Fintech
Wall Street vets vie to be BlackRock of crypto
Fund launch uses fundamental analysis to identify value propositions in high-risk industry
Broadening horizons – Expanding global presence to explore technological opportunities
As institutions increasingly focus on streamlining their operations within markets in which they are comfortable and established, BNP Paribas Securities Services is breaking the mould, investing in innovative technologies and making itself seen and heard…
Crypto or super-correspondents: central banks look to the future
Research lays out three ways forward for cross-border payments
Custody Risk Global Awards 2018 winners announced
Custodian of the Year won by BNP Paribas for second year running
Cryptocurrencies: king’s ransom or fool’s gold?
Extreme volatility makes products an unreliable store of value – for now
Do two sizes fit all? Banks aim to standardise vendor risk
Banks created TruSight and KY3P to vet supplier risk with standard questionnaires. Is it enough?
Risktech start-ups: survival of the fittest?
A new breed of vendors could change the face of risk management, if they can hang around long enough
Risktech start-ups struggle to clinch big-bank contracts
Light on cash, risk management fintechs face an extended gauntlet most won’t survive
Rise of the cyborgs: tech remakes the front office
Dealers “have no choice” but to change, says UBS’s Orcel – and plenty of changes are coming
OK, computer? Hurdles remain for machine learning in credit risk
Concerns over cost, applicability and oversight give pause to banks’ use of ML techniques in credit risk
Planned sale prompts hard look at post-trade firms
Plans to sell MarkitServ fuel warnings about middleware vendors’ future
Banks explore new data techniques to tackle money laundering
Artificial intelligence in tandem with human analysis seen as effective for know-your-customer
From prophets to ‘parasites’
How post-trade vendors went from problem-solvers to ‘rent-seekers’
The battle for the back office
Post-trade incumbents at risk as Isda and others search for standards
How fintech could reboot Libor
Polsinelli’s Rutenberg says blockchain technology and ‘Libor currency’ could boost submission incentives and make process more secure
Distributed ledger technology in payments, clearing and settlement
This paper examines how DLT can be used in the area of PCS, and identifies both the opportunities and challenges associated with its long-term implementation and adoption.
Market Technology Awards 2018: New problems, new solutions
Vendors embrace cloud, alternative languages and agile approaches
OTC infrastructure service of the year: Droit Financial Technologies
Risk Awards 2018: Mifid II prompts firm to expand coverage, becoming “default provider”
Keeping global regulatory co-ordination alive
WEF council members call for consistent implementation of current and upcoming rules
Why no one can handle technology risk
IT missteps can destroy banks – boards need to take them seriously, argues author Patrick McConnell
EBA warns of wide differences in fintech regulation
Third of European fintech firms are completely unregulated, survey finds
Jeff Bandman leaves CFTC for private sector role
Former acting director of clearing and risk led negotiations with EC over CCP equivalence