10/16/2018
Cryptocurrency: UK tax issues for fund investors
It is likely that the key tax issue for funds looking to invest in cryptocurrencies will be to determine whether the activity will be treated as an investment or trading activity.
FinTech
10/15/2018
Brexit overtakes robo-advice as biggest broker threat
Brexit was now seen as the biggest concern, with 25 per cent of brokers surveyed agreeing this posed the most substantial challenge.
10/15/2018
Barclays halts work on cryptocurrency trading project
The initiative has been put 'on ice', according to people familiar with the situation
10/12/2018
Axioma moves investment management toolset to the cloud
A combination of three main features differentiates axiomaBlue from existing investment-management offerings.
10/12/2018
Digital Competition Expert Panel: Call For Evidence
We are interested in positive experiences of other jurisdictions in policy making in the digital economy and would welcome evidence on this.
10/11/2018
Member cityfalcon signed up by raiffeisen bank international
CityFALCON work with the bank to provide their teams access to the hard-to-find content in CEE markets. After aggregating the content, they focus on providing the same personalised experience that they provide to their retail clients to the users at the b
10/11/2018
The fear of the blank screen by David Veal, corfinancial
The cause of this alarm is the harmless practice known as ‘exception management’.
10/10/2018
Generali launches cyber security subsidiary
Generali, as a global insurer, intends to be at the forefront of identifying and mitigating this type of emerging risk, offering innovative and relevant solutions for our customers.
10/09/2018
Common Reporting Standard and Internet of things may Increase Cyber risk to Family Offices
This information is sent by family offices and stored at financial firms and also communicated and shared with tax authorities—thereby creating additional points for unauthorised access.
10/09/2018
Belgium’s bank Selects Wolters Kluwer to Provide AnaCredit and Regulatory Reporting Software
This unique service is maintained by Wolters Kluwer experts who actively monitor regulation in approximately 30 countries.
10/09/2018
Wealth tech firm gets new owners
FNZ is now the European market leader with a broad service offering.
10/08/2018
BITA Risk and First Rate Partner to Offer Integrated Wealth Management Solution
“We believe that it will be a step change to be able to bring the opportunity of full GIPS compliant performance analysis to our clients,” said Daryl Roxburgh, Global Head of BITA Risk.
10/08/2018
Nutmeg loss deepens as regulatory burden bites
The robo-adviser has also launched fixed portfolios, to complement its previously offered fully managed service to approach new type customers, last year.
10/07/2018
FCA: 6th TechSprint to be held in Edinburgh
RegTech applies to new technologies developed to help overcome regulatory challenges in financial services.
10/05/2018
‘Call out crypto demagogues and cynics’
Mr Green concluded: “There is already a huge and continually growing appetite for cryptocurrencies and blockchain."
10/04/2018
RBS and Santander take stakes in UK software start-up Vizolution
The two lenders are taking stakes in a software start-up which pledges to "streamline customer journeys", Sky News learns.
10/04/2018
German digital bank N26 launches in Britain, sets sights on U.S.
Since its launch in 2015 N26 has grown to have 1.5 million customers across eighteen markets in Europe including its home base of Germany
10/03/2018
14 European Banks Complete First Phase Of Blockchain Trial
A group of European banks led by the Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI) have completed the first tests in a blockchain trial for interbank reconciliations.
10/02/2018
London Block Exchange Announces New Pound-Pegged Cryptocurrency
'LBXPeg' is tied to the value of Pound Sterling held by the company in a segregated bank account.
10/01/2018
RBS prepares to launch new digital bank
It is reported that RBS executives aim to migrate one million customers from its NatWest subsidiary to the new mobile-only banking platform, although no customers will be forced to switch.