08/31/2017
Six banks sign up to UBS-led digital cash initiative
Swiss rival Credit Suisse among those joining project to make settling payments faster and less risky
FinTech
08/31/2017
UBS Virtual Currency Group Adds Six More Financial Institutions
The members will now focus on deepening ties with regulators and central banks.
08/31/2017
Saxo Bank publishes H1 2017 results
Clients’ collateral deposits continued to rise to a record high of DKK 98.3 billion and despite low volatility the operating income for the group reached DKK 1.56 billion compared to DKK 1.46 billion in 2016.
08/30/2017
Credit Suisse fund invests in ‘employee Big Brother’ technology
Next Investors was originally used to make fintech bets on behalf of Credit Suisse’s investment bank.
08/29/2017
Singapore Fintech Hub LATTICE80 Announces UK Expansion
It is currently in talks with relevant parties in the private and public sectors, with plans to secure and open a hub by 2018.
08/29/2017
Russian development bank to finance country's digital economy programme
The Digital Economy programme, initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, aims to provide 97 per cent of Russian households with broadband Internet access by 2025.
08/28/2017
How Canadian online investment manager is preparing to break the UK
The Canadian investing platform is coming to the UK next month, can it blow the competition out of the water?
08/27/2017
Cyber crime reaching epidemic proportions as fraud becomes most common crime in UK
Crime is a blight on everybody’s lives but the biggest danger is not violence, street theft or burglary, but something far more insidious.
08/25/2017
The Bitcoin Sovereign Wealth Fund
A proposal by Estonia's agency in charge of "e-residency" applications (more on this later) has suggested raising money by selling "estcoins" to the public.
08/25/2017
Corlytics named by Allen & Overy in its regtech programme
Over 80 RegTech and LegalTech firms applied to join the programme with multiple companies giving pitches, before the successful eight were selected.
08/24/2017
ING Bank Will Use FICO Technology to Power Growth in the Czech Republic
In addition to FICO Blaze Advisor, ING Bank will use credit risk models developed by FICO based on its global experience in predicting consumer risk.
08/24/2017
Russian Real Estate Firm Experiments With Selling a Luxury Mansion for Bitcoin
The owner hired the real estate company to sell his mansion for $8 million worth of BTC.
08/24/2017
SEI boosted by £2bn wealth deal
“With regulatory pressure mounting and a client desire for a multi-channel experience, we believe it is becoming a question of when – not if – to outsource non-core functions.
08/24/2017
Eze Software, Charles River Form Mifid II Partnerships
Eze Software and Charles River Development have just announced in their bids to help clients ease the many MiFID II burdens.
08/24/2017
Avaloq confirms momentum with strong rise in profitability
In the first half of 2017, Avaloq continued the positive trend and further reinforced its growth strategy.
08/23/2017
Fiserv acquires London payments technology firm
Makes intelligent payments reality for financial institutions and consumers worldwide
08/22/2017
Will the human-robo approach to wealth management become best practice?
There are limits to a robo-only approach.
08/22/2017
EMoov raises £9M
Prop-tech firm eMoov has raised £9m from its latest funding round as it looks to continue disrupting the rapidly changing estate agency sector.
08/18/2017
Instinet’s second liquidity streaming relationship goes live with Sun Trading
Providing buy and sell side clients with additional bilateral liquidity ahead of MiFID II
08/17/2017
'Re:Platforming' - How will platforms bring advisers and clients up to speed?
Our series continues