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August 25, 2022 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS (SWX: UBSG) announced that it has invested in BigPanda, an artificial intelligence IT operations (AIOps) platform, “through UBS Next, the firm’s strategic venture and innovation unit.” As customers increasingly look for more digital services and business becomes more data driven, UBS is actively “engaging… Read More

August 24, 2022 @ 11:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, which claims to be the leading global fintech platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, and UBS (NYSE: UBS) announced they “entered into a definitive agreement whereby iCapital will acquire UBS Fund Advisor LLC, UBS’s legacy… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 1:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS (SWX: UBSG) is launching a “purely” digital product line, UBS key4, for clients who want “to carry out their banking transactions entirely digitally – independently and around the clock from their smartphone.” The new product line is “integrated into the long-established and popular UBS… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS (SWX: UBSG) has announced the launch of its Virtual Worker Framework, which is described as a new approach to “flexible” working that will offer US workers in eligible roles with the opportunity “to work 100% remotely.” UBS will begin “a phased implementation of the… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andy Rachleff, co-founder and Executive Chairman at Wealthfront, which recently agreed to be acquired by UBS, says that we should keep investing even while the market is volatile. Andy writes in a blog post that when markets are volatile (as they are currently), investors sometimes… Read More

January 27, 2022 @ 12:35 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

UBS has agreed to buy automated wealth management provide Weathfront for an all-cash price of $1.4 billion, the companies confirmed this week, In a statement, UBS said it will use the acquisition to expand its presence in the United States, including to more affluent investors…. Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS (SWX: UBSG) announced that UBS Next, the company’s $200 million strategic Fintech portfolio, has invested in US-headquartered firm Trust & Will, a digital estate planning platform. Launched in October 2020, UBS Next identifies various opportunities within the start-up ecosystem and “further enhances UBS’s technology-driven… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ralph Hamers, CEO at UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG), a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company based in Switzerland with around $1 trillion in assets, has noted that innovation and collaboration haven’t really been the norm for many traditional financial institutions. Hamers, whose… Read More

November 22, 2020 @ 7:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week it was reported that UBS is looking to beef up its wealthy client business with its new “My Way” platform that is currently catering to customers in Switzerland with other European countries forthcoming as well as Asia.  According to Reuters, the wealth… Read More

May 26, 2020 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG), a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company based in Switzerland with around $1 trillion in assets, is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars of its own funds into various Fintech firms. As reported by Bloomberg (which… Read More

May 10, 2020 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG), a global investment bank and financial services firm with around $1 trillion in assets, recently confirmed that it is planning to launch a digital banking platform that would reduce operational costs and stimulate growth. However, UBS said its plan… Read More

May 8, 2020 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revenues from Fintech are expected to increase from $150 billion in 2018 to $500 billion by 2030 at an average annual growth rate that’s about 3x faster than the larger financial industry’s projected revenue growth, according to a recent report from UBS. The report notes… Read More

July 14, 2017 @ 8:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

UBS Financial Services has invested in NY-based fintech platform iCapital Network, a platform which offers alternative investments for high-net-worth individuals and their financial advisers. UBS will also integrate iCapital’s technology into its private fund operations aiming to streamline its alternative investment proposition, according to news sources. “We… Read More

October 25, 2016 @ 10:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

UBS has named its former Apac CTO Peter Stephens as head of blockchain, replacing Alex Batlin who jumped ship last week to join BNY Mellon. A thirteen-year veteran at the Swiss bank, Stephens starts his new position on 1 November, working out of the bank’s London… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 10:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

After more than 10 years at UBS, CIO Alex Batlin will depart in October to “pursue an opportunity outside of UBS”, according to an internal memo from the bank’s Head of Innovation Veronica Lange on 17 August, reported Financial News.  “There is no change to… Read More

April 7, 2016 @ 12:29 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

UBS has appointed Ben Crystal to a new role as Head of Fintech for Europe, Middle East and Africa, to help coordinate the Swiss bank’s coverage of the growing industry for financial technology, reported Reuters. Fintech has emerged as a large and growing sector in… Read More

November 6, 2015 @ 11:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Artificial intelligence, cryptography and biometrics were the winning fintechnologies at the London-region final of UBS’s Future of Finance Challenge, a start-up competition aimed at helping the bank source innovative fintech solutions, reported Financial News‘ Anna Irrena.  The competition is open to international entrepreneurs and startups with… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 9:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

UBS has shown an increased interest in fintech developments, creating an innovations lab to explore potential applications of bitcoin and the blockchain technology, according to NewsBTC’s Sarah Jenn. Swiss global financial services company based in Zurich recently announced the launch of the Future of Finance Challenge, which is… Read More

April 2, 2015 @ 9:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Seeking to go to the source, UBS will open a fintech innovation lab at the Level39 accelerator space in London’s Canary Wharf, according to TechWorld’s Sam Shead.  The global wealth manager hopes that the lab, set up by a UBS team of fintech specialists, will aid its understanding… Read More