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Barclays customers can use voice recognition rather than remembering passwords

Barclays personal banking customers will be able to use their voice to clear security checks instead of needing to remember passwords.

Why Should Central Bank Issue A Digital Currency?

In this blog post I explore the concept of a Central Bank Digital Currency and why you would want a DLT (or “Blockchain”) like architecture for such a system.

Tech Leadership Award open for entries!

The award will laud an outstanding person for his/her distinguished leadership and professional contribution to the industry’s betterment.

French Lender BPCE Buys German Fintech Flagship Fidor

The bank announced the deal in a joint statement but did not disclose the financial details

Stop Using Compliance As An Excuse For Slow Technology Adoption!

It comes to something when the regulator itself is asking whether there’s too much regulation.

London-based advisory firm chooses SS&C ’s APX and Moxy to support its digital advisory platform

APX and Moxy were selected not only for proven stability but also for the high-quality equity and multi-asset investment strategies

Challenger banks ramp up mobile to take bite out of the Big Four, finds new research

Challenger banks and building societies are redoubling their mobile banking efforts in a bid to take market share from the Big Four (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS), according to new research from Aspect Software.

What's Brexit? How Tech UK tore up its plans after June 23

EU workers, new markets: post-Brexit pressure on May & Co

London FinTech Week 2016 - innovation in RegTech

This is an area that concerns us and we would like to see innovative methods being deployed by financial services firms.

Blockchain Consortium Introduces New UK Office

The company plans to organize a series of events featuring prominent figures from the blockchain, digital currency community to educate corporates on the implications of these cutting edge technologies on their businesses.

UBS issues siloed platform warning

UBS Fin Tech boss Gary Chu warns banks of the dangers of going it alone when developing new blockchain-based platform projects.

Korea and U.K. Activate Fintech Bridge

finews.asia reported on the U.K./Singapore fintech tie up in May this year which in theory enables firms and investors from each country to gain access to opportunities and innovations in the other.

VCs pledge to support UK tech despite Brexit vote

London’s tech companies, a statement issued by London & Partners said, have attracted $6.64bn across 2,894 deals in the past five years

Barclays enlists Samsung for internal hackathon

The winning effort, which needs to help automatically enrol customers into new services so they do not have to visit physical branches.

Mobile banking on the rise as payment via apps soars by 54% in 2015

High street bank branches see 32% decline in visits since 2011 as consumers turn to online methods – with digital-only banks adding to the competition

Peter Thiel is taking a stake in German Fintech startup nextmarkets

Experts continuously monitor markets around the globe.

Deutsche Bank Prefers Swift For Intraday Liquidity Reporting

It supports compliance with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s requirements for banks to send a detailed report to their regulator on a monthly basis about the intraday liquidity flows for every country and currency in which they operate.

“The UK doesn’t understand investment, it’s scary”

Despite robo-advice only just emerging in the UK, Cunningham explored how “the robo phenomenon is more mature in the US”

Thomson Reuters and Imperial in FinTech/RegTech partnership

Our world is experiencing a data revolution, and Imperial is at the helm.

The Central Bankers’ Bold New Idea: Print Bitcoins

Bank of England economists advocate central banks issue their own digital currency