UBS Launches Competition for Fintech Entrepreneurs and Bitcoin Startups
UBS has shown particular interest in fintech developments, creating an innovations lab to explore potential applications of bitcoin and the blockchain technology. Just recently, the company announced the launch of the Future of Finance Challenge, which is a competition open to fintech entrepreneurs and bitcoin startups. UBS is a Swiss global financial services company based in Zurich. It provides investment banking, asset management and wealth management services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide and operates in more than 50 countries with about 60,000 employees....
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