Fintech

Where’s the technology for AML oversight? (Premium)

October 7, 2020

Anna Reitman

Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Big Data, Fintech, Regulatory, Technology

AML, artificial intelligence, automation, Duff & Phelps, Fenergo, machine learning, regtech, SAS, topstory

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Recent headlines have brought to the fore major failings in anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, in both the traditional and emerging crypto financial industry. It prompts the question: what’s happening with…

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Lessons from gaming: Google’s Stadia and Microsoft’s xCloud show a potential fintech business model

July 22, 2019

Josh Galper

Cloud, Fintech, Technology

Amazon, cloud, gaming, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, technology, topstory

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Big tech firms have launched business models to become the Netflix of gaming. Instead of buying a game and playing it on a console at home, users would have a…

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The Common Domain Model: A Kickoff for Digitization in Collateral at Last?

May 28, 2019

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium May 2019 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Custodians and Client Facing Technology

April 7, 2019

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium April 2019 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Scenarios for a Cyber Collateral Attack

March 25, 2019

Josh Galper

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium March 2019 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Trust, Technology and Advances in Crypto Privacy

February 11, 2019

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium February 2019 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Stock Exchanges, Security Tokens and Capital Formation

January 13, 2019

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium January 2019 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Stablecoins, Capital Markets and the Fiat/Digital Currency Divide

November 27, 2018

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium November 2018 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Cryptojacking: A Growing Corporate Threat

October 29, 2018

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium October 2018 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Does Crypto Really Matter to the Traditional Securities Industry?

September 20, 2018

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium September 2018 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Quantum Computing: Moon Shot or the Next Big Thing?

August 23, 2018

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium August 2018 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Crypto Custody: Market Drivers, Technology and Trend Analysis

July 13, 2018

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium July 2018 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Vendors for the Next Generation of Regtech

June 25, 2018

Josh Galper

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

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Big Tech and the Path to Capital Markets

May 24, 2018

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium May 2018 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Central Bank Digital Currencies, Cryptocurrencies and Collateral

April 17, 2018

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium April 2018 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Cloud Computing Adoption Curve and Risks in Institutional Financial Markets

March 23, 2018

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium March 2018 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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The ICO Market: Creating a Parallel Infrastructure to the Securities Industry

February 26, 2018

Josh Galper

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium February 2018 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Blockchain Securities Lending Marketplaces: Can They Succeed?

February 5, 2018

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium February 2018 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Smart Contract Vendors on Solving Problems in Capital Markets: A Finadium Survey

January 8, 2018

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

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Collateral Management Technology Vendors in 2017: A Finadium Survey

December 10, 2017

mstan

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

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Legacy Systems in Capital Markets: Enhance, Augment or Replace?

October 22, 2017

Jeff Siemer

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

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DB chief warns banking jobs will be lost to robotics but history tells a different story

October 19, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, Operations, Technology

Deutsche Bank, disruption, financial technology

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John Cryan, the chief executive of Deutsche Bank, recently told bankers in Frankfurt that robots would replace many human workers at his firm. The modern history of technology, though, doesn’t…

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Bank incumbents still have the upper hand because of disruptive technology

October 17, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Blockchain, Fintech, Regulatory, Technology

capital markets, disruption, fintech, sec, US Senate

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Who is winning the digital disruption contest in capital markets? The Economist recently published an article examining price to earnings ratios (PE) for companies and market segments that have been…

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More Equifax lessons: open source and unlicensed apps add to cyber vulnerability

October 10, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Big Data, Fintech, Risk Management, Technology

cyber risk, cyber security, fintech

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The Equifax breach is focusing industry and governmental attention on cyber security. Information emerging from various investigations into the event are showing that minor network vulnerabilities can quickly escalate into…

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US Senate hearing add impetus to convergence between financial firms and fintech

October 2, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain, Fintech, Regulatory, Technology, US

disruption, financial regulation, fintech, politics

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The US Senate committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs recently held hearings on Fintech and regulations. The speed of Fintech making a tangible impact in financial markets is accelerating;…

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The Business Case for Robotic Process Automation in Capital Markets

September 22, 2017

Jeff Siemer

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium September 2017 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Where does cryptocurrency trading belong in capital markets? The bitcoin “hard fork” suggests an answer (Premium)

September 20, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Bitcoin, Fintech, Market infrastructure, Technology

bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, fintech, topstory, trading

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Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies are moving from the digital fringe into the mainstream. It’s time to answer the core questions: what product are these things and where in capital…

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Major global banks look to digital currency to speed cross-currency settlement

September 13, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Blockchain, ECB, Federal Reserve, Fintech, Market infrastructure, Operations, Settlements, Technology

Barclays, blockchain, CIBC, Credit Suisse, FX, HSBC, MUFG, State Street, UBS, utility settlement coin

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Late in 2015, UBS announced it was working on a blockchain-based digital currency for capital markets, called the utility settlement coin (USC). The USC would be used to facilitate settlement…

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Artificial Intelligence in Capital Markets: What Matters and What Doesn’t

August 18, 2017

Jeff Siemer

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

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Does Segwit2x blockchain technology have the throughput speed that capital markets needs?

August 16, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Bitcoin, Blockchain, Fintech, Market infrastructure, Technology

bitcoin, blockchain, Segwit2X

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For capital markets, bitcoin has always been less interesting than the  underlying technology, but blockchain is not yet ready for wide scale use in high-volume, high-speed markets. Recently a majority…

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SEC weighs in on DAOs – yes digital tokens are indeed securities

August 14, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Bitcoin, Blockchain, Derivatives, Fintech, Market infrastructure, Regulatory, SEC, Securitization, Technology, US

blockchain, cryptocurrencies, DAO, Ethereum, sec

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In what may be a seminal ruling, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that a so-called digital token qualifies as a security under the Securities Exchange Act of…

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Would a blockchain short locate system make Reg SHO obsolete?

August 10, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Blockchain, Fintech, Regulatory, SEC, Securities Lending, Technology

blockchain, locates, Reg SHO, Short selling, technology, topstory

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Overstock.com has been in the news recently, as it works to market its T0 short sale locates platform to the prime brokerage market. The twist with T0 is that it…

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Capital markets are watching to see what a “Fork” means for Bitcoin

August 2, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Bitcoin, Blockchain, Fintech, Technology

bitcoin, bitcoin cash, blockchain, fintech, technology

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If you are not part of the cryptocurrency inner cognoscenti, what is happening to Bitcoin is tricky to grasp. As of August 1, 2017 the Bitcoin network is experiencing something…

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AI is learning the art of the deal – who will keep watch over bots as they learn to trade?

July 31, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Fintech, Regulatory, Systemic Risk, Technology

artificial intelligence, Facebook, fintech, technology, trading

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If you are uncomfortable with the idea of Artificial Intelligence, this idea will make you very nervous. In June of this year, Facebook announced through their Code blog that they…

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Finadium’s strategic plan for 2017-2018

July 27, 2017

Josh Galper

Derivatives, Fintech, Fixed Income, Repo, Securities Lending, Technology

collateral, derivatives, Finadium, fintech, Fixed Income, securities finance, topstory

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Financial markets are changing at a rapid pace; from front to back office and across products, anyone can see that today’s markets are not what they were 10 years ago.…

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Can Artificial Intelligence in credit risk be the next big leap forward? Fintech startup James offers a case study

July 25, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Big Data, Credit Exposure, Fintech, Market infrastructure, Systemic Risk, Technology

artificial intelligence, counterparty credit exposure, credit risk, fintech, technology, topstory

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A Portuguese startup, James (formerly known as CrowdProcess), has gained some  investors with deep business experience in the problem of capital markets credit risk. How much does the business need…

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Cyber security is a tangled web that demands smart ways of looking at the problem

July 5, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Fintech, Market infrastructure, Operations, Systemic Risk, Technology

cyber risk, cyber security, fintech, systemic risk, topstory

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Here’s the plot line. “By the time you read this, it may have already happened. There will be a major assault on the plugged-in world’s most critical survival infrastructure, and…

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IBM and Promontory bring Watson AI to regulatory technology

June 21, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Basel III, Big Data, Credit Exposure, Dodd-Frank, Fintech, Regulatory, Risk Management, Technology

artificial intelligence, Digital Reasoning, financial technology, fintech, IBM, Regulatory, topstory

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IBM provided a briefing on a major new initiative, announced on June 14th, that they are bringing their Watson technology to the realm of regulatory compliance. Here is what we…

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SFM Magazine, Summer 2017, is now online

June 13, 2017

Josh Galper

Basel III, Big Data, Blockchain, CCP, Collateral Management, Credit Exposure, Delta One, Derivatives, Europe, Fintech, Investments, Market infrastructure, Operations, Prime Brokerage, Regulatory, Repo, Risk Management, Securities Lending, Systemic Risk, Technology

fintech, Indemnification, infrastructure, SFM Magazine, Synthetic Finance, topstory, tri-party repo

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Securities Finance Monitor Magazine, Summer 2017, is now online. This edition features articles on disruptive fintech, industry collaboration and building a holistic collateral infrastructure. Hard copies will be distributed at…

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Fintech Focus: De-Mystifying “Digital” in Capital Markets

June 12, 2017

Jeff Siemer

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium June 2017 Finadium is providing this report for free to the capital markets community. To download, please log in or create an account on Securities Finance Monitor magazine and…

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Thursday Roundup – comedy and good news edition (Premium)

May 25, 2017

Josh Galper

Financial Stability Board, Fintech, Market infrastructure, Repo, Securities Lending, Technology, US

DTCC, FICC, fintech, FSB, Pirum, Repo, topstory

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From regulatory overreach to forward industry momentum, we found some quality news to dissect in the last week. Here’s our take on the latest from the Financial Stability Board, Reuters,…

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Fintech Focus: Integrating Innovation in Capital Markets

May 9, 2017

Jeff Siemer

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

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Fintech Focus: Private Indemnification Markets in Securities Lending

April 9, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

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Fintech Focus: Bank Architecture and Opportunities for IT Professionals, Consultancies and Vendors

February 28, 2017

Josh Galper

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives, Technology

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Fintech Focus: MiFID II and Best Execution for Securities Finance Transactions

January 17, 2017

Josh Galper

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium January 2017 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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Banks on Securities Finance Technology

March 9, 2016

Josh Galper

Fintech, Securities Finance, Collateral and Derivatives

Finadium March 2016 Finadium reports are distributed primarily by subscription. If you are a research subscriber, please log in to download a copy of this report. Otherwise, please contact us…

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