Managers of Wealth Fintech

Technology Is Serving As An Enabler For Wealth Managers

In an interview with BW Businessworld, George Mitra, CEO, Avendus Wealth Management, explained how wealth management is changing and more

Africa’s digital divide

The worldwide digital economy is currently estimated at 15.5% of global GDP.

Progressive Approach in Embracing the Digital Finance Key to Labuan IBFC’s Growth in Financial Innovation

Labuan IBFC entities employ more than 6,000 people, making the IBFC the largest employer compared to other industries in Labuan.

Considerations when Expanding into Adjacent Asset Classes and Fund Structures

The move accelerated Acadian’s expansion from traditional long/short portfolios into areas such as futures, futures on swaps, and commodity swaps.

Why P2P Could Soon Play A Leading Role In Middle East FinTech B

Since launching its SME and P2P lending services — the latter involves investors found online who take part in the financing programs in hopes of healthy returns — the situation in the region has been, as Moore put it, challenging. That’

Jersey Finance Productivity Research Highlights Importance of Technology and Wellbeing for Finance Employee

Data from Statistics Jersey shows that, in 2017, the GVA per full-time equivalent employee in financial services stood at £136,000 per year, down from £141,000 in 2016 and £206,000 a decade earlier (in 2017 values).

AI, IoT and Blockchain: Using the power of three to create business, legal and technical solutions

This includes the technology stack in addition to code and deployment techniques and examples including an entire application from code start to deployment finish.

When open banking and data privacy collide

Banks that implement such changes stand to benefit from new customer offerings and revenue sources.

Fitch sees Turkish banks suffering more asset quality erosion

Growth projections for Turkish lending next year will be driven mainly by lira-denominated loans

Banks need to be 'technology savvy, technology first', to stay competitive: Brett King

In future, King said, “Advise will be digital, distribution will be digital. Banking experiences will be digital.”

Financial threats in 2020: fintech, mobile banking and e-commerce are in the crosshairs

These events allowed Kaspersky researchers to suggest several important potential developments for the financial threat landscape for 2020.

Robo-advisor performance: November 2019

All aggressive portfolios performed well in November, but not all beat their benchmarks.

Cryptoassets and digital operational resilience by Valdis Dombrovskis

There is a broad consensus on the need to move forward with the new energy taxation framework, which is also important in the context of decarbonising our economy.

Global and digital strengths make islands well placed to support trade trends

Four in five (81%) are positive in their outlook for cross-border commerce, up four percentage points on last year, even as 65% think governments are adopting increasingly protectionist trade policies.

Q3 2019 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report

It will no doubt have implications as regulators seek to have KYC information shared globally.

Bridge the gap between front and back-office functions for a seamless customer experience

Customers expect to be engaged knowledgeably and efficiently at every single touch-point with an organization.

CFA Institute Says Firms Must Act Today to Take Advantage of AI and Big Data Opportunities

Survey reveals investment industry is in early stages of adopting AI and big data analytics

Why TymeBank is One of the Fastest-Growing Digital Banks

African Rainbow capital said TymeBank's customers have already deposited some R500 million in savings accounts with the bank and the average GoalSave balance per customer is R4500.

Managers struggle to understand blockchain technology

Fewer than 10% of firms are focused on recruiting blockchain experts

Who Will Win the Digital- Banking Race in Southeast Asia?

The ASEAN countries also tend to be friendlier to foreign fintech investment than their larger neighbours.

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