Top ten fintech start-up stories in 2017
A busy year for fintech start-ups, but take a trip down memory lane with Banking Technology’s top ten.
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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 five banking tech case studies in 2017
These captivating case studies caught our attention in 2017.
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!
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.
Fintech funding round-up: 19 December 2017
Features Softbank, Lemonade, Amazon, Capital Float and Delio.
Banking Technology December 2017/January 2018 issue out now
In the eye of the storm we provide clarity.
Banking Technology Awards 2017: and the winners are….
The glamorous Banking Technology Awards 2017 took place on 13 December at the elegant Millennium Mayfair hotel in London.
Top fintech stories this week – 15 December 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Kaspersky names WannaCry “vulnerability of the year”
The baddest boy on the security block.
truePTS post-trade tech right fit for JP Morgan and Citi
Opt to use post-trade processing tech to provide automation to market participants who process derivatives.
Survey report: UK bank account opening comparison
Have any UK high street or challenger banks made the jump to 100% digital onboarding?
What is the future of digital cash?
The recent World Economic Forum (WED) report “Sweden could stop using cash by 2023”, says that the country is moving towards favouring cards and mobile payment apps. Yet retailers are expected to accept cash for at least a couple of years afterwards.
Top fintech stories this week – 8 December 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Jaywing the Archetype with new AI risk tech launch
Risk and data science firm Jaywing has unveiled Archetype, a new risk technology product that uses artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and deep neural nets to help lenders generate statistical models.
Andromeda botnet dismantled by international law enforcement coalition
A group of international law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, are claiming a victory over the massive Andromeda botnet, which infected at least one million PCs each month and spawned a wave of malware families.
White paper: eIDAS and e-signature – a legal perspective
In this eIDAS paper, legal expert Lorna Brazell of Osborne Clarke LLP explains electronic signatures under the EU’s new Electronic ID and Trust Services Regulation.
E-book: Four key benefits for credit unions
Read the e-book to learn how DocuSign helps credit unions increase speed, decrease errors, lower operating costs, and grow their business.
E-book: In-Memory Computing for Financial Services – Part 2
New financial services challenges – are you ready for Modern Payments Systems, IoT and blockchain?
Tungsten Network and BNP Paribas e-invoicing takes away pain in supply chain
Tungsten Network will work with BNP Paribas to offer e-invoicing linked receivables purchase and e-invoicing linked supply chain finance (e-SCF) to large corporates in the US and Canada.
E-book: Realizing value in mortgages with eSignature
Closing more loans and realizing revenue more quickly is every lender’s goal. But if you’re operating with costly, time-consuming paper-based processes, that goal will be impossible to achieve. The only viable option is to part ways with paper and partner with a digital solution.
Cybersecurity needs to be a global and coordinated effort
Recent cyberattacks, such as the October 2017 Swift attack, show how vulnerable financial firms across the globe are to the machinations of hackers.
WePay to power payments for Volusion
Having finalised its acquisition of WePay, JP Morgan Chase announced that it has already put the payments platform to work: powering commerce platform Volusion, reports Finovate (Banking Technology’s sister company).
New live site for ICS Banks core banking system in Iraq
Al-Thiqa Islamic Bank has gone live with new core banking software, ICS Banks, supplied by ICS Financial Systems (ICSFS).
Fintech funding round-up: 1 December 2017
Who doesn’t love a trilogy? Following on from the round-ups on Thursday (30 November) and Tuesday (28 November) here’s another slice of fintech funding action. Features Deposit Solutions, Hanson Robotics’ Sophia, and BNP Paribas Asset Management. Germany’s Deposit Solutions, an open banking platform for deposits, has closed an investment round of $20 million led by […]
Using the web to access online banking? Who is protecting the browser side?
To date, there hasn’t been a way to understand if online users are being compromised or to be sure precisely what they are seeing whilst visiting and interacting with a web page. We know that endpoint security and anti-viruses fail and online users can be infected even with all the precautions that they may take. Server-side security is now very mature and excellent progress has been made in that particular field.
Fintech funding round-up: 30 November 2017
Quickly following on from Tuesday’s (28 November) funding round-up, here are more stories from a cash-drenched world. Features 1QB Information Technologies, FinTecSystems, Betalo, Nordea and Constellation Digital Partners. 1QB Information Technologies (1QBit), a quantum computing firm based in Vancouver, has closed a CA$45 million ($34.9 million) Series B round comprising equity and revenue contracts. This […]
FIS seeks API effect with Code Connect
FIS has unveiled Code Connect – an online gateway that allows its clients and third-party developers to access FIS APIs for use in developing and testing new solutions. With APIs more popular than free alcohol at a fintech conference, FIS joins the masses seeking to capitalise on the API fever. Code Connect includes more than […]
Passport to success: optimising treasury technology in the connected age
To reap the real benefits of technology, treasurers should be thinking about an extended journey, not a day trip.
Bankers and retailers – will we see roles switch? Or simply morph into a single discipline?
Technology is having a tremendous impact on the way communities shop so changes are more or less expected as we see these shopping mall operators push back on so many dire predictions being made about them. But can they change and yes, could these changes lead to a greater overlap with banking as it exists today? Do we even need differentiation between the two and yes, will they both be able to keep us satisfied when it comes to access to our cash?
BehavioSec’s behavioural biometrics right match for Crossmatch
BehavioSec has partnered with identity management firm Crossmatch in a deal that will add keystroke capture to Crossmatch’s composite authentication platform, DigitalPersona, reports David Penn at Finovate (Banking Technology’s sister company). “We selected BehavioSec’s platform because they are singularly focused on behavioural biometrics and have well-established and proven technology that already serves more than 35 million end […]
SmartSolution gains first core banking tech client in Central America, Blue Creek Credit Union
Blue Creek Credit Union (BCCU) in Belize is implementing a new core processing system, Universa, supplied by Canadian banking tech vendor SmartSolution.
Validata lands core banking testing deal in US
Validata has inked a deal with a large US bank to deliver quality assurance for the bank’s Temenos T24 core banking transformation project. Banking Technology understands this is Commerce Bank.
Integris Credit Union in core banking tech revamp with Validata
Canada-based Integris Credit Union has deployed Validata’s suite of products to support its transition to Temenos’ T24 core banking system.
ING has a thing for data analytics
ING Wholesale Banking has set out its plans to increase investments in data analytics and put more resources into Asia and the Americas. It’s very early days as its ambitions and goals offer no real specifics. Stats and timelines are like good service in shops in the UK – i.e. almost nowhere to be seen. […]
Interview: Nadish Lad, Volante – destiny and dreams
In an exclusive interview with payment specialist Volante Technologies, Nadish Lad, director – head of payments product, explains the firm’s foundation, vision and its key unique selling propositions (USPs).
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 21 November 2017
From major crimes to KYC times. Our latest blockchain and Bitcoin round-up features Tether, Metal, Deutsche Bank and IBM. Digital currency firm Tether is feeling under the weather as it has reported that “funds were improperly removed from the Tether treasury wallet through malicious action by an external attacker”. The amount is a rather large […]
Configo launches cloud environment
Digital sales and engagement firm Configo is taking its technology to the cloud. The company is making its Live Experience Platform – which gives FIs the ability to create customer-centric, personalised digital experiences – available as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, reports David Penn at Finovate (Banking Technology’s sister company). Until now, Configo’s platform was installed on-premise. The new cloud […]
