02/28/2022
Global Tensions Trigger Surge in Cyber Attacks: 5 Key Preparedness Steps
A number of agencies have issued helpful alerts in response.
FinTech
02/28/2022
Objectway confirmed as key partner in Rathbones’ digital strategy
In 2021, in partnership with Objectway, Rathbones implemented a major upgrade of their custody and settlement system, which was completed on time and budget.
02/28/2022
All aboard the crypto train?
That almost three-quarters of HNWIs worldwide have expressed confidence in crypto is a positive marker of things to come.
02/28/2022
TISE launches new trading system, NOVA, with first auctions
The auction model is designed to benefit market participants through the concentration of liquidity into specific events.
02/25/2022
LHV Bank applies for UK banking licence
The banking application is subject to regulatory approval by the PRA and FCA and can take up to 12 months if the application is deemed not complete.
02/24/2022
Lloyds on 'heightened alert' for Russian cyberattacks on banks
Russian forces fired missiles at several cities in Ukraine and landed troops on its coast on Thursday. read more
02/24/2022
Onfido scores key contract with TSB to overhaul customer onboarding
A major client win for the ID verification fintech.
02/24/2022
FE fundinfo underlines global ambitions with Fundsquare acquisition
This is a centralised platform for data connects the whole ecosystem of a fund and allows global fund managers to run the fund throughout its lifecycle.
02/24/2022
GB Bank chooses TruNarrative for customer onboarding and transactional risk
The TruNarrative platform enables banking, lending, ecommerce and payments firms to safely onboard customers, detect fraud and identify risk via a single API.
02/24/2022
UK Finance launches supplier assurance framework
The current approach has contributed to supplier frustration with some citing capacity and prioritisation constraints.
02/24/2022
Canada Life UK Goes Live with Temenos Multifonds
The assurance and pensions firm will administer more than £40 billion of assets on the Temenos fund accounting platform
02/24/2022
Iress to expand its footprint to new Euronext colocation site in Bergamo, Italy
The new data centre is anticipated to be online and connected to the company’s network of 19 other data centres in the coming weeks. Iress is already helping existing clients to seamlessly relocate to Bergamo IT3.
02/23/2022
Hargreaves Lansdown is waking up to fintech’s digital disruption
The UK’s largest direct to consumer investment house can still thrive in the digital era but budding competition from once scrappy startups is now a real threat to its business.
02/22/2022
Scottish fintech Guiide raises investment
These licences have provided Guiide with its first significant revenue.
02/22/2022
How UK financial services regulation applies to AI to be explained to businesses
“Different types and sizes of firms will have different views and needs, and any regulatory interventions should be proportionate."
02/22/2022
Klarna brings rewards programme to UK
With Klarna’s new rewards programme, consumers earn points every time they use Klarna’s ‘Pay Now’ immediate payment option or make an on-time repayment when using Pay Later or Pay in 3.
02/22/2022
Intesa Sanpaolo launches new startup development programme
These are high-tech companies, including small and young firms, hotbeds of ideas and projects, capable of grasping stimuli to create new business opportunities and generate new jobs.
02/22/2022
London Stock Exchange to acquire Tora for $325 million
Upon closure in H2 2022, Tora will become part of the Exchange's data & analytics division.
02/21/2022
Sharktower acquired by Proteus in £10m deal
Sharktower’s software automatically tracks a business’s activities and alerts managers when targets are not being met.
02/21/2022
Crypto-assets regulation around the world
Integral to the crypto-asset ecosystem are crypto exchanges