UBS - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/regulation

SEC forces UBS to return $8 million to investors in complex ETF product

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a settled action against UBS Financial Services Inc. for compliance failures relating to sales of a volatility linked exchange-traded product (ETP).

19 July 2021

Company announcement/startups

UBS opens applications for Future of Finance Challenge

UBS launches its fourth Future of Finance Challenge, an open competition for fintech startups and tech entrepreneurs around the world, held every other year since 2015.

01 July 2021

Company announcement/wealth

Singapore wealthtech Endowus secures investment from UBS, Samsung and Singtel

Endowus.com, one of Singapore’s leading MAS-licensed digital wealth platforms, announced today that it has received investments from strategic partners UBS AG, Samsung Ventures and Singtel Innov8, along with their Series A investors— Lightspeed Venture Partners and SoftBank Ventures Asia.

01 July 2021

News/markets

Clearing firms invest in FIA Tech

A group of 10 clearing firms have committed $44 million to the Futures Industry Association's FIA Tech.

16 June 2021

News/crypto

French and Swiss central banks to run wholesale digital currency trial

The Banque de France and the Swiss National Bank are to work with a private sector consortium on the trial of a CBDC-based cross-border payments model for transactions in the wholesale markets.

10 June 2021

News/sustainable

Banks back tool to help portfolios correct extinction risk

A UN-backed biodiversity module has been launched to help financial institutions explore the extent to which their portfolios indirectly drives species extinction risk and impact ecological integrity.

26 May 2021

Company announcement/markets

Deutsche Börse acquires remaining 49% stake in Clearstream Fund Centre from UBS

Deutsche Börse AG has agreed to acquire the remaining 49% stake in Clearstream Fund Centre from UBS, for CHF 390 million.

06 May 2021

Company announcement/sustainable

UBS appoints chief sustainability officer

UBS today announced two senior appointments within its new Sustainability and Impact organization, which will lead activities across the firm to drive its sustainability agenda and deliver on its Net Zero commitments.

05 May 2021

News/crypto

FS giants join $65m ConsenSys funding round

JP Morgan, Mastercard and UBS have joined a $65 million funding round for blockchain software engineering firm ConsenSys.

13 April 2021

News/startups

UBS invests in student loan repayment platform FutureFuel.io

UBS has led a $10 million Series A1 funding round for San Francisco-based student loan repayment platform FutureFuel.io.

04 March 2021

News/payments

UBS: Fingerprint cards will generate $5bn in bank revenues by 2026

Analysts at UBS believe that biometric payment cards could capture a 15% share of the card market within the next five years.

18 February 2021

News/payments

UBS introduces multibanking service for Swiss SMEs

UBS is rolling out a multibanking function that lets its SME clients in Switzerland make payments from their accounts with other providers from within the Swiss giant's E-Banking service.

02 February 2021