05/08/2019
Deutsche Bank selects Red Hat’s cloud tech
Banking leader delivers digital innovation and agility with hybrid cloud based on Red Hat OpenShift
Innovation & Startups
05/08/2019
Changes in the UK banking industry that have been shaped by Open Banking - Coutts
These changes will allow banks and other third party providers to offer their customers enhanced online banking functionality
05/08/2019
Resilience and innovation in post-trade - speech by Dave Ramsden
Many firms operate on legacy post-trade systems and technologies that require a lot of maintenance and upkeep, but are critical for the firm in its daily operations.
05/07/2019
Bahamas Failing To ‘Leverage Internet Into Innovation’
The most popular websites visited by Bahamians, according to URCA, were search engines such as Google and Yahoo, together with social media engines such as Facebook and sites like Amazon, Netflix, ebay, Instagram and Wikipedia.
05/07/2019
Banks aware of FinTech threats, says financial services report
The largest cross-border deal in financial services of 2018, the US$14 billion Series C investment in Ant Financial, was one among a flurry of FinTech deals.
05/07/2019
Life insurers prioritise customer service over tech
Insurers are now listening to customers and aim to meet their demand for researching and comparing products online easily; and recommending and discussing products on social media often via mobile apps.
05/07/2019
Fintech is the future and a force for good — and it is time to embrace it
Despite Brexit, the UK’s fintech sector is thriving. Fintech — the harnessing of technology to improve financial services — is a UK success story.
05/07/2019
Irish Fintech secures funding for African micro loans
The start-up has committed to helping the next 2 billion people progress into the formal financial world
05/06/2019
Singapore May Allow Virtual Banks After Hong Kong, DBS Says
Virtual banks have a lower cost base than regular lenders
05/06/2019
Who’s using Chainlink to connect smart contracts to the real world? The Decrypt canonical list
Chainlink’s platform enables smart contracts to respond to actual events—a key requirement for a secure and effective Web3. Here are its major partnerships By Adriana Hamacher
05/03/2019
Top 10 legal innovators for Asia-Pacific region 2019
Overall winner from Gilbert + Tobin is on a mission to make changes — including a ban on the term ‘non-lawyer’
05/03/2019
British Law Firm Incubators Lead Way with Legal Tech Innovations
American firms more often have opted instead to build own tech
05/02/2019
Bahrain Seeks To Transform Into Middle Eastern Fintech Hub
"Bahrain has moved very fast over the last few years and put in the right framework to support fintech growth," senior manager of financial services at EDB, Dalal Buhejji, said of the small country's transition.
05/02/2019
Google, Facebook make billions in Australia but pay less than $40m in tax
The low-tax nation of Singapore has long been in favour with the tech giants, and Google and Facebook have declared in their latest accounts filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that it still is.
05/02/2019
International technology center to be set up in Abu Dhabi
The new center to boost fintech in the region
05/02/2019
GPS, a Brazilian company of the Julius Baer Group, has signed a partnership agreement with FinTech Magnetis in Brazil
GPS, a Brazilian company of the Julius Baer Group, has signed a partnership agreement with the leading local digital financial advisor Magnetis, in which it will acquire a minority stake.
05/01/2019
Sprint Financial Targets US$60m PayPal Payments With Fintech Platform
On registration with Sprint, users will be able to transfer their PayPal funds to Sprints account and get the funds in 24 hours, at a cost of five per cent of the transaction value, Barrett said Tuesday.
04/30/2019
Northern Trust's Data-Driven Transformation: Integrating the Human and Technology Dimensions
The firm currently services more than $10 trillion in assets for corporations, institutional investors, and high net worth customers.
04/30/2019
Standard Bank selects Microsoft to drive the bank's digital transformation
Standard Bank is embracing digital transformation and the opportunities it presents.
04/30/2019
Embracing fintech - speech by Dave Ramsden
In practice the Bank is embracing fintech