12/24/2019
As Banking M&A Heats Up, Cloud Computing Can Be a Deal Saver
The cloud can eliminate key technical obstacles that can slow or even ruin a merger’s success.
Comment & Analysis
12/24/2019
Top 10 enterprise IT in the Middle East stories of 2019
All this digital momentum in the Middle East has seen a rapid increase in demand for cloud services. In turn, this has attracted investment in infrastructure from the likes of Amazon Web Services. The cloud computing supplier has set its footprint in the
12/23/2019
Big data vs corruption?
Still, there is sense in the advice of the IMF for governments to keep pace with evolving technology and opportunities for wrongdoing.
12/22/2019
New Study Shows the Digital Generation Prefers Analog Banking
Many of the youngest customers prefer to make deposits, withdraw cash, and even pay bills in-person.
12/20/2019
Lucy Frew's FinTech column: December 2019
In this edition of her column, Lucy considers the legal statement on the status of cryptoassets and smart contracts published by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce.
12/19/2019
Silicon Valley Gets Much Edgier Around Cloud Data Management
The company also acquired software-defined storage firm Nexenta Systems this year, and around 120 telcos already use the software at the edge.
12/17/2019
Middle East's cloud computing landscape witnessing robust growth: report
Industry reports suggest that by the year 2020, 83% of enterprise workloads will be in the cloud.
12/17/2019
Top Three Trends In Wealth Management For 2020
The most visible trends are the rise of intergenerational wealth, and the growing number of high-net worth women.
12/16/2019
This Was A Big Year For Fintech, Real Estate, Insurance, And Automation
This seems to be the year that every startup decided to become a bank.
12/13/2019
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
12/12/2019
Africa’s digital divide
The worldwide digital economy is currently estimated at 15.5% of global GDP.
12/12/2019
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.
12/11/2019
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.
12/11/2019
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’
12/11/2019
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).
12/11/2019
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.
12/11/2019
When open banking and data privacy collide
Banks that implement such changes stand to benefit from new customer offerings and revenue sources.
12/10/2019
Fitch sees Turkish banks suffering more asset quality erosion
Growth projections for Turkish lending next year will be driven mainly by lira-denominated loans
12/10/2019
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.”
12/09/2019
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.