- October 08, 2021
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- Digital
Recap of "CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa"
Livingstone Mukasa, founder of Four One Financial Services,Uganda’s first micro-pension service and Mayicard platform, won the Best Catapulter Award from CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa, a week-long bootcamp on financial inclusion organised by the LHoFT Foundation. Besting 10 other fintech finalists from Africa, Mukasa’s final pitch during the culmination of the bootcamp on November 9th focused on pioneering innovations in social security for Uganda’s citizens, and captured the imagination of the expert jury.
Oracle and B-Hive launch a fast-tracked monetization ecosystem program for fintech start-ups/scale-ups
After announcing their Fintech Innovation Program collaboration in July, Oracle and B-Hive are taking their next step to jointly launch a fast-tracked monetization ecosystem program for mature start-up and scale-up fintechs, called Fintech ScaleUp. Registration opens today and the program will kickstart in January when Oracle and B-Hive will select 15 start-up or scale-up fintechs in two program sessions that will take place in Brussels and London.
The Fintech100 – announcing the world’s leading fintech innovators for 2018
The 2018 Fintech100 was just announced, highlighting dynamic fintechs from around the world that are transforming the financial services industry, from digital payments and lending, to insurtech, to neo-banking, as they attract investment at a record pace.
COMO, solution de paiement, une FinTech « Made with » EBRC
L’économie numérique mondiale nécessite des solutions innovantes en matière de traitement des paiements. C’est ici que COMO Global se démarque à travers son offre.
LHoFT Foundation supporting African Fintech companies to enhance financial inclusiveness
The LHoFT Foundation strongly believes that financial technology is crucial to advancing financial inclusion, empowering groups that have been left behind by the traditional financial system. Whether it’s financing for rural farmers, point of sale technology for underbanked merchants, or specialised insurance products, the positive impact being driven by entrepreneurship is improving lives around the world. As such, Financial Inclusion is a key focus of the LHoFT Foundation.
Fintech development and regulation highly variable across Europe
The greatest regulatory obstacles blocking Fintech development across the EU are prudential rules, AML regulations and data protection procedures – but more needs to be done to ensure that regulatory requirements do not continue to be breached.
The Swiss Finance + Technology Association and the LHoFT partner to promote further Fintech across Europe
The Swiss Finance + Technology Association and the LHoFT Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday 1st of October at the FINTECH+ Conference in Zurich.
Ant Financial : Alipay s'installe au Luxembourg
C'est Pierre Gramegna et le Ministère des Finances qui l'ont annoncé sur Twitter, après une rencontre avec Eric Jing, le président d'Ant Financial : la société, propriétaire d'Alipay a choisi de s'installer au Luxembourg pour mieux connecter ses clients aux marchants européens.
FinTechCity dévoile son classement FinTech50 : le Luxembourg représenté
Les 50 sociétés représentées dans le Top 50 des FinTechs européennes ont été sélectionnées parmi plus de 1800 startups par des experts internationaux en la matière. Deux ont leurs sièges sociaux au Luxembourg, et plusieurs autres ont également une présence au Grand-Duché. La première édition du FinTech50 date de 2012.
11 Innovation Hubs and Incubators from Europe and Israel sign up to ‘The Talent Route’ at Innsomnia
Innsomnia, together with 10 other accelerators and Innovation Hubs from Europe and Israel, gathered to sign a collaboration protocol of ‘The Talent Route’ in the Marina of Valencia Marina last 5thof July. The 1st Summit of European Accelerators was organised by Innsomnia and counted on the support from ICEX, the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade.
Mash becomes the first Innovation Partner of the LHoFT, continuing European momentum
Mash, the market leading European payment and lending company, has become the first Innovation Partner of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (The LHoFT Foundation), Luxembourg’s dedicated financial technology innovation hub.
Open Banking: the ABBL encourages bankers to go beyond PSD2 Compliance
By Andrey Martovoy, ABBL, Fintech Adviser.In light of the approaching transposition of Payment Service Directive II (PSD2) in Luxembourg and taking into account the impact it will have on the national financial services market, ABBL’s Digital Banking and FinTech Innovation Cluster (DBFI) in cooperation with ABBL’s Payments Committee held the ABBL Meets Members event “PSD2 in Luxembourg: On the Way to Open Banking” on 27 June 2018. The event attracted high attention of ABBL members with about 200 registrations.