03/07/2019
Digital Mastery in Financial Services Report
Banks and insurers underestimated the magnitude of the digital transformation challenge, finds new report from Capgemini
FinTech
03/07/2019
Bank Leumi (UK) selects Eurobase's Siena platform
Bank Leumi is underpinned by its client-centric, solutions-driven approach, and we are confident that the Siena platform will help to strengthen our offering.
03/07/2019
Avaloq joins the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
“The EEA offers us access to additional knowhow and ideas to leverage this ground-breaking technology to address specific, enterprise-based use cases in the financial industry, but also in other fields relevant to our clients.
03/07/2019
Bank Leumi (UK) selects Eurobase's Siena platform
Bank Leumi is underpinned by its client-centric, solutions-driven approach, and we are confident that the Siena platform will help to strengthen our offering.
03/06/2019
Cognizant buys post-trade processor
Cognizant and Meritsoft have a track record of working together, meeting demand for integrated solutions
03/06/2019
Financial institutions beware – big tech is moving into banking
Despite Brexit uncertainties and stock market collapses, British banks concluded their 2018 earnings season with improved performance.
03/06/2019
Russian Deputy Minister Discloses Crypto Plans for Offshore Development
The Russian Federation has been working towards a crypto-inclusive economy for a while now.
03/05/2019
AXA expands into mobile phone insurance market with Pier
The latest deal will see the two companies join forces to offer mobile phone insurance policies.
03/05/2019
Black Diamond Wealth Platform helps PortfolioCenter clients make the switch
PortfolioCenter clients will want to become knowledgeable about their options and weigh them carefully in light of possible price increases and the risk of diminishing choices.
03/04/2019
Bank of Ireland bosses fight to rein in tech bill
Senior mangement fear final cost of IT project could rocket up to €2bn
03/04/2019
Banks suffering major IT shutdowns ‘every day’, Which? reveals
Trade association UK Finance said firms “work round the clock” to minimise disruption when glitches do occur.
03/04/2019
UK private bank to launch mobile banking for high net worth clients
Hampden & Co plans to release more mobile banking updates in future as part of an ongoing roadmap of augmenting their personal banking service by using digital channels.
03/04/2019
BOV hackers ‘planned back door opportunity’
It is not yet clear how long the hackers had access to the bank’s systems before the robbery was carried out.
03/04/2019
EDB announces the launch of Beehive Bahrain
Launch will unlock new opportunities for start-up's and investors in Bahrain and across the region
03/03/2019
Revolut mulling acquisitions despite controversies
The fintech unicorn is going on a hiring spree to support its growth ambitions.
03/01/2019
Downside of Technology for Advisors: Increased Cybercrime
But there’s a problem, the firm notes: “Our data suggests that despite acknowledging clients’ rising level of concern with regards to cybersecurity, so far the industry has underestimated — if not dismissed — these risks.&
02/28/2019
Pangea Blockchain Fund Closes $22 Million Seed, Debuts Inaugural International Fund to Advance Market-Defining Blockchain Technologies
Copernicus Asset Management SA and Bitcoin.com Partner with Hedge Fund Veterans to Offer Capital Solutions and Startup Resources to Early-Stage Companies
02/28/2019
Cyber Security and Cyber Risk: A universal Challenge by Gabriel Bernardino, EIOPA
Cyber security and cyber risk both topics are very high on the agenda of any organisation and its management.
02/28/2019
Banks Are Promoting 'Female' Chatbots To Help Customers, Raising Concerns Of Stereotyping
HSBC has a chatbot named Amy; Deutsche Bank's Debbie helps market traders; ING of the Netherlands has Inga, a chatbot that will "respond with empathy" to customer problems such as losing a card.
02/27/2019
ECB speech on FinTech
Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 3rd annual Conference on Fintech and Digital Innovation, 26 February 2019, Brussels