Lisbon, Portugal (ViaNews) – The world has long got used to seeing Angela Merkel properly dressed as the German Chancellor, but in the town of Torres Vedras, in Portugal, the scenario is a little bit different. Merkel is represented as a mermaid, with a big green tail and two blue shells covering the chest. “The…
The photograph “Cascais Azul“ was the most popular picture of the photo competition “Photographer of the Year 2017 – Landscape” hosted by the German photo magazine “DigitalPhoto”. The photograph shows the beach of Cascais after the rain. The picture was created by the German artist, Joseph Ayerle, who became popular outside of the art world…
At the Web Summit, we met with the founder of JustEnjoy, Luis Caixado. He’s also Community Manager at the coworking and incubation community for entrepreneurs, Canopy Lisbon. Luis Caixado explained how he’s now working together with the US-based company, Canopy, to help companies and entrepreneurs thrive. Founder of JustEnjoy, Luis Caixado, interview. Miguel Salvado: Hello,…
MADRID (ViaNews) – Anthony Zador is Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Biology at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, wherein 1953, Watson made the first public presentation of DNA’s double-helix structure. Mr. Zador went to this year’s edition of the Web Summit to talk about “Using Artificial Intelligence for good”. He believes AI is “going…
Antonio Guterres’ speech at the Web Summit was about unity. Guterres’ intentions were clear, he wants to bring all the main political, business, and technology players together for the “common good of the societies of tomorrow”. Following the same line, just a few minutes earlier in the same auditorium, the CEO of Web Summit, Paddy…
MADRID (ViaNews) – Brett King hosts one of the most popular FinTech Radio Show in the world, “Breaking Banks,” and founded the New-York based start-up called “Moven” with its concept of a downloadable bank account. Mr. King considers himself a futurist and was named “King of the Disruptors” by Banking Exchange magazine. Brett has advised…
Right at the heart of the Money Conf in Madrid we met with Mr. Thorsten Terweiden, the Deputy Head of Fintech for InvestHK. InvestHK is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government department responsible for foreign direct investment. They have set up a dedicated Fintech team in Hong Kong with correspondents in London (Mr. Thorsten…
Web Summit CEO, Paddy Cosgrave, is bringing MoneyConf to Dublin. According to a company statement, “Brexit is transforming Dublin as a financial centre” so they’re moving the fintech conference, MoneyConf, back to “hometown Dublin.” “Brexit is transforming Dublin as a financial centre. Major banks, credit card companies and fintech startups have all signed leases in…
Have you ever answered any security questions over the phone when calling your bank? According to a study by Pindrop, a voice security and authentication company, 61% of consumers admit sharing answers to security questions on social media profiles. Security questions serve the purpose of adding an extra layer of security, which may become compromised…
The International Monetary Fund’s Global Financial Stability report makes the case of how crucial the European Union is to the Uk’s finance industry. The GFSR (Global Financial Stability Report) is a report by the IMF that’s published twice a year and which draws out the financial ramifications of economic issues highlighted in the IMF’s World…
