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What does 2020 hold for Asset Management and Asset Servicing?

To help meet these challenges, firms are exploring how technology can help transform their businesses.

East West Bank’s Jessie Sandoval Predicts Technology Will Drive Payments in the 2020s

Double or triple-digit growth rates are often built on tiny volumes; to a banker, they don’t compare to the billions of payments being processed daily in the U.S.

AI's Evolution: Trends To Watch In Investment Management

AI can make investment managers more efficient through better data easily accessed and understood.

Central Bank digital currencies sweeping the globe

Central banks across the world have taken a decision to acknowledge that cryptocurrencies are not going away and that their prized holding of fiat will eventually have no place in society.

Five SEC enforcement trends to watch in 2020

This year, we expect a similar level of enforcement activity to continue, while the SEC’s tactics will continue to evolve.

How can banks use technology to humanise services?

Exploring Chris Skinner’s concept of ‘Banking for Humanity’.

How digital technology is helping Nigerians access better banking solutions

Financial inclusion still has a long way to go in Nigeria, but the digital solutions provided by Access Bank ensure that fewer citizens than ever lack access to vital banking services

Standard Bank on closing branches: We can’t stop the progress of technology

Speaking at a Deloitte conference on Thursday (30 January), Tshabalala said that companies cannot, and should not resist technological progress.

Five Data Ethics Considerations for 2020

Data can now be captured and manipulated without human effort or engagement. This “automatic data capture,” when used in algorithms, is subject to unintentional biases and distortions.

Asset Management and rise of AI

To deal with today's challenges the asset management industry needs more efficient risk assessment solutions.

One third of SMEs plan technology spending spree after Brexit

The findings were contained in a survey of 200 senior business decision-makers in SMEs

What does Libra tell us about the need for regulated products and solutions for crypto transactions?

Libra is different from ‘traditional’ cryptocurrencies because it is built on an open-source blockchain (the Libra Blockchain) featuring its own proof of stake protocol.

Environmental issues dominate threat list

The challenges before us demand immediate collective action, but fractures within the global community appear to only be widening.

Deutsche Bank claims crypto poses threat to financial stability

The Future of Payments - Part I. Cash: the Dinosaur Will Survive … For Now

The Global Consortium For Digital Currency Governance Represents Cryptocurrency Arriving

The industry that has been bubbling under in the move to evolve the future of payments received a timely consideration from some of the world’s biggest financial institutions.

Ripple’s 2020 predictions for the financial services industry

New blockchain payment technologies like Ripple’s enable SMEs to invoice and receive international payments immediately, in small amounts, and with certainty.

New industry research finds AI, robotics and automation will be central to the future of financial services

These platforms will allow banks and wealth managers to grow and partner seamlessly with a host of third parties and fintechs.

Top 10 Fintech and Insurtech Innovators in Germany

Headquartered in Germany, Insurninja provides tailor-made services for gamers, esport organizations, and businesses.

Silicon Vine

Billionaire entrepreneur Michael Baum is on a mission to digitally detox; in a Burgundy vineyard.

Inside RBC’s efforts to improve corporate governance

Why Royal Bank of Canada took home the 2019 Corporate Governance Award for best overall governance – international

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