839 Results from /markets
Janine Grainger CEO at Easy Crypto
Listening to the news, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s approval of a Bitcoin spot exchange traded fund (ETF) has widely been lauded as ‘the legitimisation’ of Bitcoin and other cryptos. One news outlet even referred to it as “The adults finally stepping into the room…” OR… is it simply a matter of them finally catching up? Bitc...
11 January 2024 /crypto /markets
John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited
Brilliant start to the year with HSBC head of wealth announcing a new Foreign Exchange (Forex) app to take on Wise (1). The app is for existing and new customers wanting to make foreign exchange transactions instantly. This activity fully supports the 695th Lord Mayor of London Lecture on “Harnessing Entrepreneurship to Build a World-Class Economy...
05 January 2024 /payments /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Steve Wilcockson Technical Product Marketing at Quantexa
2023 was a troublesome year for many on our planet – wars, violence, population displacement, catastrophes, extremism, higher costs of living and poverty. Folks working in our industry were comparatively lucky, some of us invigorated by the exciting GenerativeAI tornado. Just as HFT transformed the vocabulary of capital markets in the 2000s, and d...
03 January 2024 /regulation /markets Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Retired Member
As our planet takes on the challenges of an ever-growing population, necessity is at the forefront of agricultural innovation. Advanced technologies in the agricultural sector are helping usher in an era where food security and sustainability go hand in hand. We will delve into 14 groundbreaking agricultural innovations that are redefining farming...
28 December 2023 /sustainable /markets Business
David Newns Head at SIX Digital exchange (SDX)
Blockchain has emerged as a transformative force, promising to reshape the very foundations of capital markets. As we navigate through this era of unprecedented innovation, it becomes imperative to understand both the potential benefits and the challenges to adoption associated with digital assets and distributed ledger technology (DLT). In this a...
22 December 2023 /crypto /markets Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
The European office of CFO SaaS is witnessing a fierce battleground as leading SaaS platforms embrace the integration of FinTech solutions with their software workflows. In this article, we delve into this evolving landscape of the emergence of embedded FinTech in the European FinTech, unravel the story thereafter, and present key insights. The So...
18 December 2023 /inclusion /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Nick Hall Co-Founder at Stocknet Institute
Following a turbulent year for retail trading, Nick Hall, co-founder at Stocknet Institute, discusses why trust, transparency and education must become the essential ground rules for a positive and innovative future for retail trading. From FX to crypto firms, bad actors in the retail trading space have come under increasing scrutiny from regulator...
15 December 2023 /startups /markets Fintech
Maria Schuld Head of Regional and Community Banking at FIS
Why manage risk? Banking leaders realize their organizations are exposed to more risk than in the past given the scope of cyber occurrences, more frequent global and geographic catastrophic events, and dependence on global networks to conduct business. Executives need confidence in their ability to overcome such threats. To alleviate these challen...
12 December 2023 /retail /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
The democratization of private markets has captured the industry’s attention, and it’s easy to understand why. Individual investors own about half of the estimated $275 trillion in global assets under management (AUM), but hold just 16% of alternatives’ market value. High-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) with $1 to $5 million in investable assets re...
12 December 2023 /regulation /markets Capital Markets Technology
Indra Chourasia Industry Advisor at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Typically, a birthday is the anniversary to remember and rejoice special moments of love, affection, loyalty and many hues of emotions overflowing in one’s life. The previous week marked the first anniversary of launch of ChatGPT (GPT-3) on 30 Nov 2022 – the pathbreaking generative technology powered large language model (LLM) introduced in the pu...
09 December 2023 /wholesale /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
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