03/23/2017
Accenture Reports Strong Second-Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results
For the first half of fiscal 2017, diluted EPS were $2.91, a 13 percent decrease from $3.36 for the same period last year.
Trading Platforms
03/22/2017
Parthenon and M2 team up with Matrix ex-president to build fintech platform
In 2011, Matrix was sold to Broadridge Financial Solutions
03/21/2017
FactSet Acquires Leading Performance Measurement Provider and Risk Management Thought Leader
Together, we expect to offer significant advantages to our mutual and respective clients, while creating a collaborative, global environment for our employees.
03/16/2017
Starling Bank, a digital-only UK challenger bank, launches beta
Upon approval of your account, which involves things like photographing your passport or driving license via the app, you are issued a Starling Bank MasterCard debit card that can be used in the U.K. and abroad.
03/15/2017
App-only stockbroker raises £1.1 million on Crowdcube
Seeks to cater to this openness for new solutions and operates much like its successful US equivalents Robinhood and Loyal3.
03/15/2017
Charles Schwab Introduces a “Hybrid Robo”
The move comes as high-end money managers, full-service firms and discount brokers are expanding their service models to appeal to a range of investors with different net worths and appetites for automated investing.
03/15/2017
Misys leads the way in FRTB with three XCelent 2017 awards
Banks need to catch up on compliance, but they also need to think beyond FRTB and 2020.
03/15/2017
Volante Technologies enables accelerated implementations of global real-time payments initiatives
In addition, the product’s REST APIs and ‘white labeling’ features will enable accelerated and easy adoption by the banks’ customers.
03/13/2017
Misys merges with Canadian rival
The combination will create a diversified Fintech market leader, with a global footprint and the broadest set of financial software solutions available on the market with approximately $2.2B in revenues, around 10,000 employees and 9,000+ customers across
03/13/2017
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index and Capital Movement Index
Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.41% in March.
03/10/2017
Trade Me launches ‘faster, easier’ payment system
Ping is a massive upgrade on how our members pay for items on Trade Me
03/09/2017
UK Fintech firm eyes Vietnam’s banking sector
Opportunity Network, a UK-based FinTech company that offers banks a digital business matchmaking platform, on Wednesday announced plans to engage Vietnamese commercial banks in joining its fast-growing global partner network.
03/09/2017
NAB invests in US forex fintech Veem
The traditional Swift system, or new blockchain-powered alternatives such as Ripple.
03/09/2017
CoAssets Signs MOU with Fintech Pte Ltd as it Expands into Hong Kong
CoAssets said internationalization is key to their growth
03/09/2017
Broadridge Expands its Global Post-Trade Control Solutions Through Acquisition of Message Automation
The acquisition accelerates Broadridge’s ability to allow firms to transform their risk and compliance capabilities, particularly for complex asset classes where Message Automation is a proven leader.
03/08/2017
Investment platform Motif launches value-driven automated investment service
Creating a new portfolio product online is as easy as choosing which “value”-based investment is most important of the three, and determining your investment goals.
03/08/2017
OCBC Bank partners WeInvest for robo-advisory pilot
Funds are invested based upon risk profiles and investment goals extracted from an online questionnaire.
03/08/2017
Misys explores New York IPO after scrapping UK float
US listing for financial software group would be a blow to London’s sluggish market
03/03/2017
Sipp providers forging deals with robo-advisers
One of these firms was Flying Colours, a low-cost online and phone-based advice service set up by former employees of Octopus Investment.
02/28/2017
Standard Life's Elevate and Wrap 'to evolve' for advisers
Mr Matthews noted that the Wrap platform has “changed dramatically” since it launched in 2006, and that further changes will go “in the way advisers want it to go”.