Managers of Wealth Fintech

Bitcoin’s crash is not the end of cyber currencies

Banks and governments face a push to make money more digital

AI and financial crime: silver bullet or red herring?

Speech by Rob Gruppetta, Head of the Financial Crime Department, delivered at Chatham House.

Why Central Bank Digital Currencies Will Destroy Cryptocurrencies

Leading economic policymakers are now considering whether central banks should issue their own digital currencies, to be made available to everyone, rather than just to licensed commercial banks.

Cryptocurrencies prices take a hit – here’s why it’s a buyers market

The clear message from deVere Group’s founder and chief executive, Nigel Green, comes as leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH) were in the red on Monday.

Speech: FCA's Christopher Woolard on the Cryptoassets Taskforce

The taskforce has concluded that there are 3 major harms associated with cryptoassets.

Temenos: How AI is Creating a Personalized Investing Experience

The clear message from the study shows that with the growing deployment of AI solutions for wealthy clients a new type of wealth manager is emerging, with APAC leading the way.

Asian Families slow to tackle tech disruption

Asian families took on average 28 months to identify and respond to disruptive technology.

Should traditional banks lose sleep over the fintech revolution?

Internet finance has put on an impressive feast globally, with China blazing a trail

Could Bitcoin Still Make You A Millionaire?

With the S&P 500 gaining over 50% during the same time period, a ‘risk-on’ attitude among investors may have helped to propel the bitcoin price higher.

Bank of East Asia sees fintech as way forward in next 100 years

The bank had approached several local family-run banks, but they were reluctant to sell to a local peer as they didn’t want to leave a negative impression on the public.

Valdis Dombrovskis statement on on regulating virtual currencies and ICOs

Sceptics believe that crypto-assets and Initial Coin Offerings are not serious.

Adviser acceptance of robo-advice increasing

This compared with just 17 per cent thinking robo-advice had a role to play in 2016 while 47 per cent had disagreed.

Speech: Fed Reserve governor Brainard on what we are learning about AI in financial services

Credit Suisse Research Institute publishes ninth edition of the Global Wealth Report

Rothschild-backed robo eyes ‘freemium’ service

Exo’s chief operating officer Nikolai Hack told Wealth Manager the firm is exploring a freemium model whereby clients

Wolters Kluwer to Share RegTech and SupTech Insights at Singapore FinTech Festival

These Wolters Kluwer experts will also be joined by senior representatives from Microsoft and PwC.

Digitisation to be key focus for major banks

Likewise, lending grew at just 3.1 per cent in FY18, the lowest growth rate in a decade.

Conversational User Interfaces: A Brief History Of UIS by Georgios Lekkas, Objectway

Users had to have a good knowledge of the precise syntax to use and to execute any command. We’ll call this first generation UI, terminal-typing interface.

The role of online platforms in ensuring tax compliance by their users

Platforms suggested they would not welcome specific mandatory requirements on providing information to their users.

Fintech: Meeting the regulatory challenges

Keynote speech at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2018

Next-generation connectivity: Jeff Travers – Head of IoT, Ericsson

Jeff Travers of Ericsson IoT explores what new horizons in connectivity means for businesses

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