12/19/2019
UK To Launch Big Tech Regulator Post-Brexit
There is an emerging international consensus around the scope of new regulation.
Innovation & Startups
12/19/2019
12 SA tech entrepreneurs who made headlines in 2019
So riveting, that we picked 12 SA entrepreneurs that made the news — some of them through controversy, and others just because they’re doing way out things.
12/19/2019
Avanza Bank Wins Banking Technology Award for Best Use of IT in Private Banking/Wealth Management Powered by GigaSpaces In-Memory Computing Platform
GigaSpaces in-memory platform provides the required high performance, availability, and elastic scaling so Avanza can focus on innovation.
12/19/2019
BPC Technologies launches Safal Fasal, digital platform for farmers
Fintech service provider BPC Banking Technologies on Wednesday launched Safal Faisal, a digital platform with an aim to give small and marginal farmers greater access to finance, technology, markets and risk-management tools.
12/19/2019
Saxo Establishes China Fintech JV
It also highlights a focus on delivering solutions related to trading and investment, robo-advisory, asset management, risk solutions and ‘regtech'.
12/19/2019
Hong Kong’s banking sector enters new era as ZA Bank becomes the city’s first virtual lender to launch services
ZA Bank said it would offer an interest rate of 1.4 per cent for a one-month Hong Kong dollar time deposit, which rises to 2 per cent for three, six and 12-month tenors.
12/18/2019
EastWest Banking Corporation Expands Use of Wolters Kluwer's OneSumX Software to Manage Market Risk and ALM
The ALM component of OneSumX for Risk Management is based on Wolters Kluwer’s integrated platform, enabling balance sheet modeling, stress testing and dynamic planning.
12/18/2019
Fintech, payments and stablecoins in FSB crosshairs for 2020
The FSB will also take stock of the range of practices on the use of RegTech and SupTech.
12/17/2019
SwissBorg releases its Wealth App
The launch of our Wealth App delivers perfectly on our mission, and we look forward to bringing financial freedom to many.”
12/17/2019
OakNorth suffers first defaults, ends start-up’s four-year 100 per cent loan record
The London-based digital bank has boasted that its tight underwriting standards and credit monitoring technology, helped it post a pre-tax profit of £33.9m in 2018, up from £10.6m the previous 12 year.
12/17/2019
BNY Mellon wins data management mandate from VFMC
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas welcomed the move, saying it would ensure VFMC was well supported and provide a boost to Melbourne’s already thriving tech sector.
12/16/2019
Qatar’s $320 Billion Wealth Fund Seeks to Catch Up on Technology
QIA’s Mansoor Al Mahmoud says fund has been ‘underweight’ tech
12/16/2019
African Development Bank’s digital skills training benefits women
The goal is to expand the program to 130 centres of excellence across Africa over a 10-year period
12/16/2019
Fintech: How innovation is dragging the region's banks into the 21st century
In order to find out, we speak to the head of Finastra, one of the largest fintech service providers in the world.
12/16/2019
Noor Takaful Accelerates Its Digital Transformation Journey with BIOS Middle East’s Cloud
The insurance industry in the UAE is undergoing a profound transformation and technology is at the forefront of it
12/16/2019
ezbob and Esme Loans, pick up the 2019 Banking Technology award for 'Best Fintech Partnership'
ezbob employs close to 100 people who are focused on delivering technology to banks that will bring them to the forefront of digitised SME lending.
12/16/2019
thinkmoney Wins “Best Use of IT in Retail Banking” at Banking Technology Awards
OutSystems Powers Award-Winning Digital Transformation Program
12/16/2019
SA fintech startup Airbuy looking to expand in 2020 following positive rollout
It has already signed up more than 50 merchants, and is adding an average of two more each week, a figure director Tshepang Kobo said will grow substantially with the additional investment.
12/15/2019
Are the fintech bridges working?
Following the launch of the UK’s first international partnerships aimed at kickstarting fintech growth, industry leaders question whether they have lived up to expectations
12/15/2019
Commission report on FinTech regulation, innovation, and finance
The group's 30 recommendations are pertaining to the innovative use of technology in finance, maintaining a level playing field, access to data, and the financial inclusion and ethical use of data.