Latest Wholesale banking News: Finextra Research

OCBC launches postgraduate AI scholarship

Singapore's OCBC Bank has teamed up with two local universities to launch a postgraduate artificial intelligence scholarship.

03 June 2019

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Blockchain gets a bashing from Deutsche Bundesbank president

Digital currencies, and their foundational blockchain backbone, have come in for a kicking from the president of Germany's central bank, who has characterized the former as a serious threat to the stability of the financial system, and the latter as no better than current technological solutions

31 May 2019

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BBVA replaces interviews with a 'datathon' in search for next generation of data scientists

BBVA is replacing traditional interviews with 'datathons' to test the ability of potential young recruits as it bids to hire a total of 2000 advanced analysts by the end of 2021, 800 of which will be data scientists.

31 May 2019

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Iress acquires QuantHouse

Trading technology suppler Iress has acquired market data provider QuantHouse for a total consideration of EUR38.9 million, subject to a two-year earnout proviso.

31 May 2019

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Irish banks pilot blockchain for professional credentials

AIB, Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank are piloting a blockchain platform to track and manage employee education and regulatory qualifications.

30 May 2019

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UWE Bristol launches fintech masters course

The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is launching a fintech masters degree in September, prepping students for the regulatory, ethical and programming challenges likely to arise around new disruptive technologies in finance.

30 May 2019

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KRM22 agrees acquisition of Object+

KRM22, an investment vehicle created to undertake a roll up of software companies providing risk management tools to the capital markets industry, has agreed to acquire Dutch-based risk management and post-trade services group Object+ for around £3 million.

30 May 2019

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Will you be able to make trades directly from your mind in 2069?

What will trading technology look like in 50 years? Trades powered directly by thoughts, hardware that inhibits the influence of negative emotions, and mobile-phone based 3D trading rooms could all be in our future, predicts a report.

30 May 2019

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Innovation driving digital acceleration in Latin America

Swift's Latin American Regional Conference (LARC) explored how banks in the region are looking to increase digitisation, while managing cyber and compliance challenges.

29 May 2019

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FI CISOs to ask for bigger cybersecurity budgets

Nearly three quarters of chief information and security officers at financial institutions plan to ask their firms for an increase in cybersecurity investments in the next year, according to a survey.

29 May 2019