04/26/2021
Behind the Idea: AutoRek
Although there were no high-profile failures, data loss incidents or security breaches, business leaders understand now that improvements need to be made to strengthen future lines of defence.
Innovation & Startups
04/26/2021
Putting digital at the heart of strategy
When everyone is digital, strategy is the differentiator
04/26/2021
Banking: What It Takes to Be Customer-Centric
Five industry experts share their opinions on why customer-centricity has become a strategic necessity for banks.
04/26/2021
SS&C Announces 1H2021 SS&C Advent Product Updates
The April 2021 release leverages best-of-breed technology, offering clients forward-looking technology to streamline reporting, enhance efficiencies, and provide greater accounting functionality to optimize their business operations.
04/23/2021
CircleBlack Partners with Robertson Stephens to Launch the Firm’s Wealth Management Digital Hub
Firm Develops Client Portal and Financial Data Aggregator for Rapidly Expanding $2 Billion Independent RIA
04/23/2021
Tesla's Autopilot 'tricked' to operate without driver
They tested the Model Y on a closed track and concluded the system could be "easily tricked".
04/23/2021
Checkout.com leads $110 million debt and equity round in Saudi BNPL startup Tamara
The $110M cash injection in both debt & equity will be used by the company to scale its team, open new countries in the GCC and fund the distribution of its BNPL product.
04/23/2021
Estonian core banking fintech Bankish raises €1m
Through sessions in 2020 and March 2021, Bankish was able to attract professional, non-institutionalised investors, including 9 completely new shareholders.
04/22/2021
RBC Tech for Nature announces new partnerships focused on tackling climate change
Rooted in the belief that the innovative use of data and technology can fundamentally transform and improve the world we live in
04/22/2021
AllianceBernstein Executes Landmark Corporate Bond Trade Utilizing Broadridge's LTX® Trading Platform with Four Buyers on Same Block Trade
LTX's patented RFX digital trading protocol powers historic corporate bond trade initiated by AllianceBernstein to maximize liquidity, efficiency and execution
04/21/2021
JP Morgan, Morningstar and Broadridge invest in Tifin
Its businesses develop fintech products that "help bridge the gap" between retail investors, financial advisors, and asset managers and focus on "proven science, investment management, software, and algo technology".
04/21/2021
Refinitiv wealth management report – the race for digital differentiation – highlights the growing needs of self-directed and advisory clients
Advisory clients have higher expectations for fees paid and expect a premium experience; 20% are open to switching providers.
04/21/2021
Thawani and BankDhofar team up to offer innovative fintech products
This first-of-its-kind partnership in Oman comes after Thawani Technologies acquired its payment solutions provider license from the Central Bank of Oman
04/21/2021
Aegon Asset Management selects Clearwater SaaS
Clearwater’s solution will help Aegon AM streamline their data, investment accounting and reporting globally.
04/20/2021
The evolution of static data management
Implementation of the automation strategy over the past year has seen a rapid and sustained decline of incidents of around 80% month on month within the static data area.
04/20/2021
Being the best you can be – despite adversity
Jaime Bolívar, Managing Director at TechRules, says that keeping a focus on objectives has paid off
04/20/2021
True Wealth Manages Half a Billion Swiss Francs of Client Assets
The fact that the response has been so positive confirms our mission to make investing as efficient and simple as it gets for everyone.
04/20/2021
The best banks for engineers and technologists
As the chart shows, with the exception of Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs, technologists always give higher ratings than the rest.
04/20/2021
The UK's Fintech Strategic Review Series: National Connectivity
In our final article on the Kalifa Review, we look at how the Government can better support connectivity amongst the top UK fintech clusters
04/20/2021
Rishi Sunak announces UK Treasury and BofE fintech taskforce to explore CBDC
Under the new model, an operator of a payment system can hold funds in the omnibus account to fund their participants’ balances with central bank money.