saw the first edition of Boston FinTech Week, a series of mostly sold out events bringing together members of the Boston financial services and FinTech ecosystems for …

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Five Questions with Valérie Pécresse

In Financial Services, FinTechTags Brexit, FrancePublish DateNovember 27, 2017

As a result of Brexit, the Paris Region is very much in the mix – along with Frankfurt, Dublin, Amsterdam, and Luxembourg – to become the EU’s new financial hub. Paris Region is already a major …

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Lydia Is Out to Conquer the Payments World

In FinTech, Mobile PaymentsTags France, P2P payments, PoSPublish DateOctober 24, 2017

Founded in 2011 by Cyril Chiche and Antoine Porte and launched in July 2013, Lydia is the leading mobile payment platform in France with over one million users, a number that is growing by more than …

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CEO Interview: Dan O’Malley of Numerated

In Banking, FinTechTags BostonPublish DateOctober 17, 2017

In April of 2014, Eastern Bank, the largest community bank in Massachusetts with approximately $9.8 billion in assets and the largest and oldest mutual bank in the country, hired the team behind virtual banking startup PerkStreet …

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Prattle – A New Generation of Sentiment Analysis

In Capital Markets, FinTechTags accelerators, machine learning, St. LouisPublish DateSeptember 11, 2017

Founded in 2014, Prattle produces tradable signals by analyzing global central bank communications using a domain-specific linguistic algorithm in real time. Communications can include press releases, meeting minutes, speeches, papers, and more. Built to treat central …

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L’Accélérateur by L’Atelier BNP Paribas

In Accelerators, FinTechTags BNP Paribas, FrancePublish DateApril 24, 2017

Headquartered in Paris, BNP Paribas Group is one of the world’s leading banks, operating in 74 countries and employing more than 189,000 people. BNP Paribas has stated plans to double its investment in technology to €3 …

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Greater Boston FinTech Funding – 2016 in Review

In FinTech, Venture CapitalTags BostonPublish DateFebruary 17, 2017

Greater Boston, by my definition, runs from Portland to Providence and as far west as Worcester. By my calculations, 21 FinTech startups in the greater Boston area raised north of $248 million from investors in 2016. …

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Q&A with Mark Beeston of Illuminate Financial Management

In FinTech, Venture CapitalTags capital markets, RegTechPublish DateFebruary 1, 2017

Illuminate Financial Management, founded in 2014 in London, is a venture capital firm funding financial technology startups that have the potential to effect real change within capital markets. Since late 2015, folks at Illuminate have been …

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How Raisin Helps European Savers

In Banking, FinTech, StartupsTags BerlinPublish DateJanuary 4, 2017

The vast majority of Europeans do their banking locally, earning on their savings whatever is paid by the banks in their home markets. Raisin aims to change that. Founded as SavingGlobal in 2012 and based in …

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