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Banks and fintechs have become turbo-charged collaborators

The confluence of artificial intelligence, and digital assets and currencies is turbo-charging the relationship between traditional banks and fintechs – and the growing premium on trust and human oversight will bring this ecosystem together more forcefully.   HSBC’s inaugural Asia Fintech Summit in Hong Kong on 21 August 2026 was an opportunity to celebrate this […]

Alipay+ Adds Hang Seng Bank as Cross-Border QR Network Expands

Alipay+, Ant International‘s unified wallet gateway, has added Hang Seng Bank as its first Hong Kong banking partner, extending the network’s reach to Hang Seng Mobile App users who can now scan QR codes at more than 100 million merchants across 55-plus countries and regions, including the Chinese Mainland.   The partnership is part of […]

Temenos Named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Retail Core Banking Systems, Europe

Temenos has announced that industry analyst firm Gartner has recognized Temenos as a Leader in their 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Retail Core Banking Systems, Europe.    Temenos obtained the furthest overall position for its Completeness of Vision. Gartner evaluates Completeness of Vision based on a vendor’s “market understanding, marketing strategy, sales strategy, offering (product) […]

UAE Tops Global Digital Adoption in Wealth Management as Avaloq Index Outlines Regional Shift

The United Arab Emirates has established itself as a premier global wealth management hub, claiming the third spot overall in the inaugural Avaloq Wealth Management Index while securing the top position globally for technology and digital adoption.   The index, published by wealthtech leader Avaloq, evaluates the underlying structural conditions shaping private wealth across 15 […]

Advisers open to back-office AI but cautious on client money, finds GBST

Financial advisers are open to agentic AI handling administrative work across the advice journey but want human oversight for decisions that affect client money, according to research from global wealth management technology provider GBST and consultancy the lang cat.    The findings follow the recent Mills Review which recommended that the FCA monitor the shift […]

VastAdvisor closes $1 million Safe round

VastAdvisor has announced the close of its $1 million SAFE round led by investments from fintech industry titans.   The firm will utilize this funding to accelerate its product roadmap and support its go-to-market efforts.   Debuting earlier this year at Future Proof Citywide, VastAdvisor has initiated its enterprise relationships and will be expanding across […]

Digital platform and unlisted assets: What Mirabaud upgraded

It’s been a busy time for Mirabaud’s private banking business over the last year.   Expanding the private assets offering and developing a new digital platform have been two key projects, Louis Fauchier-Magnan told Citywire ahead of the third edition of our private banking awards.   He believes the digital offering will be a ‘major […]

LegadoSign Selected by Aberdeen Adviser to Power Secure Digital Onboarding at Scale

UK fintech Legado has announced that Aberdeen Adviser has adopted LegadoSign to support secure digital signing across key customer onboarding documents.   Delivered through FNZ, the implementation introduces LegadoSign for key onboarding forms as part of Aberdeen Adviser’s individual customer onboarding process.   The platform replaces Aberdeen Adviser’s previous signature process with a fully supported […]

Investing in the UK’s innovation hubs

During a showcase event for investors in the OTIF Ventures fund, held at the Academy of Medical Sciences in London, PWM’s Yuri Bender and George Robinson, founder of the Sloane Robinson hedge fund and Oxford Investment Consultants, discussed challenges of investing in spinout companies from the UK’s world-leading universities.   YB: Can you tell us […]

Philanthropy in the Age of AI

I came of age during the Vietnam War. As tumultuous as that time was, I can’t think of a single decade of my adult life when we weren’t dealing with a major crisis or technological disruption that threatened our sense of well-being.    However, I always take the utopian rather than the dystopian point of […]

Feathery launches AI proposal generation tool for wealth management firms

Feathery has launched a new AI-powered proposal generation solution designed to help wealth management firms deliver personalized client proposals at scale.   The tool, built around Feathery's AI assistant Robin, pulls together client data, financial planning documents, advisor expertise and firm-approved compliance templates from a single workspace.   It integrates with widely used platforms across […]

Zuckerberg’s AI vision collides with Meta’s $135bn spending reality

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of Meta Platforms Inc., has published a wide-ranging vision statement today (August 10, 2026) promising to deliver "personal superintelligence" to billions of people.   AI agents that would, in his words, work around the clock to improve users' finances, health, careers, and relationships. But the vision arrives amid the […]
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