10/03/2017
Interactive Investor signs JHC’s Figaro
Our commitment to enhancing Figaro means that clients and their customers can trust us to manage their systems now and in the future.
FinTech
10/02/2017
Regis-TR Commences Trade Repository Services in Switzerland
This regulation aims to increase transparency in the Swiss OTC derivatives market and to mitigate systemic, counterparty and operational risks.
10/02/2017
Nutmeg loss widens to £9.3m as it plans major UK push
The year Nutmeg saw some key changes in the boardroom.
09/29/2017
PwC Luxembourg and Talkwalker announce strategic partnership
Talkwalker provides an advanced social listening platform that enables brands to monitor and analyse information across websites and social networks.
09/28/2017
HSBC moves into open banking
HSBC says that this is just the first feature of the new app, with a host of other options in the pipeline for beta testing over the next few months.
09/28/2017
Would you trust a robot with your pension?
'Robo-advice' is being pushed by the Government over fears that pensioners are having to fend for themselves because they can't afford to pay an expert to guide them.
09/27/2017
Netwealth aims to reveal how much wealth managers really charge
Netwealth notes that many traditional wealth managers quote a single management fee
09/26/2017
Irish tech firm launches robo-adviser
The solution enables digital distribution directly to the consumer or with the assistance of an intermediary.
09/25/2017
Third Financial equips Tercero for MiFID II
To complement this key regulatory reporting ability is a function for daily monitoring of portfolio performance such that a depreciation of 10%
09/25/2017
The genie in BlackRock’s money machine
More than 85 fund managers are running $18tn in assets on the software platform, and BlackRock hopes it will prove to be a cash cow
09/22/2017
Colnvestor partners with major fund managers ahead of peak tax season
CoInvestor, the alternative assets platform, has partnered with five major fund managers in the run-up to the height of the tax season.
09/22/2017
Banca Generali and Saxo Bank partner for digital trading
The two banks aim to sign the main agreements regulating the partnership by 31 December 2017.
09/21/2017
Starling Bank looks to tap investors for £40m international expansion
The fundraising round, first reported by Sky News, follows main investments from Harald McPike, a quantitative trader who invested £48m at the start of 2016.
09/20/2017
VTB applies for UK banking licence, selects core banking system
VTB is not new to the UK, the bank has been operating in the country via its multinational investment banking arm, VTB Capital.
09/20/2017
Raisin Acquires Manchester-based financial technology specialist
Raisin wants to give UK savers a better choice for saving their money.
09/20/2017
SEI Teams Up With Leading Blockchain Company
The goal is to create a new asset transfer industry benchmark against which others competing in the space can be evaluated in terms of efficiency, costs, and security.
09/19/2017
Canadian robo-advice giant launches in UK with 'five minute' offer
UK residents can now open an account and have access to diversified investment portfolios in less than five minutes on wealthsimple.com or by downloading the iOS or Android app.
09/18/2017
Santander UK to revamp corporate core banking tech with Infosys Finacle
Temenos with its T24 offering was also evaluated and so was Finastra’s newer core banking system offering, Fusionbanking.
09/18/2017
Robo-adviser Fundment launches personal pension plans
The firm, which calls itself a “robo killer,” helps wealth managers and Independent Financial Advisers fight back against the rise of automated wealth management platforms.
09/15/2017
Commerzbank adds corporate lending to digital push
To help achieve that goal it has created a “digital campus” to rethink the bank’s functions.