04/12/2021
HSBC Changes Crypto Policy, Now Bars Clients From Buying Stock of Companies That Hold Bitcoin
The bank now prohibits its customers from buying the stock of public companies that are holding bitcoin in its treasury.
FinTech
04/12/2021
French state investment firm CDC on tokenized digital assets: opportunities, challenges
During that time, the CDC has been involved in some of the highest profile blockchain projects in France, which have informed Filali’s views on the tokenization of financial assets.
04/12/2021
Iress partners with Cosaic to bring ChartIQ to its market data platform
The integration means Iress Pro users can analyse data faster, more accurately and in a more flexible way.
04/12/2021
AI giant to accelerate UK growth with $475m financing
Founder and CEO Ted Bailey told BusinessCloud that the money – which values Dataminr at more than $4 billion – will be used in part to “significantly broaden our international footprint”.
04/09/2021
KBC introduces co-badged wearables
equensWorldline processes the payments and manages the validation and routing of the transactions to KBC.
04/09/2021
GBST’s Syn~Ops selected by investment bank for new European hub
GBST stated that Syn~Ops was selected for the implementation of the Bank’s new European hub to support entity changes related to Brexit.
04/09/2021
Delivering data standards and transforming data collection in financial services
The growth in electronic trading was part of a boom in financial services that ultimately lasted until the financial crisis in 2008.
04/08/2021
Citi offers clients service insights with Swift gpi Case Resolution integration
Citi has been at the forefront of the SWIFT gpi initiative -- it is one of the first banks to go live with the Case Resolution functionality as well as the first to use the service leveraging the SWIFT gpi APIs.
04/07/2021
Rabobank and ABN Amro target privacy-friendly data analysis
The partners have been using a synthetic data set containing fictional clients, with "good initial results".
04/06/2021
Pandemic brought surge in French cyber attacks, warns Thales CEO
Corporate hackings rise fourfold, driven in part by staff working from home on less secure computers
04/06/2021
UK anti-fraud group increases pressure on Big Tech to fight scams
Online marketplace eBay offers support to new alliance as MPs and police urge sector to do more
04/06/2021
Santander International selects Temenos and Syncordis for cloud migration
Syncordis has been selected as the system integrator and implementation partner to lead the core banking implementation and modernization project with a new digital banking eco-system.
04/06/2021
Broadridge Fi360 Solutions Annual Conference to Explore State of ESG Investing, Fiduciary and Financial Wellness
2021 agenda features thought-provoking discussions from industry leaders, learning sessions and workshops
03/31/2021
Redmayne Bentley launches a truly active and digital MPS for investors
The value of investments may go down as well as up, and investors could get back less than the amount invested.
03/31/2021
France's Capgemini raises medium-term targets on global tech expansion
The Paris-based group said it expects an operating margin of 14% by 2025, c
03/30/2021
FCA to define new rules about data ethics in evolution of Open Banking
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is to use its legislative powers to steer the evolution of Open banking to a broader model of Open Finance.
03/30/2021
ABN Amro selects ten startups for future of finance acceleratior
The ten start-ups were chosen from nearly three-hundred entries received from countries around the world
03/29/2021
Broadridge Extends Capital Markets Franchise with Acquisition of Itiviti
The combination of our technology, solutions and people will unlock significant value for our clients and drive long-term growth for our combined business.
03/26/2021
Dutch fintech recharge scores €10 million in debt funding
The company secured the funding largely from London-based Kreos Capital, who specialise in providing financing for high-growth companies.
03/26/2021
VTB opens API platform
After connecting to the platform, partners will be able to create banking products under their own brands, which will be issued and serviced by VTB.