05/08/2017
Bitcoin “Speculatory Object” From “Unknown Actors”: German Central Bank
A prime example is LocalBitcoins, which in 2014 was forced to halt operations in the country due to regulatory uncertainty
FinTech
05/08/2017
Allianz, Axel Springer, Daimler, Deutsche Bank with Postbank, Core, and Here to launch joint platform for online registration, e-identity and data services
At the heart of this new, standard access procedure for online activities is a so-called master key.
05/08/2017
96 per cent of financial institutions struggle to locate information in the workplace
The rapidly-evolving cyber threat landscape means that the duty-of-care for protecting sensitive customer and company information has never been higher and this will only increase with the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation in May 201
05/08/2017
British consumers do not trust what their banks say online
Commissioned by Lithium Technologies, the study of 2,000 UK adults uncovers a significant opportunity for financial institutions who can crack the code and build trust with consumers on digital channels.
05/08/2017
Motor financing software firm eyes £800m stock market debut
Counts Barclays, Mercedes-Benz and Bank of America as customers, supplying firms with software used to manage loans
05/08/2017
New European Projects Continue to Strengthen TAS Group
The Directive on Markets in Financial Instruments will be in force by January 2, 2018
05/08/2017
SS&C Releases First Round of 2017 Product Upgrades
The core suite of products is used by nearly 4000 locally deployed and outsourced customers.
05/07/2017
Venturing forward
I think thematic thinking is powerful when doing growth investing and is a great way to sharpen your thesis.
05/06/2017
CACEIS signs investment agreement to develop postmarket blockchain infrastructure for SMEs
The pilot agreement as formed last year set as its objective to improve the access of SMEs to capital markets while facilitating and enhancing the security of postmarket operations.
05/05/2017
Barclays sign eight FinTech start-ups and spinoff ‘intrapreneur’
Barclays, Britain's second biggest bank, has given formal engagements to eight of the 11 financial technology (FinTech) start-up companies that pitched yesterday at its Rise event in London, U.K., after graduating from their 13-week business Accelera
05/05/2017
Nordea ships staff to Stockholm Fintech Hub
Nordea is keen to develop relationships with startups and third party developers as part of a wide-ranging digital transformation programme.
05/05/2017
Bravura extends international mandate
Bravura is pleased to be continuing the relationship, having worked with Lloyds for a number of years now.
05/04/2017
moneyinfo User Forum showcases innovative new retirement planner
The balloon ride helps users visualise their retirement future
05/03/2017
Groupe Arnault seeks foothold in French tech start-ups
Push to invest in promising companies at an earlier stage of development
05/03/2017
Hackers cybersquatting on hundreds of UK bank domains
The tricks include phishing email campaigns, pay per click ads (often for competitors’ services), for-profit survey sites and affiliate program abuse, or more nefarious content like ransomware and drive-by download campaigns.
05/03/2017
Groupe Arnault seeks foothold in French tech start-ups
Push to invest in promising companies at an earlier stage of development
05/02/2017
Old Mutual Wealth Update on UK Platform Transformation Programme
Management estimate this would have cost in excess of a further £50 million and taken a further two years post migration to deliver.
05/02/2017
The UK will be getting yet another challenger Bank
It plans to roll out free learning and therapy-based financial workshops across the UK and US in September to “educate and empower consumers around their financial decisions” – the “first of its kind”.
05/02/2017
Barclays Opens Europe's Largest FinTech Site in London
At Rise, Barclays co-creates new products, services and platforms along with our startup partners.
05/02/2017
Capgemini launches Financial Services industry’s first cloud-hosted, mobile-applications testing lab, using Experitest’s SeeTest tools
The lab, which is based on the SeeTestCloud platform by Experitest, allows these teams to remotely access mobile devices from anywhere at any time.