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The 50 hottest FinTech firms 2017

Chris Skinner

Chosen from a long-list of over 1,500 companies across Europe, The Fintech50 2017 – the most hotly contested in its five-year history – features 24 businesses new to the list. I sit on the judging panel for the FinTech 50, now in its fifth year, and the final list was revealed yesterday.

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Perficient Launch of Managed Services for Amazon Connect

Perficient

Since its inception back in March of 2017, Perficient became an early adopter of the Amazon Connect platform. As we continue to invest, expand, and evolve our Amazon Connect practice, it was clear that adding a suite of managed service offerings to our portfolio was a must.

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U.S. Regulations to Consider When Managing a Cryptocurrency Fund

Perficient

However, in this blog, we will discuss the regulatory landscape surrounding cryptocurrency from an asset manager or fund manager perspective. New York’s BitLicense requirement therefore applies to investment managers who issue digital coins or otherwise act as an exchange platform regardless of where the buyers are located.

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Blockchain Starts 2017 With A Bang

PYMNTS

PYMNTS examines the data surrounding the latest developments of blockchain, already off to a speedy start in 2017. That figure is expected to increase in 2017 and beyond. In 2017, Wyre said, blockchain technology offers the opportunity to reduce both of those metrics. and China accumulated in 2015 alone. reports noted.

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FinTech: $6.5 billion invested in first half of 2017

Chris Skinner

Innovate Finance has just published their report on the first half of 2017, and the investments made in FinTech. Billion in H1 2017 –with UK investment up 37% reveals Innovate Finance H1 2017 saw 787 deals globally, attracting $6.5 billion invested in first half of 2017 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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SMB Expense Management Provider Bento Snags Major Partnership with The Brink’s Compnay

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – The Brink’s Company and expense management provider Bento for Business introduced a new Travel & Expense Debit Card at Finovate in New York. The partnership is a major win for Bento, who launched only two years ago with a prepaid card for SMBs. The Brink’s T+E card is different from our core product […].

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The Finanser’s Week: 12th February 2017 – 18th February 2018

Chris Skinner

I often talk about my week in Hangzhou last year, writing the case study on Ant Financial for the new book Digital Human, and particularly the words of Jack Ma on how he sees managing the Alibaba platform: Management.