Australia’s Heritage Bank, a customer-owned bank, announced today that it brings its customers Apple Pay, which is a safe, secure and private way to make payments. This is expected to help customers avoid handing their payment card to someone else, touching physical buttons or exchanging cash. Peter Lock, CEO, Heritage Bank enthused, “We are thrilled […]
TIA, the AI-powered Voicebot by Tata Capital, is now available on Google Assistant, the popular voice service by Google. The solution will now offer a host of service features through a simple voice command. TIA is available across Android and iOS based mobile phones and smart home devices. As voice servicing platforms continue to gain […]
Finastra, a leading financial software solution provider, has announced that The Peoples Community Bank is expanding its relationship with Finastra to provide its customers with enhanced digital capabilities and innovation speed. Peoples Community Bank and Finastra had been working together for over 20 years, and the community bank is currently upgrading to the Fusion Phoenix […]
moneycorp Americas, a leading provider of global payments and currency risk management, has announced its strategic plan to expand to Canada with operations to offer global payment and FX hedging products to both private and corporate clients. moneycorp’s North American operations has served clients in the United States. for more than two decades with focus on […]
Spanish retail bank, CaixaBank has rolled out two digital solutions to enhance banking for Spain’s non-residents. The first platform allows non-residents of Spain to digitally onboard with the bank and sign up with HolaBank, a program for the international community. The second platform, MortgageNow, is a digital mortgage application service for non-residents in Spain and […]
Deutsche Bank and Google Cloud announced a partnership today in a bid to boost the Bank’s financial services
Canadian Fintech Apt Pay, enabling digital payouts to be sent on multiple rails has announced that the company
North Sydney-based NextGen.Net, a lending technology company, has announced today its acquisition of Frollo, a purpose-driven Australian FinTech
Montreal based Flinks, a data company empowering businesses to connect users with their preferred financial services has announced
Global provider of investment management technology solutions and services – Enfusion, announced today its selection as an official
If knowledge is power, an aphorism attributed to many, then data is the building block of knowledge and the proper protection of data is a key concern for global society. Two years on from the implementation [in May 2018] of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, on 24 June, the European Commission issued a report […]
Challenges are ubiquitous in the back office and it is fair to say that technological innovations, when eventually adopted, are already sometimes dated. Innovation is a real and ongoing challenge. But the real difficulty for the function is to pinpoint where investments can make an impact, and where the cost of not investing could, in […]
2019 was a stellar year for M&A in FinTech, with record-breaking investments such as FIS’ $35 billion acquisition of WorldPay. At the height of the investment frenzy, it seemed that very little could interrupt this upward trajectory. Enter Covid-19. As we look ahead to the future of FinTech M&A, we will see the acceleration of […]
The banking sector sets a benchmark for other industries in many areas. When businesses need to process large volumes of transactions reliably, maintain 24/7 availability, meet complex regulatory requirements, analyse risks or make financial plans, they often aim to follow the same practices and adopt the same technologies that banks have established as a gold […]
There is no doubt that the Covid-19 Pandemic has changed the world in more ways than one.. Twitter has already announced that all employees will work remotely forever, with Barclays’ CEO stating that the days of 7000 people in one office building are over. We are seeing a New Way of Working developing, where remote […]
Wirecard follows in the footsteps of disgraced companies Enron and Parmalat as it files for insolvency, the UK’s watchdog suspends activity, and the former CEO faces prosecution over missing funds In a statement from the company on 25 June, the Management Board of Wirecard AG said it had filed an application for the “opening of […]
Being left a legacy might be on exciting prospect for an individual but for a bank it can be expensive and something that needs to be approached with great caution Legacy core systems are within the DNA of banks. While old, they have held up for years and carry with them a large amount of […]
Legacy bad, digital good: is that true in all cases and should the old always make way for the new? That is the question but is the answer always a ‘root and branch’ yes? Are there alternatives to wiping the slate clean? Is there an option available to banks that does not require total renewal […]
too many financial institutions have so far opted for sticking plaster solutions rather than revisit the core I become mildly irritated occasionally by users of the phrase ‘banking-as-a-service’ or BaaS. As if it were anything else! Of course, what they are specifically referring to is the integration of digital banking services and the products of […]
Traditional core banking no longer provides the required customer experience to acquire, retain and grow customers. Many banks are behind in making the critical end-to-end digital banking transformation due to a variety of legacy systems and fragmented data. Banking institutions must now establish a more holistic customer experience approach and digital transformation strategy – referred […]
You would think banks as institutions would understand how to manage their debts but apparently too many are finding themselves overburdened by technical debts racked up over the years It is fair to say that the elephant in the room for banks when undergoing digital transformation is their legacy core banking system. Banks have carried […]
The European FinTech Association (EFA) was officially launched on 16 June 2020, representing FinTech companies across Europe Commenting on the launch of the European FinTech Association (EFA), Jan Ceyssens, Head of Unit, Digital Finance, DG FISMA at the European Commission, said: “Making Europe fit for the digital age is a key element of the EU […]
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