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Rewards could be high

Scots lured by Austria-Switzerland fintech mission

Jim Tomaney
Jim Tomaney: ‘thrilled to have been selected’   A Scottish delegation will attend key fintech events in Austria and Switzerland next week hoping to replicate the volume of deals securedRead More

Keynote coup for Edinburgh event

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower to address DataFest 19

Christopher Wylie
Face of a whistleblower: Christopher Wylie will be in Edinburgh in March   Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower in the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal, will be a keynote speaker at DataFestRead More

Initiative scores first year success

Threefold rise in fintech firms now based in Scotland

Fintech anniversary
Celebration: Jim Pettigrew, FiSAB co-chairman and chairman of CYBG; Stephen Ingledew, chief executive, FinTech Scotland; Digital Economy Minister, Kate Forbes, and Economy Secretary, Derek Mackay   Scotland has enjoyed a threefoldRead More

changes in calling habits

Dialling phone numbers becoming a thing of the past

Telephone box
Landlines may be going the same way as phone boxes   Dialling telephone numbers could soon be consigned to the past as Britons spend half as much time using landlinesRead More

US giant needs more space

JP Morgan seeking new Glasgow HQ for software developers

JP Morgan
Waterloo sunrise: the bank is expanding its Glasgow operations   JP Morgan, the global investment bank, is looking for a new headquarters for its software development centre in Glasgow. TheRead More

App could reduce road defects

New cost-saving device detects potholes before they occur

Holes in roads, potholes
Crumbling roads are a growing concern for motorists and councils (pic: Terry Murden) A group of technical experts have come up with a device that detects potholes in roads beforeRead More

€2m software deal

Data firm DeepMatter acquires Munich-based Infochem

Mark Warne
DeepMatter Group, a Glasgow-based big data and analysis company, is acquiring German chemical software company Infochem GmbH from science publisher Springer Nature for €2 million in cash and shares. TheRead More

Former unicorn in funding dispute

Technology hope Blippar collapses into administration

Jessica Butcher
Jessica Butcher addressing last year’s Scale-Up Summit at Gleneagles (pic: Terry Murden)   One of the big hopes of the UK tech sector, Blippar, has collapsed into administration amid aRead More

Fintech initiative

Money Dashboard partners GoCompare in data project

Steve Tigar
Steve Tigar: ‘accelerating innovation’   Price comparison website GoCompare has announced a strategic partnership with Edinburgh-based open banking pioneer Money Dashboard. The move, which will be unveiled at the FDATA GlobalRead More

Two-week festival next year

DataFest signs up digital experts for extended event

Sue Black
Sue Black: digital skills expert   Three senior figures in the data science sector have been confirmed as speakers at an extended DataFest in Edinburgh next year. DataFest19 will be theRead More