Topic: blockchain
Cayman company Nilus tackles food insecurity with technology
A Cayman Islands-based company is developing technology to target food insecurity in so-called food deserts – urban areas that have no access to healthy foods at affordable prices.
Building the foundation for a digital future
Amid the opportunities and threats posed by the rapid advancement in technology, the Cayman Compass Issues section this month looks at how the Cayman Islands could create a smart island at the forefront of that change and the steps we would need to take for that to happen.
Cayman entrepreneur’s fintech start-up selected for accelerator
Cayman-based entrepreneur Michelle Morgan’s Canadian tech company has been accepted into the Fintech Innovation Lab: Asia Pacific, a 12-week accelerator programme.
Fintech adoption expected to increase quickly
Earlier this summer, consulting firm EY released a report highlighting that financial technology (fintech) adoption among consumers nearly doubled over the past 18 months, and the adoption rate was growing faster than anticipated.
Cartan partnering with blockchain platform Algorand
Fintech consulting firm Cartan Group LLC announced it is working with blockchain platform Algorand to develop financial tools and products on the Algorand network that will promote fintech adoption at an institutional level.
More than half of global consumers use fintech
Financial technology (fintech) adoption among consumers has nearly doubled over the past 18 months and the adoption rate is growing faster than anticipated, according to the latest EY Global FinTech Adoption Index.
New fintech consultancy launched to meet growing global demand
A new management consulting firm has opened in Cayman, led by fintech experts Brandon Caruana and Brian Tang. Cartan Group LLC is the first technology-focussed strategy and management consulting agency on island, dedicated to helping institutional clients embrace emerging technologies that could disrupt their global strategies and operating models.
Cayman talks up FinTech on Hong Kong trip
The rapidly changing international financial services industry took center stage early Wednesday at the U.K.-sponsored Great Festival of Innovation in Hong Kong with Cayman representatives making their pitch for the new investment technologies.
Armour Expo to feature legal experts
Cayman FinTech expert and Maples and Calder lawyer Abraham Thoppil, and IT, corporate governance and commercial transactions lawyer Duncan C. Card of Bennett Jones in Bermuda will be among the speakers at the cybersecurity Armour Expo 2017 on Sept. 28 at the Marriott Beach Resort.
