Interview: Konstantin Vaysman, chairman of Mobile Finance Group – financial inclusion
And the role of mobile financial services in making this happen.
Financial Services/Finserv
Finzly unveils banking transformation solution, BankOS
US-based Finzly (formerly SwapsTech) has unveiled BankOS, its latest solution for banking transformation.
FICO fights financial crime with Falcon X
A unified environment for the detection and investigation of both fraud and financial crimes.
Sibos 2019: Interconnection will mean more flash crashes in FX
“You ain’t seen nothing yet,” says UBS.
Sibos 2019: When do digital ecosystems stop performing?
Speakers debated whether digital ecosystems are inclusive.
Digital transformation and platformification in a real-time world
How a hybrid cloud future beckons for the banking industry
Nationwide invests in BankiFi to boost new business current account
Nationwide has invested in BankiFi using its £50 million fund.
Sibos 2019: Swift reveals 41 second European payments pilot
The payment traveled from Singapore to Germany.
Sibos 2019: Regulation isn’t enough to trust the cloud
71% of listeners said they thought the cloud should be regulated.
API for identity and compliance: an acronym financial services actually love
Failure to accurately verify customer and business identities online has been a sharp thorn.
FinovateFall 2019: fintech shows us human behavior – it’s up to us to learn from it
Fintech inadvertently reveals fundamental truths about human beings.
SmartStream launches new AI module for payments processing
The new module will enable match rates to be instantly updated.
Supplement: FinovateFall 2019
Read our free FinovateFall Supplement, packed with fintech goodness!
Deutsche Bank turns German fintech Deposit Solutions into unicorn
The bank bought a 4.9% stake in the fintech.
Latitude Financial preps $2.5bn IPO
It will be the largest IPO in the country since 2014.
The revolution happening in cross-border payments
Drop in to one of the many panel discussions at Sibos.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 22 September 2019
A weekly round-up of the industry’s top stories.
North Korea plans its own bitcoin
Russia, Venezuela and Iran have explored similar projects.
Stripe hits $35 billion valuation on back of fresh funding
Stripe’s value has increased 56% since the start of 2019.
Deutsche Bank joins Interbank Information Network
The blockchain-based platform has more than 300 member banks.
United Bank of Africa partners with fintech Ovamba Solutions
The alliance will provide Cameroon businesses with new tradetech.
Velocity Credit Union taps Fiserv for DNA core processing system
Velocity chooses Fiserv “to remain competitive”.
FCA review finds investor happiness with MiFID II research unbundling
MiFID II is improving asset managers’ accountability over costs.
German blockchain strategy fires warning shot at Facebook’s Libra project
Germany vows to fight any efforts to issue parallel currencies.
Insurtech Cover Genius forms ‘first of a kind’ partnership with ShipStation
The partnership will effect UK, Canadian and Australian merchant customers.
How women can lead the diversity movement in the fintech/payments industry
Estimates put the percentage of women working in computing-related occupations at a measly 26%. Time to change that!
US bank FNBT chooses Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix core technology
The bank also bought 11 other Finastra solutions.
Barclays and JP Morgan Chase invest in TouchBistro
TouchBistro leads “a technology renaissance” for restaurants.
Wells Fargo pilots internal settlement service using DLT
The pilot is planned for 2020.
Mastercard’s Vocalink release payments report: Look beyond London
87% of over 75’s still don’t use banking apps.
Caisse des Dépôts chooses Murex for its asset management
Murex’s MX.3 platform pulls every part of business into one.
EBA Clearing launches request to pay solution for Europe
It’s “the missing piece of the puzzle” for financial companies.
Why BNY Mellon thinks fintechs are friends not foes
BNY’s head of digital explains how the company partners and invests in fintechs.
Why I want you to take me for granted: leadership, delivery and core banking
Taking someone for granted is the highest degree of trust.
Digital Reasoning reveals $40m funding round and Standard Chartered partnership
Digital Reasoning uses AI to understand human communication
AI analytics platform FinTech Studios raises $5.1m
The company uses AI, NLP and ML to aid decision making.
United Bank of India launches voice banking
FSS offers the solution in partnership with Amazon.
JP Morgan and Societe Generale invest in trader fintech Wematch
Wematch is changing the way voice-traded financial markets operate.
ING reveals crypto report: The utility phase
Until crypto is useful, mass adoption will not follow.
FairMoney raises €10m to build challenger bank in Nigeria
FairMoney serves 200,000 customers who are mainly small businesses.
