UBS Hosts The First Crypto Legathon 2.0 Event
Last Friday [UBS](http://www.ubs.com/global/en.html) hosted the world's first half-day Crypto Legathon 2.0 at their [Level39](http://www.level39.co/) innovation lab in Canary Wharf, London. The aim was to bring the best legal and technical minds with interest in cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, and distributed ledgers to participate in an experimental court trial mock up - the Legathon.
Blockchain Tech could Save Banks $20B, says new Santander Report
In collaboration with fintech venture fund Anthemis and research firm Oliver Wyman, the report dived into how emerging technologies, including the decentralized ledger behind digital currencies, could affect legacy financial frameworks.
Russia’s Central Bank Could Be Warming Up To Bitcoin
The Central Bank of Russia will meet next week with representatives of the digital currency industry, and broader financial markets, to discuss the use of bitcoins in Russia.
Australian and Estonian Banks Getting Hands On With Digital Currency
A subsidiary of Estonian LHV Bank has launched a digital wallet that uses the Bitcoin blockchain to facilitate payments and issue securities.
Digital Revolution in Banking
On 13 May 2015, INGâs Director of Corporate Strategy, Dorothy Hillenius, addresses the Digital Banking Revolution conference organized by Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London. She elaborates on how technology and changing customer behaviour are transforming the banking industry, with customers increasingly using different channels in their search for reliable and easy solutions. In addition, she talks about INGâs strategy to earn the primary relationship with the customer and how the bank creates a differentiating customer experience in todayâs digital era.
Euro Banking Association Explores Digital Currencies in New Report
The Euro Banking Association (EBA) published a new report about digital currencies and how they could impact Europe’s financial industry at its EBAday payments conference today in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Fidor: Celent Model Bank Of The Year 2015 – Case Studies Of Effective Technology Use In Banking
In this report, Celent will detail exactly how the bank is delivering its vision of financial services, leveraging its technology and business model to develop the kind of customercentricity that almost all banks talk about, yet few truly deliver.
Federal Reserve Keeps One Eye on Bitcoin
On the 26th January 2015, the Federal Reserve Released a document discussing plans to improve payment systems in the US.
Bitcoin Could Empower Mexico’s Unbanked
The world’s 10th largest economy, Mexico, has had double digit growth in its e-commerce industry, but continued growth is challenged by the country’s large unbanked population.
2015 Banking Outlook: Boosting Profitability Amidst New Challenges
The outlook, produced by the Deloitte Center for Financial Services, provides an analysis of industry priorities and anticipated trends based on interviews with our leading banking practitioners to predict what's coming in 2015.
Industry Transformation â Horizon Scan: ICT & the Future of Financial Services
A new research report from Ericsson and Imperial College London provides a broad horizon scan of the impacts of ICT on services for money, banking, insurance and risk.
