Wealth Technology

Investcorp's new iPartners platform allows UHNWIs access private investment opportunities

Nikko Asset Management selects GoldenSource Nexus for global investment data management

Farther Finance Launches Category Defining Wealth Management Tools That Pull The Private Banking Experience Forward

7 reasons WealthBrain is the best digital wealth manager for 2021

Digital Wealth Manager Now Managing $1B in Client Assets

Segment of One – the ultimate in customer personalisation

Executive Moves

WealthO2 appoints head of distribution

Finantix adds Guillaume Namur and Fabien Guy to Swiss leadership team

Haatch Secures Key Senior Hire

German FinTech N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO

CUBE Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Sales for EMEA

Castle Trust Bank recruits new CTOO

Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance

PBOC, regulators play active role in restructuring of Ant

The Status of EU–UK Data Flows Following Brexit

Singapore: Evolving data privacy laws and what it means to privacy professionals

Gibraltar Seeks to Expand Digital Asset Regulatory Principles

BIS Innovation Hub targets CBDCs and green finance in 2021

Central Bank of Bahrain licences Sharia-compliant cryptocurrency exchange CoinMENA

Retail Tech

BNP Paribas to charge €24 a year for biometric card

Digital wallet spending to nearly double to $10trln in 2025

Raisin patents 'savings-as-a-service' technology as it moves on US market

DBS delivers game-changing SME digital banking experience

The deceptive certainty of proven technology in banking

CaixaBank's imagin reaches three million users

Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI

Existing digital currencies unlikely to last says BofE governor Bailey

Bahrain Central Bank Issues License to Shariah-Compliant Crypto Exchange

Cryptocurrencies could replace Gold

Current cryptocurrencies unlikely to last: Bank of England governor

Winklevoss-Backed Gemini on Hiring Spree in Singapore

Crypto Finance Group LauncheaCrypto firm and Avaloq team up to offer crypto asset tradings Crypto Trading Solution with Avaloq

Mobile Banking

Fintech Albert raises $100m

Internet use for business purposes increased by 10 per cent in 2020

StashAway announces Assets under Management of US$1billion

Why Kenya cannot afford to lag behind in 5G uptake

Qualcomm’s chip market share plunges in China after Huawei sanctions; MediaTek takes No. 1 spot

Open banking is helping to evolve the user experience

Comment & Analysis

COVID has worsened inequality even as the rich thrive: Oxfam

Dealing with the effects of climate change through climate adaptation

How to manage your social media risks

Goldman And BofA Earnings: A Tale Of Two Banks (And Digital Strategies)

How banks and financial services players will monetise open banking

Our Five Investment Industry Predictions for 2021

Cyber Security

Accellion cyber incident

UAE conducts cyberattack simulation on banking sector

China Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Monthly Update – Jan 2021 Issue

Recent advances address biometric payment card security concerns, Fingerprint Cards says in paper

70% of UK finance industry hit with cyber-attacks in 2020

Four Security and Compliance Predictions for the Fintech Industry in 2021

Research

8 tech trends to watch in 2021

Digital Platforms to Accelerate Banks’ Growth

Traditional FIs Drive Modernization Through FinTech Pairings

CaixaBank participates in EU research consortium to develop a personal data protection platform

PensionBee launches fossil fuel free fund

New technologies will significantly enhance front, middle and back office functions but the ‘human touch’ remains key, finds new report from Avaloq

Innovation & Startups

Banco Sabadell invests €2.5 million in inhouse startup Nomo

Intesa Sanpaolo opens Digital Corporate & Transaction Banking Academy

BVI Regulatory Sandbox Launched to Support Innovative Fintech

GIC, other wealth funds caught in the crossre as US, China feud over technology

Temenos Extends Partnership with Schroders for Wealth Front Office

Goldman sees US$200b opening from European tech unicorns

Trading Platforms

Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) Selects IslamicMarkets.com to Support Capacity Building Efforts

TransferWise Appoints Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley For London IPO

Raisin to support PEAC Bank’s entry into the deposit business

Carey Olsen and Zedra support Vow on launch of new token ecosystem

Arbuthnot Latham Adopts White Label Technology From smartTrade

Ovamba & Singularity launch TradeTech partnership in Egypt

Hedge Fund Technology

Bahrain's Investcorp launches its own fintech platform

Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

Embracing technology will mean a better experience for borrowers

SimCorp and Colmore partner to deliver holistic private markets asset management service

Finastra’s Fusion Invest moves to the cloud

EedenBull, National Australia Bank partner in payment technology

Covid-19

Workplace Stress During COVID-19: 5 Ways to Support Your Employees’ Mental Well-being

How Covid-19 changed online trading and what 2021 has in store

The Digital Nomads Did Not Prepare for This

Pandemic drives financial advisers to speed tech change

The post COVID war has started: the leading group of digital banks against Big tech and Fintech

M&A Opportunities in the COVID-19 Digital Transformation