George Govier Joins United Fintech from Goldman Sachs
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Financial, Technical, People Moves
George Govier has been appointed as Sales Executive at United Fintech, the firm launched by Christian Frahm in November 2020 to enable banks and financial institutions to accelerate access to innovative digital technology from a wide range of fintechs specialising in capital markets. George Govier joins United Fintech following five years at Goldman Sachs where he worked in Prime Brokerage, within the Global Markets Division, helping European... more
LedgerEdge Selects Exactpro to Deliver Resilience for Its Distributed Ledger Enabled Corporate Bond Trading Ecosystem
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Trading Systems, Investment, Financial
Exactpro, a leading software testing provider for mission-critical financial market infrastructures, today announces it has been chosen by LedgerEdge, the next-generation ecosystem for corporate bond trading, to deliver functional testing and ensure the resilience of LedgerEdge’s global corporate bond trading platform powered by distributed ledger technology.
Fallen Angels vs Rising Stars: Scorable Credit Research Helps Investors Anticipate Critical Rating Migrations Ahead of the Market
Latest product release gives fixed income asset & wealth managers more predictive power
Prytek Makes Investment into TipRanks, a Platform for Retail Investors
- 3 years 12 months ago
- Investment, Financial, Technical
Technology group Prytek today announces it has made a significant investment in TipRanks as part of its wider investment strategy. TipRanks, is an Israeli-based fintech company using capital market data driven by machine learning and NLP technology with over 4 million active retail investment users.
Former Pensions Minister Baroness Ros Altmann Joins Cushon
Cushon, the fintech provider of savings and pensions, today announces the appointment of former Pensions Minister, Baroness Ros Altmann, to its advisory board. Ros was UK Minister of State for Pensions from 2015 to 2016 and is a member of the House of Lords. She is a leading authority and policy adviser on pensions, pension investment, social care and retirement. She is best known for championing pensions for ordinary people, campaigning for... more
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission Put Nation’s Largest Landlords on Notice About Tenants’ Pandemic Protections
- 3 years 12 months ago
- Trading Systems, Financial
Today, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Dave Uejio and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter sent notification letters to the nation’s largest apartment landlords, which collectively own more than 2 million units. The letters remind these landlords of federal protections in place to keep tenants in their homes and stop the spread of COVID-19.
COMMENT: Barclays Q1 Results - SVP, Financial Services
- 3 years 12 months ago
- Financial
Comment from Sudeepto Mukherjee, Senior Vice President, Financial Services at consultancy Publicis Sapient:
Smart Comparison Fintech Monva Launches Loans Service
Fintech firm Monva has today announced the launch of its personal loans comparison service. Alongside the brand’s existing smart comparison credit card and energy services, both launched in late 2020, this latest development is part of Monva’s ongoing mission to revolutionise the price comparison experience for today’s modern user, using customer data for good and automating mundane tasks.
EQ Investors Partners with Fintegrate to Enhance Model Portfolio Service
- 4 years 11 hours ago
- Financial
EQ Investors (EQ), the B Corp wealth manager is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Fintegrate to bring its Positive Impact and Future Leaders portfolios to more advisers. Fintegrate is a new innovative, digital financial planning solution aimed at helping advisory firms to reduce complexity, time, and cost, whilst delivering optimum client outcomes.
BANK OF AFRICA Selects Conpend TRADE AI App, via Finastra, to Digitize Trade Processes
- 4 years 1 day ago
- Banking, IT Innovations, Financial
Finastra has announced BANK OF AFRICA, a pan-African financial group, has selected Conpend’s TRADE AI app from its open innovation platform, FusionFabric.cloud. The app extends the functionality of Finastra’s Fusion Trade Innovation technology and enables users to reduce document and compliance checking time.
OpenFin Launches Workspace to Accelerate Industry Standardization and Openness
OpenFin, the operating system (OS) for enterprise productivity, today announced the launch of OpenFin Workspace, a revolutionary product that accelerates the vision of a truly open ecosystem within the financial industry. OpenFin is now being used by 90% of global financial institutions and deploys more than 3,500 apps across 300,000 desktops.
SumUp Appoints Johannes Schaback as CTO to Lead New Global Product Innovation and Development Drive
- 4 years 2 days ago
- Payments, Financial, Technical, People Moves
Global payments service provider SumUp (www.sumup.co.uk) is today announcing the appointment of its new CTO, with Visual Meta Co-Founder and former CTO, Johannes Schaback, taking up the role as of May 1st.
Fintech App Usage Up 61% Year-on-year: deVere
The use of fintech apps has increased more than 61% since the pandemic started last year, reveals deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organisations. The jump comes as financial technology apps show further evidence that the way we manage our finances further shifted in light of the coronavirus pandemic. James Green, deVere Group’s Divisional Manager of Europe, notes: “Pre-coronavirus, we were... more
ComplyAdvantage Announces ComplyLaunch™ A New Risk & Compliance Program Helping Early-Stage Startups To Transact With Trust
- 4 years 2 days ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Security, Financial, Risk Management
ComplyAdvantage, a global data technology company transforming financial crime detection, today announced a new early-stage anti-money laundering (AML) program aimed at growth-focused startups called ComplyLaunch™.
Comment - 95% Mortgages
- 4 years 3 days ago
- Financial
Comment from Phil Bailey, Director at Twenty7Tec about the 95% market in terms of ESIS and searches: “It’s fair to say that the Government’s 95% guarantee scheme has reignited mortgage searches in that loan to value range.
