07/02/2020
Société Générale acquires fintech challenger bank
Beyond the complementary nature of the offers, the coming together of Societe Generale and Shine will help develop broad synergies across the Group.
Innovation & Startups
07/02/2020
UAE Central Bank and ADGM invite FinTech firms for an innovation challenge
Successful companies will receive a grant of $20,000 each to develop a proof-of-concept solution to a problem statement
07/02/2020
Dubai Startup Hub Market Access programme’s second cohort attracts 44 start-ups
Emirates NBD will collaborate with four start-ups
07/02/2020
Life in a digital world – from offline to online
The Covid-19 lockdown experience has impacted our lives in a myriad of ways.
07/02/2020
Accenture Cuts Up to 900 Jobs as Pandemic Takes Toll on Demand
Possible job cuts account for up to 8% of its U.K. workforce
07/02/2020
Morningstar, Morgan Stanley adopt new content management tool
The 4U Connect platform stores content to be submitted, reviewed and approved all via a common app
07/01/2020
BIS Innovation Hub to expand to new locations in Europe and North America
The BIS will also form a strategic partnership with the Federal Reserve System
07/01/2020
Provider offers advised clients free access to wellbeing apps
Policyholders can access physiotherapy advice via the app, as well as personalised exercises for injuries and conditions.
07/01/2020
Leveris brings digital banking platform to Dutch market
Banking technology company Leveris has broken new ground in the drive to unlock the benefits of truly digital banking.
07/01/2020
Australia to spend nearly $1 billion to boost cyber security
Australia will spend A$1.35 billion ($926.1 million) over the next 10 years to boost its cyber security defences, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, as Canberra seeks to combat a wave of attacks.
07/01/2020
Standard Bank taps Salesforce to enhance digital banking experience
The company will also allow the clients to use the bank’s platform to create such solutions for themselves.
06/30/2020
Nomura Launches New Asset Management App
The app will also enable clients to easily see the assets they have at different financial institutions such as banks and securities companies, and manage them together.
06/30/2020
Auto-enrolment reaps rewards as contributions hit £20bn
“This must include encouraging people to take responsibility and save over-and-above the auto-enrolment minimum where they can afford to.”
06/30/2020
Blockpass Identity Lab Publishes Leading-Edge Research Papers in Blockchain & AI Tech for Healthcare, Human Resources & IoT Sectors
Blockpass Identity Lab members also played a significant role in the research on "Privacy-Preserving Passive DNS" where they utilized Hyperledger Fabric as a permissioned blockchain for storing and retrieving data to support the use of a passive
06/30/2020
Empower Pushes into Wealth Management with Acquisition of Personal Capital
The combination will give Empower and Personal Capital the ability to offer retirement plan sponsors’ employees a singular view of their entire financial picture.
06/30/2020
Fraudsters use WhatsApp to offer 100% return on investments
Claim they are affiliated with or represent Allan Gray
06/30/2020
Allica Bank does business banking with a personal touch on Microsoft Azure
The whole lifecycle with Azure made the choice to work with Microsoft much easier.”
06/29/2020
Insurtech Picking up Steam in Asia
But with governments across APAC launching supportive initiatives and passing favorable policies to support fintech, insurtech has somewhat followed that ascending trajectory with several big moves being played out over the past year or so.
06/29/2020
Picture Wealth closes AUD12 million late seed round
Picture Wealth, a profitable FinTech company, now has its sights firmly set on reinventing the financial advisory and superannuation landscape in Australia.
06/28/2020
ICO outlines six data protection steps which organisations should take on the road to coronavirus recovery
These include identifying a lawful basis for collecting and using the information collected and, if they are processing health data on a large scale, conducting a data protection impact assessment.