(Source: Exchange News Direct) The DIFC’s USD 100 million FinTech fund was announced during the inaugural Global Financial Forum (GFF), organised by DIFC in Q4 2017. The FinTech-focused fund is set to accelerate the development of financial technology by investing in start-ups from incubation through to growth stage and help FinTech firms …

(Source: Simply Wall St) Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is considered a high growth stock. However its last closing price of $94.43 left investors wondering whether this growth has already been factored into the share price. Let’s take a look at some key metrics to determine whether there’s any value here for current and potential future …

(Source: The Star Online) BlackBerry Ltd, seeking ways to stem revenue declines, is dusting off its old patents and asking other companies to pay up for using technology BlackBerry … in a settlement, may concern BlackBerry investors, said Michael Gordon, a legal analyst with CFRA, a New York-based forensic accounting and legal research firm.

(Source: Investors Chronicle) Alfa Financial Software’s (ALFA) IPO last summer was the largest UK tech listing since 2015. The clamour for the shares subsequent to the flotation pushed the group’s market capitalisation beyond £1bn. Investors would have felt vindicated at the time of August’s half-year results, which topped analysts’ expectations, but …

(Source: IBS Intelligence ) Belgian bank BNP Paribas Fortis and Swedish fintech Tink have partnered to integrate Tink’s Aggregation, Personal Finance Management (PFM) and Payment Initiation technology in BNP Paribas Fortis’ mobile banking applications. This starts with the release of a multi-banking app for Hello Bank! later this summer.

(Source: BCW) The software, available on iOS, Android as well as a web interface, enables users to record and track travel expenses simply by scanning a receipt. … Xpenditure can also be integrated with Xero to make accounting teams’ jobs easier. … Account Integration – Xpenditure can be easily connected to accounting software.

(Source: PR Newswire) MRI’s comprehensive and flexible technology platform coupled with an open and connected ecosystem meets the unique needs of real estate businesses — from property-level management and accounting to investment modeling and analytics for the global commercial and residential markets. A pioneer of the real estate …

(Source: iTnews) The University of Sydney has deployed a conversational agent to help ease the burden of administrative tasks in its finance department. The volume of queries to the finance team was putting enough stress on the department to hinder operational efficiency, according to a case study. It decided to explore whether chatbots …