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SEBA Bank Gains Custodian License from FINMA

This is the first licence granted in Switzerland by the Swiss Financial Market Authority (FINMA) to a custodian bank focused on digital assets.

DeFi makes Western Europe the world’s largest 'crypto economy'

Between January 2020 and July 2021, its growth slid from 31% to 14%, partly due to other countries outpacing the East Asia market.

Nucoro Platform wealthtech platform app now live on Finastra’s FusionFabric.cloud

App enables financial institutions to build digital savings, investment and wealth management propositions at speed and scale

ABN Amro introduces cardless cash withdrawals

In partnership with Geldmaat and Mastercard, ABN AMRO is the first major bank in the Netherlands to make it easier for its clients to get cash from all Geldmaat ATMs.

Nationwide launches APP fraud scam checker service

Members who fall victim to an Authorised Push Payment (APP) scam after being given the go ahead to make the payment will be refunded in full under the Society’s new Scam Protection Promise.

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Institutional investors and wealth managers increasingly 'test' crypto market

The main reason given for investing in digital assets for the first time is the long-term capital growth prospects of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, a view cited by 47 per cent of respondents.

SS&C Releases Intralinks 2020 Mergers & Acquisitions Leaks Report

With an almost-overnight increase in the number of people worldwide working from home and a dramatic digital surge, global M&A deals remain secure

Headless architecture in the banking industry - Profile Software

In simple terms, a headless architecture contains the functionalities, rules and processing flows required to create an application in a programmatic way, without using the normal web front-end technologies.

Investec focuses on ‘high tech, high touch’ service as its rivals chase scale

Investec says it will concentrate on its core markets of SA and the UK, which offer ample opportunity for growth

Europe’s unicorns come of age—COVID-19 lockdowns drive customer familiarity, utilisation and reliance on fintech

Banks will still have the appetite for fintech M&A in 2021, but the economic uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic will make them more cautious in their deal-making. S&P Global (January 2021)

Finalists are revealed for the glittering Crypto AM Awards

There are fourteen awards up for grabs, all judged by an independent expert panel of industry leaders.

Cognitive Intelligence Underpins The Future Of Banking

Cognitive banking typically leverages AI to deliver superior solutions across the entire length and breadth of a bank’s operations.

Investors pump in £200m for cool green datacentres

JPMorgan is arranging the fundraising

Goldman, Fidelity-backed tech platform aims to make IPOs digital

Orders for IPOs and other equity-capital-markets deals could be placed via the computer instead of over the phone

4 key points from our webinar, Setting the Standard: Borderless Financial Controls in Payments

Firms expanding into new countries will want a thorough understanding of the regulatory landscape.

UK fintechs join trade delegation to New York for climate summit

The UK Department for International Trade is partnering with Climate Week NYC for a series of events concerning climate change from September 20th to 30th.

Tough Cloud rules will stifle bank uptake - Afme

Banks should not be limited in taking a risk-based approach tailored to their cloud usage and technical needs allowing them to deploy multiple complementary solutions for resilience, rather than specific solutions being mandated for all.

Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services 2.0: Managing machines in an evolving legal landscape

Managing machines in an evolving legal landscape

Temenos Partners With Belgian Bank

Temenos and Vodeno to enable regulated and non-regulated entities to embed financial services into their customer journeys

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