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Bank of Russia Sets Up Taskforce to Explore Bitcoin and FinTech

It may come as quite a surprise to some people, but the Bank of Russia will be exploring what Bitcoin technology has to offer to the financial world.

Sopra Steria buying up Cassiopae to bolster banking wing

The deal is being performed by the software firm’s banking wing, Sopra Banking Software, which is aiming to double its 2014 revenue figure of €271 million over the next five years.

Robo-advisor MoneyFarm launches in the UK

MoneyFarm products will be completely fee and commission free for the first £10,000 invested and for savings over £1 million.

Genesis Investment Management extends partnership with Simcorp

Genesis joins the rapidly growing number of investment management firms deploying SimCorp Coric as a cloud-based solution

Citi hits $1 trillion mark in institutional mobile banking

It was developed at the Citi Innovation Lab in Dublin, with a tablet version arriving in 2013 as the move from online to mobile accelerated.

Bank Leumi (UK) Selects Infosys Finacle for Online Banking

Finacle Corporate e-banking solution will enable the bank to focus its efforts on the business, rather than directing efforts to the maintenance of their current system, which was becoming obsolete.

Deutsche Borse and Vienna Stock Exchange extend trading technology agreement

Deutsche Börse offers an extremely reliable, high-performance and well-recognized trading technology.

BIL (Suisse) successfully migrates KBL Switzerland to BPO solution from Avaloq

With the migration of KBL taking only five months, Avaloq Sourcing Switzerland played a significant role in enabling the successful post-merger integration.

Polish Bank Expands Relationship with Apple and IBM

Leading Polish bank selects additional IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps and new Apple devices to help advisors better serve clients

Prydis names tech partner for new DFM service

P1's launch, set for April, was announced earlier this month and the firm will provide bespoke portfolios for individual clients with investable assets of £500,000 or more.

If You Don’t Have a Digital Strategy, You Should Have by Objectway

Following the private ComPeer seminar about digital engagement and strategies we wrote about recently, we had a chance to approach our Chief Business Development Officer, Peter Schramme, and ask him a few questions about the event and his take on digital

Model Portfolio Manager tool launched on Novia platform

The new tool enables portfolio realignment at the touch of a button, rebalancing instructions can be updated to models to reflect new portfolio compositions

The £1.8 billion London tech firm in ongoing discussions with HNW's and family offices to pump more money into the company

It's worth noting that this is just one business within a larger group.

Hello, this is your bank speaking: HSBC unveils voice recognition

Other banks have introduced similar measures. Barclays last year rolled out voice recognition for its high-net worth wealth clients, and expects to expand this to its retail customer base in the coming months.

HSBC Rolls Out Biometric Banking

HSBC is looking to make banking that bit more personal with the launch of new biometric logins for its customers.

Isomer unveils $122.47 mln fund to invest in European technology

Isomer Capital launched a 150 million euro ($122.47 million) fund to help investors access opportunities in early-stage European technology businesses. So far the fund has invested in Hoxton Ventures, White Star Capital, Entrepreneur First, Felix Capital

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