The Headquarters of the Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, was officially opened by His Royal Highness The Duke of York, KG on October 16, 2018. Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank will facilitate trade between the Middle East, United Kingdom and Asia. 

A recent report of leading research house Aite on the digitization of the wealth management sector, Wealth Portfolio Suites Turn to Digital Advisory: Early Risers, has highlighted Avaloq in the fast-growing digital advisory market for its educational value in client communication. The impact note from Aite looks at the new generation of wealth management solutions and the impact that demand for digital advisory is having on the core infrastructure systems.

At Sibos 2014 in Boston blockchain was the talk of the show and the movement towards adoption of new technologies was up and running. As Sibos 2018 opens in Sydney, APIs and open banking based on their adoption will be high on the agenda, indicating that the movement is gathering momentum.

Digital payments are experiencing a boom, driven by developing markets, according to the World Payments Report 2018 launched today from Capgemini and BNP Paribas. 

The value of fraudulent noncash payments in the United States rose significantly between 2012 and 2015--outpacing growth in noncash payments overall, according to a new report based on Federal Reserve Payments Study data. 

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the results of a benchmark study which demonstrated for the first time ever that distributed ledger technology (DLT) is capable of supporting average daily trading volumes in the US equity market of more than 100 million trades per day.

Today, LogMeIn, Inc. (Nasdaq:LOGM) introduced two solutions to its market-leading product portfolio – both designed to revolutionise the employee support process.  By making the technology easier, faster and more frictionless than ever before, LogMeIn is removing the need for companies to choose between the requirements of IT and the expectations of employees.