Buy-Side Technology
Temenos Continues Digitization of its Investor Servicing Portal
Following its acquisition of digital banking SaaS company Kony last year, Temenos will be updating the UX across all its products.
Jefferies' Quant Team Builds Chatbot For Faster Equities Trading
In minutes, JEFQuants compiles information from multiple sources into a unique data package based on traders' queries.
ING Leverages Graph Technology to Identify Suspicious Activity
The bank is developing its data analytics platform, Hunter, to better identify financial crime.
Waters Wrap: The M&A Market Heats Up (And Some Quantum Computing News)
What do Liquidnet and Trading Technologies (and others) have in common? Anthony explains. He also discusses advancement—and disillusionment—in the quantum space.
This Week: State Street/Simcorp, Bloomberg, ACA, Broadridge & More
A look at some of the past week’s financial technology news.
SmartStream Plans to Go 'Cloud Native' with Full Suite of Solutions
After two cloud-native product successes, the vendor plans to migrate all its software to cloud native to optimize the benefits of running in the cloud for clients.
On Democracy and Alt Data's Democratization: Preparing For the US Election
Advancements in modeling and the rise of alt data have made the process of prepping for the US presidential election more complex, but hopefully more accurate.
Self-Sovereign Identity: The Next Evolution for KYC
R3's Ivar Wiersma explains how the banking industry is moving toward a self-sovereign identity model.
Deutsche Bank First Looks to Interop, Chatbot Projects After Partnering with Google
The bank will look to enhance existing capabilities and potentially introduce new solutions with Google’s help.
Banks Warn of Rise in Ransomware Attacks
Banks must improve resilience of remote-working staff, says Wells Fargo financial crime expert
Morgan Stanley’s Digital Research Assistant Knows Who You Are
The bank's AI-powered research chatbot, developed with Symphony Communications, acts as a personalized research assistant and will soon be rolled out to external clients.
Banking Experts: Tech Isn't the Whole Solution to Financial Crime
The industry and researchers are challenging the touting of privacy-enhancing technologies as a cure-all for KYC/AML failures, and advocating systemic reform.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 215: Bill Murphy on Innovation & Technical Debt
Bill Murphy, formerly Blackstone's CTO and now managing partner at Cresting Wave, talks technical debt, machine learning, blockchain, management strategy & more.
QuantConnect Brings Low-Code Principles to Quant Finance
Later this year the vendor is looking to allow users to clip together various components of an algorithmic trading strategy, making it easier for users with limited programming skills to build their own trading strategies.
Science Friction: Some Tire of Waiting for Quantum’s Leap
Use cases for quantum computing are piling up—from CVA to VAR. But so are the obstacles
TRG Screen Melds FITS, InfoMatch for Next-Gen Data Cost Management Platform
The first iterations of the new Optimize platform will be available early next year.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 214: BNY Mellon's Hans Brown on Innovation
Hans delves into machine learning, moonshot projects, technical debt, and what has been learned during the pandemic.
This Week: ASIC/RBA, TSE, Schroders/SteelEye, HKEx, Talos, and more
A look at some of the past week’s financial technology news.
RPA Provides ‘Quick Wins’, But at What Cost?
Banking experts urge firms to consider re-engineering a process before turning to robotic process automation.
Dutch Banks, Zapata Computing Tap Quantum Computing for Stress Test Projects
ABN, ING and Rabobank are exploring quantum for regulatory stress tests. In the US, Zapata Computing is seeking a patent for the same.
EU Proposal Takes Aim at Major Cloud Providers
Jo writes that the EU’s new digital package could find large cloud providers operating in the bloc subject to potentially invasive oversight, as the EU strives for “data sovereignty”.
Morgan Stanley, SocGen Shift Sight Line on Who's Accountable for Data
The two banks outline their ambitious data governance programs, which make business professionals culpable for their organization's data decisions.
Waters Wrap: Causal Machine Learning Represents Next Evolution of AI (Plus ESG & Innovation Issues)
Anthony looks at an interesting project using causal inference by IBM and Refinitiv, and what this latest evolution of machine learning could mean for innovation in the capital markets in the future.
IBM, Refinitiv Partner on Machine Learning Project to Better Understand Market Correlations
The two companies are in the early stages of using causal inference to help firms build machine learning models that are better able to handle disruption from events like the Covid-19 pandemic.