Fintech – Finadium

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

October 19, 2017

Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, Operations, Technology

Deutsche Bank, disruption, financial technology

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…

Bank incumbents still have the upper hand because of disruptive technology

October 17, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Blockchain, Fintech, Profitability, Regulatory, Technology

capital markets, disruption, fintech, sec, US Senate

No Comments

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…

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

No Comments

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…

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

No Comments

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;…

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

No Comments

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…

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…

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

No Comments

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…

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…

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

No Comments

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…

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

No Comments

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…

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

No Comments

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…

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.…

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

No Comments

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…

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

No Comments

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…

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

No Comments

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…

SFM Magazine, Summer 2017, is now online

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…

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

No Comments

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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