SoftBank’s humanoid robot Pepper comes to HSBC USA
Robots relish retail banking.
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Five Degrees and BillPro launch European banking service
Five Degrees’ core banking solution Matrix is at the centre.
Nationwide seeks start-up action with £50m fund
Mobile activity by customers has prompted the society to invest in the sector.
Playing catch-up: post-trade modernisation vital for Nordic banks’ global ambitions
A key part of the Nordic banking industry is under pressure to modernise its post-trade operations tech.
Commerzbank taps Google for mobile payments in Germany
Google Pay is the way.
AI is a buzzy word, but how can banks put it to work?
What is AI and how can financial services companies leverage it to their advantage?
Are banks buying into public clouds?
Are banks at a turning point, or are there more important things to worry about?
Blockchain firm Conio closes Series A2 with $3m of funding
Takes total valuation of firm to over $40 million.
French savings firm Cashbee preps for flying launch
Offering automated, digital cash deposits and savings.
US Bank partners with Optum360 to help hospitals’ money management
Brings support in revenue cycle management at receivables at hospitals.
Standard Bank SA faces IT crash, again
ATMs and online platforms were affected, according to reports.
Eight looking great for fast track blockchain
Project includes Santander, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank and Societe Generale.
Monzo taps TransferWise for in-apps international payments
16 foreign currencies available, and more to come.
Ant Financial turns to Standard Chartered for blockchain payments
Standard Chartered becomes core partner bank.
BBVA launches facial recognition payments
All part of its “invisible payments” strategy.
Double up with Starling’s joint account
A mobile application for openings and break-ups.
Lloyds banking app crashes over weekend
Saturday not so sweet for Lloyds, TSB, Halifax and Bank of Scotland.
National Bank brings NFC mobile terminals to Canada
Canadian Mobeewave provided security and encryption.
BBVA unveils Next Technologies for digital drive
Beeva and i4S become BBVA Next Technologies.
Webinar: Banking reimagined – building an integrated digital ecosystem
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Financial sector organisations must forge ahead with video or risk getting left behind
Fantasy has quickly become reality.
KeyBank acquisition Bolstr-s digital lending dream
US-based bank buys digital lending platform for small businesses.
Top fintech stories this week – 22 June 2018
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Banking and financial services jobs: mobility at an all-time high
AI is a new corporate site selection driver
IBM criticism brings more blues to TSB tech issues
Big Blue says go-live criteria to prove production wasn’t ready.
Alfa-Bank Belarus moves to OpenWay’s digital platform
Payment cards and online services migrated.
MYbank plans stellar SME support
Ant Financial brand offers the promised land.
Israel’s crypto regulations drama drags on
Now the Association of Banks in Israel demands regulation.
NYC fines Deutsche Bank $205m for FX up
New York State Department of Financial Services is FX-ed off.
Corporate innovation bods, acting normal “How was your day?”
I want to tell you all about my day.
Europol takes down e-commerce fraud gang
Judgement day has arrived.
Lloyds and Barclays cut hundreds of UK jobs
On top of all the other jobs axed.
BBVA and Repsol finalise revolving credit facility based on DLT
Negotiation, signing and settlement were done through several blockchain networks.
Arion Bank picks Datactics for data management
Datactics outperformed the competition in the Icelandic bank’s tests.
ThetaRay is AML way for ABN Amro
Five-year project to improve bank’s AML and CTF capabilities.
Fiserv signs up two new credit unions to core account processing platform Portico
The duo is Sioux Valley Community and Coulee Dam Federal.
Oval Money shapes up nicely with Intesa Sanpaolo backing
Italian bank also takes stake in the automated savings platform.
NorthOne launches free invoice app
An app for small business owners, entrepreneurs and freelancers.
Brex unveils corporate card for start-ups
It also now has a total of $57 million in funding.
Blockchain-based PlasmaBank breaks into Asia and Europe
The platform will also act as a marketplace for other financial products and bank accounts.
