05/06/2016
Hackers vs. banks battle heats up as Anonymous launches global attack
Greece's central bank says its website suffered a denial-of service attack as Anonymous announces the start of a 30-day campaign targeting major financial institutions
FinTech
05/06/2016
BNP Paribas Works With Blockchain Startup to Open Source Law
The idea first came about in the 1990s when Hazard was trying to automate legal processes using Microsoft Word during the development of Linux, one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software development
05/05/2016
Best paying companies in technology and banking sectors
The best paying companies in the UK are offering staff up to £90,000 - more than three times the median annual salary across the country, according to a study.
05/04/2016
Irish Billionaire Holding Off on Digicel IPO for Now
The time isn’t much better right now, O’Brien said. SecureWorks Corp., the cybersecurity company owned by Dell Inc., sold shares last month in the first U.S. technology IPO of the year.
05/04/2016
eValue launches bespoke robo-advice solution to plug advice gap
New service plugs advice gap left by Retail Distribution Review
05/03/2016
Schroders signs new five year deal with Bravura Solutions
GFAS is a multi-jurisdictional and multi-currency global platform that supports the administration of both offshore and onshore funds.
05/02/2016
UniCredit to unify global transaction business on one platform
Italian banking heavyweight, UniCredit, is working on standardising its global transaction business on one platform, underpinned by D+H’s Global PayPlus system.
04/29/2016
Deutsche Bank launches Frankfurt "Digital Factory" To Speed IT Modernization
Deutsche Bank is launching a Digital Factory in Frankfurt that will employ 400 digital specialists and banking experts working cooperatively to modernize the bank's technology infrastructure.
04/29/2016
Capgemini Automates and Shortens Testing Cycles for Financial Services With New Intelligent, Robotic-Driven Test Automation Platform
Using intelligent frameworks and robotic agents, Capgemini’s Intelligent Test Automation Platform supports the dynamic, iterative, and collaborative requirements of agile and scriptless automation development.
04/29/2016
Tech sector narrowing salary gap on banking industry, research finds
Amazon is handing junior staff hefty pay packets worth more than £90,000, as the tech sector narrows the salary gap on the banking industry, research has found.
04/28/2016
LME announces launch of LMEshield; first warehouse receipt issued
LMEshield is a custody tool that issues and manages electronic receipts relating to commodities stored off-warrant in a range of global locations. At go-live, LMEshield is available in 19 jurisdictions, including countries new to the LME storage network s
04/28/2016
Significant Period of Growth for SEI's UK Fiduciary Management Business
In an interesting trend, indicative of the lengthening history of Fiduciary Management, SEI has started to secure more business from schemes that have previously appointed a Fiduciary Manager, and wish to retain the approach with a different provider.
04/28/2016
SS&C's launches new release of Global Wealth Platform
SS&C has announced the latest enhancements to its Global Wealth Platform (GWP) - the next generation cloud-based investment management solution.
04/27/2016
Misys launches FinCloud
They can consume Misys solutions rather than licensing and running them themselves, freeing up their IT resources to focus on strengthening their competitive edge and growing their business.
04/27/2016
How Uber conquered London
To understand how the $60bn company is taking over the world, you need to stop thinking about cars
04/27/2016
Sberbank Implements Wolters Kluwer for Risk Management across Multiple Countries
The Financial Risk solution provides the bank’s Treasury with the means to perform dynamic simulation, market risk analysis, and liquidity risk analysis.
04/27/2016
Hargreaves Lansdown goes live with Calastone Settlement Service
Calastone’s technology, through the automated matching of trades, enables firms like Hargreaves Lansdown to make significant liquidity improvements.
04/27/2016
Intesa Sanpaolo launches fintech startup vehicle
The new vehicle is 100 percent owned by the Milan-based bank.
04/26/2016
Wealth Dynamix launches WDX ONE, cloud-based platform for wealth & investment managers
Tim Sharp, executive director at GFH, says WDX ONE is a “solid, scalable” platform and the company is “impressed” with its functionality.
04/25/2016
Bank Of Ireland Ponders Major IT Overhaul
The bank’s current set-up is outsourced to Accenture, which manages its group technology and change division.