Payments for good – promoting financial inclusion
Vijay Oddiraju, CEO of Volante Technologies, looks at ways the payments industry can provide the rails for inclusiveness.
Cloud
Investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown heads to the cloud with Bottomline paytech
Bottomline PTX forms part of “digital backbone” of Hargreaves Lansdown, says CTO.
TSB strengthens relationship with cloud intel firm Dynatrace in digitisation push
Dynatrace provides software intelligence to simplify cloud complexity and accelerate digital transformation.
Vietnam’s HD Bank selects Thought Machine for core banking platform upgrade
HD Bank’s multi-year transformation will initially consist of upgrading its core platforms and internal workflows.
Permanent TSB heads to the cloud with Kyndryl
Permanent TSB recently invested €150m in enhancing its IT systems and digital capability.
Banking tech vendor Thought Machine receives £40m investment from Intesa Sanpaolo
Thought Machine’s Vault system will underpin Intesa Sanpaolo’s new digital banking service, Isybank.
Form3 poaches senior Swift exec to drive US expansion
Dave Scola moves from Swift to become Form3’s US chief executive.
Banco Pichincha in trade finance tech overhaul with Surecomp
Equador’s largest bank will deploy Surecomp’s Trade Finance-as-a-Service (TFaaS) solution.
Fiserv acquires rival core vendor Finxact for $650m
Finxact was set up in 2016 to bring a modern, cloud-based alternative to the US market.
Chilean digital lender Mento goes live with Mambu’s tech
Mambu says it’s “the world’s only true Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud banking platform”.
Temenos lands new wins in Slovakia and Iraq
Temenos has signed Tatra banka in Slovakia and ZainCash in Iraq.
Aladin Bank turns to Google Cloud for Islamic banking tech innovation
Aladin Bank, an Islamic bank in Indonesia, has announced a “strategic collaboration” with Google Cloud.
Case study: Recognise Bank and nCino – digital solution for SME bank
Learn how Recognise sought an end-to-end digital solution to help it offer the best service to SMEs.
White paper: To buy or to build – which is the best path for digital transformation?
An actionable roadmap for approaching any major digital transformation journey.
Allica Bank selects core banking tech from start-up SaaScada
SaaScada’s tech will support Allica Bank’s new product range for SMEs.
Banking Tech Awards 2021 Winner: Temenos – Best Core Banking Solution Provider
A game-changer for banks that can no longer wait to modernise their technology infrastructure.
How traditional banks are embracing the shift from legacy tech to cloud-native
Digital transformation is dominating all sectors, and increasing numbers of businesses are making the move to the cloud.
What the FinTech? Podcast | Season Two’s Jailed Buzzwords
We run down all the buzzwords our podcast guests wanted gone from the industry this year.
AIB signs €65m deal with IBM for hybrid cloud transformation
IBM will help the bank achieve its 2023 digital transformation strategy goals.
Barclays turns to HPE GreenLake for private cloud platform
The new cloud platform will host thousands of apps and 100,000+ workloads.
Westmark Credit Union in core banking tech revamp with Symitar
The new solution will be hosted in a private cloud environment.
White paper: The innovator’s guide to the digital-first contact centre
Social and messaging are well on their way to become mainstream contact centre channels.
E-book: Next-gen cloud contact centres
How a next-gen cloud contact centre can help you deliver the experiences your customers demand.
White paper: Cloud contact centres for financial services – delivering agility and superior CX at scale
Enabling financial services organisations to stay agile and elevate the customer experience.
Forrester white paper: The total economic impact of RingCentral Contact Center
Delivering a better customer experience and improve agents’ productivity and work environment.
Core banking system vendor Thought Machine raises $200m in Series C
Founder and CEO Paul Taylor says Thought Machine was set up to “eradicate legacy technology from the industry”.
Q&A: ServiceNow on how banks can stay competitive through digital transformation
Helping banks to evolve dramatically, quickly, and with flexibility and resiliency built in.
PayTech Awards 2022 now open for nominations
Nominations close 11 March 2022, with winners revealed at a ceremony on 1 July 2022.
What the FinTech? | S.2 Episode 22 | Let’s talk about SaaS
Michel Breeuwer, general manager for the Benelux and Baltics at Mambu, joins us on this week’s episode of the What the FinTech? podcast.
Brazilian core banking firm Pismo lands $108m Series B from Amazon, SoftBank
Pismo plans to break into the US, Europe, and Asia in the coming years.
OracleFS exec questions staying power of new cloud-focused competition
Conor Colleary says banks must ask if their partner can embrace new changes.
UK government overreliance on old tech is a wake-up call to finance
A recent report shows the UK government spends £2.3 billion a year patching up old systems.
The Banking Tech Awards are coming to the USA!
The nomination deadline is 18 February 2022 with the winners announced in June.
Leveraging best practice to maximise the benefits of cloud technology
Firms must assess and refine their cloud adoption strategy to ensure regulatory compliance and overall resiliency.
CaixaBank extends IBM partnership to underpin new CloudNow service
Spanish banking giant ready to deploy new hybrid cloud platform.
Why finance teams are coming out of the pandemic stronger than before
Adoption of digital solutions gave CFOs the tools to keep growing during the pandemic.
Shortlist announced for Banking Tech Awards 2021
Congratulations to all of this year’s finalists.
CBI turns to Nexi and SIA for Italian payments architecture project
Cloud-based solution to expand digital transaction banking services.
PayTech Awards 2021 Winner: Volante – Best Real-Time Payments Solution
Delivering a clear roadmap to a real-time payments infrastructure.
First Horizon Bank partners Wipro to support VirtualBank cloud migration
Wipro says it worked with six other companies to streamline VirtualBank’s cloud migration.
