11/08/2018
Can Nutmeg conquer advice?
Nutmeg has acquired £1.5bn in assets since launching in 2011 and is the UK’s largest robo-adviser.
FinTech
11/08/2018
CMC Markets Institutional adopts Iress OMS
These connected capabilities, integrating to a central order management system and using market data supplied by IRESS, deliver seamless integration for CMC.
11/07/2018
Digital services tax: consultation
The consultation seeks views on the detailed design, implementation and administration of the DST.
11/07/2018
The role of online platforms in ensuring tax compliance by their users
Platforms suggested they would not welcome specific mandatory requirements on providing information to their users.
11/07/2018
Conversational User Interfaces: A Brief History Of UIS by Georgios Lekkas, Objectway
Users had to have a good knowledge of the precise syntax to use and to execute any command. We’ll call this first generation UI, terminal-typing interface.
11/07/2018
Pillar After Pillar For A Pan-European Wealth Management - Objectway
The advisor badly needs to request less time to the prospect, and to reduce paperwork.
11/07/2018
Robo-adviser posts £2.3m loss
The robo-adviser, which operates in Canada, the USA and the UK, now manages more than £2bn globally and has 100,000 clients but has not broken down how much of this comes from the UK.
11/07/2018
Binance Effect Takes Hold as Malta Emerges as Leading Hub for Blockchain Tech
In 2018 alone, a handful of high profile crypto-currency exchanges relocated a significant chunk of their operations to Malta, including Binance, OKEx and ZBX.
11/06/2018
Innovative digital engagement software launched by Focus Solutions
The software is designed to be much more than just gamified fact-finding; focus:digital brings a client’s financial future to life. The new software excels in four key areas.
11/06/2018
Eversheds Sutherland in Global Roll Out of Innovation Platform
Idea Drop is an innovative crowdsourcing mobile and web App developed for organizations to capture and curate ideas from employees.
11/06/2018
Bravura to move operations to new London office
The move to 201 Bishopsgate represents both an exciting next step in Bravura’s global growth and development journey, and our continued desire to attract the very best talent to the business.
11/05/2018
Avaloq named Star Performer
Avaloq increased their use of robotic process automation (RPA) and plans to apply artificial intelligence techniques to maximize automation levels and minimize operational risk.
11/02/2018
The Digital Revolution: The Internet of Things
Our Digital Revolution series explores a range of disruptive topics, including artificial intelligence and blockchain.
11/01/2018
deVere launches actively managed cryptocurrency solution as Bitcoin turns 10
It comes a day after Bitcoin, the world’s original digital currency, and still largest by market capitalization, reached its 10th anniversary.
11/01/2018
A Fintech Decade: Reflection and Predictions
Central banks devised unorthodox measures to increase money supply in the economy, which inadvertently pushed up prices across all asset classes.
10/31/2018
Nutmeg to start financial advice pilot
Nutmeg revealed its plans to enter the advice market in 2015, with founder and then-chief executive Nick Hungerford saying this was the next logical step for the business.
10/31/2018
Launch of Gibraltar Association for New Technologies Boosts Country's Expanding Blockchain Ecosystem
The association will establish formal lines of communication between policy makers and the private sector in Gibraltar’s fast developing blockchain industry as well as facilitating the exchange of knowledge and ideas, with a view to enhancing public
10/30/2018
Bitcoin Guru Launches Family Office
The Danish-born libertarian-entrepreneur has carefully tended his new-wealth image since moving to Switzerland in 2011 and founding Bitcoin Suisse five years ago.
10/30/2018
ABN Amro adds fee pressure to get clients to go digital
Though it may seem heavy-handed, there's an opportunity for ABN Amro's approach to work.
10/30/2018
Cryptocurrencies ‘come of age’ as Bitcoin turns 10 and UK Taskforce publishes report
It’s becoming increasingly clear that cryptocurrencies are the future of money.