Scotiabank shakes up senior leadership team with new appointments
Aris Bogdaneris joins from ING to oversee Scotiabank’s digital banking business Tangerine.
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Temenos Country Model Banks set for European expansion with Orion licence agreement
Orion is an implementation partner of Temenos, deploying core and digital banking solutions for its clients.
iBanFirst appoints former SocGen strategist Julien Molez as COO
Molez previously served as head of data and AI strategy for Société Générale from 2019 to 2023.
LHV Bank taps Raisin UK to enter the personal savings market
The move comes as part of LHV Bank’s planned launch of a direct-to-consumer savings product next year.
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UK sees surge in open banking payments with new monthly high
Open banking payments increased 9.3% between June and July this year.
JP Morgan Chase increases stake in Brazilian digital bank C6 to 46%
The US bank first bought a stake in C6 in June 2021.
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Digital banking – realising the opportunity
Aspire Systems’ Suresh Ranganathan talks about the company’s ambition to be at the forefront of digital banking transformation.
Providence FCU taps Mahalo Banking for digital banking upgrade
The upgrade will introduce new features including live chat and a personal finance management tool.
Sanjay Singh appointed as new CEO of Azentio Software
Singh has spent much of his career at US tech firm Akamai Technologies.
Goldman Sachs to wave goodbye to GreenSky as proposed sale enters final stages
Some offers for the Atlanta-based fintech are reportedly topping $800 million.
Rabobank appoints Alexander Zwart as chief innovation and technology officer
Alexander Zwart replaces Bart Leurs, who has served as chief innovation and technology officer since 2021.
Social media: a driving force in digital transformations
To stay relevant, businesses need to regard social media as an integral part of their digital strategy.
Maybank Investment Bank taps Broadridge for securities borrowing and lending offering
Broadridge claims the platform will provide better customer experience and cost management for the bank.
Goldman Sachs sells personal financial management business to Creative Planning
The move is part of the bank’s continued shift to focus on serving ultra-high-net-worth individuals.
BMO Commercial Bank taps Extend to launch corporate spend management app
BMO is the first global Mastercard issuer to offer contactless virtual cards through Extend.
India’s Yes Bank draws on Zaggle to launch credit cards with spend management capabilities
The Yes Bank Zaggle corporate credit card seeks to enable businesses to tap operation efficiencies.
Video: Subject snapshot – open banking
Get the lowdown on how banks can finally monetise the open banking initiative.
Case study: Keytrade Bank’s transformation journey
Belgium’s pioneering digital native bank, Keytrade Bank, partners with Infosys Finacle for strategic evolution.
Alpha Bank acquires Orange Money’s Romanian retail business
Alpha Bank Romania is aiming to become “one of the key players in the Romanian digital banking space”.
Cambridge & Counties Bank secures £20m Tier 2 facility from British Business Investments
With the fresh facility, Cambridge & Counties Bank aims to increase its volume of lending to small businesses.
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Video: AI – friend or foe to financial services?
Fintech experts share their views on the impact of AI on financial services.
Citi debuts first LatAm fintech investment with stake in Peruvian FX platform Rextie
Rextie becomes Latin America’s first FX fintech to receive an investment from Citi.
Core banking tech provider Mambu names Fernando Zandona as permanent CEO
Zandona has served as Mambu’s interim CEO since June after Eugene Danilkis stepped down from the role.
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Silicon Valley Bank makes two senior appointments to lead payment products and digital strategy
Martin Murrell has been named as head of global payments and Milton Santiago as head of global digital solutions.
Morgan Stanley hit with £5.41m fine after energy traders used WhatsApp to discuss market transactions
It is the first-ever electronic communication fine issued in Great Britain relating to trading energy products.
Krakowski Bank Spółdzielczy taps Diebold Nixdorf to modernise ATM network
KBS aims to upgrade its entire ATM network by the end of 2023.
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Former Monzo execs launch new fintech start-up Sync Savings
The start-up recently closed its pre-seed funding round, the amount of which has not been disclosed.
MSUFCU veteran Benjamin Maxim named as Reseda Group’s new COO
Maxim has been a central figure at MSUFCU for over 16 years, having first joined back in 2007.
Colendi lands banking licence to become Turkey’s first digital deposit bank
As Turkey’s first digital bank, ColendiBank is aiming to reach 50 million customers regionally.
Standard Chartered global head leaves to found fintech start-up
Manohar Chadalavada is leaving the bank to be the co-founder of a fintech start-up currently in stealth.
Five credit unions tap MDT to deploy Banno Digital Banking Platform
The credit unions include Great NorthWest FCU, Sentry Credit Union and Peoples FCU.
Cynergy Bank lands £20m funding from British Business Investments
The bank plans to facilitate more than £250m in new-to-bank lending across the SME and property sectors.
AI-powered conversational payments to launch on India’s UPI
The tech will enable users to converse with an AI system to initiate and complete transactions.
Chilean digital bank Tenpo partners Dock for new credit card offering
The offering positions Tenpo as a competitor to traditional financial lenders in the country.
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