02/20/2018
Swiss Fintech firm to bid for U.K. company
There can be no certainty that any offer will ultimately be made for Fidessa.
FinTech
02/20/2018
BBVA Switzerland implements DocuSign tech
BBVA Switzerland is the first private banking organisation to adopt DocuSign in Europe.
02/20/2018
Fidessa agrees takeover bid from Swiss banking software company
Analysts at Berenberg said the deal was consistent with Temenos’s strategy of expanding outside of core banking.
02/19/2018
Five top centres of innovation in financial tech
Leading fintech cities, including London and Berlin, should not be complacent because there are emerging centres of excellence snapping at their heels
02/16/2018
A growing role for digital in HNW life insurance
The area where technology has made the most in-roads into the insurance space is communication.
02/16/2018
OCBC Tracks Wealthy by Face
The technology recognizes customers in an instant, allowing relationship managers rapid access to their records.
02/16/2018
ERI wins Front-Office category award
The jury found that ERI “has a well-established system that is widely used and intuitive.
02/16/2018
Citi Hong Kong named “Digital Bank of the Year”
Citi also won the prestigious "Asia Pacific Digital Bank of the Year" title and a number of regional awards
02/13/2018
Avaloq partners with wealth management software specialist
Ortec Finance joins companies such as Thomson Reuters, Actico and UnaVista on the platform, which looks to connect the banks in the Avaloq Community with providers of specialist digital banking solutions.
02/10/2018
Federal Reserve Economists Deliver Answers to Questions About Cryptos
As the world or cryptos is on a path to meet the world of Federal Reserve oversight, two economists from the space take questions.
02/09/2018
When it comes to the crypto-wealthy, wealth managers may be out of luck
In the world of cryptomillionaires, that's diversification, and it should be worrying for wealth managers beginning to eye those whose high net worth has risen along with the price of bitcoin.
02/09/2018
Forbes cryptocurrency rich list as cryptic as the currency
The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Changpeng Zhao, who’s known as CZ, came in third.
02/08/2018
Platform provider breaks through £1 billion assets mark in first year of operation
The service, marketed as Tercero Cloud, fully integrates an open digital portal, including published APIs, enabling clients to design their own user experience whilst retaining the benefits of a fully-proven, core processing system.
02/08/2018
Digital delivery of wealth management – the platform era
“Our view is very simple – the risks for those providers or service companies that do not have a digital platform is that many will just fade away.”
02/08/2018
SEI Wealth Platform sees £9bn boost to AUM
SEI Wealth says increased net sales account for £7.5bn of this growth. Its positive trading figures also reflect the fact many of its wealth manager clients have benefited from a strong Isa season last year and increased asset flows due to pension
02/07/2018
Avaloq honored for "Wealth and Asset Management" in 2018
NelsonHall identifies vendors as Leaders that demonstrate a high ability relative to their peers to deliver immediate benefits to clients as well as meet clients’ future requirements.
02/07/2018
Credit Suisse hires virtual IT support agent Amelia
Credit Suisse has added a new member to its IT support team - Amelia, an AI-powered virtual agent who helps thousands of the bank's human employees with their day-to-day tech problems.
02/06/2018
Authorities should be prepared to act on cryptocurrencies: Carstens
"Novel technology is not the same as better technology or better economics," Mr Carstens said.
02/05/2018
UBS Staff Warned on Crypto
The Swiss bank UBS may tighten trading rules for its 61,000 staff to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, finews.asia has learned.
02/05/2018
deVere launches cryptocurrency app with bold Bitcoin predictions
Bitcoin will remain highly volatile over the next 12 months, which should be expected.