03/21/2018
City minister: Innovate Finance Global Summit speech
John Glen's speech to the Innovate Finance Global Summit.
FinTech
03/21/2018
Objectway announces a distribution partnership with BML Istisharat
BML Istiharat works with more than 300 clients worldwide, including several Fortune 500 companies,
03/20/2018
Northern Trust Strengthens Private Equity Audit via Blockchain Technology with PwC
Direct Access to Fund Data Permits Real-Time Audit for Private Equity Lifecycle Events
03/20/2018
Leading Processor in Bulgaria Starts Digital Transformation on WAY4
OpenWay managed to cover all our requirements for flexibility, security and business expectations.
03/20/2018
Baloise Invests in Artificial Intelligence
In 2016, it had made available 50 million Swiss francs for investments in startups
03/20/2018
Digital disruption or a digital renaissance for wealth managers?
It would seem that most organisations are stuck somewhere in the middle of digital explorer (26%) and digital player (29%) - some 55%, according to the opening speaker, Thomas Zink, Research Director of IDC.
03/20/2018
New Payment System Operator moves ahead
The 12 members of the End User Advisory Council [listed in full in notes to editors] have been appointed based on their ability to independently represent the interests of end-users, rather than any organisation.
03/20/2018
Temenos reinforces presence in Belgium through new partnership
Regulations, changing customer behaviors and the arrival of new fintech competitors are forcing banks to reinvent their business models.
03/19/2018
Questions raised as robo advisers hire humans
This means either rebuilding their products from the ground up or taking the easy – but expensive – route of offering traditional advice sessions.
03/18/2018
Bundesbank's Buch adds to calls for cryptocurrency regulation
The issue of how to regulate cryptocurrencies is likely to be high on the agenda at a March 19-20 meeting of Group of 20 finance leaders in Argentina.
03/16/2018
MCI and Objectway announce exclusive collaboration
Objectway is a TOP-100 global FinTech provider and a leader in the wealth and investment management software industry in Europe.
03/15/2018
Bitcoin Exchange Ties-up with Barclay’s for UK Transactions
San Francisco-based exchange, Coinbase, said its UK subsidiary was the 1st to be granted an e-Money license by the UK’s financial watchdog, a precursor to getting the banking relationship with Barclays.
03/15/2018
ERI & Sequrest: A partnership for a full range of cyber security solutions
The Sequrest cyber security platform can viewed as another modular add-on, ensuring ERI customers benefit from complete protection against growing cyber threats.
03/15/2018
Christine Lagard says Blockchain Can Be Used to Help Regulate Bitcoin
Despite her inclusive tone and positive recognition of the virtues of cryptocurrencies, she reminds readers that what makes cryptocurrencies so attractive is also what makes them so dangerous.
03/14/2018
«Crypto Nation» Switzerland's Aspirations Meet Reality
It seemed to be the starting gun for a new strategy from Switzerland's financial center, which has been in identity crisis since giving up its formerly iron-clad banking secrecy laws recently.
03/14/2018
Tandem bank snaps up money management app
The challenger bank has acquired leading finance management app Pariti for an undisclosed fee.
03/14/2018
fundinfo, F2C partner to meet asset managers’ fund data management needs
F2C CEO Laurent Halbgewachs will now have a seat on fundinfo’s management board.
03/14/2018
UK General launches personal lines cyber cover for high net worth markets
According to UK General the policy protects the whole household in the event of certain forms of cyber-attack.
03/14/2018
$112 Billion Asset Managers Don't Want Robot Money Managers
Finland’s Varma, Ilmarinen own no funds where AI picks assets
03/13/2018
MetLife invites insurtech startups to compete for $100,000 contract
The move follows two collab programmes in Singapore (2016) and Japan (2017), which attracted 250 applications from insurtechs in more than 35 different countries.