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UBS CEO: Innovation is not 2020’s trend, it's here to stay

Speaking at Singapore Fintech Festival, UBS CEO Ralph Hamers makes the case that while innovation and collaboration have not traditionally been the norm for financial institutions, the need to build symbiotic relationships with fintech is essential, particularly in the context of cybersecurity in a post-Covid-19, highly digitised world.

07 December 2020

News/sustainable

UBS introduces credit card made from corn

Swiss bank UBS has replaced plastic with corn for a new environmentally-friendly credit card and also introduced a purely virtual card.

24 November 2020

Company announcement

UBS Key4 extends to news mortgages

At the end of June, UBS launched key4, an open online platform centered around financing home ownership, maintaining property and living.

28 October 2020

News/startups

UBS to invest $200 million in fintech startups

UBS is to invest $200 million in fintech startups through a new venture fund that will underpin internal modernisation efforts and strengthen strategic partnerships.

27 October 2020

Company announcement/markets

Clearstream completes acquisition of majority stake in Fondcenter

Deutsche Börse’s post-trade services provider Clearstream completed the acquisition of a majority stake in UBS’s fund distribution platform Fondcenter AG from UBS on 30 September.

01 October 2020

News/markets

UBS trials virtual reality trading floor

With many staffers expected to be working from home for the long haul, UBS has begun looking into the creation of a virtual reality trading floor using Microsoft HoloLens headsets.

22 September 2020

Company announcement/sustainable

UBS to recommend sustainable over traditional investment for wealth management

UBS, the world’s leading wealth manager and sustainable investment manager, today announced that sustainable investments are now the firm’s preferred solution for private clients investing globally.

10 September 2020

News/devops

UBS contracts with GitLab to speed up software development

UBS has signed a multi-year contract with GitLab for the supply of a single cloud-based DevOps platform for use by the bank's software team.

27 August 2020

News/sustainable

ESG standards: No silver platter of harmonised data

A desire for standardisation of ESG data may be folly, according to Bruno Bertocci, head of sustainable equities at UBS Wealth Management.

20 July 2020

News/startups

UBS invests in home ownership startup Houzy

As part of its platform business model for property owners, UBS has invested in Houzy, a Swiss startup that offers users tips and tools to handle renovations and likely costs.

17 July 2020

News/wholesale

UBS Big Data tool tracks the risks to companies from activist investors

UBS has released a new Big Data tool to predict and quantify the probability of a company being targeted by activist investors.

10 July 2020

Company announcement/retail

UBS launches online mortgage platform for owner-occupied homes

UBS launches key4, the new open online platform for financing and maintaining owner-occupied homes and housing.

26 June 2020