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Fintech on a roll – but it’s not just about technology

Fintechs – the abbreviation combines “financial services” and “technology”

English law recognizes cryptoassets and smart contracts

English law will now recognize cryptoassets as tradable property and smart contracts as enforceable agreements.

EU Antitrust Officers Are Taking a opinion Into Apple Pay, iPhone NFC Chips

In an email commentary to Bloomberg, regulators confirmed the placement of work became as soon as monitoring “possible anti-aggressive market practices and abusive conduct” without naming Apple.

Natixis Investment Managers Chooses ALPIMA For Web-Based Portfolio Design

Aziz Diallo, Head of Structuring team, Natixis, Investment Managers Solutions, says: “ALPIMA’s platform offers the flexibility, quantitative capabilities and inter-operability we are looking for.

Hargreaves selects German firm as adviser fintech partner

aixigo will support Hargreaves Lansdown’s growing Advisory Service and their Advisers

RBS to open first 'cashless bank' with no ATM or cashier service

Video banking, where people can book appointments to talk to bankers via video chat will be available

Avaloq completes acquisition

The acquisition puts Avaloq at the forefront of utilizing differentiating data for structured product and ETF markets on its platform.

Standard Chartered partners with Quantexa to tackle financial crime

The platform will enable Standard Chartered to conduct “complex financial thematic investigations” more efficiently and effectively.

Societe Generale signs the Sustainable IT Charter

Societe Generale's corporate and social responsibility relates not only to our choices of financing and investment but also to the way in which we carry out our activities.

Italian Banking Association opens AI hub

With the founding of the AI Hub, in a collaborative international setting, ABI Lab will focus on gathering and analysing case studies, monitoring the regulatory framework, and involving Italian banks

Banking tech could lead to discrimination, says ex-regulator

Banks can now more accurately identify ‘unprofitable’ or costly customers

Avaloq’s e-banking solution live with another bank

The portal was already based on the Avaloq platform and offers customers self-service functionalities such as a financial assistant or foreign currency orders.

EU banks contemplate rival to card schemes and Big Tech

Several sources told AFP that the participants included most French banks as well as Germany's Deutsche Bank.

Ant Node Alliance Zeng Hao: the shining star in Malta

Zeng Hao said that he hopes to promote industrial cooperation between China and Europe, to lead Chinese blockchain industry to integrate into the international market and acquire leadership in the global blockchain industry.

Asset Management Is One of Blockchain’s Biggest Disruption Potentials According to ConsenSys

Asset tokenization could revive innovation in the financial sector.

HSBC and RBS set to launch new digital banking platforms

HSBC Kinetic will offer small businesses mobile-managed current accounts

Advisers sceptical of technology closing advice gap

Answers to this question were mixed as 32% highlighted an “intuitive user-friendly design” as the top requirement, followed by “ease of onboarding/transferring clients” at 26%.

Cybersecurity in M&A Transactions: Friend or Foe?

Lack of proper due diligence in this area could result in the acquirer taking on the damages and liability from such incidents in the past.

Advisers sceptical of the role of technology in closing advice gap

In a poll of 207 advisers*, the research revealed 29% of advisers feel cashflow modelling is the tool that could make the most difference, suggesting there are fans of this generally well-regarded adviser software.

Tandem Bank embarks on international expansion

Digital challenger bank Tandem has made will start its international expansion with plans to open in Hong Kong before the year is out.

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