07/01/2021
UAE-based fintech Mamo receives greenlight from Dubai International Financial Centre
At Mamo, everything we do begins with an authentic human connection.
Innovation & Startups
07/01/2021
Apollo to take stake in fintech investor Motive Partners
The move aimed at beefing up the private equity giant’s own technology
06/30/2021
JPMorgan makes Brazilian retail banking debut
JPMorgan Chase has taken a 40% stake in Brazilian digital bank C6, marking its retail banking debut in one Latin America's most hotly contested markets.
06/30/2021
Sound Income Strategies implements RedBlack
The platform provides a great deal of sophistication, flexibility, and efficiency that we needed and now we can monitor for drift and run ‘what-if’ scenarios prior to execution, plus dynamically align and rebalance portfolios across our entire
06/30/2021
The Saudi Investment Bank: First Bank in the Kingdom to adopt Cisco's innovative technologies
Cisco's innovative network infrastructure enables The Saudi Investment Bank to quickly adapt to changes in business needs while improving the services provided to customers
06/30/2021
Iress adds premium Dow Jones content to its market data software
This extends Iress’ current partnership, which focuses on news and information feeds focused on content from specific geographies.
06/29/2021
World's largest ethical, sharia-compliant Fund launched by UK-based Ethos Invest
Fund solidifies UK's position as a major hub for Islamic and ethical finance
06/29/2021
JP Morgan to acquire values-based investment specialist
Accelerates ESG investing capabilities for Wealth Management clients
06/28/2021
Just Wealth deploys Openwork-developed CRM system
These ensure wealth advisers can efficiently manage their time, and communicate effectively with clients.
06/28/2021
MJ Hudson acquires FinTech risk management and reporting automation leader
REGTECH ACQUISITION ADDS RISK ANALYTICS, REPORTING AND WORKFLOW AUTOMATION SERVICES AND ALSO STRENGTHENS IN-HOUSE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH AND APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TEAMS
06/28/2021
Eight Egyptian tech-startups to watch in Barcelona's 4YFN 2021
The 4YFN (4 Years From Now) event; taking place from 28th of June until the 1st of July, aims to support startups, investors and companies to connect and launch new business ventures together
06/28/2021
Wealth Dynamix Selected to Join Mayor’s International Business Programme, an Accelerator Programme That Helps UK Scale-up Firms Go Global
London & Partners will provide bespoke, on-the-ground support in key global markets, as well as one-to-one guidance from specialist business leaders.
06/28/2021
Schroders Singapore partners with investment platform
To create digital wealth solutions in southeast Asia
06/28/2021
The free flow of personal data from the European Economic Area to the United Kingdom can continue (at least for now)
The European Commission stated it would reassess the need for this exclusion following developments in UK law.
06/25/2021
FV Bank selects Fireblocks for digital asset custody services
FV Bank is the one of the few banks which has a banking license and digital asset custody licenses which will enable FV Bank to offer new services inside a vertically integrated and regulated bank service offering.
06/25/2021
Guernsey funds market update: PIF Regime, Companies Law and economic substance requirements for partnerships
This significantly reduced the cost and processing time for launching a fund.
06/25/2021
eVestment offers institutional free asset manager diversity, equity and inclusion data to investors
The questionnaire offers asset managers options to highlight both qualitative and quantitative aspects of their DEI efforts.
06/25/2021
Jersey funds market update: the EComms Law, JPF review, economic substance for partnerships, fund vehicles fee changes
Draft legislation reflecting the above proposals is awaited.
06/24/2021
Hawk AI plots global expansion on $10 million fund raise
The firm's software identifies patterns of suspicious activity in financial transactions with the help of artificial intelligence and provides anti-money-laundering experts with actionable alerts.
06/24/2021
Big banks must adopt a long-term view when backing digital start-ups, says Mettle boss
Marieke Flament, Mettle CEO, said the likes of Monzo and Klarna had taken time to become success stories, backed by signifiant funding.