12/03/2019
Institutions Are Showing Interest in ETP Tied to Binance Coin, Amun Says
Amun launched its first crypto ETP in October 2018, tracking a basket of the five largest cryptocurrencies by market cap.
FinTech
12/03/2019
Broadridge unveils AI-based STP machine
Customers will be able to license modules on the platform for multiple Intelligent Automation applications
12/03/2019
Fund managers deploy machines to decipher British election riddle
Faced with such an unpredictable and financially pivotal election, fund managers say they can’t put their faith in pollsters who failed to accurately call the last two British elections and dramatically dropped the ball on Brexit and Trump.
12/02/2019
Avaloq recognized as a Leader in wealth management solutions
The result is wealth managers achieving straight-through processing rates that are near 100%, with automation dramatically reducing the risks of human error and delivering compelling improvements in efficiencies”
12/01/2019
Europe Is Terrified of Digital Currencies in the U.S. and China—But Can’t Manage to Develop Its Own
The EU may be more exposed to the risk that the monetary power of others is not used in its best interests, or is even used against it,” Coeure told a conference in Brussels on Tuesday.
11/28/2019
HSBC swaps paper records for blockchain to track $20 billion worth of assets
The HSBC platform will digitise paper-based records of private placements, using blockchain to reduce the time it takes investors to make checks or queries on holdings.
11/28/2019
Seba Bank launches investment solutions with new crypto index
Over the past ten years, index investing has gained a foothold in financial markets.
11/28/2019
New Tokenyz Securities Platform to be Launched by Ex-UBS Bank Veteran
UBS global bank executive Claude Waelchli to launch Tokenyz digital securities blockchain to rival Securitize, SharesPost and OpenFinance.
11/28/2019
Professional services firms biggest adaptor of automation
In all, 88% of professional services companies have automated all or part of a key process in the past year.
11/27/2019
Top entrepreneurs call for reforms to boost UK startup scene
The manifesto, published today by The Entrepreneurs Network and Coadec, branded the UK’s visa system “unfit for purpose”, saying it acted as a barrier to startup growth.
11/27/2019
Wealth management startup prepares for 2020 launch
The London-based firm said it is also working on a series of short form animated videos to help people learn how different asset classes work.
11/27/2019
Edmond De Rothschild expands services with SimCorp
An agreement has been signed between the two parties to extend the promotion of EOS Portfolio Management
11/25/2019
TSB farrago shows banks need tech know-how on board
Boardrooms full of finance veterans fail to reflect that lenders are now IT machines
11/25/2019
Microgen and Touchstone Wealth Management merge
By combining the talent, expertise and market knowledge of both companies
11/22/2019
ABN Amro’s Hong Kong Division Introduces Tenemos’ Payment Technology
The new solution supports ABN Amro’s corporate banking business for large transactions.
11/22/2019
Cyber resilience
The National Cyber Security Centre(link is external) provides a broad range of guidance on how firms can protect their information and systems
11/22/2019
Deploying ‘Industry 4.0’ technologies in Treasury
As a growing number of financial operations move to ‘real-time’, Treasurers need to rethink how they organise and manage treasury functions ensuring that investment in technology can support seamless processes, efficiently.
11/22/2019
Benefits of AI | Axia
It is also stated in the report that “a sizable number of frontrunners had launched an AI center of excellence, and had put in place a comprehensive, companywide strategy for AI adoptions that departments had to follow”.
11/22/2019
Quilter 'not scared' ahead of its re-platforming move
Quilter platform Old Mutual Wealth (OMW) head of proposition marketing Jeremy Mugridge has said the team are "not scared" as it prepares re-platform from one technology to another.
11/21/2019
IBOS Association celebrates 25 years of growth
More recently this has included strengthening the web-based tools offered to member banks and looking at some of the new technologies which have been developed, particularly by European banks and fintechs, following the introduction of PSD2.