Coronation first in South Africa live with SmartStream’s corporate actions tech
Coronation Fund Managers live with SmartStream’s TLM Corporate Actions OnDemand.
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Lending Club, Wealthfront and Intuit team for consumer data
What do you get when you combine Intuit, Lending Club and Wealthfront?
Goldman Sachs and Ayco in huge financial coaching deal with Google
Ayco will provide financial coaching to Google’s US-based employees.
Brickblock teams with solarisBank and JTC for blockchain real estate projects
Putting real estate investments on a blockchain.
FundGuard raises $4m funding to “revolutionise” investment funds tech
FundGuard, a cloud-based investment funds operating system powered by AI, has launched and raised $4m.
AXA to focus on fintech investment with fund restructure
AXA Investment Managers turns its £55m Framlington Financial fund into a fintech one.
Demand Derivatives teams up with GMEX for new exchange and clearing house
GMEX also takes minority stake in Demand Derivatives.
Fidelity launches Fidelity Digital Assets for crypto tech
Bringing blockchain and crypto to institutional investors.
Clearmatics raises $12m to build new financial market infrastructure
Building P2P networks for trade finance.
Crypto venture fund Dragonfly flutters into fintech with $100m
Aims to bridge the gap between East and West in crypto economy.
CDPQ buys stake in fintech provider FNZ for £1.65bn
HIG Capital and General Atlantic sell stakes to Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec.
Banking Technology October 2018 issue out now
The tree of fintech life: growth, gains and generations.
Openbank launches investment robo-advisor
Santander’s digital banking subsidiary in Spain stays busy.
Scottish fintech Butterwire gets a smooth cut of funding
Reaching 150% of its crowdfunding goal.
Investment platform Primary Bid gets £2m funding
UK firm bids for European expansion.
Goldman Sachs to spin off Simon finance app
In advanced talks with several firms to sell its three-year-old app.
Hydrogen and TD Bank in their element for DIY financial planning
Bank’s clients will have new tools to build their own financial plans and portfolios.
Baltimore in awe as Facet Wealth scores $33m funding
US wealthtech plans to expand its personal financial planning platform.
Ebix acquires wealthtech Miles Software for $19m
Mumbai-based firm snapped up by e-commerce service provider.
Wealthtech Sarwa raises $1.3m in funding
Automated and human investment advice catching on.
Banking Technology September 2018 issue out now
Elements of fintech, pure in substance.
Financial crime fighters unleash intelligence sharing platform in UK
Acronyms assemble! PIMFA and FCI launch PIMFA-AECIS platform.
AI wealthtech Pagaya closes $14m funding round
Its tech is meant to help institutional investors and asset managers.
UBS to sell robo-advisor SmartWealth to SigFig
Swiss bank already has an equity stake in SigFig.
OCBC Bank unveils robo-investment service
Targeting “young and tech-savvy investors”.
Trading platform Infinox unveils free sentiment analysis tool
“Sentiment is more than just a mirror on the market.”
ML instinct fuels Aberdeen Standard Investments’ new fund
It will use machine learning to identify sources of potential returns.
The vital role of actionable content
Retail investors are more informed and independent than ever before.
Wahed Invest launches digital Halal investment platform in UK
All in good time for the first day of Eid.
Protean Risk unveils new fintech and payment services team
UK insurance broker demonstrates versatility and visibility.
SFOX raises $23m funding for crypto asset management platform
Series A funding round led by Tribe Capital and Social Capital.
Industrial Bank goes live on Avaloq core banking system
Will be used for its Hong Kong branch’s private banking business.
State Bank of Mauritius gets Miles ahead for wealthtech
Bank will use MoneyWare platform. Not listen to a Miles Davis album.
DriveWealth and Bambu join forces on robo-advisory tool
Two wealthtech companies from opposite sides of the globe have built upon their partnership.
US challenger banks: who’s who and what’s their tech
A comprehensive list of challenger banks and banking services in the US and the tech they are using.
SS&C to acquire wealthtech Eze Software for $1.45bn
Boston-based Eze is a provider of investment management solutions.
UK leads the way with record $16bn fintech investment
KPMG report highlights state of affairs in UK and Europe.
Consumer investment platform Yammi launches in Russia
Created by Yandex.Money and FinEx.
German digital platform WeVestor powers up
Berlin-based firm targeting entrepreneurial investors.
Topicus puts Magic Software $2.3m touch on tech development
The five-year agreement is a plan to boost Topicus’ operations.
