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The US Treasury Department has called for a radical overhaul of financial technology regulation, backing a new national fintech charter, the introduction of sandboxes, and the opening up of access to consumer data.
31 July 2018
Despite regular reports of its imminent death, the British bank branch is not going anywhere for some time, suggests a new report from the FCA which says that, even with the rise of mobile banking, physical networks are still crucial in attracting new customers and fending off competitors.
29 June 2018
Institutional investors plan to use less sell-side research in the coming years, relying more on proprietary in-house work that takes advantage of AI, according to a study commissioned by Thomson Reuters.
Singapore's government has outlined plans to develop a governance programme around the use of artificial intelligence and personal data in its bid to become an international centre for new technology.
13 June 2018
Britain’s challenger banks are outperforming incumbents when it comes to overall customer satisfaction, according to research from vendor FIS.
29 May 2018
Central bank cryptocurrencies are a bad idea but central bank electronic money could have big benefits, improving financial stability, simplifying monetary policy and reducing the reliance on cash, say researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis.
08 May 2018
Rising fears of cybercrime are prompting financial services firms to beef up their spending on security, according to research from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
07 May 2018
More than a quarter of Americans now bank exclusively through digital channels, but these customers are less satisfied with their service than people who use branches, according to a survey from JD Power.
03 May 2018
Nearly half of US adults have increased their mobile banking usage in the past year, with almost a third of Americans using their banking app more than any other on their phone, according to a Citi survey.
27 April 2018
While significant progress has been made during the last eight years towards establishing a global reporting framework for over-the-counter derivatives transactions, substantial work remains in the areas of data consistency, aggregation and access in order to be able to effectively monitor and reduce systemic risk, according to the DTCC.
25 April 2018
VC-backed fintech firms raised a record $5.4 billion in the first quarter of 2018, boosted by a dozen mega-rounds of at least $100 million, according to the latest figures from CB Insights.
23 April 2018
Financial inclusion is on the rise globally, accelerated by mobile phones and the internet, but gains have been uneven across countries and men remain more likely than women to have an account, according to a new World Bank report.
20 April 2018
Many banks are not doing enough to verify the validity and accuracy of their data, leaving them vulnerable to false insights that could lead to bad decisions, according to Accenture.
Two thirds of large banks have already deployed artificial intelligence and machine learning, according to a survey carried out by Tabb Group, yet the vast majority are still unaware of how to apply the technology to solve business problems.
19 April 2018
As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in a host of industries, not least the financial services sector, gains traction, the House of Lords has called for the UK to lead the way in the ethical development and deployment of the technology.
16 April 2018
The cryptocurrency mania of late 2017 spread like an infectious disease but we may have already reached the immunity threshold, meaning speculative interest in the likes of Bitcoin has possibly already peaked, says a new research report from Barclays.
13 April 2018
The Bank of England has been looking into how distributed ledgers can be configured to enable privacy amongst participants whilst keeping data shared across a network and enabling regulators to view all transactions.
12 April 2018
Global spending on financial market data, analysis and news topped $28 billion in 2017, with Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters both losing market share to smaller, cheaper rivals.
22 March 2018
UK fintech firms are working hard to make the most of the Open Banking era, according to a survey from EY which shows that the vast majority are actively getting ready to take advantage of the slew of customer data that is being opened up to them.
Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Business Forum Canada 2018 in Toronto. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry, exploring how far, and how fast, the transformation of financial services will take place in Canada and beyond.
21 March 2018
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