09/13/2019
Meet Prosus, Europe's new $138bn tech giant and answer to Softbank
Prosus comprises Naspers' global empire of consumer internet assets including food delivery companies, payment systems and classified ad businesses.
FinTech
09/12/2019
Brand new bank chooses Nets
The bank plans to take its recently acquired banking license to Sweden and Norway to deliver a better banking experience and its innovative products and services to Swedish and Norwegian users too.
09/12/2019
Northern Trust Appointed by Charles Taylor Investment Management
Services Drive Operational Efficiencies While Streamlining Regulatory Reporting Obligations
09/11/2019
Trustly partners with ECOMMPAY to deliver online banking payments to its merchants across Europe
Online banking payments are a popular way to pay in Europe
09/11/2019
Global money-laundering watchdog closely monitoring Facebook’s Libra, official says
The Libra project has renewed focus on how cryptocurrencies are regulated, with current rules on the sector patchy and varying from country to country.
09/11/2019
Nutmeg claims wealth first in accepting Apple and Google Pay
Nutmeg is to enable customers to make contributions to their accounts using either Google pay or Apple Pay in what it claims to be a UK first.
09/11/2019
SMBC Nikko London Replaces Bloomberg SSEOMS with Itiviti's Multi-asset OMS Platform
Investment firm also adds Itiviti's Middle Office solution to automate post-trade workflows
09/11/2019
Octopus completes Seccl acquisition following FCA approval
The deal was agreed in principle in August for £10 million
09/11/2019
Zedra Enters The Digital Assets Market
ZEDRA has also partnered with digital custodians Vo1t, trading and settlement specialists BCB
09/10/2019
Edinburgh fintech hails first-half progress
Adjusted underlying earnings of £4.6 million, down from £4.9m, were in line with expectations, the firm noted, following substantial planned investment in its product development during the period.
09/10/2019
Touchstone selects Sequrest
Sequrest facilitates its services delivery through its newly-developed Paratus Cyber Management System, which provides Cyber Security as a Service (CSaaS) “on demand” to clients, by means of a simple online dashboard.
09/09/2019
Dutch tech firm CM.com considers IPO in Amsterdam
The company has also started running ticket services and won the contract to organise sales for next year’s Zandvoort Grand Prix, the first to be held in the Netherlands in 35 years.
09/09/2019
Brewin Dolphin launches ‘MyBrewin’
The app has all the core features of the MyBrewin portal
09/09/2019
Investment in digital transformation is a top priority for asset management says new survey
Almost a quarter of respondents stated that fund administrators and custodians, are not currently keeping pace with the changing requirements of asset managers
09/06/2019
Turning Words into Actions: PWC Luxembourg Embraces Crypto Payments
Despite this technological breakthrough, bad buzz and structural challenges have added to its growing pains by acting as impediments to its mass adoption.
09/05/2019
Rowan Dartington goes live with Iress’ order management system
Iress’ software is expected to provide integration with the wealthtech’s in-house portfolio management system.
09/04/2019
Robo-advice preferred by 4 per cent of UK mass affluent investors, up from 1.3 per cent, says GlobalData
Robo-advisors are evidently holding on to consumers more than ever before.”
09/04/2019
B-North selects Mambu for core banking
This new platform will allow B-North to process loans at speed and deliver a highly efficient, “minimum hassle” service to its SME customers.
09/04/2019
Monese and Raisin launch new service
With over 70% of incoming funds being from salary payments, Monese is a primary account for the majority of its customers
09/04/2019
Dubai-backed fintech company Numbrs reaches $1bn valuation
The firm plans to use the latest fund-raising to support expansion plans beyond Germany, particularly into the UK.