LA ASOCIACIÓN DE FUNDACIONES EN ESPAÑA Y LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL PONEN EN VALOR...

By Mercedes Mateos La Asociación Española de Fundaciones (AEF) ha celebrado Demos 2018, el foro de las fundaciones y sociedad civil que ha reunido en MediaLab-Prado y CaixaForum Madrid a más de 800 personas en...

Banking on artificial intelligence

By Alison Ebbage Artificial intelligence (AI) is the latest in a long line of technologies to play a part in the digital transformation of the financial services industry. The potential of this technology is vast: it...

Machine learning takes on commercial mortgage brokerage

By Kyle Campbell Commercial mortgage brokerage could be the next industry to face machine disruption. At least two companies have released software this year aiming to supplant human brokers with algorithms that scour lending pools and even...

Woolworths Employees’ Credit Union Limited (WECU) extends partnership with Ultradata for an enhanced core...

  Melbourne, November 27, 2018 Woolworths Employees' Credit Union Limited (WECU), an Australian mutual finance institution, has extended its partnership with Ultradata Australia Pty Ltd, a leading banking solutions supplier, after determining that Ultradata offered the...

JP Morgan’s Quorum blockchain opens new world of trading opportunities

By James Eyers A blockchain platform built by global investment bank JP Morgan is being used to "tokenise" gold bars to allow sustainable miners to earn a premium on global markets, an indication of new trading...

The Power of Tech Stocks: How Falling Stocks Hurt the US Dollar and Risk...

US tech stocks have taken a battering over the last few months. Following a historic low in September 2018, the Dow Jones fell sharply as, to quote CNBC, investors started to “pivot out of...

Beneath the digital friendly facade, Singaporeans still reluctant to accept cashless payments

By Ronen Naishtein Imagine this. A customer walks up to a food court in a neighbourhood mall. Upon ordering, he is directed to a confusing array of payment schemes and systems available at the cashier. Without batting an...

Crypto Leaders Weigh In On Bitcoin Collapse, $3,000 Target Touted

by Nick Chong While some industry savants expected crypto’s recent crash for months on end, many ‘common Joe’ investors were caught off-guard by this rapid bout of selling pressure. Aiming to clear the air surrounding this...

equensWorldline successfully launches TIPS Gateway service

  Already in June 2017, equensWorldline announced that it would support TIPS by connecting its European and national Instant Payments Clearing and Settlement services to TIPS from the first day TIPS would be operational. TIPS is the...

UK-based tech company launches new initiative to help foster greater diversity in fintech

  CompareNI.com, a leading financial comparison platform, has announced the launch of a new fintech scholarship for higher education students, but, somewhat controversially, it is only open to those studying something other than finance or...