09/07/2017
BNP Paribas Asset Management snaps up stake in robo advice firm
The digital revolution has transformed clients’ expectations with regard to discussing their financial savings plans with their investment advisors.
FinTech
09/06/2017
BNP Paribas rolls out nexo standards
By standardising the exchange of payment acceptance data with its customers.
09/04/2017
Malta’s Government: “Our Next Step is Blockchain”
Most of our public debt had a long term maturity and is locally owned so we were not exposed to liquidity problems.
09/04/2017
Ulster Bank to open up online banking with new API
Developers will shortly be able to create new apps and services using customer data
09/04/2017
Kempen selects SimCorp for client reporting
Having examined relevant solutions in the market, Kempen found SimCorp Coric to be the optimal solution to address these inefficiencies.
09/04/2017
Luxembourg-based Reech invests €3m in Irish finance platform
Reech, a former derivatives banker, who will join the Grid Finance board as non-executive director.
08/31/2017
BearingPoint launches 'Solutions Alliance Partner' program
The management and technology consultancy accelerates international collaboration with consulting companies in regulatory reporting
08/31/2017
iXledger and leading reinsurance company ink strategic collaboration
iXledger is currently headquartered in London and quickly expanding into the US, Europe and Asia.
08/31/2017
Six banks sign up to UBS-led digital cash initiative
Swiss rival Credit Suisse among those joining project to make settling payments faster and less risky
08/31/2017
UBS Virtual Currency Group Adds Six More Financial Institutions
The members will now focus on deepening ties with regulators and central banks.
08/31/2017
Saxo Bank publishes H1 2017 results
Clients’ collateral deposits continued to rise to a record high of DKK 98.3 billion and despite low volatility the operating income for the group reached DKK 1.56 billion compared to DKK 1.46 billion in 2016.
08/30/2017
Credit Suisse fund invests in ‘employee Big Brother’ technology
Next Investors was originally used to make fintech bets on behalf of Credit Suisse’s investment bank.
08/29/2017
Singapore Fintech Hub LATTICE80 Announces UK Expansion
It is currently in talks with relevant parties in the private and public sectors, with plans to secure and open a hub by 2018.
08/29/2017
Russian development bank to finance country's digital economy programme
The Digital Economy programme, initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, aims to provide 97 per cent of Russian households with broadband Internet access by 2025.
08/28/2017
How Canadian online investment manager is preparing to break the UK
The Canadian investing platform is coming to the UK next month, can it blow the competition out of the water?
08/27/2017
Cyber crime reaching epidemic proportions as fraud becomes most common crime in UK
Crime is a blight on everybody’s lives but the biggest danger is not violence, street theft or burglary, but something far more insidious.
08/25/2017
The Bitcoin Sovereign Wealth Fund
A proposal by Estonia's agency in charge of "e-residency" applications (more on this later) has suggested raising money by selling "estcoins" to the public.
08/25/2017
Corlytics named by Allen & Overy in its regtech programme
Over 80 RegTech and LegalTech firms applied to join the programme with multiple companies giving pitches, before the successful eight were selected.
08/24/2017
ING Bank Will Use FICO Technology to Power Growth in the Czech Republic
In addition to FICO Blaze Advisor, ING Bank will use credit risk models developed by FICO based on its global experience in predicting consumer risk.
08/24/2017
Russian Real Estate Firm Experiments With Selling a Luxury Mansion for Bitcoin
The owner hired the real estate company to sell his mansion for $8 million worth of BTC.