12/03/2017
Forward, comrades, to the past! by Tim Price
November 1977, when troops were called out to replace them, complete with Green Goddess vehicles not wholly fit for purpose given that they hailed from the 1950s.
FinTech
12/01/2017
Malta Bitcoin Schizophrenia: Government and Banks Send Mixed Signals
It’s the smallest nation in the European Union.
11/30/2017
Irish Fintech Expands Into Asia
Research published earlier this year from Munich Re puts the growth of the life insurance industry in Asia’s emerging markets at above 10 percent across 2017-2018.
11/30/2017
FinReach extends digital reach to Austria and Spain
Via its service, bank clients can switch their direct debits, standing orders and incoming payments from one bank to another fully automatically.
11/30/2017
Vontobel launches first digital platform covering corporate finance themes
“With our new information portal, we want to promote dialogue and foster knowledge of corporate finance,” said Hanspeter Gehrer, Head of Vontobel Corporate Finance.
11/30/2017
Intercede signs deal with large unnamed European bank
By deploying more robust methods of authentication, the bank would be able to reduce instances of fraud and improve the level of privacy and security provided to customers.
11/29/2017
Luxembourg House of Financial Technology Foundation Signs MOU With Fintech Association of Japan
Fintech Association of Japan has also signed an MOU with Bahrain FinTech Bay, a FinTech hub representing Bahrain MOU.
11/26/2017
Denmark and Singapore strengthen promising fintech collaboration
The agreement enables between the two regulators to refer fintech companies to their counterparts
11/24/2017
Tech Still Hedge Funds' Sweetheart Sector: Goldman Sachs
Tech Stocks Remain The Largest Net Sector Exposure For Equity Hedge Funds
11/23/2017
Starling makes big European push
Starling has also been accepted into the EU’s payments system, Target2
11/23/2017
HSBC, like its competitors, is searching for the Holy Grail of digital banking, Google Bank
The search for the Holy Grail that is Google bank, has been going on ever since digital banking took hold.
11/23/2017
UBS Seeks to Expand Workforce in Artificial Intelligence
Future lies in ‘cognitive’ bank, head of innovation says
11/22/2017
UK remains a hot fintech hub despite Brexit woes
Devin Kohli, co-head of Emerging Companies at Investec, tells The National that overseas investors can’t get enough of British financial technology start-ups
11/22/2017
Robo-advice revolution comes at a cost
Nutmeg now manages £1bn of investor cash, but robos face growing competition
11/22/2017
Raiffeisen Bank International is first Austrian bank to join R3 global network
In its work with R3, RBI will focus on cash and payment services, capital markets, digital identity, securities services and trade finance.
11/21/2017
Bitcoin hits record high after smashing through $8,000 for first time
An eye-watering eightfold increase in the value of the volatile cryptocurrency since the start of the year has led to muliple warnings that the market is in a bubble, and institutional investors are broadly staying away.
11/21/2017
Apple Pay in first deal with major French bank
Apple Pay has wooed a group of savings banks plus the start-up online bank created by the telecoms group Orange.
11/21/2017
EY expands European teams’ presence to advance blockchain development worldwide
The European expansion is an integral part of the EY continued focus on supporting companies worldwide to use disruptive technologies like blockchain to transform their businesses.
11/21/2017
NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank hit by online banking issues
The banks say there aren’t any issues with their mobile apps.
11/20/2017
Top hedge fund AQR leads the way as blockchain comes of age
The quantitative giant is researching the use of the technology behind bitcoin — but hedge funds have been slower to embrace it than banks