12/09/2020
Standard Chartered and Northern Trust Partner to Launch Zodia, a Cryptocurrency Custodian for Institutional Investors
Cryptocurrencies already represent 0.3% of the world’s currency
FinTech
12/08/2020
SIX joins forces with Swisscom & Sygnum
This partnership gives banks – and their customers – trusted, safe, secure, compliant yet seamless access to crypto-currencies and digital assets.
12/08/2020
Australian start-up selects SS&C
Will leverage Eze Investment Suite to trade fixed-income strategies
12/08/2020
Sberbank (Switzerland) Goes Live with Avaloq
The deal with Sberbank builds on a strong year of client successes for Avaloq, including a number of Swiss-based institutions.
12/08/2020
SC Ventures backs SOLV in enabling seamless trade and access to finance for small businesses in post-COVID world
The full-stack B2B e-commerce platform will allow thousands of Indian buyers and sellers to improve supply chain efficiency for sustainable growth
12/08/2020
UBS CEO Ralph Hamers' Fintech Trends for 2021
As a CEO of a traditional bank, Hamers maintains the view that neobanks such as Revolut, Monzo, or N26 have no business model to speak of.
12/08/2020
BEC Moves to Full Shareholder Rights Directive II Readiness with Broadridge’s Industry Leading Solution
The firm is using the solution to support the regulatory needs across its network of 26 banks in Denmark.
12/08/2020
Client attitudes to digital wealth services
61% of survey respondents confirmed that the availability of digital wealth services had increased in importance in 2020.
12/07/2020
Confederation and financial sector launch "finance.swiss" information platform
The provision of more information abroad about the Swiss financial centre is one of the objectives of the new financial market policy presented by the Federal Council on 4 December 2020.
12/07/2020
CREALOGIX Survey Report – Are we moving fast enough?
Our recent survey of key executives in banks and wealth management firms showed that while most organisations are aware of challengers arriving in their market, not every organisation is taking the competitive threat equally seriously.
12/04/2020
BIS, Swiss National Bank and SIX announce successful wholesale CBDC experiment
The initiative demonstrated the feasibility and legal robustness of both alternatives in a near-live setup.
12/04/2020
BlackRock launches Aladdin Climate to support sustainable portfolios
Aladdin Climate is initially available as an add-on for existing Aladdin clients globally with asset class coverage rolled out gradually over the course of 2021.
12/03/2020
Objectway speeds up compliance for investment firms with holistic approach to Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR)
The most recently published, and the upcoming deadlines of Directory Persons data for dual and solo regulated firms have been putting pressure on financial institutions.
12/03/2020
Kedaara Capital Chooses SS&C for Fund Administration
SS&C enters India market with private capital fund accounting services
12/02/2020
Libra: Restart Under a New Name
Libra Association, which is based in Geneva, had filed a revised application in April 2020 – finews had reported on the filing and the response of the government.
12/02/2020
WealthTech Addepar raises $117M in Series E funding
The funding will be used to support the expansion of the company’s market leading data aggregation, analysis and reporting platform for investors and advisors.
12/02/2020
First Horizon to Transition Newly Acquired Wealth Management Book of Business to SEI
This new arrangement allows SEI to continue providing its current scope of technology services to the new, larger organization.
12/02/2020
Avaloq launches the Avaloq Data Synthesizer
The new solution derives information from real data, but it is free of any client-identifying data.
12/02/2020
Quilter expands digital signature capability with addition of five provider
The additional providers have been added based on the most popular requests from financial advisers.
12/01/2020
Fintech Raisin launches in Italy with Banca Sella partnership
The partnership makes Banca Sella the first bank in Italy to offer its customers external deposit products.