Wealth Technology

ProfitStars to Bring Mobile Remote Deposit to More Businesses Through the ICBA

A Robo Alternative for Savvy Investors

Global Fintech Leader Expands Partnership with digitalswitzerland

The Challenger: WealthSimple’s Toby Triebel

Union Bancaire Privée onboards a new technology-focused equity long/short strategy on its alternative UCITS platform

Blankstone Sington Goes Live on Wealth Intelligence’s Allfunds Platform

Executive Moves

UBS managing director Choo Oi Yee to join digital securities startup iSTOX

Bank of America Is Now Hiring in Blockchain, Not Just Filing Patents

Golden Equator Appoints Venture Investments Partner

Nivaura hires ex-HSBC syndicate manager

‘Jim’ the Chatbot Helps Singapore Bank Hire for Its Wealth Business

Contineo Hires Franck Lerat as Chief Technology Officer to Support Further expansion

Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance

Australia: Proposal on challenges of digitalization includes new approach to profit allocation

Apiax Raises $6.6 Million Series A Funding and Expands to Singapore

Lawyer labels domain investing “Anticipatory Cybersquatting”

Phishing the Famous

Failings on client funds safeguarding jeopardise fintech growth

WhatsApp close to meeting data localisation norms, payments service should be on in two months: NPCI

Retail Tech

Bank of Baroda enters into partnership with Paisabazaar.com

Mobile users drive deposit growth at Bank of America

Efma and Accenture Announce Winners of Customer Insight & Growth Banking Innovation Awards

Revolut targets $1.5bn to join fintech elite

Bahrain Credit Drives Digital Transformation with Veeam

Branch Launches New Debit Card, Zero-Fee Banking

Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI

Exclusive: What brings Huobi, one of the largest Digital asset exchange companies, to the UAE?

BlockFi Sees Institutional Investors Emerging From the Crypto Closet

Nearly 75% of German Consumers Would Reject Facebook's Libra: Survey

Chamber of Digital Commerce Releasing the First Ever Comprehensive Report on Canada’s Blockchain Ecosystem

Singapore robo offers cannabis fund

Italy’s tax treatment of cryptocurrencies: The risks and opportunities

Mobile Banking

Toscafund invests EUR25m in Lemon Way

Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam to power SE Asia digital spending

Mycash Partners Bangladeshi Bank to bring Financial Inclusion to Migrants

RBC fights the fintechs by Uber-izing mobile payments

Bank of America’s Future Is Digital, and It’s Now

Loyalty is Digital: 53% of Executives believe Omnichannel Access is Key in the Next 5 Years

Comment & Analysis

Self-reflection needed in treasury management

Malcolm Kerr: Advisers must keep up as innovation moves on

Facebook’s David Marcus: Libra is ‘absolutely not’ in jeopardy

Path Solutions upgrades Maisarah’s core banking platform for enhanced performance

SS&C to Release Third Quarter 2019 Earnings

Keeping Digital Assets Safe: Security for DAM

Cyber Security

New malware hacks ATMs to spit out free cash

Sompo offers cyber policyholders free email security protection

Ransomware Attacks for 2019 Already Outpacing Total Number of Incidents in 2018

JPMorgan-backed cybersecurity firm eyes Aussie banks

Insuring against cyberattacks

Small Business Banking Tests The Digital Identity Waters

Research

Survey Shows Key Role of Technology in Client Acquisition in Wealth Management

Model Portfolio Market Reaches $2.7 Trillion USD, Growing 19% Annually, According to Broadridge

Online all the time: Southeast Asia's booming internet economy

Research Reveals Companies that Excel at Scaling Technology Innovation Generate Double the Revenue Growth

Survey Reveals How High-Growth Financial Advisors Gain Clients and Increase AUM

UAE tops Arab region for digital competitiveness: report

Innovation & Startups

Bahrain wants to bridge Singapore startups to US$1.5t Gulf market

How technology is changing the face of India’s banking sector

Raisin is best continental European fintech on the 2019 FinTech50 Europe ranking

AML Compliance Controls Can Be Costly

Visualizing the Rise of Investment Tech

Crestbridge supports €100m tech-focused venture fund

Trading Platforms

five°degrees teams up with Codat to boost SME lending services

genesis launches application platform to enable business change

Platform costs could go up as tech firms merge

Singapore Exchange–Backed iSTOX Raises Series A for Tokenized Securities Trading

Stability's important, but Canada needs to take more chances with fintech

Broadridge Adds Cryptocurrency and Exchange Traded Derivatives Capabilities

Hedge Fund Technology

SimCorp migrates asset manager Unigestion to cloud-based delivery model

Bank of the West partners OpenInvest on personalised investing

Insurers lagging in digital transformation strategies: Capgemini

Bank founder launches technology fund

Asian Institutions Are Finally Warming to Crypto Hedge Funds

Insurance industry must tackle gender balance