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Amazon and Barclays launch new co-branded credit card that gives users rewards on everyday spending

Customers also benefit from 0% APR on all purchases for the first six months.

How might blockchain technology transform financial services?

As the digital future unfolds, we remain committed to helping our customers and colleagues unlock this potential, ultimately contributing to our overall ambition of helping Britain Prosper.

LGT launches internal ChatGPT

The new service is designed to improve efficiency and is available to all staff.

Balderton secures $1.3B in new funds to back Europe’s top entrepreneurs

The growth of the European technology ecosystem has created strong returns for investors as well.

Plannr and Transact team up to ‘supercharge’ efficiency of advisers

This strategic partnership is designed to “supercharge the efficiency” of financial advisers.

InvestCloud Delivers Client Lifecycle Management Platform for Rathbones Group PLC

The launch of the InvestCloud platform is an important step in our journey of enhancing our digital capabilities across the group

Hedge fund giant Capula reports owning $464 million in spot bitcoin ETF shares

London-based hedge fund Capula Investment Management reported owning $464 million worth of shares in spot bitcoin ETFs issued by BlackRock and Fidelity.

Rathbones live with Iress’ Xplan

Rathbones selected Iress to join its group of service and technology partners because of the modularity of Iress’ solution

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory selects Capgemini to deliver future at pace

Three-year engagement will drive transformational digital outcomes

UK data breach costs soar

Financial services experienced the highest costs, followed by professional services and technology sectors, each averaging over £5.4 million per breach.

The transformative power of tokenisation in asset management

Tokenisation and blockchain are transforming asset management, propelling us from paper to digital assets in mere decades.

Advicetech start-up ZeroKey launches to beta users

It seeks to achieve this by offering ready-made integrations that require zero code, enabling advisers to easily integrate their entire tech stack and move data from A to B on demand.

Payments: 8 key trends for 2024 and beyond

The fast-growing BNPL market can be broken down into several types of players

Government cancels £1.3bn in AI funding as spending cuts bite

An additional £300m committed to the AI Research Resource has been committed to, the government said, as this funding was already in place, has been distributed and will continue as planned.

Credicorp Capital goes live with Temenos Multifonds on SaaS

New platform enables Credicorp Capital, part of one of Latin America’s largest financial groups, to handle larger fund transaction volumes across countries with greater stability and agility

Consumer Duty is transforming wealth management but there is still work to be done

Navigating the regulation’s requirements has also brought challenges, and applying Consumer Duty principles consistently across value chains has proven to be complex and time-consuming.

Monzo banks on Grow with SAP

SAP S/4HANA Cloud will be adopted across the entire business.

Azimut strengthens its support for the excellence of the Italian Alps blockchain with a new €105 million club deal

The new capital will finance the international expansion of the company, which specialises in the production of computing power for blockchain technology and the digital mining process, thereby encouraging energy transition.

Capgemini H1 2024 results

Capgemini generated revenues of €11,138 million in H1 2024, down -2.5% year-on-year on a reported basis and -2.6% at constant exchange rates*.

ECB cyber security test reveals 'room for improvement'

This meant that the focus was on how banks would respond to and recover from a cyberattack, rather than on how they would prevent it.

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