Fintech
Fintech and banking: today and tomorrow
Posted in: News
Mag
14
2018
The deputy governor of the Bank of Italy Fabio Panetta spoke about Fintech developement in the European Union. The definition of “Fintech” comes from the Financial Stability Board: Fintech refers to any “technologically enabled financial innovation that could result in new business models, applications, processes or ...more »
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No free lunch
di Silvia dell’Acqua
Posted in: Articolo
Mag
08
2018
No free lunch. A catchphrase to express that it is impossible to get something for nothing, or, in other words, that the investors are not able to make large profits without bearing the risk of a potential loss. Partial information surrounded by loose comments may ...more »
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BIS: report on Fintech credit market
Posted in: News
Mag
02
2018
The Bank of International Settlement (BIS) published today a report on FinTech credit, that is, credit activity facilitated by electronic platforms such as peer-to-peer lenders. The report aims at shed light on the significant uncertainty as to how FinTech credit markets will develop and how they ...more »
Mag
02
2018
A new context brings new challenges .The increasing levels of regulation and more challenging regulatory expectations are having significant operational impacts on firms requiring people, process and technology based solutions. In respect of new legislation and regulation this can create challenges around understanding, implementing and ...more »
Apr
17
2018
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde approached the topic of crypto assets for the second time within a few weeks. One month ago, she expressed the possible drawbacks of crypto currencies market, focusing on the potential use for money laundering and the financing ...more »
Conferenza “From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance”
Posted in: Segnalazioni
Apr
11
2018
Il Nicola Bruti Liberati Quantitative Finance Lab del Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano organizza nei giorni 9-10 maggio 2018 la conferenza From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance La conferenza si rivolge al mondo accademico e a quello ...more »
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Apr
06
2018
The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) recently completed work on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), analysing their potential implications for payment systems, monetary policy implementation and transmission as well as for the structure and stability of the financial system. We summarize here the main findings of ...more »
What to expect from fintech in 2018? A brief global outlook
di Federico Cinque e Alessandro Di Lullo
Posted in: Articolo
Mar
19
2018
The year 2017 was definitely a record year for Venture Capital-backed fintech featured by $16.6bn raised (Figure 1), 1128 deals executed worldwide and 8 new unicorns (companies with market valuation of $1bn+). While North America surpassed Asia and confirmed its leadership in terms of money ...more »
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ESA: the benefits and risks of Big Data
Posted in: News
Mar
18
2018
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published its final report on Big Data, analyzing their impact on consumers and financial firms. The report results from a consultation conducted between December 2016 and March 2017. The objectives of the report were firstly to map the ...more »
Mar
14
2018
The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and the Markets Committee at the Bank of International Settlement (BIS) issued a report resuming the major entanglements of digital currencies on central banking. The possibility of issuing digital currencies must be supplemented by a careful weigh of ...more »
