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Category: WealthTech


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Global fintech investment falls over H1 2023 amid economic turbulence but sector remains resilient

July 14, 2023

Via: FinTech Futures

This is according to the UK industry body Innovate Finance, which has released its analysis of the global fintech investment landscape for H1 2023. The first half of this year saw a total of $27.3 billion being injected into the […]


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FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 7 July 2023

July 7, 2023

Via: FinTech Futures

FIS has signed a definitive agreement with US-based private equity firm GTCR to sell a majority stake in its Worldpay merchant business. GTCR will acquire 55% of Worldpay, with FIS set to receive $11.7 billion in upfront net proceeds. FIS […]


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American Bank & Trust taps Marstone for digital wealth management offering

May 22, 2023

Via: FinTech Futures

The bank offers a wealth management solution through its trust arm, which has more than $300 million in assets under management. With Marstone’s wealth management-as-a-service offering, the bank aims to develop that offering by improving productivity to retain existing client […]


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Highbeam secures $10M loan to provide credit, spend monitoring and more to e-commerce retailers

February 13, 2023

Via: TechCrunch

Highbeam, a startup that provides banking features, credit and cash flow insights to e-commerce customers, today announced that it raised $10 million in debt from TriplePoint as it looks to expand the reach of its digital product portfolio. Co-founders Samir […]


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Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Announced as BMLL Client To Improve Former’s Data Analysis

February 10, 2023

Via: The Fintech Times

BMLL provides historical Level 3 data and analytics to banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, academics, regulators and global exchanges, helping them understand how markets truly behave. Following the $26million Series B investment round in Q4 2022, BMLL set out […]


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Mizuho Bank in core banking tech overhaul with Oracle

February 6, 2023

Via: FinTech Futures

The rollout, which began with the replacement of legacy banking systems at Mizuho’s New York offices, will take place over the coming years in Mizuho’s major overseas offices. Oracle’s banking solutions will be used to support “critical” functions for the […]


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JP Morgan reportedly planning German digital bank offering

February 2, 2023

Via: FinTech Futures

The German launch is set for late 2024 or early 2025, Bloomberg reports, with plans to expand into other EU countries after. The US banking giant is said to have been on something of a hiring spree in Berlin, with […]


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Wealthtech start-up Nucoro reshapes its business

January 26, 2023

Via: FinTech Futures

Founded in 2019, Nucoro provides a cloud-native platform for financial institutions to build digital savings, investment, and wealth management propositions. It raised $19.2 million in a seed funding round, according to Crunchbase. In summer 2021, Nucoro agreed to sell its […]


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Wealthtech start-up Equipped appoints Edward Green as CEO

January 24, 2023

Via: FinTech Futures

Green joins Equipped with 19 years of experience within private equity, private credit, and real estate and most recently as partner and head of asset management at AnaCap Financial Partners, a specialist investor in mid-market fintech and related businesses. Equipped […]


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Why Bitcoin is the ultimate wealth preservation technology

January 5, 2023

Via: Fintech News

Evolutionary psychologists believe that the ability to preserve wealth gave modern humans the decisive edge in evolutionary competition with other humans. Nick Szabo included an interesting anecdote in his essay “Shelling Out: The Origins of Money.” When Homo sapiens sapiens […]


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What Business Leaders Should Know About Corporate Impact Investing

December 6, 2022

Via: Fintech News

One of the most heartwarming financial trends in business strategy is that of impact investment, which sees business leaders putting money into programs and causes with the intention of generating social and environmental good. A 2019 report from the Global […]


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Banks target wealthier clients to fix ‘unsustainable’ retail economics

October 27, 2022

Via: American Banker

More nimble, higher-tech rivals are making the economics of garden-variety retail banking “unsustainable” for traditional financial services companies, driving them to focus on specialized digital services for more profitable customers, according to a new study from the consulting firm McKinsey […]


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A Financial Revolution is Around the Corner

September 26, 2022

Via: The Fintech Times

With an impending recession and the cost of living crisis causing investors to tighten their pursestrings, the age-old transactional function of money is changing, and we are entering a new age of financial democracy. What does this mean? It means […]


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Citi to wind down UK retail banking ops to focus on wealth management

September 26, 2022

Via: FinTech Futures

The mooted closure of its UK retail division forms part of Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser’s plans to simplify the firm and boost its share price by exiting core businesses, including consumer franchises in 13 markets. The news comes months after […]


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Wealthtech to The Rescue Amid Doom and Gloom For Wealth Managers

September 22, 2022

Via: The Fintech Times

Wealth management firms face a conundrum of headwinds like never before. From an environment with low or slowing economic growth, high volatility, high financial leverage by individual investors and pressure to de-lever personal balance sheets, high inflation rates and growing […]


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Anchorage Digital’s Institutional Clients Able to Trade With GYEN

September 14, 2022

Via: The Fintech Times

GYEN is the first JPY stablecoin approved by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and is a 1:1 backed stablecoin with assets held at FDIC-insured banks. The partnership demonstrates Anchorage’s support for responsibly regulated stablecoins, and offers […]


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The Use and Benefits of AI in Wealth Management With Toggle, TIFIN Wealth, Unifimoney and More

September 13, 2022

Via: The Fintech Times

Having spent the entirety of last week delving into all aspects of fintech partnerships, and how they tie into our month-long coverage of fintech ecosystems, this week we’ll be shifting our attention to the understated sector of wealth management. In […]


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How Etcho is aiming to help save the planet through conscious investing

September 12, 2022

Via: FinTech Futures

What recently launched fintech Etcho offers though is the ability for newcomers to understand how their investments can impact the planet right from the get-go. The firm’s co-founder Charlie French recently spoke to FinTech Futures on the promises of sustainable […]


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Belgium’s Puilaetco taps Abbove for digital wealth planning platform

September 9, 2022

Via: FinTech Futures

Abbove says its technology helps financial institutions offer “holistic” wealth management services and has ambitions to make its platform available internationally. The Puilaetco partnership is the second such private banking partnership Abbove has secured in the past three months. Abbove, […]