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Is It Time For An Agile Revolution In Financial Services?

In this article, we talk about why agile is key to Financial Institutions (FIs) successful digital transformation journey.

What did we learn from CREALOGIX Open Innovation Day 2020?

The sense of urgency came across loud and clear – consumers’ tastes and expectations are changing rapidly; they are setting the pace and financial institutions must race to keep up.

Russia's Yandex agrees $5.5bn Tinkoff acquisition

Yandex recently ended a joint venture with state-owned Sberbank, paving the way for an agreement with Tinkoff, Russia's biggest challenger.

Italy' illimity buys 50% stake in Banca Sella's open banking unit

In a deal worth around EUR140 million, illimity will join Sella's Fabrick fintech unit as owner of Hype, which provides open banking services to 1.3 million customers.

Raisin and PROCHECK24 launch novel deposits solution for German financial institutions

The new partnership between the German B2B financial product broker PROCHECK24 and deposits marketplace Raisin pioneers a hybrid approach to embedded finance.

Broadridge’s Global Asset Servicing Solution Now Live on Amazon Web Services

Global tier-1 investment bank utilizing cloud-based automated processing solution to address end-to-end asset servicing complexities

Avaloq strengthens its implementation capabilities with a new partnership and a status upgrade

This upgrade reflects Confinale’s significant number of Avaloq experts, the team’s large geographic reach as well as the number of successfully completed projects to date.

TrustQuay forges forward signing 4 new technology deals

The new technology deals signed by TrustQuay are to put in place new administration and accounting platforms

Nucleus launches behavioural finance guide for advisers

The paper sets out the background to behavioural finance theory, in particular highlighting the uncertain, complex financial landscape clients and advisers now find themselves in.

SS&C’s Black Diamond Wealth Platform Launches Command Center for Investment Advisors

The Client View application centralizes all client-focused workflows in one place

Mitigo joins as latest PIMFA Plus partner to help members combat alarming new trend in ransomware attacks

Ransomware is a type of malicious software which encrypts a firm’s data so it is impossible for them to access any information.

Allfunds launches "Allfunds Blockchain"

Allfunds Blockchain will be focused on two clearly differentiated and totally independent types of activities

Volta Finance Limited - Dividend Declaration

The Company has arranged for its shareholders to be able to elect to receive their dividends in either Euros or Pounds Sterling.

Cyber Security; pension schemes in 2020

On a personal level, there are sophisticated ‘phishing’ emails in circulation, which purport to come from HMRC, DVLA and TV Licensing among others.

Financial software provider Fenergo mulls IPO

Fenergo raised $80 million from ABN AMRO Ventures

Europe’s tech sector pulls away from banks

Technology index is up 11% this year, while falling lenders face ‘gloomy’ outlook

Iress wins ‘Best Adviser Solution’ at the Goodacre virtual awards

The awards ceremony was held virtually for the first time in its 18-year history.

New WealthTech Views Report: How Distributed Ledger Technology & Blockchain are shaping the future of wealth & asset management

The report was created because the wealth and asset management sector continues to face challenges due to the unstoppable digitalization that is threatening traditional business models in finance.

The fintech barbarians are no longer at the gate - they’ve been invited inside

The success of fintech has made banking better.

Hackers target business owners with Covid-19 VAT deferral scam

In fact, we recently observed a 667% spike in coronavirus-related spear-phishing attacks from February compared to March, during the start of the UK’s lockdown.

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