Banking Technology December 2019 / January 2020 issue out now
A year in review.
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Necessary conditions and sufficient convictions
If your “why” is simply “to make money”, your proposition may carry all the cynicism of yesteryear.
Innovate to succeed: The client call to action for wealth management
How can you become more effective in serving your clientele?
Santander and Elavon extend 15-year payments partnership
The two firms will continue a payments partnership signed in 2004.
Deutsche Bank plans €100m streamlining project for retail ops
German lender continues its dramatic savings plan.
Morgan Stanley plans 1,500 job cuts
US bank wants to protect itself from economic headwinds.
Cboe Global Markets agrees to acquire EuroCCP
The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2020.
Canadian credit unions launch Interac Debit on Google Pay
Google Pay integration with Interac Debit allows users to pay with their phones.
National Bank of Kuwait replaces its legacy systems with Murex’s MX.3
It will become NBK’s choice for trading, bookkeeping, risk management and more.
Legacy players might win the war in 2020
Will fintechs continue to gobble up customers from legacy players?
The 20th Banking Technology Awards winners have been announced
It was a brilliant celebration of excellence and innovation in the banking industry.
UK firms struggling to meet Mifid II reporting requirements
A fifth of investment firms are failing to report properly.
BNY Mellon connects custody capabilities with SimCorp to improve data transparency
BNY Mellon and SimCorp expect mutual global clients out of the partnership
FCA hands out record level of fines in 2019
UK watchdog has handed out £391 million in fines so far in 2019.
US challenger Unifimoney launched by former Samsung Pay exec
The new bank is aiming for a 2020 launch.
Systems integration: A path to improved speed, efficiency and value
System integration bridges disparate platforms so they are better connected and seamless
Oracle veteran Atherton joins ACI Worldwide
New hire joins ACI Worldwide after 14 years at Oracle.
Hungary’s central bank says major lenders could be “forced out” by fintechs
The bank mentions the pressures on revenues in a low yield environment.
UK regulators take aim at banks’ IT failures
The FCA, PRA and Bank of England have published a paper on operational resilience
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 06 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Finra selects Amazon Web Services to power CAT processing
The regulator has selected a bevy of Amazon solutions.
CWB Financial Group selects Temenos Infinity for front office ops
The Canadian firm also deploys Temenos T24 in the core.
State Street cuts blockchain developers in potential strategy change
The firm looks to be moving away from a front-to-back DLT implementation.
French challenger Moneway aims to help users control their finances
Countryside neobank preparing to move out of beta.
TSB selects Iress Lender Connect to boost brokerage
Iress calls the deal the first it has signed with a “top tier” bank
Italy’s largest bank UniCredit to cut 8,000 jobs by 2023 to reward shareholders
The bank wants to reach a 2023 revenue target of €19.3 billion.
Regulators need to provide clarity on Libor cessation, says ISDA
ISDA writes letter to FCA asking for greater information on Libor phase-out.
Appian Europe 2019: KPMG says banks’ digital literacy is “very low”
KPMG says 80% of bank employees don’t know what unstructured data is.
Temenos inks deal with Egyptian National Post
The firm will be replacing 20 legacy systems in the process.
Staying the course: CTOs in shining armour
Corporate troublemakers, dreamers and challengers rely on a good CTO.
US DOJ digs deeper into Deutsche role in Danske money laundering scandal
Deutsche officials were made aware that the scope of the DoJ probe had broadened.
BCBS: Bank supervisors must pay greater attention to APIs and open banking risks
Open banking comes with benefits to banks but also various challenges.
Wells Fargo hires Santander’s US chief as new COO
Scott Powell will be the bank’s new chief operating officer.
Monzo hires Visa exec to lead US push
TS Anil will join the digital bank early next year.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Bank to unveil 600 cardless ATMs
The ATMs will use contactless technology and QR codes.
South Korea to launch open banking system this month
5.51 million open banking accounts have now been registered.
Klarna selects Amazon Web Services as preferred cloud provider
Swedish banking and payment firm puts AWS at the centre of new strategy.
TCS migrates ABCUL credit unions to Bancs on the cloud
Voyager Alliance, East London and RetailCURe moved to the new platform.
Emirates NBD slashes 400 staff to cut costs
Dubai-based bank has been on a technology tear of late.
HSBC and Santander to refund customers after breaking CMA rules
The banks failed to message users going into their overdrafts.
