Will Bitcoin Startups Target Accenture's Fintech Innovation Lab 2016?
The countdown has begun! The applications for the New York's sixth annual Fintech Innovation Lab are now being accepted and will continue to be accepted till December 3, 2015. This acceleration program is 12-weeks long and has been co-founded by Accenture and the Partnership Fund for New York City. The applicants who wish to apply or get more information can do so by going to the website: www.fintechinnovationlab.com. As per the information available on the website, the Lab begins in April 2016 and will partner with the chosen few fintech entrepreneurs with senior-level bank executives and....
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A financial innovation lab operated by management consulting firm Accenture has added a blockchain startup to its latest class. Accenture's 2016 FinTech Innovation Lab London, the company announced yesterday, will include 15 startups. Crowdaura, which uses blockchain technology as a mechanism for issuing securities via crowdfunding, is the sole blockchain startup to be included in the class. The selected startups will spend 12 weeks working with Accenture staff and executives from a variety of major financial institutions including Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Société Générale.....
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Services and consulting firm Accenture has added a blockchain startup to the latest class of its financial innovation lab in London. Blockchain technology startup Crowdaura joins other 14 other startups to be included in Accenture’s 2016 FinTech Innovation Lab London. The London Lab is now in its fourth year. The 12-week long mentoring program is geared to help new fintech startups and entrepreneurs with expertise from executives of financial institutions such as Bank of America, JPMorgan, UBS, Goldman Sachs among others. Crowduara, as a part of its name suggests, is a platform that uses....