07/28/2021
The State of Tech Talent in 2021
CBRE's Colin Yasukochi returns to the Common Area to discuss the latest edition of the firm's Scoring Tech Talent report.
Comment & Analysis
07/28/2021
Uganda's central bank says new technologies offer mixed bag to banking industry
While the transformation may polarize the market by excluding those segments with low levels of digital and financial literacy
07/28/2021
CBDC systems should focus on programmable payments
Functionality needs to be layered on top of digital cash
07/27/2021
Trillions of dollars at stake: don’t overlook the Great Wealth Transfer
Firms need to be proactive to make their offerings attractive to younger generations and create tailored solutions to meet their unique needs.
07/27/2021
The digitalisation of insurance services
The financial services industry embraced digitalisation decades ago.
07/27/2021
Private banker Karl Reichmuth: "Blockchain will be the saving force"
With the emergence of crypto money and the possibilities that blockchain technology offers in banking or in transactions and contracts, the financial sector, central banks and politics are facing new challenges.
07/27/2021
Man Group on BTC: «No Inherent Worth»
Although Ellis noted that Man Group, which has $127 billion in assets under management, does make crypto investments, it was one of «probably 800 markets we trade today on top of 15,000 stocks and thousands of credits».
07/26/2021
Why remote working leaves us vulnerable to cyber-attacks
REvil took credit for the incident and claimed to have encrypted more than one million systems.
07/25/2021
China Crackdown Makes Hong Kong Index World’s Biggest Tech Loser
The Hang Seng Tech Index has been on a roller-coaster ride in the last 12 months.
07/23/2021
Digital modernization 2021
Unlocking the potential of next-gen technology
07/23/2021
How digital transformation—and a challenging environment—are building agility and resilience
The pandemic has shown CEOs the need to future-proof the business
07/23/2021
Top 3 FinTech Hubs and companies in the European region
Startups need access to seed and scale capital to develop and grow their ideas and move to raise investment.
07/23/2021
Wealth and Asset Managers Will Go Head to Head as Their Opportunities Converge
On the other hand, for asset managers, the opportunity lies in delivering differentiated, in-demand products to retail investors.
07/22/2021
The Ultra-Rich Are Turning to Crypto After Driving the SPAC Boom
A Goldman Sachs survey found that nearly half the family offices the bank does business with want to add digital currencies to their stable of investments.
07/22/2021
US banks need better approach to fintech, says ex-Goldman executive
Partnerships and acquisitions are needed to keep up with technological innovation, says Sheila Patel
07/21/2021
Wealth management industry leads way with AI technologies
Technologies such as robotic process automation (RPA), process mining, conversational AI, and automated decision-making can deliver real outcome improvements.
07/21/2021
The Costs of Corporate Actions Inaction
Mandatory events are often well automated, with higher STP rates.
07/21/2021
Central Bank Digital Currencies Will (Not) Make Bitcoin Obsolete
Bitcoin may have been the first crypto to go mainstream, and certainly tends to dominate blockchain and crypto conversations
07/21/2021
JP Morgan Wealth CEO Says Clients See Bitcoin as Asset Class to Invest In
The remarks came in a video clip from "Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein” released Tuesday by the media outlet, but that was first recorded on June 7.
07/21/2021
Coercion and coexistence: How El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law may change global finance
Lending pools, U.S. tax law and the World Bank all stand in the way of El Salvador’s move to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. But in the end, the world’s first digital currency may win.