08/17/2022
Zurich Cantonal Bank chooses NetGuardians’ AI software for payment fraud mitigation
NetGuardians software uses advanced behavioral analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to build up highly accurate customer profiles.
FinTech
08/17/2022
CREALOGIX narrows its focus and spins off the digital learning business
The majority shareholder is a Swiss group of investors centred on blue8 AG, which is planning a 'buy & build' growth strategy with its investment in future.
08/16/2022
Banks and Asset Managers Chart Different Crypto Paths
Recently, optimism in the crypto market has been on the rise amongst asset managers with various industry giants making moves to launch new offerings and acquire rising players.
08/16/2022
Scalable Capital doubles client assets to €10 billion
The crypto offering came six months after Scalable Capital raised more than €150 million in a Series E funding round led by Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent.
08/16/2022
Arlo Group MD talks investment trends and future challenges
Platform technology was a massive game changer in organizing customers’ investments into one place where they could get more involved in the investment process.
08/15/2022
Largest Asset Manager In The World Launches Bitcoin Private Trust
BlackRock highlighted its commitment to offering its clientele a variety of choices in its investment portfolio.
08/12/2022
WealthTech firm Farther secures $15m investment to drive growth
The wealthtech plans to use the fresh infusion to support its expansion as well as fuel wealth management innovation.
08/12/2022
Abrdn buys stake in digital asset exchange Archax
It is the first and only digital securities exchange that has won approval from the FCA with permissions covering trading, custody and brokerage and will launch later this year.
08/11/2022
Progress on Digital Asset Rules and Regulations Lagging
With Congress bogged down, it may be some time before bills that will directly impact the charitable sector begin moving again.
08/11/2022
Julius Baer Especially Positive on DeFi Coins
Julius Baer's model portfolio currently has around 5 percent allocated to alternatives with no investments in digital assets.
08/11/2022
Raiffeisen and the promise of virtual real estate
It quickly becomes apparent that the Raiffeisen bankers do not really trust these virtual worlds.
08/10/2022
Artificial intelligence innovation among private banking industry companies has dropped off in the last three months
Analysis of patent filings shows a shrinking level of AI related applications in the industry over the past three months, compared to last year
08/10/2022
Crypto: It's Riskier on the Sidelines
Starting with bitcoin, Blackrock plans to make cryptocurrencies directly available to institutional investors through its Aladdin investment platform.
08/09/2022
Crossing the digital divide in wealth management
Tech adoption isn’t optional given client expectations and trends
08/09/2022
Swissquote now also offers a payment app
The new function will be available free of charge to all private customers and holders of an eTrading account.
08/09/2022
UK wealth managers have enormous potential to offer crypto services following recent market turmoil, says Avaloq
The potential for wealth managers to leverage their expertise and inspire investor confidence is highlighted by Avaloq’s finding that 25 per cent of investors don’t invest in crypto due to a lack of trust in crypto exchanges.
08/05/2022
Blockchains, bridges and network security
This sum doesn’t include the nearly USD 200mn estimated to have been stolen from the Nomad bridge earlier this week.
08/05/2022
BlackRock ties up with Coinbase
Coinbase Prime will provide crypto trading, custody, prime brokerage, and reporting capabilities to Aladdin’s Institutional client base who are also clients of Coinbase.
08/05/2022
Temenos Awarded the Highest Status in Aite's Matrix Evaluation of Wealth Management-Focused Core Banking Systems
Temenos Wealth is awarded 'best-in-class' status for integrated portfolio management and securities trading platform for wealth managers and private bankers
08/04/2022
The Breakaway Broker Trend Hits Asia, Enabled Through Technology
To sustain their business model and achieve further growth, many are pivoting to wealth management to provide value-added services.