05/07/2020
Dougherty Mortgage Selects SS&C to Support Loan Servicing Business
SS&C Precision LM and AWD to streamline primary servicing operations, enhance workflow automation for leading mortgage banker
Innovation & Startups
05/07/2020
Swiss fintech startup Alpian secures €11.5 million Series A funding
Amongst the affluent demographic, the research found that 40% are looking for a new bank and 70% would be open to using a bank with no branches at all.
05/07/2020
Future Super: The need to be flexible
AI and machine learning are likely to become mainstream and will drive the need for quality data and insights.
05/07/2020
Gentwo Digital, a Securitization Specialist for Bankable and Unbankable Assets
With the mission to act as a bridge between the traditional financial market and the new emerging crypto market, Gentwo Digital claims it has created the world’s first issuing platform for financial products in the crypto space.
05/07/2020
Annual IBM List Celebrates Global Women Leaders Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Company honors 35 professionals from 12 countries, as new global survey shows benefits of diversity to AI -- but notes that work is still needed to close gender gap
05/06/2020
MAS Supports Inaugural Cloud-Based G20 TechSprint
FinTechs and other players are invited through a hackathon-style competition to develop innovative solutions to address these problem statements.
05/06/2020
Online portal launched to help investment management professionals upskill
The subsidy and grant are part of MAS' support package to defray training expenses and encourage financial institutions, including investment managers, to upskill workers amid the downtime in business activity.
05/06/2020
BNY Mellon Adds Natural Language Tech for Asset Managers, Clients: Tech Roundup
Also: Addepar introduces an alternatives Marketplace, and Shareholders Service Group teams with AdvisorPeak.
05/06/2020
Global Financial Technology Platform Nium Closes Latest Funding Round
New investors include Visa and BRI Ventures
05/06/2020
FCA pilots digital sandbox
There is also an important convening role for us to play, helping to enable greater collaboration to solve complex industry-wide problems.
05/05/2020
ARA, John Lim's family office make foray into fintech with majority stake in Minterest
This move by ARA follows its recent acquisition of a majority stake in Venn Partners, a London-based specialist debt fund manager with £5 billion ($8.81 billion) in assets under management (AUM).
05/05/2020
CyCraft Accelerates Growth in Japan by Allying with SecureBrain (a Hitachi Systems subsidiary) and Launching AI Security Services
The software that scans the endpoints can be run once (installation-free), scheduled, or continuously to fit customer needs.
05/05/2020
Online help for investment execs to upskill
The subsidy and grant are part of MAS' support package to defray training expenses and encourage financial institutions,
05/05/2020
Local Business Owners Launch Digital Campaign
As efforts continue to protect Bermuda’s people from this global pandemic, #chooseBDA aims to educate fellow residents about the impact of local businesses
05/05/2020
Why COVID-19 could delay Interswitch, Africa’s next big IPO
Africa’s tech scene is still fairly young, but it does have a timeline with several definitive points.
05/04/2020
Intertrust automates loan administration and cash management services with IHS Markit WSO software
The investment in the new platform reflects Intertrust’s strategic priority to further develop its technology foundation to serve changing client needs.
05/01/2020
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup
SA employers are frustrated with having to put up with the UIF’s ever changing directives around Ters
04/30/2020
DASH launches LDB platform for regulatory capital compliance
The modernized version of DASH’s LDB platform, DASH 360R, automates the calculation and reporting process, as well as any firm-specific requirements, easing significant back-office operational challenges faced by brokers and clearing firms.
04/30/2020
FinTechs Expand Open Banking Opportunity For Banks
Mambu’s traditional and challenger bank clients will have access to TransferWise for Bank solutions to ease the movement of money across borders via TransferWise’s application programming interface (API).
04/30/2020
HK regulator considers virtual banks’ progress towards business commencement satisfactory
As at April 24, 2020, one virtual bank has officially started operations, providing Hong Kong clients with innovative financial services.