UBS

320 results about this entity

Period: 20 Sep 2004 - 08 Feb 2024

UBS puts digital clone of chief investment officer in branch

Wealth management clients visiting a UBS branch in Switzerland will soon be able to get advice from an AI-powered avatar of the bank's chief investment officer.

UBS comes back for seconds in $50 million SigFig raise

UBS has joined a group of cash-rich VCs in a $50 million funding round for robo-advisory outfit SigFig.

UBS ranks Germany as most likely World Cup winners

UBS deployed a team of 18 analysts running 10,000 simulations to determine the likely winner of the World Cup football tournament in Russia next month, with Germany emerging top of the pile.

Top tier banks pass first transactions on trade finance blockchain

Batavia, a blokchain-based trade finance platform developed by a consortium of international banks and IBM, has passed its first live pilot transactions with corporate clients.

Aquis chosen to supply UBS MTF with surveillance kit

Aquis Technologies, the financial and regulatory technologies services arm of Aquis Exchange, has been chosen by UBS MTF as its supplier of market monitoring, surveillance and reporting software.

Goldman Sachs leads $38m Visible Alpha funding round

Investment research technology firm Visible Alpha has expanded its roster of big Wall Street name backers and set its sights on MiFID-led European growth after closing a $38 million funding round led by Goldman Sachs.

Banks tap Ethereum smart contracts for MiFID II compliance

As MiFID II looms into view, Swiss bank UBS is leading a pilot that will use Ethereum smart contracts to improve the quality of counterparty reference data through anonymous reconciliation.

UBS says 1,000 jobs Brexit exodus is "unlikely"

Swiss bank UBS has said that a migration of more than 1,000 jobs from London as a result of Brexit is "more and more unlikely" after receiving "regulatory and political clarifications".

Four more banks join IBM/UBS blockchain trade finance platform

IBM is collaborating with five international banks on the creation of a global trade finance platform based on blockchain technology.

Sophia the humanoid gets UBS conference speaking gig

Bankers beware: not content with taking jobs in branches and IT centres, AI-powered robots are now coming after your conference speaking gigs.

BlockEx selected as USB Future of Finance finalist

BlockEx is proud to announce that we have been selected as finalists in the UBS Future of Finance Challenge 2017!

IBM and UBS team on blockchain payments for cars

UBS, IBM and car parts manufacturer ZF are working together to build a blockchain-based payments system that automatically collects fees for things such as parking and power charging.

More major banks join UBS-led blockchain project

A UBS-led plan to develop a digital cash system based on blockchain technology has won the support of six major banks ahead of a planned launch in late 2018

UBS dangles $200,000 carrot to woo startups to fintech challenge

UBS is promising funding of up to $200,000 to run proof-of-concept or pilot trials for outstanding startups emerging from its second global Future of Finance competition.

R3 raises $107m

In the largest funding round in the history of distributed ledger technology, the R3 consortium has raised $107 million from around half of its members as well as Intel and Temasek Holdings.

UBS moves risk platform to Microsoft Azure cloud

UBS, the world's largest wealth management firm, has moved its risk management platform to Microsoft Azure cloud technology.

UBS rolls out Twint mobile payments app

UBS Twint is now available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The free app is ideal for everybody with a UBS account or a Swiss credit card of any kind: Twint payments are debited directly to your bank account or credit card.

StatPro buys UBS Delta

UBS is selling its buyside risk and perfomance analytics toolbox UBS Delta and management and developer team to StatPro for £11 million.

UBS deploys electronic signature technology from Cryptomathic and SwissSign

Shortly after the launch of their joint centralised solution for Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), Cryptomathic and SwissSign today announce the completion of a major deployment at UBS, Switzerland’s largest retail bank.

UBS opens digital wealth platform to UK investors

UBS SmartWealth launches today, enabling more people than ever in the UK to access the investment insights and expertise of the 'World’s Best Bank for Wealth Management 2016' as awarded by Euromoney.