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US bank M&A surges as tech investment drives deals

US bank M&A surges as tech investment drives deals

US bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) had a buoyant April, which saw 16 deals with a combined value of $14.9bn during the month to April 27, according to Refinitiv data. Total deal value for 2021 to April 27 has already reached $26.3bn, compared with $7.1bn during the same four-month period in 2020. Among the deals … Read more

Firm-specific risk-neutral distributions with options and CDS

Forthcoming new developments in the area of payment services and digitalisation

Digital technologies have changed the financial services provision business, and the payment sector is the leader in this trend. The speed of development of innovations and the scale of technological changes in it require concrete and targeted effort. The pending strategic projects and directions of development of the European payment infrastructure in the short term, … Read more

Risks from ‘bad bots’ rising for banks

Risks from ‘bad bots’ rising for banks

Financial services was one of the worst-affected industries by sophisticated bot traffic last year, according to US cyber security software company Imperva, which released its annual bad-bot report in April. Bad bots — software applications running automated tasks with malicious intent over the internet — accounted for 25.6% of all website traffic in 2020, according to … Read more

Banking apps may pose underlying cyber risks -

Banking apps may pose underlying cyber risks –

The Banker Portfolio encompasses: An essential and trusted resource providing economical and financial intelligence for the world’s financial sector; premium editorial excellence striving to stimulate and inform Detailed regulatory and policy insight for the banking and securities market, analysing the major rules from the formulation stage and explaining their aims and likely impact on a … Read more