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RBS links up with Irish blockchain payments project
May 17th, 2017
Royal Bank of Scotland is to collaborate with Deloitte and a group of Irish banks to explore the use of blockchain technology in an effort to improve payments systems. The state-backed lender said its Ulster Bank arm is leading ...
The Big Four accounting firms generate 21% of global revenue from IT consulting
May 2nd, 2017
The Big Four accounting firms have carved out a 21% share of the total global revenue from IT consulting, which was estimated to be worth $23bn (£18bn) in 2016, with Deloitte dominating the market, according to Source Global Research ...
Accounting firms employ robots in their offices
April 20th, 2017
Robotic software sweeping large accounting firms and clients While it doesn’t shoot lasers or clean her Minneapolis office Roomba-style, her “bot” can do some of her digital data dirty work so she doesn’t have to. “I don’t want to ...
Paysafe Group exceeds $1bn in revenue for the first time
March 7th, 2017
Paysafe Group plc (LSE: PAYS, “Paysafe” or the “Group”), a leading global provider of payment solutions, announces its audited preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Financial highlights $m 2016 2015 Revenue 1,000.3 613.4 Year-on-year revenue growth ...
New York’s bitcoin hub dreams fade with licensing backlog
October 31st, 2016
New York’s financial regulator had sights set on becoming a global hub for innovations like bitcoin when it adopted trailblazing virtual currency rules last year. But the state lost that momentum when the agency’s chief left, putting a licensing ...
Authorities pledge support, to issue rules for fintech
August 31st, 2016
Financial regulators are readying rules that will target financial technology businesses without limiting their room for growth as President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo pledges support for the infant industry. “I urge all parties to participate in fintech, IT and financial ...
The first major collaboration between an international legal firm and one of the ‘Big Four’ professional services firms
June 14th, 2016
Allen & Overy today announces the launch of MarginMatrix™, a new digital derivatives compliance system to help major banks deal with new regulatory requirements that will come into force for the USD500 trillion over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market from 1 ...
The price of bitcoin just surged to a 20-month high
May 30th, 2016
Bitcoin is having a great weekend. Since Friday morning, the price of bitcoin has increased 15% and briefly reached $530. That’s the cryptocurrency’s highest price since August 2014, when bitcoin traded around $532. The market value of all bitcoin ...
PwC Director: Blockchain Impact Could Create Winners and Losers
February 25th, 2016
Global professional services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) became the latest big-name firm to make its blockchain service offerings public this month, unveiling a solution portfolio designed to take business clients from ideation to iteration as they explore the emerging technology. The ...
7 Asian Banks Investigating Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech
February 17th, 2016
Until recently, there was a noticeable lack of interest in bitcoin and the blockchain among the financial institutions of Asia. In fact, banks there were more likely to be issuing warnings about digital currencies than getting involved in any related activity. It was the fall of Mt Gox in ...
