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A recent study found that 4.4% of the UK population were gig economy workers between 2017 and 2018. This explains the emergence of so many gig economy platforms, eager to serve a consumer’s every need. But not all gig economy platforms that are launched succeed.  Although the gig economy model has successfully disrupted some markets... read more

Foreign exchange and payments firms have upped their game significantly in recent years, with a handful of big players diversifying and looking for new opportunities. Looking to evolve in the marketplace, Moneycorp, which also provides hedging and risk management consultancy services, united its global operations on a single digital platform with... read more

Banks shouldn’t feel pressured into wholesale changes to their core banking systems, when the real battle for innovation and customer retention will be won with software and services sitting in the middle layer, says SunTec CEO Nanda Kumar. “Humans have 40 different organs, and each has its own function. You don’t try to change... read more

Algorithmic trading, also sometimes referred to as black-box trading, automated trading or algo trading, has developed from its beginnings as the computerization of order flow in the 1970s to a potentially crucial tool for brokers and traders. Theoretically algorithmic trading platforms can create returns at a speed and frequency that... read more

Difficulties for trade repositories to match and pair the large number of data fields required under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Emir)’s transaction level reporting for exchange traded funds (ETD) won’t immediately be resolved by a move to only report end-of-day positions, according to the CEO of a trade reporting... read more

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s roll out of its long-planned consolidated audit trail (CAT) regime has not been without it’s hurdles. The rules intentions are “to promote the ability of regulators to have a consolidated view of the markets,” according to Robert Cook, president and CEO of the Financial... read more

The market for treasury management solutions has changed dramatically over the course of the past few years. From technological advances – such as the proliferation of the cloud – to the way the treasury function has changed in recent times, corporate and bank treasurers find themselves with a wealth of options to choose from. But... read more

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s proposed crypto-derivatives ban is aggressive and outmoded, according to Townsend Lansing, chief commercial officer at TokenMarket. The FCA announced last week that it would be consulting on banning the sale, marketing and distribution of derivatives and exchange-traded notes (ETNs)... read more

Deutsche Bank will transfer its Global Prime Finance platform to BNP Paribas as part of the closure of its equities sales & trading business, according to Georgina Speight, Global Prime Finance’s lead technology manager at Deutsche Bank. Upon hearing the news of the restructuring plan, Speight said on LinkedIn she was “excited to... read more