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How can a family office invest in bitcoin?

A recent wave of corporations and HNWI’s have been buying bitcoin as a way of combating the inflation that central banks are currently producing.

DZ Bank picks Surecomp for trade finance digitisation

The DZ BANK team also manages international trade finance processing requests from the bank’s Hong Kong branch.

Go "beyond banking" with an open, customer-centric ecosystem

The study reveals that open banking enables institutions to offer a wide range of innovative products for private and corporate customers, in cooperation with third-party providers.

Taking The On-Ramp To Financial Modernization

Many of the tools now being used to accelerate modernization initiatives were already available, though perhaps not widely adopted.

Nearly half of firms want better regulatory support on data security and open banking

YTS is calling for the entire open banking and financial services industry to do more to empower businesses to adopt open banking technology, creating a more nurturing environment for the technology to thrive.

Cryptocurrency: is it too hot to handle? The Top 4 UK resident investor concerns

Legal recourse against crypto exchanges may be difficult.

Has the pandemic accelerated digital transformation?

Many of the personal challenges people have faced this last year would have been well served by an in-person meeting

Raiffeisen Bank International Partners with AxeTrading

When the bond trade is completed the corresponding FX transaction is automatically executed by RBI’s own FX trading desk.

WealthTech Views Report: Looking into 2021

The technology vendors cover a cross-section of business needs, wealth manager client types, and territories.

Bordier & Cie SCmA to offer cryptocurrencies to their customers* via Sygnum

Bordier clients can now securely buy, hold and trade cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Tezos

Covid-19 has accelerated the digitalization of the global Wealth Management sector and this trend is expected to continue in 2021

2020 was one of the most turbulent years in recent history

European banks seek technical partners to help build rival to Visa and Mastercard

The European Payments Initiative, a bank-backed joint venture that aims to build a rival to Mastercard and Visa, has put out a Request for Information for 'qualified technical partners' to help build its central infrastructure.

Mastercard and Deutsche Bank deepen collaborations on digital payments

This starts with card issuance and merchant acceptance and extends to cover payments clearing in the domestic and foreign markets as well as additional services such as currency hedging, cash flow forecasting or even fraud management services.”

Wealth Managers: Time to Shift your Technology Priorities

Should we consider working with partners that can deliver technology innovation for our front office

MMC Ventures offers new HMRC-approved EIS product

EIS fund manager MMC Ventures is among the first companies to allow investors to take advantage of HMRC’s revised approved fund EIS rules.

BBVA records jump in customer acquisition through digital channels

Out of all of BBVA’s customers in Spain, 67% are digital and 61% use their cell phones to engage with the bank.

Virtual and augmented reality could enhance future corporate reporting

In particular, the FRC sees a role for such technology in its future corporate reporting framework, currently under consultation.

additiv identified as offering one of the best WealthTech platforms within independent industry evaluation

It includes a vendor evaluation using aperture’s The Market Map software assessment methodology, which highlights those WealthTech solutions that are best suited to help wealth managers meet digital age demands, placing additiv at the top of its &am

Iress integrates TP ICAP Fusion RFQ into trading platform

The increase in flows from the Iress trading community means that TP ICAP clients will have access to a larger pool of liquidity.

Banking industry-funded police unit cracks down on Covid-19 scams, preventing £20m of fraud in 2020

The unit remains on the frontline in protecting the public against fraud and is currently investigating over 150 live cases, including several Covid-related scams.

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