03/11/2019
JPMorgan To Combine Middle-Market Tech, Emerging Growth Banking Units
The group will hawk services to the companies, offering to handle treasury, payments, credit, financing, mergers, and acquisitions, noted the report.
Innovation & Startups
03/08/2019
Swanest Helps Investors Paint a Holistic Picture of their Finances
Company launches global portfolio tracking service across any stocks, ETFs, mutual funds and cryptocurrencies
03/08/2019
Bottom-Line Management is Next Frontier for Diversity’s Workplace Impact, Broadridge Survey Finds
Firms need to engage and motivate their business leaders to build diverse teams that can drive the bottom line in new and innovative ways.
03/08/2019
The future of private banking; why digitalisation is key
The next few years will also see the emergence of the baby boomer inheritance mountain, where large amounts of assets will move across generations.
03/08/2019
Money podcaster Pete Matthew seals 7IM partnership
The 7IM Self Invest service is built using the 7IM AAP multi-asset range, which includes cautious, moderately cautious, balanced, moderately adventurous and adventurous funds.
03/07/2019
Financial institutions beware – big tech is moving into banking
Despite Brexit uncertainties and stock market collapses, British banks concluded their 2018 earnings season with improved performance.
03/07/2019
Palestine Islamic Bank selects Temenos
Largest Islamic bank in Palestine chooses cloud-native, cloud agnostic next-generation Temenos Infinity and Temenos T24 Transact to transform the customer experience and achieve operational excellence
03/06/2019
Global Fintech Investments Doubled In 2018: Report
The analysis included global financing activity from venture-capital and private-equity firms, corporations and corporate venture-capital divisions, hedge funds, accelerators, and government-backed funds.
03/06/2019
Singapore fund industry group launches fintech mentorship programme
The programme is open to all fintech companies globally.
03/06/2019
Russian Deputy Minister Discloses Crypto Plans for Offshore Development
The Russian Federation has been working towards a crypto-inclusive economy for a while now. Several opinions and proposals have been brought forward.
03/05/2019
Singapore's Investment Management Association opens startup accelerator
Through the DAP, IMAS is combining the support of Government with the energy and creativity of the Fintech community, while applying the transformation strategies of large corporates to bring about transformative change in the investment management indust
03/05/2019
The CEO of $2 billion startup Deliveroo backs a new 'unicorn visa' to hire talent after Brexit
The CEO of $2 billion food delivery startup Deliveroo has backed calls for a new "unicorn" tech visa that would allow fast-growing British businesses to hire foreign talent.
03/04/2019
Fintech P2P SME Lending Platform, Beehive, Raises Further $4m Investment as Part of a Series B Round
The investment follows the recent announcement of Beehive's partnership with Thanachart Bank in Thailand to provide a new Value Chain Financing Program for SMEs.
03/04/2019
Middle East fintech investments make up just 1% of global total - Bahrain Fintech Bay CEO
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are developing closer links in financial technology, Khalid Saad told Zawya
03/04/2019
EDB announces the launch of Beehive Bahrain
Launch will unlock new opportunities for start-up's and investors in Bahrain and across the region
03/01/2019
Singapore fintech investments surge to $365m in 2018
About 28% of the total funds raised in Singapore last year went to fintech companies in lending, while those in payments took 26%, and insurtechs took 20%.
03/01/2019
IMAS Launches Accelerator Programme for Asset Management Industry
Tapping into the fintech community will enable us to be more agile, accelerate our digital agendas
03/01/2019
SAP in more hot water, this time with East African state deals
“Our policy is, and always will be, to carry out all company activities in accordance with the letter and spirit of applicable laws,” SAP said.
02/28/2019
Women In Fintech: Reshaping The Industry For The Underrepresented
Within fintech, I wear multiple hats to use my knowledge and skills to contribute to the sustainable growth of the sector.
02/27/2019
ECB speech on FinTech
Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 3rd annual Conference on Fintech and Digital Innovation, 26 February 2019, Brussels