State Bank of Pakistan completes major core banking tech upgrade
Moving from Temenos’ Globus G11 to T24 R15.
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Wall Street Systems takes European Central Bank to court over tech deal with rival Openlink
How to be a sore loser.
Thomas Cook and Ferratum launch mobile banking app for holidays, Sumo
The first ever mobile banking app designed for holidays launched in Sweden. UK to follow.
Jordan Ahli Bank launches chatbot service, ahli bot
The first bank in Jordan to introduce a chatbot service. It is currently in beta version.
EBL launches Bangladesh’s first AI-based banking chatbot
EBL Digital Interactive Agent will communicate with customers via Facebook Messenger.
OfferZen and Standard Bank to launch bank account for developers, Root
2018 will see the launch of Root in South Africa, a bank account for developers.
Top ten core banking software projects in 2017
A look back at some of the major core banking software projects in 2017.
Top ten digital bank initiatives in 2017
Look back at some of the major digital bank initiatives in 2017, with Banking Technology’s top ten.
Top ten fintech opinion pieces in 2017
They thought for you.
Top ten payments projects in 2017
Enjoy some of the major payments projects in 2017.
Top five banking tech case studies in 2017
These captivating case studies caught our attention in 2017.
Top ten fintech features in 2017
What a merry time it was for fintech features in 2017.
Top ten blockchain stories in 2017
Welcome to a world of blockchain. A compilation of the bigger stories with Banking Technology’s top ten.
Top ten fintech events in 2017
Have fintech, will travel.
Top fintech stories this week – 22 December 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
ForgeRock to provide reference bank application to Open Banking
ForgeRock says it “becomes a key enabler in making open banking a reality”.
Tinkoff Bank first in the world to bring stories feature to mobile app
The bank has become “the first bank anywhere in the world to introduce a stories feature to its mobile app”.
Ripple to launch Infrastructure Innovation Initiative
Ripple is taking “the next logical step to help build the internet of value”.
Quovo launches PFM widgets
Financial data provider Quovo is getting into the personal finance management (PFM) game.
Southern Bank leverages PicturePay from Malauzai for digital payment service
Southern Bank launches a new digital payment option: Photo Billpay.
Invitation for tender: bank & non-bank institutions supervision BI/DW in Iran
Informatics Services Corporation (ISC) invites bidders.
Virtual branching: how disruptive innovations are changing financial services
The ability to blend artificial intelligence (AI) and human interaction should resonate strongly with financial service organisations due to their need to be highly targeted and responsive. When you provide the right service to a consumer at the right time, you can affect their behaviour and give them the push needed to complete the purchase.
Danske Bank digitises international trade with essDOCS
To help the bank’s corporate customers to go digital on international trade related documents.
Fintech funding round-up: 20 December 2017
Features Raisin, PayPal, Home Credit Venture Capital, Barion Payment and Cash Svidha.
Are contact centre agents the new face of consumer banking?
The desertification of local banking is shifting the burden of live consumer interaction to contact centres. The question is: are your agents ready to become customer-facing bankers?
Son of a nutcracker: credit union leadership lessons from Buddy the Elf
Walk with me through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly-twirly gum drops.
UK’s open banking service to go live in January 2018
The Open Banking Implementation Entity has confirmed that the UK will be the first nation to launch open banking.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 19 December 2017
Features ABI Lab, R3, the government of Estonia, Chronobank and Bitcoin.com.
Monimove unveils corporate supply chain finance platform
UK firm seeking to carve itself a slice of the credit management market.
NCR’s banking heaven in back seat of a Cadillac
An easier way to bank face-to-face with a live teller from the comfort of members’ cars.
City of London Group to launch challenger bank
In the process of obtaining a banking licence as it targets commercial, SME, bridging and development finance.
EU sets in motion rules to tackle cryptocurrency money laundering
Plans to apply tighter rules to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing on cryptocurrency exchange platforms.
Ex-Barclays boss mulls £10m Tandem investment
Former Barclays boss, Bob Diamond, is in talks to buy a stake in UK-based challenger bank Tandem.
Brazil’s Banpará Bank enters video banking realm
Implements TrueConf’s video conferencing solution into its first branch.
NICE teams with Brightstar India
To support the launch of NICE Uptivity, a workforce optimisation solution for SMBs.
FCA publishes feedback on distributed ledger technology
The responses on the potential for future development of DLT in the markets it regulates.
Fintech trends 2017: blockchain, big data… what’s next?
2017 ends with the Bitcoin having surpassed the $19,000 mark. Could this perhaps be a taste of our future?
UBS seeks global finance and risk tech CTO
UBS is looking for a chief technology officer (CTO) for finance and risk technology.
SBDA Group closes Series A investment round
Banking personalisation firm SBDA landed investment from FinSight Ventures and Digital Space Ventures.
China Merchants Bank opts for OneSumX regtech solution
China Merchants Bank chose Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for its regulatory reporting activity in Luxembourg.
