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imagin Reaches 3 Million Users And Consolidates Its Leading Position In Digital Financial Services For Young People In Spain

Date 20/01/2021

• The digital service and lifestyle platform for millennials has incorporated 400,000 new users and grown by 15% over the last six months, thanks to its new lifestyle-based digital platform concept. 
• According to data from SmartMe Analytics, imagin is the leading app in digital financial services from the main neobanks and fintechs in Spain.

FSB Sets Out 2021 Work Programme

Date 20/01/2021

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published its work programme for 2021. The work programme reflects a strategic shift in priorities in the COVID-19 environment. The work programme aims to maximise the value of FSB work to foster global financial stability while preserving the FSB’s capacity to respond to new issues that may emerge. 

Finleap Connect Partners With SIA To Deliver New Open Banking Services In Europe - The Two Companies Will Integrate Their PSD2 Compliant Solutions For Banks, Financial Institutions And Fintechs At International Level, Boosting The Growth Of New Digital Payments Applications

Date 20/01/2021

finleap connect, the full-stack open banking platform of Europe’s leading fintech ecosystem finleap, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SIA, a leading European hi-tech company in the payment services and infrastructures sector, controlled by CDP Equity, to deliver new Open Banking services to European banks, financial institutions and fintechs.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 20/01/2021

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 21 January 2021 (including the mandatory intra-day variation adjustment and margin call, if applicable), the margin levels of the following Futures Contract will be revised and can be found here.

NeoXam And 1741 Confirm Their Trusted Partnership By Extending Their Contract For NeoXam’s Fund Accounting Software GP4

Date 20/01/2021

NeoXam, a leading financial software provider, and 1741 Fund Management have renewed their partnership for the next five years. The project to move to the latest software generation of NeoXam’s GP4 has already begun.

Emirates NBD Rings Market-Opening Bell At Nasdaq Dubai To Celebrate Listing USD 750 Million Bond

Date 20/01/2021

• First public debt offering from UAE in 2021 supports economic recovery from COVID-19 disruption
• Successful issuance reflects market confidence in prominent banking group and Dubai
• Bank is largest financial services bond issuer on the exchange with six listed issuances  valued at 4.35 billion dollars 

Bitfinex Opens Trading For ETH 2.0

Date 20/01/2021

Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, will launch trading for ETH 2.0, allowing its users to exit or enter an Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 staking position.

NICE Actimize Drives AML Cloud Transformation For Vancity, One Of Canada’s Largest Community Credit Unions - NICE Actimize’s AML Essentials With ActOne Case Management Will Allow Vancity To More Efficiently Fight Financial Crime, Contain Costs And Comply With Canadian Regulations

Date 20/01/2021

NICE Actimize, a NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) business, has been selected by Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity), a member-owned financial co-operative headquartered in British Columbia, Canada, to drive and implement its modernized, cloud-based antimoney laundering operation. The financial cooperative’s objective is to significantly improve its investigators’ efficiency, allowing them to fight financial crime more effectively while simultaneously containing costs and complying with Canadian regulations. With $28.2 billion in assets under administration, Vancity is English-speaking Canada's largest community credit union. 

New Zealand Financial Advisers Disciplinary Committee Decision Published

Date 20/01/2021

The Financial Advisers Disciplinary Committee (FADC) has today published its decision regarding a case brought by the FMA. The case relates to alleged breaches of the Code of Professional Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers. The FADC found the AFA breached standards 12 and 15 of the Code, which respectively pertain to keeping information about personalised services for retail clients, and the requirement to have an adequate knowledge of Code, Act, and laws. The FADC has granted interim name suppression.

Invesco’s AT1 Bond ETF Passes USD 1 Billion AUM Milestone

Date 20/01/2021

The Invesco AT1 Capital Bond UCITS ETF has surpassed USD 1 billion in assets under management as investors have continued seeking higher yields and greater diversification for their income portfolios. Around USD 500 million of net new assets have been invested in the ETF since the height of the pandemic volatility in March 2020, with AUM now representing an 85% share of the AT1 ETF market in Europe[1].