Online lender Spotcap today opened the Fintech Fellowship to applicants. The programme offers an £8k award to a postgraduate student studying a fintech related course at a UK university. Applications will be open for four months and close on the 1 August 2018. Read more »
ING Wholesale Banking today announced a number of initiatives aimed at further enhancing client centricity, addressing clients' daily challenges and their strategic needs. The international network, currently spanning more than 40 countries will be strengthened, as we put more resources into Asia and the Americas. We are also investing in our advisory functions including core banking services such as the Debt Capital Markets and Corporate... more Read more »
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today entered into a co-operation agreement with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong to foster collaboration in support of financial technology (Fintech) innovation. Under the agreement, the FCA and SFC will co-operate on information sharing and referrals of innovative firms seeking to enter one another’s markets. Read more »
Overbond, the first end-to-end Capital Markets fintech platform for primary bond origination, has unveiled its new Corporate Bond Intelligence Tool (COBI) Swap Pricing calculator with advanced analytics and visualisation. The digital tool helps treasurers more effectively evaluate funding costs in multiple currencies and markets simultaneously. Overbond’s COBI Swap, powered by Thomson Reuters data, is the first institutional-grade swap... more Read more »
OCC, (Options Clearing Corporation) the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, and EquiLend Clearing Services (ECS), the global securities finance trading platform and technology provider, have joined forces to bring greater access to central counterparty clearing in the securities finance marketplace. Read more »
Today Bloomberg and Bats Europe have reported they plan to provide Bloomberg customers with the ability to use their respective Approved Publication Arrangements (APA)[1] to fulfil MiFID II transparency reporting requirements. Under MiFID II, market participants are facing a steep increase of reporting tasks they need to manage, for firm quotes as well as executed transactions, across a wide range of asset classes and within very short... more Read more »
Nava, a next generation consumer lending platform, is continuing its rapid expansion by launching a new office in Milton Keynes. The company, with headquarters in central London, hopes to capitalise on the town’s burgeoning reputation as a leading technology centre in the UK. Nava will initially recruit five IT developers from a range of levels to help support the growth of its platform. The company secured authorisation from the Financial... more Read more »
Today Hanweck, a leading provider of real-time risk analytics on global derivatives markets, revealed the integration of its Volera platform with its product formerly known as the Premium Hosted Database (PhD). Read more »
Today Fenergo, the industry standard for Client Lifecycle Management software solutions for investment, private and corporate banks reported that Spencer G. Lake, a former Vice Chairman of HSBC Global Banking and Markets, has joined its Board of Directors in the capacity of Vice Chairman. Read more »
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Green Country Federal Credit Union, based in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, has selected Fiserv as their technology partner as they work to drive progressive growth. Read more »
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that three credit unions will be utilizing Fiserv solutions as the backbone of planned technology transformations. Each of the credit unions has expanded their relationship with Fiserv by selecting DNA®, a real-time, open architecture account processing platform, along with integrated surround solutions from Fiserv. Read more »
Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY) and Paytm, India’s largest mobile payments and commerce platform, today announced that the Finacle Core Banking solution has been selected to power Paytm’s new payments bank business. Paytm will leverage Finacle’s proven platform for its deposit products and payments platform, enabling it to rapidly roll out innovative offerings. Key Highlights: Read more »
A new report from GreySpark Partners explores the digital transformation that the wholesale investment banking business model is facing, and which resembles a real industrial revolution for the sector. The report “Digital Transformation of Investment Banking” examines the influence of regulations, buyside institutions, the competitive landscape and technology innovation in driving this revolution, which ultimately will cause banks to become more... more Read more »
Diasoft, a leading provider of cutting edge financial software solutions, announced today that Khan Bank, one of the largest commercial banks in Mongolia, has selected Diasoft Custody solution to automate its new line of business. Read more »
Banks cite SME lending (68%) and Supply Chain Finance (61%) facing the greatest pressure from non-bank players, while many see new opportunity in strategic partnerships Banks believe that new digitally enabled supplier finance networks and alternative lenders now pose a significant threat to every part of the commercial lending business, according to a new survey conducted by Misys, the leading financial software company. Key findings from the... more Read more »
