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5 Takeaways from Deutsche Bank’s New “Regulation Driving Banking Transformation” Whitepaper

The emergence of fintech, the flourishing data economy, the growth of the crypto-assets market, and the rapid entrance of bigtech firms in the banking space are setting the stage for a new era in the finance world. But in order

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Interest in Crowdlending Continues to Rise in Switzerland

Interest in crowdlending continues to increase in Switzerland with professional investors growing in importance in the sector, according to a new study by the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ of the Lucerne School of Business, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the

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Macro-Economic Trends, Regulation, Fintech Changing Corporate Banking: Report

Major change drivers, including macro-economic trends, regulation, more demanding customers, digitalization and fintech, are transforming the corporate banking ecosystem, according to a new research paper from Finextra produced in association with Oracle. The paper, called Digital, Connected, Client-Centric: A New

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Proper Regulation Needed For Fintech To Thrive And Fix Our Financial System

Fintech has the potential to improve both financial stability and access to services. But for the sector to thrive, there needs to be significant changes in the focus of regulation, according to a new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Working

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Swiss Banks And Swiss Fintechs Are Undergoing A Serious Customer Trust Issue

Swiss banks and financial institutions are facing many challenges as new, tech-focused entrants are trying to disrupt their businesses. Customer behavior and expectations have changed dramatically and trust in the financial services market is on an all-time low, an issue

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The Blockchain Bank – Keep your Bank Relevant in the Future

The transformation to “The Blockchain Bank“ must be initiated and advanced now.  Only then will a traditional financial service provider be able to secure their place in the future. Why Blockchain for Banking now? At banks, the savings potential appears

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Swiss Banks Are Falling To Meet Corporate Clients and SME Digital Needs

A new report by Swisscom’s think tank e-foresight and the Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen Zug (IFZ) found that the vast majority of banks are falling to meet consumers’ digital needs, notably when it comes to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The

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87% of Financial Market Participants Say Blockchain Will Disrupt The Industry

A survey conducted by Deutsche Bank and FT Remark, the research arm of the Financial Times, found that a staggering majority (87%) of financial market participants are confident that blockchain technology will disrupt the settlement model for securities. 62% believe

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Report on Top Fintech Hubs of 2016

Fintech has become an important sector as technological innovation has created the opportunity for significant disintermediation of traditional financial institutions resulting in reduced costs and widening choice of financial services for consumers. As fintech continues to grow globally with new

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Capital Market Firms Must Collaborate with Fintechs to ‘Drive Their Own Evolution’

Innovation in capital markets is an “absolute imperative for investment banks to survive and thrive into the future,” according to a new report from Ernst and Young (EY), and with fintech booming all around the world, “the better answer for both

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