Citigroup Hunts for Fintech Innovators, Will a Bitcoin Firm Succeed?

Thursday, July 23, 2015

American banking behemoth Citigroup earlier revealed that it has been looking at the Bitcoin’s distributed ledger technology for the last few years, and has developed three blockchains and a test currency calledCiticoin to pass through them in a bid to create a framework parallel to the Bitcoin and the blockchain.

And now, according to South China Morning Post, Citigroup has launched a hunt for the most promising fintech innovators in Hong Kong and APAC with its new accelerator program called Citi Mobile Challenge Asia-Pacific. The registration for the upcoming contest will begin from August 19 and end on September 2.

The accelerator program is a part of Citi’s global initiative to unearth potentially-strong startups to transform the banking operations.

Weber Lo, Citi’s Chief Executive for Hong Kong and Macau, said “Asia is home to a fast-growing fintech community, and this initiative will help accelerate and uncover new and exciting opportunities for Citi to develop transformational approaches to banking.”

Source: NEWSBTC (link opens in a new window)

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