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The Digitalisation of Banking in the UK

Additional figures indicate that since the start of the pandemic, the use of digital banking across numerous age demographics has increased across all channels

AJ Bell to offer 0.15% fees with new Dodl app

Pricing pressure has been increasing across the market, with recent moves by firms hoping to challenge incumbents by offering fee-free trades, low-cost fixed fees and family discounts.

Investment in UK impact technology firms jumped to £2bn in the past year

Climate tech firms led the hike in investment, with green energy provider Octopus Energy raising the biggest round of the past year

Do you have the right approach to building a risk-aware investment process?

Organisations that proactively manage risk are more risk-aware and be¬tter at tailoring risk to get a higher return on their portfolios.

Invesco unveils physically backed bitcoin ETP

Fixed 0.99% annual fee

FCA poured £5 million into laptops for hybrid working

The FCA also purchased 307 Samsung phones and 39 iPhones with an indicative range of the spend of £0- £100,000.

ING rolls out global contact centre

The platform, available in eight countries, standardises how you interact with ING, with each country able to use or combine channels, depending on needs.

SocGen makes play to be a data-driven bank

This focus is designed to give SocGen an edge in personalised customer services, responsiveness and speed, efficiency and risk controls.

Bank of England bosses say banks don’t need to worry about Britcoin

Banks would have to adjust. They would have to fund themselves more with long-term wholesale debt

Delio launches Ventures initiative

The highly configurable way in which Delio’s technology has been engineered means that we are able to deploy it in diverse and exciting ways.

Irish banks commit €5 million to payment app joint venture Synch

For latest capital injection, documents filed with the Companies Registration Office show that AIB acquired a further €2.3 million of shares in the project while Bank of Ireland bought €1.7 million.

Italy's Banca Carige rolls out first of its fully digital branches with Auriga

To guide customers, branch staff perform Meeter and Greeter roles to help users familiarise themselves with digital devices, as well as authenticate them.

Nordea Investment Funds inks deal with Temenos

Nordea Investment Funds will use the Temenos migration tool and benefit from its expertise serving 9 of the top 15 transfer agents in Luxembourg to deliver a rapid implementation and time to value.

Atom Bank introduces four-day working week without cutting pay

"Covid showed us that it wasn't necessary…I think doing 9-5, Monday to Friday is a pretty old fashioned way of working."

State Street Collateral+ Delivers New Analytics and Optimization Capabilities in Partnership with Cassini Systems

“We are evolving with our clients and developing end-to-end tools and liquidity products in order to allow our partners to focus on their core strengths.”

Broadridge's SRD II Solution Wins Industry Recognition

Global Proxy Voting and Shareholder Disclosure Solution Win Prestigious Asset Servicing Times Award

Amazon to stop accepting Visa credit cards in UK

The online retailer said costs should be going down over time due to advances in technology, "but instead they continue to stay high or even rise".

VTB develops own financial cloud

VTB Bank has developed and implemented a new VTB cloud platform VTB.Cloud, designed to serve thousands of banking servers for development and IT support teams.

SS&C Makes Preliminary Approach to Acquire Blue Prism Group plc

Automation has been at the forefront of SS&C’s technology initiatives for several years now

CIBC, Itaú Unibanco, National Australia Bank and NatWest Group announce winners of Global Open Finance Challenge

Four winners named in first-of-its-kind event seeking ground-breaking ideas to transform banking

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