Fintech

Some of the world’s largest institutions are dabbling, as blockchain and DLT invade areas like trade finance, syndicated lending and cross-border payments. 

The push into transaction banking by Australia’s growing horde of fintechs and other startups has not been less than the push into personal and small-business lending. 

New York City joins Singapore and Hong Kong in embracing cryptocurrencies, albeit gingerly.

Traditional banks and upstart challengers alike are pushing innovations to create the bank of the future. What might such a bank look like?

New cryptocurrency will be backed by commodities.

Sonny Singh, senior vice president and general manager of the Financial Services Global Business Unit at Oracle since 2013, talks about legacy systems and how financial services are handling transformative technologies.

French telecom company moves aggressively into the banking sector.

Financial innovation on the rise in nations where cryptocurrencies and related technologies are regulated rather than banned.

A Japanese ecommerce and Internet company is breaking into the mobile market.

A digital currency spinoff technology gains legitimacy.