09/03/2019
Money and private currencies: reflections on Libra
Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the ESCB Legal Conference, Frankfurt am Main
FinTech
09/03/2019
Avaloq announces record half-year revenues
The half-year period saw Avaloq successfully complete its largest transformation project to date and one of the biggest financial services upgrade programmes globally.
09/02/2019
Aberdeen Standard Investments standardises global virtual desktops
The IGEL Operating System simplifies deployment, security and maintenance whilst improving desktop performance
09/02/2019
Two leading Fintech companies join forces
The partnership comes amid a fundamental change in the way banking and wealth management clients behave and how financial services will do business in the future.
09/01/2019
wealth management firm goes live with Iress
The software supports multi-proposition, multi-asset, central dealing team, providing close integration with the in-house portfolio management system as well as the London dealing desk, Bristol head office and branches across the
09/01/2019
Private banks warn over Facebook holiday scams
The perpetrator found enough details of the family’s holiday to impersonate them and authorise the transfer — with the weak link being a social media profile saying, “headed to Paris with the family! See ya in two weeks!”
08/30/2019
What's Driving Financial Services Interest in Managed Services? by Mark Hepsworth, CEO Asset Control
Managed services work because the provider of the application will typically know their own applications best and will be best suited to configure the application for optimal use by the client.
08/30/2019
Regtech firm sees surge in demand as financial services industry prepares for Brexit
One of the biggest issues that firms may face is the loss of passporting rights and the reliance upon equivalence instead.
08/29/2019
ABN Amro taps Tink for Grip multi-banking
Besides making Grip more relevant and comprehensive this also opens up a bigger market.
08/29/2019
Front Office goes Digital
The briefing will inform delegates on how to improve advisor productivity and client experience with a digital platform that provides intelligent customer management, daily planning and high levels of automation.
08/29/2019
Front Office goes Digital
The briefing will inform delegates on how to improve advisor productivity and client experience with a digital platform that provides intelligent customer management, daily planning and high levels of automation.
08/29/2019
1 in 3 UK Banks Set to Invest in Technical Recruitment
Looking to the future, to further develop skills in-house, 28% of banks are putting new internal training schemes in place and 20% plan to send staff on external training programmes.
08/28/2019
Berlin-based fintech Raisin continues to expand
Since Raisin launched in 2013, the Frankfurt-based bank has been Raisin’s servicing bank in Germany and Austria. From this business partnership a close cooperation has developed.
08/28/2019
Credit Suisse is planning an investment to blend digital services and personal touch
For that reason, a greater investment in such a service fits squarely within Credit Suisse's middle-of-the-road strategy.
08/28/2019
Survey Finds Just 50 Pct. Of Swiss Bank Online
It was focused on digital payments technology, which in Switzerland is more advanced than digitization in mortgage lending.
08/27/2019
Lloyds-Schroders venture hit by platform problems
"The new wealth platform will bring a number of benefits to clients including the ability to see all their investments in one place, online 24/7."
08/27/2019
Two leading German fintechs are merging
Through this strategic acquisition Raisin will get access to the € 12 trillion European pension and retirement savings market
08/26/2019
Credit Suisse to shift focus from branches to digital banking
The Zurich-based bank is creating a new business area, called Direct Banking, for retail and commercial clients, starting on Sept. 1
08/25/2019
Big benefits for emerging asset managers that partner with AI-savvy service providers
The data needs to be carefully reviewed, parsed and then processed for accurate and timely revaluation of assets
08/23/2019
German bank backed by Peter Thiel launches in US
N26, which has no physical bank branches, has a $3.5 billion valuation.