09/22/2014
Tech-savvy generation of business leaders to shape payments landscape in 2020
Banks need to explore more non-traditional alliances and partnerships
FinTech
09/22/2014
LME Clear announces successful launch
100% of members’ open positions migrated to new clearing house
09/21/2014
New Hedge Fund Technology White Paper Released
StatPro’s latest white paper considers how Hedge Funds can stay focused on alpha generating and raising capital by utilising the right technology.
09/19/2014
Sofgen appoints Marcel McCann executive chairman for UK & Ireland
An experienced executive leader with an outstanding track record of delivering results, his successes span the areas of transformation, technology and information management, enterprise architecture, and operations and facilities management across Europe,
09/19/2014
Rabobank introduces QR code-based online banking authentication
Rabobank is tapping Vasco Data Security technology for a new security system that authenticates online customers through high definition QR codes.
09/18/2014
Banking IT spend to rise significantly to counter diminishing customer loyalty and growing competitive threat
Temenos, the market-leading provider of mission-critical solutions to the financial services industry, today announces the results of its seventh annual customer survey, which this year canvassed the opinions of 198 senior bankers.
09/17/2014
Virgin Mobile Central and Eastern Europe Announces EUR40 Million Growth Capital Investment
CEE Mobile Capital LLC, Delta Partners Emerging Markets TMT Growth Fund II, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Finance Corporation have agreed to fund the launch of Virgin Mobile in Turkey andfurther growth in existing Virg
09/17/2014
Sipp and SSAS administrator signs ten-year 'strategic alliance' with FNZ
Embark will be launched to selected clients of Hornbuckle in Q4 this year before expanding to the remainder of its client base and new distribution partners in early 2015.
09/17/2014
Providers sign up to 'pension tracker' system
By building the important integration points between Guided Outcomes and the providers’ systems, we can ensure employees can base decisions on up-to-date and accurate information.
09/16/2014
Ortec Finance Partners With Vermilion Software to Provide Enhanced Performance Attribution Reporting Capabilities
Ortec Finance, a global provider of technology and advisory services for financial risk and return management, today announced its partnership with Vermilion Software
09/12/2014
Digital banking: Clouded thinking
Some investment banks have recognised the opportunity. Few, if any, have worked out how to make it happen
09/12/2014
Bitcoin could pose threat to financial stability of UK, warns Bank of England
The Bank argues the current centralised banking system, which stores and protects customer funds, will continue to dominate retail and business transactions "over any foreseeable horizon" under the current design of digital currencies.
09/12/2014
Switch buys former ABN Amro data centre
The Tier3+ centre will help meet demand for larger cloud environments and customers in need of twin data centres
09/11/2014
City Interview: Retail and business banking boss Ashok Vaswani is taking Barclays to front line in hi-tech battle
Finger vein scanning, voice biometrics, and contactless payment wristbands.
09/10/2014
Vermilion Achieves Ranking in ‘hiscox Tech Track 100’ for First Time
The 14th annual Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table ranks Britain’s private technology, media and telecoms (TMT) companies with the fastest-growing sales
09/10/2014
Barclays’ Harte: Alibaba and the forty fears of bank transformation
Michael Harte, chief operations and technology officer at Barclays, says the growth of Chinese online e-commerce business Alibaba is the threat that keeps him awake at night – and that major banks could be in danger of losing touch with their own cu
09/10/2014
Online investment management startup partners with IG Group
The online investment platform backed by Bats Chi-X chief executive Mark Hemsley and Steve Swanson, the former global co-head of electronic trading at Citigroup, has partnered with IG Group to revamp its offering.
09/10/2014
KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS Extends Use of SimCorp Dimension
KLP Kapitalforvaltning selected the SimCorp Dimension Front Office Suite following a competitive tender process.
09/09/2014
Major Swiss Private Bank Selects NeoXam’s NX GP3 to Automate Fund Accounting
NX GP3 was selected for its recognized leadership in the fund management industry and its proven ability to support business expansion.
09/04/2014
Dion Completes Acquisition Of SwissRisk Financial Systems
The move enhances the firm's European footprint and highlights the importance of that market to Dion's growth strategy.