Blockchain Startups Named 'Top Innovations' at Citibank's EMEA Mobile Competition
Blockchain-based social network GetGems was named 'Most Visionary Social Media Solution,' while bitcoin wallet Billon took home the title, 'Most Innovative Blockchain Solution,' during the Citibank Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Mobile Competition. The annual competition, started just last year, was put together by leading global bank Citi and....
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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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The Swiss banking bigwig UBS' worldwide competition named the "Future of Finance Challenge" for the technology startups and the entrepreneurs is going to cover the blockchain applications and technologies, cryptocurrencies and digital vaults. UBS will award a sum of $50,000 to the top performer with more than US$300,000 in total to be distributed. UBS has said that it will provide more than 300 hours of dedicated coaching and mentoring from experts to the winners. Such competitions open gates for innovations in this field and also provide a gateway for budding entrepreneurs and it is also....