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Fintech

Top FX banks brace for disruption wave

Demand for single-dealer platforms continues to drive adoption of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) in the FX space, allowing smaller players to compete with the top-tier firms in pre- and post-trade services.

Paul Golden, July 30, 2015

Foreign Exchange

Peer-to-peer FX providers pitch corporates

P2P FX is rapidly gaining traction in the retail space, but even providers acknowledge it will take time to achieve significant volumes at the upper end of the corporate market.

Paul Golden, July 30, 2015

BANKING

Union Capital seeks a slice of the Nigeria investment banking pie

Union Capital executives reveal why now is the right time to set up shop in Africa's largest market, despite a competitive banking landscape and the current deal-flow drought.

Kanika Saigal, July 30, 2015

Awards

Awards for Excellence 2015: Asia awards photos

Please use Chrome or Firefox browser to view slideshow Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, 16th June 2015

July 30, 2015

BANKING

No respite for embattled Zimbabwe stocks

Liquidity on Zimbabwe’s bourse has been hit hard year-to-date, amid the domestic political funk and a lack of foreign-investor appetite for sub-Saharan Africa, more generally.

Kanika Saigal, July 30, 2015

Euromoney Country Risk

Heightened risks threaten Brazil’s investment grade

Latin America’s largest market and one of its hottest investment prospects only a few years ago is now rocking from a confluence of negative factors undermining creditworthiness.

Jeremy Weltman, July 30, 2015

Fintech

Standard Bank embarks on software transformation drive

Standard Bank is the first bank in Africa to implement core banking systems SAP and Finacle, amid ever-increasing pressures to consolidate client data.

Kanika Saigal, July 30, 2015

BANKING

No Eurobond plan for Nigeria Access Bank post Moody's rating

Access Bank has become the second bank in Nigeria to receive a rating from Moody’s, illustrating the bank’s strengths despite challenging macroeconomic conditions.

Kanika Saigal, July 30, 2015

Opinion

Quotes of the month

“I remember the morning I discovered my car had been burnt out outside the house. I’ve had some close security, but I never wanted them to be overly obvious and get in the way. I mean: they hadn’t attacked the house or anything. They had just burnt the car. It was a message: ‘People are angry’. I understood that”

July 29, 2015

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Time running out in APA compliance challenge

Final implementation of MiFID II is now just under 18 months away, yet the systems required to comply with the APA regime for pre- and post-trade reporting have not yet been built. Time is running out for the industry to assess the implications of these rules and to build the systems to comply, says Chris Leonard-Appleton at Thomson Reuters.

July 29, 2015

BANKING

RBC Caribbean fights back from the brink

The banking business of RBC Caribbean was close to dissolution less than three years ago but is now on a path towards profitability and reconnection with the communities that it serves. Kirk Dudtschak, the bank’s executive vice-president, was in the eye of the storm.

Helen Avery, July 29, 2015

BANKING

Nigerian pensions chief signals new era

The head of the Nigerian public pension fund commission reveals governance and diversification reforms, amid a bull market for savings in Africa's largest economy.

Kanika Saigal, July 28, 2015

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