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President-elect Trump’s victory has been called everything from black-swan to white-lash. He is a question mark, especially with regard to financial institutions (FI) policies. Trump’s advisors are ...
Today it is another significant milestone for the UK FinTech ecosystem as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) signed the Co-operation Agreement with the People's Bank of China. The purpose of this ...
If you’re asking yourself whether the hype around blockchain is worth looking into it, the answer is yes. You should definitively try to understand what is the fuss about because there is a high proba...
Last week, even as the shadow of Wikileaks loomed large over the third US presidential debate, another event of epic proportions happened in the cyber-world. Large scale DDoS (Distributed Denial of Se...
Fintech is at a crossroads. On one hand, you have large traditional banks and a financial services industry with annual revenues of $5trillion; on the other, exciting young fintech firms looking to sh...
Financial institutions continue to grapple with the ever increasing complexities of cyber security. As online services across all channels grow, so does the security risk. The underlying questions are...
Bad habits are the enemy of peak productivity. In a high risk profession like forex trading, conquering bad habits is one of the best ways to ensure efficiency and success. With every activity of trad...
The global financial crisis inflicted a lot of pain on most banks. Strong antagonism between Main Street and Wall Street coupled with market crash aftershocks left these traditional portals for money ...
In a swift move, Indian Government demonetized High Denomination currency with immediate effect. The move encourages citizens to get digitally empowered and go for cashless transactions. The scenario ...
The Bank of England (BoE) has recently published a consultation paper on reforming the Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) benchmark. It had conducted a similar exercise, albeit exploratory, as a...
The past few years have seen experts repeatedly warn that banks will need to adapt to remain relevant in this fast-changing financial services arena. In order to keep up with fintechs, financial servi...
It is not yet clear exactly how the decision to leave the EU will affect London’s financial services industry, but what we do know is there will be a significant impact. Uncertainty over remaining in ...