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Do we need a digital Euro?

Most central banks have analyzed the topic over recent years, but many were initially hesitant to move forward because of the problems related to anonymity and disruption of financial intermediation.

Calastone partners with Microsoft

CCF is an open-source framework for building a new category of secure, highly available, and performant applications that focus on multi-party confidential compute and storage.

BankiFi announce co-development deal with The Co-operative Bank

The cash will be applied to the development of further products for the SME market, beginning with cash management.

SS&C Technologies enters bidding war for Blue Prism

SS&C 1,275 pence-a-share deal for Blue Prism outbids Vista

Tech regulation leads the agenda at UK G7 forum

The conference has been about setting the future agenda for the way we cooperate and collaborate on technology

Northern Trust Expands Relationship with Broadridge to Support Shareholder Rights Directive II Compliance

Northern Trust using enhanced version of Broadridge's Global Proxy Solution and Shareholder Disclosure Hub

VP Bank is the first Liechtenstein bank to successfully tokenise a work of art

Tokenisation makes it much more straightforward to access paintings, along with other works of art

SimCorp’s sustainability-related solutions, developed in partnership with leading asset manager, resonates in market

The partnership with Danske Bank Asset Management together with the input of the broader SimCorp client community, enabled standard SFDR and EU taxonomy solutions with future-proof infrastructure.

The Digitalisation of Banking in the UK

Additional figures indicate that since the start of the pandemic, the use of digital banking across numerous age demographics has increased across all channels

AJ Bell to offer 0.15% fees with new Dodl app

Pricing pressure has been increasing across the market, with recent moves by firms hoping to challenge incumbents by offering fee-free trades, low-cost fixed fees and family discounts.

Investment in UK impact technology firms jumped to £2bn in the past year

Climate tech firms led the hike in investment, with green energy provider Octopus Energy raising the biggest round of the past year

Do you have the right approach to building a risk-aware investment process?

Organisations that proactively manage risk are more risk-aware and be¬tter at tailoring risk to get a higher return on their portfolios.

Invesco unveils physically backed bitcoin ETP

Fixed 0.99% annual fee

FCA poured £5 million into laptops for hybrid working

The FCA also purchased 307 Samsung phones and 39 iPhones with an indicative range of the spend of £0- £100,000.

ING rolls out global contact centre

The platform, available in eight countries, standardises how you interact with ING, with each country able to use or combine channels, depending on needs.

SocGen makes play to be a data-driven bank

This focus is designed to give SocGen an edge in personalised customer services, responsiveness and speed, efficiency and risk controls.

Bank of England bosses say banks don’t need to worry about Britcoin

Banks would have to adjust. They would have to fund themselves more with long-term wholesale debt

Delio launches Ventures initiative

The highly configurable way in which Delio’s technology has been engineered means that we are able to deploy it in diverse and exciting ways.

Irish banks commit €5 million to payment app joint venture Synch

For latest capital injection, documents filed with the Companies Registration Office show that AIB acquired a further €2.3 million of shares in the project while Bank of Ireland bought €1.7 million.

Italy's Banca Carige rolls out first of its fully digital branches with Auriga

To guide customers, branch staff perform Meeter and Greeter roles to help users familiarise themselves with digital devices, as well as authenticate them.

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