Wealth Technology

Objectway among the top 500 champions that haul the italian economy

Gorman Spends Big To Reach Next-Gen Wealth

Envestnet to Acquire PIEtech®, Creator of MoneyGuide Financial Planning Applications

Digital wills and offshore estate planning – Ogier partner explores the tech angle

Why Wealth Creation Is The Next Frontier In Wealth Management

Objectway gets mentioned again by Gartner

Executive Moves

Barclays Appoints Chairman of Global Internet Banking

Itiviti appoints new CEO

Delta Capita hires former Barclays executive as CIO

IRESS’ MD of the UK steps down

Nutmeg cuts six directors from board

Broadridge appoints Managing Director, Head of ICSI Sales

Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance

Digital tax reforms 'likely to hit all international companies'

FinTech-related changes – BVI Financing and Money Services Act

China approves one-stop bank account for Hong Kong residents, taking the first step to liberalise financial services on the mainland

UBF council explores UAE's evolving banking sector

SimplyBiz to buy fintech platform

Bahrain invites Indian fintech firms to set up base

Retail Tech

JPMorgan Chase rolls out checking for low-income customers with no overdraft fees

Urban FT Partners with ICBA Bancard to Launch Community Access Card Program - Continuing Their Devotion to Serving Community Banks around the Country

Sbanken Chooses Nets To Support Open Banking

How bank tellers quietly disappeared from America, and what that means for consumers

UAE banks to continue to digitise in cost cutting push, Alvarez & Marsal says

How HID Global and Temenos Collaborate to Help Banks Reduce Fraud

Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI

IBM Signs 6 Banks to Issue Stablecoins and Use Stellar’s XLM Cryptocurrency

Cayman Islands: New fintech consultancy launched

Crypto country: Ex-Soviet state Belarus uses bitcoin bubble to boost its tech sector

New voice-powered Finley AI offers financial and pension advice

Pension-backed Morgan Creek Digital Makes Strategic Investment in Asset Manager

Bitcoin breaks US$4,000 for first time in more than two months

Mobile Banking

Technology is playing a bigger role and advisers need to catch up

Safaricom takes M-Pesa overdraft service global

U.S. firm FIS buys Worldpay for $35 billion in payments deal bonanza

Knowledge sharing platform Tigerhall secures US$1.8M seed funding

EU's mobile payments market attracts global challengers

Santander Brasil launches digital investment platform

Comment & Analysis

Why Technology Isn’t Bank Transformation’s Silver Bullet

How digital banking can backfire for African banks

Qatar all set to play lead role in tech innovation

What does the future hold? Four financial advisers have their say…

Fintech: What’s Real, and What’s Hype

TABB Group Named “Best of Breed” by Spear’s 500 List in New Alternate Investing Category

Cyber Security

Cyber InFocus Report Details Ransomware and Malware Trends

Cybercrime Squad and AUSTRAC remind digital currency exchanges of reporting obligations

Bank Data Security Breaches: Numbness or Negligence?

Cybersecurity – Expert entreats: Do NOT use the same password

BOV hackers ‘planned back door opportunity’

Cyber crime a rising concern from wealth clients

Research

The hybrid model: the future of financial advice

Accenture Interactive Expands Digital Marketing Services

Women in Payments and Finance: Championing women across the global ecosystem

Top digital investment trends for 2019

Research: Over Half of Financial Organisations Are Only Updating Technology on a Reactive Basis

Financial institutions look to tech

Innovation & Startups

US tech company scheme edges closer to buyout after £230m deal

Egypt sets up US$57-million FinTech start-up fund

Banco Sabadell targets digital economy with new fund

Standard Chartered builds Fintech Bridge to matchmake with startups

Gulf Bank partners with Dell to drive regional innovations

StanChart Unit Launches Market Platform for Start-ups

Trading Platforms

Morgan Stanley agrees to sell feeder fund to alternative investor

Citi Joins UBS in Setting Up Singapore Currency Trading Hub

Ant Financial Launches Distributed Core Banking Platform with Hoperun Information Technology

SIX selects R3 Corda for new digital asset exchange

Bank Leumi (UK) selects Eurobase's Siena platform

First Bank invests EUR 7.5 million in technology