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Cybersecurity top tech investment priority for UK banks

Cybercrime has emerged as a major concern for UK financial services firms, rocketing security spending to the top of the technology investment agenda, according to a Lloyds Bank report.

16 September 2019

News/Research/analysis

Brexit disrupts FCA fact finding mission

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has suspended a consultation on accessing and using data in wholesale markets in order to let firms concentrate on preparing for Brexit.

10 September 2019

News/ai

AI and enhancing the human element in financial services

At SIBOS 2019, industry experts will be discussing how the financial services sector is in the vanguard of deploying AI on a global scale and whether the technology will be a transformative force or has the potential to act as an existential threat.

06 September 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

OneConnect and Singapore Management University sign blockchain MoU

OneConnect Financial Technology Co. Ltd. (OneConnect), an associate company of China’s insurance giant and Fortune Top 29 Company Ping An Group, and Singapore Management University (SMU) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly conduct research and develop a Proof of Concept (POC) on the potential of quantum computing to augment blockchain technology.

06 September 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

Michigan Ross announces academic fintech initiative

The University of Michigan Ross School of Business is launching a new program in partnership with Chicago-based PEAK6 Investments to prepare students for successful careers in the rapidly growing fintech sector. The primary goal of the Michigan Ross FinTech Initiative is to produce a robust pipeline of top talent well-versed in technology and finance.

06 September 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

Gibraltar University and Huobi launch blockchain research project

The University of Gibraltar and Huobi University, a leading blockchain technology and application education institution in China, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the development of blockchain education and research initiatives.

05 September 2019

News/Research/analysis

Digital banks on track to treble customers in next year but profits remain elusive

Digital-only banks operating in the UK are set to experience massive growth over the next year, amassing 35 million customers around the world, according to research from Accenture, which nevertheless highlights obstacles to profitability.

03 September 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

Survey shows growth of P2P lending in Europe

Analysts of the P2P platform Robo.cash have studied the search activity associated with P2P lending in Europe.

30 August 2019

News/payments

Women in payments say gender discrimination still rife

More than three quarters of women in payments think that gender discrimination is still unacceptably high in the industry, with many saying that they have personally experienced bias based on their gender, according to a survey.

30 August 2019

News/Research/analysis

Fintech founders pessimistic about UK's post-Brexit prospects

As Brexit looms, UK fintech founders are pessimistic about the country's ability to remain a world leader in the field, according to a survey from the Digital Finance Forum.

27 August 2019

Company update/security

DSB reveals appetite for data and cybersecurity analysis

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs), for OTC derivatives, has today announced the results of their second 2019 industry consultation, revealing a significant appetite for further analysis on functionality that may be helpful in delivering improved data quality, standardization and automation as well as further strengthening the DSB’s cybersecurity processes and governance.

19 August 2019

News/ai

Dissecting AI hype and FOMO

While artificial intelligence is transforming several industries, the financial sector has a lot to learn from specific case studies in non-banking areas such as health, travel and retail. To start at the beginning, despite the term AI having been bandied about with a number of different definitions, the actual definition is simple: technology that appears intelligent.

19 August 2019

News/ai

The Future of AI: Applications for banking business transformation

While artificial intelligence has established itself as a disruptive technology for decades, AI is at the peak of the hype cycle now and banks have started to apply this technology to transform traditional models of businesses.

16 August 2019

Company update/regulation

Visible Alpha names Samantha Miller chief product officer

Visible Alpha today announced the appointment of Samantha Miller to the firm’s newly created role of Chief Product Officer. Miller joins during a high-growth year for the investment research technology company, which helps investment managers discover ideas through its flagship deep consensus platform and track and value research for MiFID II compliance.

13 August 2019

News/devops

How developers can leverage retail banking open APIs

Developers are now able to tap into the potential of PSD2 and open banking with no prior core banking experience and leverage open APIs to build retail banking applications. Anand Subbaraman, VP and general manager of retail banking, at Finastra believes that the potential for open APIs is limitless, and we are now in the fourth generation of banking.

30 July 2019

Company update/security

Fed paper examines synthetic identity payments fraud

Synthetic identity payments fraud is a fast-growing but little-understood problem that affects individuals, financial institutions, government agencies, and private industry.

09 July 2019

Company update/security

Online payments consumers prioritise security over speed - Equifax

British consumers care far more about online payment security than speed, simplicity and convenience, according to research from Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert

08 July 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

White paper calls for hedge funds to spend more on automation

Truss Edge, the fintech platform specializing in the automation of critical trading, reporting and data processing tasks within hedge funds, has today released the results of its 2019 white paper on Hedge Fund Portfolio Management Systems.

08 July 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

Ria hails international family remittance day

Ria Money Transfer, a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT) and a leading company in cross-border money transfers, celebrated the International Day of Family Remittances held on June 16th, by acknowledging the positive impact of remittances in the socioeconomic development of middle- and low-income countries.

05 July 2019

News/payments

As Facebook's Libra looms, Deutsche Bank analyst hails cash's privacy

With Facebook's Libra project sparking a new feverish round of debate on the pros and cons of digital payments, a Deutsche Bank analyst is making the case for old fashioned cash on the grounds of privacy.

04 July 2019