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Tinkoff Bank Group plans on launching the Tinkoff Capital Management company in the 4th quarter of this year. The company will offer clients exchange funds for investments, with an entry …
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Russia’s National Financial Association, a self-regulatory organization, has issued its first official accreditation to VTB Capital Investment under a program to provide individual investment recommendations to users via roboadvisors. Roboadvisors …
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There are many points within the client experience, including onboarding, where high-quality digital interactions can help enhance client-bank relationships and give clients access to a broader range of services. Video: …
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WealthTech companies have been growing in recent years thanks to an increase in investments into this space. CB Insights recently categorized more than 90 of them into 7 main categories …
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New technologies within the FinTech and WealthTech spaces are bringing new opportunities for everyone to invest the same way the privileged do, opening up the space for new startups to …
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Almost USD 17 billion in investments in challenger banks over the past five years has driven the growth of WealthTech funding. In fact, investments have increased over that period at …
Read More »Video: WealthTech and millennials
CB Insights analyst Matt Wong gives a brief overview of WealthTech and millennials relationship with it. Five FinTech trends that will define banking in 2019 Banks struggle in assessing, acquiring …
Read More »Infographic: the rise of WealthTech
Evolving consumer expectations, the rapid adoption of technology and new competitors are placing new demands on today’s wealth management companies and reshaping the whole look and feel of the industry. …
Read More »The rise of BigTechs in finance highlights important issues
BigTechs have been rapidly moving to offer a wide range of financial services. But the role of BigTechs in the financial sector raises numerous issues as BigTechs are not regulated …
Read More »The difference between FinTech and TechFin
In 2019, FinTech is not a new concept, with most people having at least some understanding of it. But this is not the case for TechFin. What is it? And …
Read More »5 competitive strategies for facing the BigTech threat
Today’s consumers want the same level of experiences they get from financial institutions as they get from BigTechs like Amazon and Google. The reality, however, is that most financial institutions …
Read More »BigTechs march to battle in the financial sector
Over the past few years, there has been much made of the FinTech boom and how tech- and financially-focused companies were invading the financial sector from seemingly every corner. A …
Read More »BigTechs push into the asset management industry
BigTechs – with their size, brand recognition, distribution capabilities and technology – are already active in the financial services industry and have sufficient motivation to enter the asset management industry. …
Read More »4 lessons financial institutions can learn from digital-centric companies
Digital-centric companies like Amazon and Uber have raised consumer expectations regarding the experiences companies provide. These expectations are even being placed on financial institutions. Here are 4 lessons the financial …
Read More »12 lessons all industries can learn from BigTechs
While most companies turn to BigTechs for ways to make work easier (e.g. with software and apps), they can also teach all industries other valuable lessons about how to do …
Read More »EBAday 2019 panel: will BigTechs come to dominate instant payments?
At EBAday 2019, a group of panelists discussed the likely future of instant payments in a world of open banking. The group noted that major progress is already being made …
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Facebook has announced a plan to launch its own cryptocurrency (Libra) next year. In fact, what they may be doing in launching Libra is actually creating a new financial system …
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With Apple Inc. starting the rollout of its brand-new Apple Card and its availability expected to reach more than 40 countries by the end of the year, we wanted to …
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