Bancolombia turns to SunTec for enterprise pricing solution
SunTec says it has partnered with TCS “for a first-of-its-kind deployment in Latam”.
BankingTech
How digital labour helps financial firms cope with market volatility
Digital labour can offer a range of operational benefits.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 11 December 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
White paper: The business value of ServiceNow for retail banks
The value retail banks will achieve annually at $29.54m per organisation ($70,000 per 100 users) by using ServiceNow.
Standard Chartered to launch crypto custodian in UK next year
The bank will, through Zodia, provide custody services for Bitcoin, and Ethereum.
Australian business banking challenger Gallantree adds crypto function
Gallantree targets entrepreneurs, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals.
Don’t turn a blind eye to spreadsheet vulnerabilities
Introducing PrizmDoc Cells, a secure solution in an intuitive, Excel-like web interface.
Banking’s Christmas ghosts
Charles Dickens’ popular novel, “A Christmas Carol”, gets a banking spin.
Texans Credit Union selects Episys core system
The $1.7bn credit union needs 12 employees to maintain its legacy system.
The times are always a’changing
The story we try to reconstruct and the story we tell ourselves isn’t the full story.
Comarch launches new factoring system
Comarch Cloud Factoring enables managing the entire lifecycle of an invoice with no paperwork involved.
Bank of England’s Islamic liquidity announcement “a huge vote of confidence”
UK’s Islamic finance sector welcomes ALF announcement from central bank.
Modularbank lands €4m to set up UK commercial operations
The start-up claims to be cashflow positive since its inception.
Moov Financial raises $27m in Series A funding round
The latest round follows a seed round from August.
Deutsche Bank expands Google cloud partnership
Major German lender expands cloud usage to lending and retail banking.
Solving payments and card challenges with a platform approach
A platform approach improves efficiency and customer trust.
E-book: Migration to cloud – your guide to delivering an intuitive customer experience
Learn how to transform the entire organisation with the migration to the cloud.
Mortgage automation: solving today’s business challenges with a proven tool
AVM is becoming commonplace within the mortgage process, benefitting lenders and consumers alike.
Change at the top for London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange Group and London Stock Exchange make executive changes.
Bank of England selects Appvia for two-year cloud development scheme
Appvia wins selection process started in January 2020.
Retail rewards platform Fetch raises $80m in venture funding
Fetch Rewards has raised $131m since 2013.
Auriga to manage Belgium’s new ATM network Batopin
Batopin was formed by four major Belgian banks.
White paper: Re-wiring financial services operations for a bold future
Looking beyond the front office to transform experiences.
Wintrust Financial Corporation picks NCR tech
US bank holding company to deploy NCR at 180 locations.
Australian lender RedZed is first live on SAP’s Cloud for Banking service
RedZed goes live on SAP package deal, hosted on Amazon Web Services.
Shinhan Bank Vietnam goes live on Finastra risk platforms
Fusion Risk and Fusion Kondor deployed during the pandemic.
Innovations – moonshot thinking and the art of walking the Earth
In wealth management, innovations need challengers, ambitious goals… and patience.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 04 December 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Payment Systems Regulator names Ruth Wandhöfer as new chair
Wandhöfer replaces Stephen Locke at the payments regulator.
NAB poaches outgoing RBS exec Matheson as new COO
Les Matheson returns to Australia after an early career in the country.
UniCredit CEO to step down in 2021
Jean Pierre Mustier calls it quits after butting heads with board.
Alpha Bank appoints new COO in Stefanos Mytilineos
Greece’s second-largest bank shifts things around at the top.
Banking for good
As the new kids on the fintech block start to mature, I do hope they support the broader community.
FinTech Futures Jobs: the fintech job market is absolutely booming
The global fintech market is predicted to grow at an annual rate of almost 25% – exciting times for jobseekers!
Web Summit 2020: A fintech summary
Stripe is looking at products around digital identity.
West Bromwich Building Society launches mobile app with Unisys
West Brom to deploy Elevate system underpinning new customer services.
CFTC marks 2020 as record year for penalties issued
US regulator issued a record number of notices this year, even as fines remain roughly the same
Sber partners with JP Morgan to pilot digital currency in 2021
Russia announced its new cryptocurrency law this year.
UK central bank unveils Islamic finance liquidity alternative
The central bank will run tests in early 2021.
African American Credit Union Coalition signs partnership with Fiserv
Fiserv to identify research and technology needs of AACUC members.
