08/28/2017
Who is the sucker when robot trades against robot?
Quant funds struggle for returns as sector becomes more crowded
Comment & Analysis
08/25/2017
Path Solutions selected Number One Best Selling Islamic Banking Software Provider in 2017 by IBS
The 2017 Islamic Banking Sales League Table which ranks niche system suppliers in the Islamic financial services segment, was released in the August issue of IBS Journal.
08/11/2017
Defined benefit pensions' demise linked to robo's rise
Some big name financial brands have recently become involved in the robo-advice market.
08/11/2017
The way forward is digital, says UOB's Wee Ee Cheong
This growth presents immense opportunities for business, trade and investment, Mr Wee said.
08/10/2017
Singapore Fintech Hub Will Open India Office
Founded in November, Lattice80 says it is the world’s biggest fintech hub
08/07/2017
The existential challenge of AI
As AI technology evolves into artificial super intelligence (ASI), it will erode many job markets, Hames warns.
08/04/2017
The future of advice lies in finding the right blend of technology and the personal touch: HUB24
Along with the advantage of minimising clerical work, technology tools are also allowing advisers more time to develop the relationships that drive their businesses
08/03/2017
Fintech firms look to Ireland
Ireland could be a location choice for firms in the burgeoning financial technology (fintech) industry post- Brexit, according to a report from KPMG.
08/02/2017
Hedge funds turn to dark web to gain an edge
Business intelligence firms are scouring the darkest corners of the internet to help their hedge fund clients
08/01/2017
IT’s future value proposition
IT is poised to play a new, more strategic role in companies, one that moves beyond support to create business value through technology-based business innovation and digital initiatives.
08/01/2017
Beware of bitcoin, warns Lombard Odier
Volatility and rising competition are both fundamental concerns.
07/28/2017
How Banks Can Keep Up With Digital Disruptors
There are very few industries in which CEOs do not live in fear of digital disruption.
07/25/2017
AI May Soon Replace Even the Most Elite Consultants
Allows some of UBS’s European wealth-management clients to ask Alexa certain financial and economic questions.
07/25/2017
St. James’s Place – "Tech companies flying high"
In fact, US technology stocks had their own frigatebird moment back in 2000, reaching a stock market peak on 27 March of that year. Last week the S&P 500 Technology index, having risen 20% this year, finally topped that high for the first time.
07/21/2017
The crowdfunding “phoenix”: The rise of a ‘trend’ to a ‘sector’ and the challenges ahead
Alternative finance and funding models such as crowdfunding, online marketplace, crowdinvesting and crowdlending are gaining an exponential growth each year across the world.
07/21/2017
Nimble fintechs are going to sweep away the old banks – right? Wrong
What we also heard – that may surprise the champions of change – is that many of the challenges faced by fintechs and the old guard are the same.
07/20/2017
AI will be ubiquitous in 2020 but overhyped in 2017
AI is seen as augmenting humans’ work rather than displacing it.
07/19/2017
The challengers’ challenge – fintech coming of age
What makes infrastructure ‘legacy’?
07/18/2017
Citi's Digital Growth in Asia
A standout performer was Citi’s consumer bank in the region.
07/17/2017
The 50-year Banking Revolution by Geoff Cook
However, I would argue that the anniversary to really celebrate didn’t happen until five years later, when a technological transformation profoundly changed our interaction with cash and credit.