Fibank, Mastercard and Garmin launch pay watch
The tech enables contactless POS and ATM transactions.
Partnerships
Revolut to deploy BearingPoint regulatory reporting system
AnaCredit and EBA reporting covered by BearingPoint’s Abacus360.
Intesa Sanpaolo signs Pelican for self-learning sanctions solution
Italian bank aims to reduce false positives with new software
Start-up to democritise Mexican banking raises largest funding round in country’s history
The investment is $7.5 million in equity and $50 million in debt.
Bolero ties up three-way trade digitisation deal with CTBC Bank and Everline
Deal is part of “an ongoing commitment to digital innovation.”
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Sibos 2019: Cultural barriers need to fall to make cybersecurity more transparent
Banks need to go beyond ISO requirements, says Cramer.
Sibos 2019: SEB launches new environment-friendly product for Nordic SMBs
Th trend is shifting from last year’s focus on renewable energy.
BNG Bank heads to the cloud with Wolters Kluwer OneSumX
Dutch bank believes Wolters Kluwer was the “natural choice”.
Sibos 2019: MUFG “ready to work with fintechs”
MUFG reveals it already has its eyes on some fintechs.
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Portugal’s largest bank signs Tink to underpin its new app Dabox
Caixa Geral de Depósitos’ (CGD) new app will be rolled out to four million customers.
Sibos 2019: Embracing payments change will keep banks in fintech race
Schemes like Request to Pay will change the game, says panel.
Sibos 2019: “Digital transformation will happen quicker in LatAm than Europe”
McKinsey predicts “the spike” will hit soon.
BIAN takes aim at core banking modernisation with new initiative
It wants to create an efficient and effective approach to core change.
Sibos 2019: Visa’s digitisation tries to avoid “immediate displacement” of cash
Phalen admits it’s “a shame” that US firms are still cash-heavy.
Sibos 2019: London could be “centre of the world” for RMB
HKEX CEO says stock exchange merger will boost UK capital
Sibos 2019: Banks should stop waiting for political uncertainty to end, it won’t
Banks need to adapt to a permanently unstable status in politics.
National Bank of Canada chooses CGI’s All Payments platform
The bank is modernising its payments ecosystem.
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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.
Deutsche Bank turns German fintech Deposit Solutions into unicorn
The bank bought a 4.9% stake in the fintech.
North Korea plans its own bitcoin
Russia, Venezuela and Iran have explored similar projects.
France warns UK to avoid Brexit derivatives clash
AMF wants Britain to guard against potential for arbitrage opportunities.
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.
Insurtech Cover Genius forms ‘first of a kind’ partnership with ShipStation
The partnership will effect UK, Canadian and Australian merchant customers.
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.
Cybersecurity firm Acronis becomes unicorn with $147m investment
The funding round was led by Goldman Sachs.
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.
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.
