Wealth & Asset Management

Digital Customer Experience and Wealth Management: time to act

PATRIZIA and iCapital announce partnership to expand private wealth offering

Is the future of the wealth management industry here?

Kiatnakin Phatra Securities selects Temenos to enhance its wealth management platform

Linedata opens new Singapore office

SS&C's Black Diamond Wealth Platform Expands Financial Planning Capabilities with RightCapital Collaboration

Executive Moves

European Payments Council announces Giorgio Andreoli Director General

Communications professional joins digital marketing agency

Monica Tigleanu to future-proof cyber strategy at BMS

CTERA Expands Executive Team to Capitalize on Hybrid Cloud File Market Following a Record Year

Bud expands to the US with new exec team

Freemarket names Greg Sherwin CTO

Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance

JPMorgan Chase paper investigates quantum deep hedging

CBUAE to Issue Central Bank Digital Currency Through FIT Programme

MAS: DBS’ Service Disruption ‘Unacceptable’, Bank Fell Short of Expectations

New FDA electronic records guidance prioritizes Digital Health Technology oversight

Equals Group expands into Europe through Oonex acquisition

Encompass named founding member of Data and Technology for Compliance Alliance

Retail Banking

KPMG launches new product to boost retail analytics

Payment Security and Data Storage Among Top Concerns for UK E-Commerce Consumers

Greenlight launches tool to help banks provide youth financial literacy

Pinwheel Joins Visa Fintech Partner Connect Program

Wise: Big banks continue to hide fees on cross-border payments

Open banking payments more than doubled YoY in 2022

Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI

LI.FI raises $17.5m to help traditional finance build on DeFi

Cryptocurrency Prices And News: Bitcoin Price Briefly Eclipses $29,000 Before Retreating

Why blockchain is the future of wealth management

UK Releases AI Regulation White Paper Amid Call For Stall to ‘AI Arms Race’

UK publishes first AI whitepaper

European Banking Federation shares its vision of digital euro, wCBDC, bank tokens

Mobile Banking

Nordnet signs five-year deal with Google Cloud

ING selects Salt Edge to expand open banking use cases

DBS Experiences digibank and PayLah! Service Disruption

CBA and Telstra test APP fraud detector

Klarna taps ChatGPT for shopping recommendations

Microsoft threatens to restrict data from rival AI search tools — Bloomberg News

Comment & Analysis

Neo Financial launches debit card alternative

Revolut not happy with how fintech deals with audit red flags

Overdue Bills: 60% of Americans Falling Behind on Bills Due to Non-Monetary Reasons; Lexop

How financial firms can become leaders in digital transformation

“Big banks have bounced back”: An interview with Teo Blidarus, CEO of Fintech OS

Tech Nation’s final report defines future progress for UK tech firms

Cyber Security

Mastercard acquires Swedish cyber-security firm Baffin Bay

FERC Approves New Cybersecurity Standards for Low-Impact Electric Assets

AXA XL backs new cyber-MGA Intangic

Hashkey and Slowmist partner for digital assets play

Banks take action as more than $2bn is lost to crypto investment scams

SEC proposes tighter cybersecurity rules

Research

Transfers and consolidation most in-demand feature for pensions dashboards, new research finds

How to bridge the banking and wealth management gap with modern technology

SME Growth Promoted Through Moss and Marqeta Partnership

FactSet and BMLL Technologies collaborate to provide cloud-based historical tick data

Horizon Software invests in French financial research project

Private markets beat current inflation by 20% in 2021 and more investors can now access these investments

Innovation & Startups

Newgen Partners with Mambu to Streamline End-to-end Lending Processes

UK unveils world leading approach to innovation in first artificial intelligence white paper to turbocharge growth

How Venture Client Units Are Revolutionizing Corporate Innovation

Lloyd’s Lab Selects 13 Insurtechs for Its Next Innovation Accelerator

An insider reveals top interview tips for fintech workers

LeapXpert raises $22m for finserv messaging platform

Trading Platforms

Freetrade to more than double FX fees amid profitability push

Apex Group launches the first verified ESG benchmarking database for the private markets

Vienna Stock Exchange quadruples speed of data feed

Broadridge Leverages Glue42 Capabilities to Deliver a Seamless Trading Interface

Lloyds PE arm invests in Etrading Software

Nasdaq MRX migrates to AWS

Alternative Investments

Scottish National Investment Bank Backs New ESG Property Technology

BIS Innovation Hub opens in Paris and Frankfurt

J.P. Morgan to Acquire Aumni, a Leading Provider of Investment Analytics Software for Venture and Private Market Investors

GeoWealth snaps up First Ascent Asset Management in US

Mondu Launches its B2B BNPL Solution in Fourth Country in 2 Years

Two raises €18m for frictionless B2B transactions

Covid-19

Covid robot enforces social distancing in crowds

Vaccination status and flexible workstyle influence consumer optimism

The dangers of digital payments growing popular after Covid-19

Technology after the coronavirus pandemic

Workplace Stress During COVID-19: 5 Ways to Support Your Employees’ Mental Well-being

How Covid-19 changed online trading and what 2021 has in store

Planet SOS

Sustainable investment app Climate8 shuts down

ESG-focused fintech Spiral raises $28mn to launch B2B model

Climate data fintech Connect Earth seals £4.65 million investment round

Climate fintech HeavyFinance raises €3m seed

Atlas Responsible Investors Optimizes Tech with Broadridge’s Portfolio and Order Management Solution

Wealth for Good summit: the next unicorn will emerge from technology start-ups that help the world shift into a net-zero economy