Technology
This Week: Charles River, Broadridge/IBM, Dash, TT, GAM/SimCorp
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Proliferation of Fake Information: Deepfakes & the Capital Markets
As the spread of false information online threatens our view of the world, Josephine Gallagher examines how this phenomenon has evolved with technology.
Oracle Leverages Deep Learning To Detect Financial Crime
Oracle is using deep learning to find matching patterns for graph analytics within its compliance platform.
Brown Brothers Harriman To 'Transform' Its Fund Accounting Service by 2021
The bank is in the throes of a hefty transformation project within its Investor Services division, which began with machine-learning efforts last year.
Cboe Plans Comeback in Crypto Markets
The US exchange is again planning to offer crypto derivatives, while after previous attempts to gain regulatory approval to list crypto ETFs were thwarted.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 178: MEMX’s CEO & COO
Jonathan Kellner and Tom Fay join to discuss the Members Exchange.
APIs: Frontier of a New Threat
APIs are becoming more important as firms digitize and adopt microservices architectures, but they come with unique security threats. By Joanna Wright
Nasdaq Updates Surveillance Offering to Build Trader Profiles to Catch Spoofing
The company is combining different data sources to help users spot market abuse and manipulation.
This Week: SimCorp, Nasdaq, FactSet/Snowflake, IBM
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 177: Data Implications of 5G & IoT
Wei-Shen and Anthony discuss the combination of 5G and IoT, and what those data volumes mean to financial firms.
5G & IoT: Are You Ready for the Data Deluge?
The combination of these two revolutions will see data volumes skyrocket. As a result, Anthony Malakian says data providers will be able to find new datasets to package for clients, while investment firms can create unique investment insights.
For the App Interoperability Movement, 2020 will be a Big Year
While progress was made in the desktop application interoperability space in the last year, Anthony Malakian says 2020 is likely to see some major developments that will help to push this movement forward.
Banks Look to Virtual Data Warehouses to Unify Trading Desks
As emerging technologies and greater computing power have brought about new analytical tools and capabilities, adding a virtual layer could help take the burden off the traditional data warehouse.
Blockchain in the Capital Markets: Slow Progress in 2019
While real blockchain rollouts are still few and far between, some firms made progress in 2019. Here are 18 projects in some stage of development.
As Public Cloud Gains Traction, Concerns & Challenges Grow
WatersTechnology looks at more than 20 cloud-based projects and initiatives to see how banks, asset managers and vendors are embracing public providers, and the inherent problems involved.
LSEG: Cloud Enables Better Visualization Tools
Advances made in the exchange group's cloud program have filtered down to help improve its data offerings.
This Week: Fidelity Digital Asset, State Street, HSBC, Instinet, INTL FCStone, Quantopian
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Introducing AI to the Back Office—Does the Tech Measure Up to the Hype?
Throughout 2019, artificial intelligence (AI) has been one of the most predominant buzzwords in the financial technology space. AI has promised enhanced accuracy and improved efficiencies, allowing staff to focus on higher-value tasks—it truly has the…
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 176: Data Hungry AI; Women in Data
Wei-Shen and Anthony discuss firms experimenting with AI and ML, and the creation of industry working groups.
TD Securities Eyes Data on Internal ‘Hydra’ Risk Middleware in 2020
The firm sees benefits of making data available on the platform, which already hosts risk and P&L functions, as well as settlement and reporting applications.
IBM Exec: With Blockchain, It's All About Governance Interoperability
The tech company's VP of digital transformation talks blockchain and disruption caused by a highly-interconnected economy.
Vendor Lock-In Creates Barriers to Digital Transformation Efforts
Voya Financial and Blackstone execs discuss the role that fintechs play in firms' digital transformations, and caution them not to rely so heavily on vendors.