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🇺🇸 Santander To Launch An ETF Robo-Adviser With SigFig - Financial Times, December 8, San Francisco

🇺🇸 BNY Mellon's Pershing X Acquires Direct Indexing Tech - Wealth Management, December 3, New York

🇬🇧 WealthSimple To Exit The UK - Altfi, December 6, London

North America News

🇺🇸 Ritholtz Wealth Management And WisdomTree Collaborate To Launch Innovative And Diversified Crypto Index - AITHORITY, December 6, New York

🇺🇸 Vanguard Makes Mockery Of 'Digital' Myth By Reporting $1.3 Billion After Its New Mobile App's Panned Debut- RIABiz, December 9, Pennsylvania

🇺🇸 JPMorgan COO Daniel Pinto Says Payment Players Like Paypal, Stripe, And Square Have Grown While Banks Have Been Asleep At The Wheel, But It's Time To 'Really Compete With Them' - News Nation USA, December 8, New York

🇺🇸 Miami Fintech Joins With Bradesco to Offer Digital Investments - Bloomberg, December 8, Miami

🇺🇸 TCS BaNCS recognized as a Large Player in the Now Tech Report for Digital Wealth Management Platforms - Equity Bulls, December 7, New York

EMEA News

🇨🇭 UBS Chief Ralph Hamers Signals Global Digital Wealth Push - Financial Times, December 2, Zurich

🇬🇧 Shawbrook Bank Rolls Out Portfolio Monitoring From FXE Technologies - Altfi, December 3, Essex

🇬🇧 HSBC Takes On Fintechs With UK Investing Feature Aimed At Younger Clients - CNBC, December 1, London

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Former TSB Bank CEO Launching UK’s First Money-Sharing Social Media App Loop - Investing Reviews, December 8, Edinburgh

🇱🇺 Crypto AM Shines Its Spotlight On Inspira - CITYA.M., December 8, Luxembourg

🇬🇧 Fidelity Digital Assets Granted UK Licence To Offer Custody As Institutional Interest In Crypto Grows - The Trade, December 8, United Kingdom

🇳🇱 Bunq Becomes First European Digital Bank To Offer Mortgages - Fintechnews Switzerland, December 9, Amsterdam

Asia Pacific News

🇮🇳 PM Modi’s Policy Push For Fintech To Enable Every Indian With Availability Of Last-Mile Credit: Sk Narvar - Newsroom Post, December 7, Mumbai

🇮🇳 Paytm Bullish On Wealth Tech Amid Rising Young Investors - Hindu Business Online, December 8, Uttar Pradesh

🇸🇬 Digital Financial Services Will Be Sea Limited's Next Growth Engine - The Motley Fool, December 5, Singapore

🇲🇾 Luno Boasts A Customer Base Of 600,000 In Malaysia - The Malaysian Reserve, December 9, Kuala Lumpur

🇮🇳 UPI's Own 'On Device' Digital Wallet Soon: Small Spends Won't Clutter Your Bank Passbook - The Economic Times, December 8, Mumbai

Blogs, Webinars, Podcasts

🌍 5 Steps To Applying New Tech In Wealth Management - Altfi, December 6, Global

🇶🇦 Qatar: Betting On Fintech - Global Finance, December 5, Qatar

🇨🇭 How Are Private Banks Approaching Digital Asset Investments? - The Asset, December 9, Zurich

🇩🇪 Helping Asian Wealth And Asset Managers Embrace Digital Assets - Hubbis, December 6, Frankfurt

🇬🇧 ‘You’re Better On Our Tech’, Parmenion Tells Advisers - FT Adviser, December 6, Bristol

🇺🇸 Vanguard Vs. Fidelity: How The Automated Investing Accounts Compare - Business Insider, December 8, Pennsylvania

🇨🇴 Colombia: Underdeveloped Wealthtech, Banking Tech Sectors Are An Opportunity For Swiss Fintechs - Fintech News Switzerland, December 6, Colombia

🇹🇭 How Can Banks Still Thrive As Fintech Meets 5G? - Bangkok Post, December 8, Thailand

🇦🇺 ‘We Can’t Help Australians Who Need Advice If We Don’t Embrace Technology’ - Independent Financial Adviser, December 8, Australia

Virtual Events & Conferences

🇩🇪 Fintech Pitch Night - The Startup Club, January 25-26, Virtual

🇺🇸 Rapid Digital Transformation - Roadmap & Journey (APAC/MENA) - KTech Products, December 15, Virtual

🇸🇮 ConnectAI Digital Masterclass - ConnectAI Global, January 25-27, Virtual

🇮🇲 Zoom Event: Launching A Digital Bank - The Chartered Governance Institute - Isle Of Man, December 15, Virtual

Reports, Surveys, & Awards

🇺🇸 Ally Invest Review 2021: How It Works, Pros & Cons - AOL, December 3, North Carolina

🇺🇸 Ellevest Review: A Robo-Advisor That Accounts For Women’s Unique Financial Issues - CNBC, December 3, New York

🇺🇸 North America Wealth Management Platform Market Deals, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin And Market Share 2021-2027 | Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.,Comarch Sa,Fidelity National Information Services - The Manomet Current, December 6, New York

🇺🇸 Robo-Advisor Market Trending Analysis, Growth Forecast 2025 – Betterment, Ally, Ellevest, Fidelity And Schwab Intelligent Portfolios - Energy Siren, December 6, New York

Partnerships, Deals, Movers

🇬🇧 Life Insurance Tech Firm Buys Cash Service - FT Adviser, December 7, London

🇺🇸 Fiduciary Trust International Announces Investment In North Capital, Expanding Access To Private Securities And Digital Assets - Businesswire, December 7, New York

🇺🇸 Stacked Raises $35m To Bring Passive Investing Tools To Retail Crypto Traders - TechCrunch, December 6, Chicago

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Abrdn Buys Interactive Investor For £1.5bn - Finextra, December 2, Edinburgh

🇬🇧 FNZ Adds Swiss Software Firm To Wealth Tech Platform - Daily Business Group, December 7, London

🇮🇳 SBI Chooses Intellect Wealth Qube For Its Digital Wealth Management Transformation - Businesstoday, December 7, Mumbai

🇸🇬 Xen Capital Raises US$7.5 Million Series A Led By Headline Asia To Scale Alternative Investment Platform - PR Newswire, December 5, Singapore

🇺🇸 Zoe Financial Announces Partnership With Digital Wealth Management Innovator Farther Finance - Globenewswire, December 2, New York

🇺🇸 Tifin Expands Its Wealthtech Division Capabilities With An Agreement To Acquire Qualis Capital For Advisors To Access Private Markets; Announces The Launch Of Personalized Giving For Families (Louise) And Micro-Financial Planning Through Conversational Ai (Planiq) - Yahoo Finance, December 1, New York

🇺🇸 Pontoro Raises Over $6 Million Preferred Seed Round For Infrastructure Financing Digital Asset Platform - Businesswire, December 8, California

🇰🇪 Kenyan Startup Kwara Raises Usd 4 Mn Seed Round - Deal Street, December 9, Llorin

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