Northern Trust to deploy BlackRock Aladdin in new partnership
Chicago-based corporate bank extends “long-standing relationship” with BlackRock.
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Metro Bank appoints new CTO from Nationwide
The high street challenger bank wants Martin Boyle to help lead it back to growth.
Mambu snaps up MD for North America arm from Finastra
Johanna Pugh spent four years at core banking provider Finastra.
Postera Capital acquires sentiment analysis firm Augmento
Blockchain fund operator aims to be “pioneer” for crypto consulting.
JP Morgan integrates Bloomberg’s AIM in post-trade partnership
Two firms hope that post-trade processes can be “transformed”.
Getting reconciliation right in the “decade of data”
FinTech Futures sat with Douglas Greenwell, reconciliation expert at Duco.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 29 May 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Introducing FinTech Features – showcasing the best in fintech on 30 June
A new digital platform for the financial services professionals to learn about the latest technologies and solutions.
Santander invests in Brazilian alternative lender a55
“We began our journey in a kitchen trying to lend our own money,” says start-up.
TSB partners with Adobe and saves on 15,000 branch visits
The bank has spent 8 weeks digitising 80,000 customer interactions.
Deutsche Börse signs market data deal with Chinese firm Wind
German exchange wants to grant Chinese investors greater access to European markets.
KfW completes multi-year deployment of FIS Ambit Focus
German state-owned development bank KfW has completed a multi-year implementation project with FIS. The bank chose the FIS Ambit Focus asset and liability management platform for its market and liquidity risk controlling. According to FIS, the new solution provides the bank with a central data source for measuring, monitoring and reporting on market and liquidity […]
Banking’s long divorce process
The separation of customer management from product management has very strong advantages.
Webinar: Balancing the IT compliance and innovation agendas in financial services
Join Dell Technologies, WWT and FinTech Futures on Thursday, 4 June.
Banco Itaú International picks Temenos Infinity to revamp wealth management
The Brazilian financial group is revamping its international and Swiss operations.
InvestCloud kicks of digital transformation at Siebert Financial Corp
US broker-dealer aims for a front-to-back change.
Standard Chartered to launch new savings product, calls for help from fintechs
The bank has set a ‘challenge’ for start-ups on its ‘Fintech Bridge’ network.
True Sky Credit Union selects Fiserv’s DNA
The Oklahoma credit union plans to transition to a “technology company” for members.
China’s largest bank rolls out more deposit services with Alipay
Alipay has been collaborating with ICBC since March 2005.
Taking a deeper look at deepfake technology
It’s only a matter of time before cybercriminals attempt to use deepfakes as a common way to defraud businesses.
JP Morgan to deploy Calastone tech for automated settlement
The partnership marks an industry first, according to JP Morgan and Calastone.
India among major markets to see increase in ATM usage over 2019
Research suggests ATMs are still popular tools for financial inclusion.
San Francisco neobank Aspiration raises $135m in Series C round
The socially conscious fintech plans further growth with cash injection.
Connect First Credit Union appoints former ATB exec as new COO
Wellington Holbrook promised earlier this year he wouldn’t be moving far.
Hyundai Capital America goes live with Sopra’s Cassiopae
Californian captive finance firm completes 15-month project.
Unibank completes processing stage of TranzAxis migration
Azerbaijani lender is ploughing through a multi-stage move to Compass plus system.
How failure to embrace the cloud could be the end of Wall Street as we know it
This mindset betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how cloud technology providers operate.
Pacific National Bank launches digital challenger Facile with Nymbus
The bank is using Nymbus’ SmartLaunch technology.
The Bancorp announces release from consent order
Restrictions related to growth within The Bancorp’s Payments businesses are removed.
BNP Paribas Polska implements new version of Comarch Corporate Banking system
A completely new ecosystem is set to go live in 2021.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 22 May 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Major banks assess COVID-19 working from home policies
A list of how some major banks are responding to COVID-19 remote working policies.
Raisin launches deposit solutions for US banks and credit unions
The fintech wants to help US retail banks offer personalisation.
Revolut Business integrates with Clear Books for UK users
Clear Book’s bank feeds will refresh four times daily.
Societe Generale tests digital euro with Banque de France
The bank hopes the test will pave the way for a more simplified market infrastructure.
In a micro-app modern world, micro-differentiation matters
The best solutions are those that intertwine physical and digital channels.
ECB hands banks €851m in first round of PELTRO funding
This is the first of ECB’s “pandemic emergency longer-term refinancing operations” plan.
White paper: The Reconciliation Maturity Model
A blueprint for consolidating, automating and driving efficiency across reconciliations – and beyond.
Billon pilots digitised national currency with Raiffeisen Bank
If successful, the project could be deployed to RBI’s CEE countries.
SoftBank’s Mayoshi Son compares himself to Jesus Christ on investor call
Son noted that Jesus was also misunderstood and criticised.
