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Trade Finance as an Asset Class: Rough Seas Ahead
As global banks seek to promote trade finance as an investable asset class to the buy side, the sector’s lack of technology and data infrastructure have come to light.
Banks Find Tech Firms Have Big Risks Too
The flavor of the week among investment banks is not to be a bank, but a tech company. While the numbers are starting to back that claim up, so are the risks involved, writes James Rundle.
Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: Trailblazer (Lifetime Achievement) Award—Catherine Bessant, Bank of America
Cathy Bessant, chief operations and technology officer at Bank of America, wins this year's lifetime achievement award at the annual Women in Technology & Data Awards.
Banks and Buy-Side Firms Encounter Challenges with Public Cloud Adoption
Moving to the public cloud is not as simple as flipping a switch. Anthony Malakian speaks with early public cloud adopters to find out some of the lessons they’ve learned along the way.
Women in Technology & Data Awards 2019: All the Winners and Why they Won
The 26 category winners from this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards were announced on the afternoon of March 8 at a sit-down lunch in London.
Challenging US Exchanges Will be Uphill Battle for MEMX, Experts Warn
An industry initiative to start a new US exchange promises much, but it may struggle to deliver without a clearer purpose.
Waters 25: A Look at the Future
Waters canvasses a range of industry opinion leaders about what the defining technologies of the next few decades will be.
It’s Complicated: Rethinking the Relationship Between Data Governance and Innovation
As data innovation moves from trend to industry standard, Amelia Axelsen investigates whether governance is its enemy, or an essential driver.
EDM Council Makes It Official with Bottega as Executive Director
EDM Council appoints interim MD John Bottega as executive director.
Scott Blandford's Random Collisions
TIAA's chief digital officer sits down with Waters to discuss how the retirement giant is using big data to improve the customer experience and what the institutional side of finance can learn from retail.
Goldman Leads $38 Million Funding Round for Visible Alpha
Fintech firm to complete integration of Alpha Exchange and expand into Europe and Asia, with eye on potential further acquisitions.
Ultumus Builds US Base with Redstone
Redstone has spent 40 years in the financial markets, much of that time in data and trading technology-related roles.
Brexit Brings Boom to Bankenviertel as Tech Firms Eye Frankfurt
Eurozone's financial capital seen as the big Brexit winner as tech vendors begin to follow banks in launching new Germany-based services
AIM Software Grows Professional Services Team
Soni and Loznica have more than 30 years of combined software implementation and engineering expertise.
AFTAs 2016: Best IT Integration Initiative—Bank of America
This is BofA's second win in the category.
Cybersecurity: A Proving Ground for AI
Artificial intelligence can show its true value to the industry in the cybersecurity space.
Barchart Names CME's Petersen Head of Strategy
Petersen has held strategy and corporate development roles at CME Group and IMC Financial Markets.
Machine Learning, Blockchain Headline FinTech Innovation Lab Demo Day
Event comes on the heels of New York surpassing Silicon Valley in fintech venture financing.
BlackRock Takes on $80 Billion in Client Assets from BofA Global Capital Management
BlackRock's cash management platform now stands at over $370 billion in assets under management.
Mentorships vs. Labs: The Hunt to Discover Disruptive Technologies
Big banks differ on how to discover the next disruptive technology.
Open to Open Source
The benefits of using open-source software are too great to ignore for financial firms.
Bloomberg Blow Up: Predicting the Death of the Terminal
A recent report by the New York Post says Bank of America is looking into decreasing the amount of Bloomberg terminals it has.