Latest Cloud News: Finextra Research

What will drive capital markets firms to migrate to cloud in 2020 and beyond?

Legacy infrastructure cannot keep pace with the continuous automation, changing regulatory demands, dynamic market conditions and growing customer expectations in the financial services industry today, particularly in capital markets. Firms have started to realise the opportunities that come with cloud, redesigning operating models and implementing cost-saving measures to increase efficiency.

25 September 2020

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UK's Tech Nation announces latest fintech cohort

Thirty one UK scaleups have been selected to participate in the third cohort of Tech Nation's fintech programme.

23 September 2020

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Thought Machine names ex-HSBC COO Maguire chair

Cloud-native core banking provider Thought Machine has appointed former HSBC group chief operating officer Andy Maguire as chair.

23 September 2020

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FS giants invest in CloudMargin

Citi, Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Börse have joined a $15 million Series B funding round for collateral and margin management outfit CloudMargin.

22 September 2020

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StanChar opens virtual bank in Hong Kong

Standard Chartered has announced the official opening of its virtual bank in Hong Kong

22 September 2020

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Finastra to prioritise tackling financial exclusion and SME funding issues

As part of its accelerated innovation mission and open cloud platform strategy, Finastra has set forth a plan to support nine million lives around the world and focus on resolving the SME funding gap, inequality in financial services and financial exclusion.

22 September 2020

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How to combat payments fraud with machine learning in the cloud

Financial services customers are operating with faster speed and greater agility in the payments space, now more than ever with the incremental volume of card-not-present transactions, accelerated adoption of contactless payments, and new financing options at the point-of-sale, among other key trends.

11 September 2020

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Google Cloud hires Derek White to lead FS business

Google Cloud has brought in Barclays, BBVA and US Bank veteran Derek White as its vice president of global financial services.

10 September 2020

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FactSet partners AWS to bring ticker plant to the cloud

Financial analytics vendor FactSet is migrating its real-time ticker plant to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

09 September 2020

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RTGS Global rolls out stage 1 of liquidity visibility network

In collaboration with Microsoft, cross-border transaction network RTGS Global has launched the first stage of its operational rollout to boost visibility of interbank liquidity.

03 September 2020