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Banking

Chinese E-Commerce Companies Biggest Threat To Banks

Trends | Fintech China’s Big Three Internet and e-commerce companies—Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent—are so big they are referred to collectively as BAT, and all three have received banking licenses and scaled up their e-commerce and finance platforms.

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Cooperation Is Key To Success And Innovation: Juraj Bojkovský, Tatra Banka

Q+A with Juraj Bojkovský, Director Of Electronic Distribution Channels At Tatra banka

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Digital Services On The Rise: Hubert Jolly, Citi

Q+A with Hubert Jolly, Managing Director, Head of Channel & Enterprise Services, Treasury & Trade Solutions at Citi

News

Future Growth In Ecuador Linked To “Knowledge” Economy

In the province of Imbabura in northern Ecuador, approximately a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the capital, Quito, and close to the border of Colombia, sits Yachay, the country’s first planned “city of knowledge.”

Banking

Israel Keeps Its Economic Motor Humming

Country Report | Israel Chinese investors flock to the nation’s cutting-edge tech sector.

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New Digital Battle Lines Drawn

The World’s Best Digital Bank Awards was preceded this year by the inaugural Global Finance Digital Bank Conference, held in London. Three panels of digital banking experts shared their experiences of competing against nontraditional providers in the financial technology space.

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New Digital Frontiers: Alex Chen, Executive Vice President, CTBC Bank

Q+A with Alex Chen, Executive Vice President of Ctbc Bank

Banking

World’s Best Digital Banks 2015 – Round Two Winners

The Full Listing Of Global, Regional, and Country Awards Winners for The Best Digital Banks of 2015

Awards

A New Era Of FX Innovators

Innovation is bringing transparency and diversity to the FX market.

Banking

Interest Ramps Up In Banking Blockchain Initiative

Market Trends | FinTech News that 13 additional banks have joined financial innovation firm R3’s distributed ledger initiative signifies the savings the banking sector believes blockchain technologies can deliver to the financial services sector.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

More Unified Patent Regime For Europe On The Cards

Market Trends | Intellectual Property A European patent regime with unitary effect and a Unitary Patent Court is set to come into force as early as 2017, making it simpler and cheaper for international corporations to defend their intellectual property rights.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

ISSA Compliance Rules Make Custodians Nervous

The International Securities Services Association adoption of financial crime compliance principles, could prove costly for custodian banks, who are nervous about the changes.