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Standard Chartered and Imperial College partner to tackle climate change

The bank will work with Imperial College Business School’s Centre for Climate Finance and Investment over four years to “uncover solutions that will help embed climate risk identification and management into financial decisions.”

14 February 2020

News/sustainable

BBVA responsible business global head: “UN SDGs are the biggest business opportunity for banks”

Finextra Research spoke to Antoni Ballabriga, global head of responsible business at BBVA, co-chair of the global steering committee and European banks’ representative for the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) about sustainable finance in the investment and lending space.

11 February 2020

News/Big data

Refinitiv partners with Google Cloud to power Tick History database

Refinitiv has announced the launch of its Tick History dataset on the Google Cloud platform, catering to a growing appetite for quant-trading technology.

11 February 2020

News/ai

Fintech workforce to expand 19% by 2030 thanks to AI, Cambridge University predicts

In a recent report, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) found that rather than observing AI as a single instrument for blanket application across the industry, AI can be viewed as a toolkit that is being used to tinker and build services in an abundance of ways to achieve a variety of objectives.

07 February 2020

News/ai

Accenture boosts analytics skills with Mudano acquisition

Accenture has agreed to buy Mudano, a data consultancy that works with UK financial services firms. Financial terms were not disclosed.

03 February 2020

Research/Big data

The Future of Cybersecurity: 2020 Predictions

28 January 2020 721 downloads

News/sustainable

Davos 2020: Refinitiv launches sustainable data alliance

Announced at the World Economic Forum, Refinitiv will join forces with influential global bodies to create a first-of-its-kind alliance to monitor sustainable finance through data.

22 January 2020

News/sustainable

Betting on AI to reduce risk in sustainable investment

The quest toward improving corporate sustainability is mired by uncertainty: uncertainty of emissions volume, extreme weather events, timing of such events, and inevitably, the toll they may take on investment. This uncertainty is regarded by investors as risk.

22 January 2020

Research/Big data

4 Regulatory Changes Impacting Data, Identity, and the Digital Trail

22 January 2020 470 downloads

Research/Big data

Smarter Humans. Smarter Machines.

13 January 2020 89 downloads

News/Big data

Saxo Bank targets Chinese market through tech joint venture

Saxo Bank has formed a 50/50 joint venture with Chinese automotive group Geely Holdings to provide a suite of financial technology services to banks and fintechs in China.

17 December 2019

News/Big data

Citi’s data and analytics global head departs to launch fintech firm

Industry veteran Bill Pryor is understood to have left the investment bank to launch his own fintech company, Investics Data Services.

13 December 2019

Research/Big data

How to Protect and Grow in the Fintech Industry

09 December 2019 425 downloads

News/sustainable

SustainableFinance.Live: Empowering ESG data for green bonds and the supply chain

$30 trillion of capital is pledged to Sustainable Finance and supporting outcomes aligned to Sustainability and Impact goals, such as the UN SDGs.

04 December 2019

News/Big data

Swift Operations Forum Europe 2019, Amsterdam - Day 1 report

Financial services innovation and how industry participants can keep up with ecosystem culture were two of the key themes on day 1 of the Swift Operations Forum Europe (SOFE) 2019.

28 November 2019

News/sustainable

Standardised data reporting is the lynchpin for future of sustainable finance

In a recent survey by State Street Global Advisors, 52% of European investors cited regulation as the key driver toward ESG adoption. Yet, despite attempts to introduce regulatory requirements, a lack of standardisation in reporting obligations is proving a significant challenge towards achieving meaningful progress.

26 November 2019

Research/Big data

How European Retail Banks are Riding the Wave of New Technology

18 November 2019 747 downloads

News/regulation

Standard Chartered invests in regtech startup Silent Eight

Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech and ventures unit, SC Ventures, has participated in a Series A funding round for regtech Silent Eight.

14 November 2019