Digital


Orange finally peels open mobile-only bank

French telecoms firm Orange has launched its delayed mobile-only bank as it looks to tap into its current customer base. As Banking Technology reported in January 2016, Orange outlined its plans for a new bank. While in April 2016, it made a significant stride in its mobile banking ambitions by acquiring a majority stake in […]

Visa Direct expands to Europe

Visa has unveiled its European debut of Visa Direct, its real-time payments platform that allows for person-to-person (P2P), business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) payments.

Case study: Piraeus Bank – e-branches

Stefanos Mytilineos, deputy general manager, digital business retail banking, branch network & deposits, Piraeus Bank Group, shares the bank’s experience of bringing full digital banking experience to brick-and-mortar branches.

Three reasons Asia is the perfect incubator for fintech innovation

A report released last year by EY and major Singaporean bank DBS declared China the “undoubted centre of global fintech innovation and adoption”. And China isn’t the only Asian country making waves in the fintech sphere. Overall fintech investments in the Asia-Pacific region reached $10.5 billion in 2016 – the highest amount witnessed to date since 2010, according to CB Insights data.

Avoid a bank branch nightmare this Halloween

Trick or treat! It’s Halloween and brands everywhere are using spooky season as a way to have some fun with customers. However, any ghoulish behaviour belongs firmly in the land of fun, and should not creep into everyday customer interactions

Fintech funding round-up: 27 October 2017

Just when you thought there couldn’t be more; the latest stories from the fintech funding world returns for another round. Features Constellation, Credit Sesame and Jirnexu.

Map: fintech landscape

A very detailed map of the current fintech landscape, produced by VentureBeat, listing hundreds of companies in the banking, payments, investments, financing, insurance, infrastructure and enabling technologies verticals.

Teradata Partners Conference 2017: architecture and morality in AI

The question of the morality of artificial intelligence (AI) was one of the hot topics discussed at an event run by US-based Teradata. At day four (25 October) of the Teradata Partners Conference 2017 (22-26 October), in Anaheim, California, Banking Technology pulled up a chair and listened to the thoughts of the great and their livelihoods. To get […]

Hellenic Bank in paytech overhaul with Fiserv

Cyprus-based Hellenic Bank is modernising its payments platform with paytech specialist Dovetail (now part of Fiserv). The new solution will support Swift, Target2 and SEPA credit transfers at Hellenic Bank.

How mobile compliance can ensure productivity is not compromised

Customers trust financial firms with their details, so to protect the highly-sensitive information organisations must adhere to security and compliance standards. However, this can be challenging for employees as the processes can interfere with day-to-day operations.

IBM and Zelle team up to advance P2P payments

IBM says it has launched an “industry first” solution to support the full lifecycle of peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, from the back office of financial institutions to the mobile device.

ITF to become “the world’s first fintech bank”

A new bank, Into the Future (ITF), is gearing up for launch in Hong Kong and Singapore. Among its investors is Jim Rogers, an American businessman based in Singapore and the co-founder of the Quantum Group of Funds (which he started with George Soros).