Managers of Wealth Fintech

Three trends that will drive fintech growth in 2021

Increased demand for access to alternate financial services and sustainability set to join health and hygiene as top-of-mind issues for fintechs in 2021

Companies make use of technology to reach out to seniors

Companies such as OCBC and Hong Leong Foundation have found a way around Covid restrictions to continue spreading cheer to seniors

Speculative Fictions: Gamestop, Bitcoin and Beyond by Coutts

Investors are reportedly making fortunes from their sofa using online trading apps to pursue highly speculative assets and trading strategies.

CBA 2021 Technology Update

Accelerating CBA's digital strategy to provide best-in-class customer experiences.

COVID has worsened inequality even as the rich thrive: Oxfam

Rising inequality means it could take at least 14 times longer for the number of people living in poverty to return to pre-pandemic levels than it took for the fortunes of the top 1,000, mostly White male, billionaires to bounce back.

Dealing with the effects of climate change through climate adaptation

EBRD joins call for more reporting of climate risk

How to manage your social media risks

In its latest Market Watch newsletter, the regulator warned of the increased risks associated with homeworking, specifically reduced monitoring capability and the use of social media and apps like WhatsApp to conduct business.

Goldman And BofA Earnings: A Tale Of Two Banks (And Digital Strategies)

For Goldman, of course, the push downstream, toward retail, consumer banking continues apace.

How banks and financial services players will monetise open banking

“No one financial institution or technology company can be everything to everyone,” Globerson states.

Our Five Investment Industry Predictions for 2021

What does 2021 have in store for the investment industry?

Organizing for the future: Nine keys to becoming a future-ready company

The pressure to change had been building for years.

Fintech and payments salaries declined by only 1% in 2020

The impressive pay packets already on offer in these areas are a reflection of both the value these individuals contribute, as well as current market scarcity.

Wealth managers cannot ignore best execution obligations

Every country has a regulatory body that examines firms’ abilities to provide best execution.

The Exponential Pull of Innovation: Googlization 2.0

As the global data ecosystem evolves and becomes more complex, there is a veritable flood of new players offering to help companies and individuals navigate an often confusing environment rife with opportunities and challenges.

The Drive for a Data-driven Global Subsidiary Services by Kariem Abdellatif

One does not have to look far to see the evidence of this.

Commentary: Letting a robo-adviser decide how to invest your money is a double-edged sword

With the rise of FinTech, more people are turning to robo-advisers but this prevents people from being financially literate, says SUTD’s Gordon Tan.

What's next for Jack Ma's fintech unicorn?

Data show an increasing correlation between the growth of consumer loans and retail sales in the country. Ant could potentially play an even larger role here than it is already doing, with more skin in the game.

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma suspected missing

Ma was supposed to be part of the judging, but was replaced by an Alibaba executive in the November final, UK’s Telegraph reported.

The 7 most valuable U.S. tech companies added $3.4 Trillion in value in 2020

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person

Year in Review: Technology

The company was actually founded nine years ago, and it wasn’t obscure by any means – it just didn’t have the audience it now boasts.

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