Globalization is often spoken of as a major sea change over the past four decades or more. Technology and telecommunications advances have made the world a more connected commercial marketplace, more so than ever before in the history of mankind. The process has redistributed wealth across the planet, cut global poverty in half, and made…
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Financial services aggregation platform provider Bud has announced the launch of its new SME / fintech platform. The API is now open through a self-service portal to all comers regardless of size and sector. The new portal provides access to: Open Banking via Bud’s AISP licence A suite of enrichment APIs designed to help treat…
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DBS Bank and Xero, a global cloud accounting platform, announced a strategic partnership to transform the way SMEs in Singapore manage their financials and access capital. The partnership is centered on several aspects including aligning both parties’ technology platforms to ultimately enable SMEs to make payments and apply for loans seamlessly, transforming how SMEs manage…
Read moreBrexit-related uncertainty, effects of a low interest rate environment, risk of a sharp re-pricing of assets, structural changes in markets: the AMF has drawn up a mid-2016 current state assessment of the main risks to markets, retail investment, collective investment and the financing of the economy. The AMF has published its tenth risk mapping in…
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