09/22/2022
Wealthtech to The Rescue Amid Doom and Gloom For Wealth Managers
In parallel, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the pace of habit change for wealth managers clients.
FinTech
09/22/2022
Wealth managers optimistic on Bitcoin growth forecasts
Predictions Bitcoin will be worth £31,000 within six months
09/20/2022
Citibank Singapore launches digital offering for younger affluent clients
Citi Plus, which is delivered through the Citi Mobile app, offers a whole suite of digital banking tools designed to help customers save, spend, invest, get insured and build their wealth-related literacy.
09/20/2022
Strong sales and profitability growth in the first half of 2022 - Profile Software
Adding the profits from the sale of the Ticketing business unit, Profits after Tax and minority interests increased in the first half of 2022 by 184% to € 2.1 million from € 0.8 million in the first half of 2021.
09/20/2022
4 top wealth management platforms established in Singapore
The breadth and depth of institutions here also give them ready access to global and regional financial markets while providing a full suite of wealth management services to meet their every need.
09/20/2022
SEBA Bank Awarded Best “Digital Asset Offering”
The award identifies and celebrates the industry’s most distinguished financial services firms across seven dynamic categories.
09/19/2022
Edelweiss Wealth Management selects AppSealing to strengthen app security for its wealth management app
The solution will help Edelweiss Wealth perform holistic authentication and verification processes to ensure tighter control and protected access to their private corporate network.
09/19/2022
Citibank unveils digital wealth service
Citi Plus targets the emerging affluent sector in Singapore.
09/16/2022
Nikko unveils metaverse ETF in Hong Kong
The fund has been created by revamping one of Nikko’s existing strategies, the NikkoAM E-Games Active ETF.
09/16/2022
HSBC's CEO Explains Why Crypto Is Not in the Banking Giant's Future
As for stablecoins, Quinn said at the time: “For similar reasons, we’re not rushing into stablecoins.”
09/15/2022
BOCHK Private Wealth launches RM Chat Investment by Video Service
The new feature allows Private Wealth customers to have video meeting with their dedicated Relationship Managers and carry out fund investments2 remotely.
09/15/2022
Five reasons why digital infrastructure is among the most exciting investment themes
Data centres, macro towers and fibre connectivity are among resilient growth areas as the digital economies of emerging markets bloom.
09/15/2022
iCapital and Tikehau Capital Announce Partnership to Broaden Wealth Managers’ Access to Private Markets across EMEA
This strategic partnership is a key step for Tikehau Capital, allowing us to expand our investor base and provide investors with solutions across multiple assets classes
09/15/2022
Tech-driven asset manager Ethic raises $50m to spur growth
Ethic intends to use the latest investment to drive its growth, which involves enhancing its reach in new areas and develop fresh products.
09/14/2022
Fintech innovation among private banking industry companies has dropped off in the last three months
Analysis of patent filings shows a shrinking level of fintech related applications in the industry over the past three months, compared to last year
09/14/2022
BBVA Switzerland’s New Gen account boosts its international expansion via digital onboarding based on ‘selfies’
BBVA Switzerland is leveraging this technology, which can verify identity documents and passports from more than 190 countries, to boost its international expansion.
09/13/2022
Coutts bank warns customers not to update their iPhone operating systems or they will lose online banking services
It said they may lose access to their Coutts digital services if they upgraded to iOS 16, Apple’s biggest update to the iPhone since 2020 which was released yesterday.
09/13/2022
St. James's Place adopts Napier screening tech
The partnership will upgrade SJP’s client and entity screening capabilities, strengthening and enabling agility within its financial crime compliance function.
09/13/2022
Central bank oversight body sets end of year deadline for cryptoassets framework
The unwinding of public support measures - which were critical in shielding banks from losses over the past two years - places greater importance on the resilience of the banking sector to absorb potential shocks.
09/13/2022
‘We will never be Coinbase’: How Pictet WM attracts the next generation of clients
Victor Aerni, head of wealth management in Zurich, explains why the firm continues to recruit and how it approaches millennial clients.