Managers of Wealth Fintech

Edinburgh’s Exterity expands operations in Middle East

Expansion of the team has seen the firm recently move into larger premises in Dubai.

Future Fintech: The Fight for the Digital Banking Crown

Despite lacking some of the advanced features and alternative asset investment options, it now presents serious competition to its closest rival, Revolut.

Fintech revolution – re-shaping the global financial system

The fintech conference that took place at Impact Hub Bucharest under the name “A new financial era for a new and positive economic governance?”

Why banking innovation can change the game for small businesses

Accounting digitalisation, direct e-payment access and cost savings by migrating to cloud can boost performance of SMEs

Investment banks are losing their grip on IPOs

The technology sector in particular now favours direct listing

Emirates NBD enhances data-driven decision making as first global bank to leverage SAP Financial Services Data Platform

Implementation marks second phase of expansion for bank's Enterprise Data Platform as a major flagship initiative in ongoing AED 1 billion digital transformation

Santander to Connect Latin America to Ripple-Powered Remittance Service

Like Santander’s DLT efforts to date, the new payment capability will not involve XRP, the cryptocurrency that Ripple periodically sells to fund operations and that powers its separate xRapid product.

Ping An’s Hong Kong virtual bank to showcase tech prowess as it harbours ambition to go global

Ping An OneConnect Bank is set for soft launch by the year-end

Aussie robo eyes Thai market

Sydney-based Raiz Invest aims for expansion in Southeast Asia, but does not have any intentions of tapping the Hong Kong and Singapore markets.

Africa’s Tech Industry Is Booming And It's Time The World Takes Note

Today, there are at least 442 active tech hubs on the continent. Countries like Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Kenya

Paid blogging is ‘big business’ for robo advisors

Wealthfront was among the first of two robos to settle an enforcement action with the SEC in part for failing to fully disclose that it paid for referrals.

Mauritius – Playing in a tropical, Fintech sandbox

Mauritius is not the only African country to see the potential of digitisation but it is in the interesting position of acting as a gateway for investment into and out of other African countries.

LPL Financial Selects Wealthbox CRM for Vendor Affinity Program

Vendors are selected for inclusion in the program based in part on the interest of LPL-affiliated advisors as well as technology security and compliance requirements.

Credit Suisse Asset Management invests in Solve Advisors

The resulting data is used by its buy-side, sell-side, accounting and valuation firm clients for price discovery, trade idea generation and to streamline analysis.

Hong Kong’s financial technology is getting traction

In fact, Hong Kong is one of the five ecosystems with the fastest-growing number of startups in the world.

Innovation held back by executive pay plans

A survey of FTSE 350 remuneration plans makes worrying discovery

African fintech showcase

The reason we exist is to close the information gap where private companies are concerned on the African continent.

Digital healthcare firm secures GBP650k funding for patient app

It provides digital triage, supports personalised rehabilitation programmes and allows clinicians to monitor patients’ progress and access patient-reported data and feedback.

British and Canadian growth funds team up for first time to invest in Vancouver-based tech company

The two private-sector funds aim to invest long-term, taking minority ownership stakes in small and medium-sized companies looking to grow larger.

Hong Kong’s financial technology is getting traction

The HKMA has also opened an application programming interface (APl) to enable startups to develop their own applications (apps).

Innovation & Startups