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Average fintech CEO compensation hits $850k a year

Fintech is proving a lucrative sector for top level executives, with the average CEO pulling in total compensation of more than $850,000, according to a survey from Morlands Human Capital.

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SEC tick-size pilot cost investors over $300m - report

A Securities and Exchange Commission pilot designed to encourage trading in the shares of smaller companies has cost investors more than $300 million over its two years run, according to analysis from Pragma Securities.

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Ping An Academy sets up financial services security research facility

On August 13, the National Engineering Laboratory for Big Data Collaborative Security Technology - Financial Industry Security Research Center was inaugurated in Beijing, China.

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Half of UK businesses have purchase processes unfit for purpose: report

The majority of businesses in the UK (54%) are using purchase processes which are "not fit for purpose" according to finance decision makers.

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AI creating big winners in finance, but risks emerge

Artificial intelligence is changing the finance industry, with some early big movers already monetising their investments in back-office AI applications. But as this trend widens, new systemic and security risks may be introduced in the financial system, warns a new report from the World Economic Forum and Deloitte.

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Alternative payments trump traditional rivals in Apac ecommerce market

Alternative payment methods such as mobile wallets now account for just over half of ecommerce transaction value in Asia Pacific, according to research from GlobalData.

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Canadians have checkout abandonment issues

Everything in the retail, service, sharing economy and hospitality business is about creating an exceptional customer experience. Yet, according to a new study released today by Payments Canada, friction at the end of the path to purchase in store and online is causing 53 per cent of Canadians to abandon a purchase.

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Brits in the dark on Open Banking

It may dominate industry chatter, but Open Banking has still to enter the public consciousness, with nearly three quarters of Brits unaware of the initiative, according to a YouGov survey.

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US Treasury report backs open banking, fintech charter and sandboxes

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.

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Greater consumer payment adoption hinges on education - Fiserv

As consumers have embraced online and mobile methods to pay bills and keep track of finances, quarterly research from Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, reveals opportunities for organizations to increase customer knowledge of services and security to improve the financial experience.

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UK branch networks continue to shrink but won't disappear - FCA

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.

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Investors to use less sell-side research, more AI

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.

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Nasdaq and Celent study on capital markets infrastructure tech

During its biennial Technology of the Future conference in Stockholm, Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), in collaboration with Celent, today revealed the results of a new study of market infrastructure (MI) senior technology and strategy officers that uncovered three important trends: the factors that are driving changes in market infrastructure, how MIs are using technology to support business strategies and how technology spend is evolving.

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Buy and sell-side firms ahead in digital transformation growing twice as fast as rest of industry

New research released today from financial services technology leader FIS (NYSE: FIS) found that financial institutions with the most advanced operating models are growing nearly twice as fast as the rest of the industry.

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Merchants, retail banks and billing orgs favour real-time payments and open banking

New benchmark data, “2018 Global Payments Insight Survey: Cross-Vertical,” from ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and Ovum reveals that 86 percent of banks, 82 percent of billing organizations and 78 percent of merchants expect to see improvements in their customer service as a result of real-time payments.

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Singapore to develop ethical code for AI and personal data use

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.

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Open Banking: 1 in 3 Australians willing to allow banks to share their data

New research from Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) into Australia's banking industry reveals that almost a third of Australians are willing to support data sharing in an open banking environment, but only if privacy and security concerns are addressed.

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FS industry spends $1.7bn a year on blockchain - study

The financial services industry is spending about $1.7 billion per year on blockchain, as banks and other firms move beyond the proof-of-concept stage and start rolling out commercial distributed ledger technology (DLT) products.

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Trust is key for corporate treasurers in digital environment

The 2018 Corporate Treasury Insights report, released today by BNP Paribas and Boston Consulting Group reveals that acquiring and building a reliable relationship takes a combination of factors that include inherent trust, delivery excellence and a strong relationship model.