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Singapore's MoneySense Launches Campaign To Promote Financial Resilience Amid COVID-19 Challenges

Date 04/10/2021

MoneySense launched today a campaign to encourage Singaporeans to build financial resilience amid COVID-19 challenges through a simple four-step plan: (1) Budgeting; (2) Saving for emergencies; (3) Investing early; and (4) Planning early for retirement. The campaign will run for 10 weeks from 4 October 2021.

Bitfinex Derivatives To Launch Aave (AAVEF0:USTF0), Fantom (FTMF0:USTF0), Elrond (EGLDF0:USTF0), Polygon (MATICF0:USTF0) Perpetual Swaps

Date 04/10/2021

Bitfinex Derivatives* offers a derivatives platform accessible through Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform. Bitfinex Derivatives has today announced the launch of perpetual contracts for Aave (AAVEF0:USTF0), Fantom (FTMF0:USTF0), Elrond (EGLDF0:USTF0) and Polygon (MATICF0:USTF0).

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Sets Out Standards For Operational Resilience And Remote Working Arrangements

Date 04/10/2021

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published a report which sets out regulatory standards to promote the operational resilience of intermediaries. The report also discusses measures to manage the major possible risks of remote working arrangements, including working from home.

Worldline Is Collaborating With GIE SESAM Vitale On An Innovation Partnership To Secure The Digitalization Of Carte Vitale On Smartphones - Further Safe And Secure Digitalisation In Sight For 20 Million Of Users

Date 04/10/2021

Worldline [Euronext: WLN] has joined forces with GIE SESAM-Vitale, a major player in the digital transformation of the French healthcare sector, in an innovation partnership to secure the dematerialization of the Carte Vitale on smartphones. The new Carte Vitale app will offer all insured persons the possibility for online identification, as well as authentication solutions. This enables them to access both the same services as with the physical Carte Vitale, and new online functions.

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The Meeting Of The Court Of Directors Held On 15 July 2021

Date 04/10/2021

The Bank's Court of Directors acts as a unitary board, setting the organisation's strategy and budget and taking key decisions on resourcing and appointments. Required to meet a minimum seven times per year, it has five executive members from the Bank and up to nine non-executive members.

Dubai Financial Services Authority Provides The Right Regulatory Framework For The Future Of Finance

Date 04/10/2021

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent financial regulator of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), continues to enhance its regulatory framework by focusing on the future of finance. As finance across the world transforms through the use of technology, the role of regulation has never been more important.

Reply To Singapore Parliamentary Questions On Exposure Of Singapore's Financial Institutions And Companies To China Evergrande Group

Date 04/10/2021

Questions:

Q 1890. To ask the Prime Minister in light of large Singapore investments in China and the crisis facing Chinese property developer Evergrande (a) whether there are any financial institutions or companies with financial exposure to the Chinese property sector; (b) if so, what is the size of the financial exposure incurred by these financial institutions and companies; (c) what is the anticipated impact in the event of a fallout; and (d) how will our financial institutions be affected by any contagion effect.

Solactive Hires Alex Steiner As New Chief Information Officer

Date 04/10/2021

Solactive is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Steiner as the new Chief Information Officer, starting on October 1st, 2021. In his role, Alex will assume responsibility for expanding and Solactive’s proprietary indexing platform and IT infrastructure strategy across Solactive’s global platform and business. Alex will join Steffen Scheuble, CEO, Timo Pfeiffer, CMO, and Christian Vollmuth, CRO, on Solactive’s management board.

Saudi Arabia Tourism Development Fund Launches Digital Lending Service With Temenos In Just 60 Days

Date 04/10/2021

• New digital service streamlines access to financing solutions from TDF to advance tourism projects in Saudi Arabia
• Temenos cloud banking platform enabled rapid development and time-to-market
• Powered by Temenos and implemented by NdcTech, the service offers digital customer onboarding and loan origination, providing a fast, frictionless customer experience

Deutsche Börse’s DB1 Ventures Leads The Series B Funding Round In WeMatch

Date 04/10/2021

• WeMatch is a fintech company focussing on trading workflows for the wholesale derivatives industry
• DB1 Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Deutsche Börse, leads the Series B funding round
• Other investors include Augmentum Fintech PLC, Illuminate Financial and existing shareholder J.P. Morgan