08/14/2019
Sterling Trading Tech launches new market data entitlement system
Market Data is activated once approval from the exchange is granted. Additionally, this automated approval process solution can be white labeled.
Trading Platforms
08/13/2019
Challenger banking comes to trade finance with the launch of the Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank
74 percent of rejected trade finance applications stem from micro, small and medium sized businesses.
08/13/2019
Marketaxess To Acquire U.S. Treasuries Trading Operator Liquidityedge
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals.
08/12/2019
Praemium posts 25% growth in FUA
Driven by platform revenues, which were up by 25 per cent
08/09/2019
Personal finance platform CompareAsiaGroup raises $20m
This will provide the finance platform with access to Experian’s Digital Onboarding Platform, Decision Management and Eligibility Scoring services.
08/08/2019
WSO2 Open Banking to accelerate PSD2 compliance for banks
WSO2 Open Banking is focused on combining technology infrastructure with regulatory expertise and includes API management functionality for ease of open banking compliance.
08/08/2019
African Fintech firm enters UAE market to empower African expat community with financial solutions
African payment gateway Innovate 1 Pay this week announced that it is launching its Dubai office, bringing easy and seamless money transfer and payment services to African expatriates in the region.
08/01/2019
PensionBee notches up £500m assets under management
The pensions provider founded five years ago now has 46,000 active users.
07/30/2019
First Abu Dhabi Bank, Etisalat launch UAE trade finance blockchain
The project won’t just leverage blockchain, but also artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics.
07/30/2019
Hong Kong grants its first digital asset custodian licence
In November last year, Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) set out a new regulatory approach for digital assets, seeking to better protect investors and encourage more innovation in the naiscent sector.
07/26/2019
Edinburgh fintech beats FTSE as it tops £15bn assets
Gross inflows rose for the second consecutive quarter
07/26/2019
Markel builds ILS platform
Initial product offerings are expected to include a property catastrophe retrocessional investment
07/25/2019
Singapore Fintech Bank For Businesses & Entrepreneurs Arival Now Seeking £700,000 Through Equity Crowdufnding Round on Crowdcube
As previously reported, Arival was founded in 2018 on the notion that banks in many places around the world are closing accounts of crypto-related businesses as they are fearful of any collateral ramifications to holding these types of accounts.
07/23/2019
Standard Chartered goes live with Digital Vega
Standard Chartered has a unique global footprint, actively trading over 100 currencies
07/22/2019
Making the Case for Change in Post-Trade FX Processing
This position is not sustainable and so new approaches and different target operating models need to be considered.
07/18/2019
Temenos completes acquisition
The combination of Logical Glue’s award-winning XAI platform and Temenos, offers banks the most advanced next-generation explainable AI banking products
07/17/2019
UK fintech firm acquires German investment platform
Will continue with its strategy to become the leading digital financial services partner in Germany, through sustained investment in technology and customer service.
07/15/2019
Japan FSA, CFTC Agree to Mutually Recognise Derivatives Platforms
Chairman Giancarlo said the order follows an “outcomes-based approach”, meaning the regulatory framework in Japan was found to achieve comparable regulatory outcomes, though it may not be identical to the CFTC’s own framework.
07/12/2019
Blockpass Announces First-Use KYC Services to Hong Kong Brokers in Partnership with 2GoTrade
Blockpass has continued to add a number of new partnerships and integrations in recent months, including Waves, Tokenomica, Ethfinex, Polymath and Beam amongst others.
07/05/2019
How to find great collaboration between fintech and banks
All of us were convinced that simply put, most Fintech are eager to collaborate, and only very few have a model that can sustainably go in direct competition with banks WITHOUT any partnership with any other bank.