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Financial regulators consult on creation of a Global Financial Innovation Network
August 8th, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has, in collaboration with 11 financial regulators and related organisations, announced the creation of the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), building on the FCA’s proposal earlier this year to create a ‘global sandbox’. The ...
Morgan Stanley puts a digital spin on advisor training
June 22nd, 2018
Morgan Stanley’s digital transformation of its wealth management arm is extending beyond an evolving set of technology tools to its advisor training program. A third of Morgan’s trainees are being inducted into a digital-first approach with the intention that ...
Digital banking transformation creating new systemic risks
May 22nd, 2018
Digital banking transformation programmes are creating a new wave of operational and systemic risks for which the industry is ill-prepared, warns UK Finance. Sustainable Financial Services in the Digital Age, a joint report from UK Finance and Parker Fitzgerald, ...
Economics 101: Who Sets Prices?
April 26th, 2018
Since the advent of nineteenth century socialism, politicians and economists in the centre ground have argued for a balanced approach, where vital services are provided by the state, and capitalism is left to provide the rest. Vital services ...
The egregious errors of static statistics
March 22nd, 2018
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. Lord Macaulay wrote this nearly two hundred years ago. His aphorism is particularly apposite of modern politicians, ...
Mobile payment expects to grow 13% globally
February 27th, 2018
In 2018, more than a third of smartphone users worldwide will use their mobile phone to pay for a purchase a physical point of sale (POS) at least once every six, eMarketer estimates. The company analysed quantitative and qualitative ...
The big bang for alternative legal services providers
February 21st, 2018
Will 2018 be the ‘big-bang’ year for the use of Alternative Legal Services providers, asks PwC’s Peter Workman? The current legal and regulatory environment is burdensome. General counsel and their legal teams are under ever increasing pressure to reduce legal ...
Three Things B2B Marketers Should Know About Data in 2018
January 17th, 2018
The most successful business-to-business (B2B) brands are buyer-centric. They know who their buyers are, what their pain points are and how they make purchase decisions. These sorts of insights are possible, in part, due to data. In 2018, B2B ...
IMF Head: Cryptocurrency Could Be the Future
October 3rd, 2017
Christine Lagarde sees a path ahead for cryptocurrency. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, talked up the potential of virtual currencies to supplant traditional monies in coming decades on Friday. Cryptocurrencies, or virtual currencies, are ...
Google and HTC Announce US$1.1 Billion Cooperation Agreement
September 21st, 2017
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) and HTC Corporation (TWSE: 2489) today announced a definitive agreement under which certain HTC employees – many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google. HTC will receive ...
