Bitspark Joins Accenture Asia-Pacific FinTech Innovation Lab
Hong Kong-based startup Bitspark has been one of the seven startups to join Accenture's FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific 2015, a "collaboration between a number of the world's leading banks, such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, China Citic Bank International, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and J. P. Morgan." This....
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Hong Kong-based remittance platform Bitspark has joined Accenture's FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific 2015 as the only bitcoin and blockchain startup in the lineup. The three-month programme, launched by Accenture - a multinational technology services and consulting company - in collaboration with traditional finance institutions including Bank of America Merill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and UBS will provide mentoring, coaching, networking and investment opportunities to the seven startups accepted on to the accelerator. George Harrap, CEO of Bitspark, said in a company blog post: "There is a....
Hong Kong-based Bitcoin remittence platform BitSpark has been selected for the Accenture's FinTech Innovation Lab Asia Pacific 2015. The 12-week program, sponsored by Accenture - a technology and consulting company - and further supported by several multinationals finance giants like Bank of America Merrill Lynch, UBS, HSBC, JP Morgan, and others, is offered to the most propitious early-stage FinTech companies from around the world. During their tenure at the lab, these companies are provided with every possible opportunity - ranging from workshops and discussions to networking and....
Asia-Pacific (APAC) banks, credit card firms and startups can be expected to increasingly focus on blockchain technology in the coming years, according to a new report by Accenture. The management consulting services firm, which has recently been assertive in voicing its opinions on the emerging technology, stated that this trend would coincide with the need for FinTech firms to streamline operations and comply with regulations. The prediction formed part of a new report that projects FinTech investments in the Asia-Pacific region will "quadruple" in 2015, rising to $3.5bn this year, up....
Technology and consulting major Accenture and 16 other leading banks have invited applications for the Fourth Annual Fintech Innovation Lab London. Earlier, there were 15 banks which supported Fintech Innovation Lab London, but now, Societe Generale has become the 16th. Other leading names are Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Intesa Sanpaolo, JPMorgan Chase, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley, Nationwide, RBS, Santander and UBS. The competition is open to fintech entrepreneurs that are developing disruptive new products,....
Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab London has chosen 20 innovative startups from more than 300 FinTech firms around the globe, which will represent the biggest programme in the London Lab’s five-year history. According to an Accenture press release, this year’s programme also received an increased interest from startups located in the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, the Nordics, and North America. Launched in 2012 by Accenture, the FinTech Innovation Lab London, which is in collaboration with the U.K.’s leading financial service institutions, angel investors, and venture capital firms, is one....