Top five banking tech case studies in 2017
These captivating case studies caught our attention in 2017.
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Top ten fintech features in 2017
What a merry time it was for fintech features in 2017.
Top ten Bitcoin stories in 2017
Bitcoin was buzzing all year along.
Top ten blockchain stories in 2017
Welcome to a world of blockchain. A compilation of the bigger stories with Banking Technology’s top ten.
Women in FinTech: Lead the digital revolution and know your tech
How can women breaking into the FinTech and InsurTech industry get ahead?
Payments: contactless charitable cases
Charities large and small are waking up to the need to embrace contactless payments. Banking Technology looks at the drivers, challenges and opportunities.
Top ten fintech events in 2017
Have fintech, will travel.
A look back at 2017 and ringing in a new year for the payments industry
2017 has been another eventful year for the payments industry. From celebrities like 50 Cent getting involved (more on this later) to businesses neglecting the needs of pretty much every generation bar millennials, there hasn’t been a dull moment.
Top fintech stories this week – 22 December 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
ForgeRock to provide reference bank application to Open Banking
ForgeRock says it “becomes a key enabler in making open banking a reality”.
Tinkoff Bank first in the world to bring stories feature to mobile app
The bank has become “the first bank anywhere in the world to introduce a stories feature to its mobile app”.
Ripple to launch Infrastructure Innovation Initiative
Ripple is taking “the next logical step to help build the internet of value”.
Southern Bank leverages PicturePay from Malauzai for digital payment service
Southern Bank launches a new digital payment option: Photo Billpay.
Virtual branching: how disruptive innovations are changing financial services
The ability to blend artificial intelligence (AI) and human interaction should resonate strongly with financial service organisations due to their need to be highly targeted and responsive. When you provide the right service to a consumer at the right time, you can affect their behaviour and give them the push needed to complete the purchase.
Danske Bank digitises international trade with essDOCS
To help the bank’s corporate customers to go digital on international trade related documents.
White paper: Empowering Insurance Companies with In-Memory Computing
Along with most industries that rely on technology, the insurance industry faces great challenges and opportunities.
UK’s open banking service to go live in January 2018
The Open Banking Implementation Entity has confirmed that the UK will be the first nation to launch open banking.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 19 December 2017
Features ABI Lab, R3, the government of Estonia, Chronobank and Bitcoin.com.
Brazil’s Banpará Bank enters video banking realm
Implements TrueConf’s video conferencing solution into its first branch.
FCA publishes feedback on distributed ledger technology
The responses on the potential for future development of DLT in the markets it regulates.
Fintech tour Amsterdam: the best of three worlds
A look at Amsterdam’s fintech scene via a one-day tour.
Fintech trends 2017: blockchain, big data… what’s next?
2017 ends with the Bitcoin having surpassed the $19,000 mark. Could this perhaps be a taste of our future?
Blockchain consortium Hyperledger loses members
More than 15 members either cut financial support or quit the project over the past few months.
Symbiont smart contracts to simplify index data sharing for Vanguard
Smart contracts platform Symbiont has teamed up with Centre for Research in Security Prices (CRSP).
Banking Technology December 2017/January 2018 issue out now
In the eye of the storm we provide clarity.
Schroders first in Singapore to launch asset manager chatbot
Beta version now online operating through Facebook Messenger.
Banking Technology Awards 2017: and the winners are….
The glamorous Banking Technology Awards 2017 took place on 13 December at the elegant Millennium Mayfair hotel in London.
Top fintech stories this week – 15 December 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Infographic: the rise of the ICO
The initial coin offering (ICO) investment has surged since the first one back in 2013.
Using artificial intelligence to keep criminal funds out of the financial system
Are you suspicious? This is a key question at the heart of efforts to tackle money laundering: if you work for a bank or other financial institution and have suspicions money laundering is happening, you have a legal duty to speak up.
AI will create 2.3m jobs by 2020 – report
With concerns that AI will make human employment obsolete, research firm Gartner is looking to counter that narrative.
Fortune 500 fuel IBM quantum computing quest
IBM has revealed the first clients to tap into its IBM Q early-access commercial quantum computing systems.
Emirates NBD appoints chief digital officer, seeks fintech partnerships
Emirates NBD’s new chief digital officer is on the lookout for partnerships with fintechs.
PSD2: regulation as a catalyst for innovation
PSD2 comes into force on 13 January 2018. It aims to open up the European payments market to greater competition and transparency, but its effect will be more far-reaching, acting as a catalyst for innovation not just in payments, but in the wider financial services market.
Google shows love for AI with new centre in China
Google has unveiled an AI centre in China as it searches out humans with ML talent.
Fintech funding round-up: 13 December 2017
This round-up features Finstar, State Street, FRISS and iZettle.
Nesta reveals ten winners of SME innovation challenge
Nesta names prize winners at the conclusion of stage one of its Open Up Challenge.
Nordea’s open banking goes live in Finland
Nordea has connected APIs to its production system and made its open banking live in Finland.
NAB doubles investment in innovation hub
Will also increase hub’s workforce by 70% in 2018.
IBM hot for bots with asset exchange launch
IBM has unveiled its Bot Asset Exchange – a place for chatbot development.
