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Swych powers WeChat’s Travelex Pay for US shopping
Swych’s blockchain-based gift card technology will power Travelex Pay, offered by Travelex and WeChat.
Sibos 2018 video: the importance of financial & tech media
What is the role of financial and tech media in the industry?
Sibos 2018: trade finance for corporates is getting a major upgrade
Corporates must now make the decision whether to be a leader or a follower.
Top fintech stories this week – 26 October 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
BIAN unveils free digital API Exchange
An online digital library containing over 65 standardised API definitions.
Playing nice: why credit scoring and blockchain could be keys to a working US sandbox
The key is to find areas of common ground and construct the sandbox – and its mission – around those topics.
Sibos 2018: separating the myth and reality of AI in financial services
Where can the artificial intelligence tech have the greatest impact?
Sibos 2018: partnership strategies to overcome digital disruption
Will digital disruption by dynamic technology natives undermine the legacy business models of traditional banks?
Sibos 2018: Swift gpi – how global payments are going digital
How is Swift reacting to the Sibos 2018 theme of “Going Digital”?
Sibos 2018 interview: Parth Desai, Pelican – succeeding in the AI economy
Artificial intelligence can help banks obtain “customer cognizance”.
Sibos 2018 video: key takeouts – part 1
Summed up in this short and sweet video
Network platforms: a new concept for a new age
ING and TradeIX, both members of the Marco Polo Network, discuss its benefits and what lies beneath.
Blockchain: technological genius or marketing concept?
Insight from Alain Rocher, head of knowledge management, Societe Generale Securities Services.
Sibos 2018: Why smart ledgers are not delivering yet, for financial services
Do financial services have a ‘God-given’ right to smart ledgers?
Sibos 2018: Alpha-bets S-Z
A brief look at four fintech firms that are worth watching out for at the Sibos show.
The appetite for regulatory innovation is growing
What’s going on the regtech space? CEO of hawk:AI shares his views.
Sibos 2018: Need for speed – ML reducing fraud in real-time payments
“ML or decision science is key.”
Sibos 2018: blockchain-based KYC and the bank/customer relationship
A look at how it all fundamentally shifts the bank/customer relationship.
Sibos 2018: Alpha-bets M-R
A quick look at four fintech firms that are worth keeping an eye on at the Sibos show.
JP Morgan Chase teams with Plaid for open banking
Enabling account holders to safely share their financial data with third-party fintech applications.
Sibos 2018 video: the brightest minds on the future of fintech & paytech
A range of experts attending Sibos 2018 share their views.
Accenture brings blockchain platforms together
Firm plays cupid with blockchain cuddle-fest.
Sibos 2018: China versus the West
High smartphone and social media penetration could be the keys.
Swift makes gpi service tracker for all
Standard version of its tracker now available to all Swift customers.
Sibos 2018: How blockchain makes banks catch up with fintech
Banks can not only catch up with fintechs but overwhelm the less mature entities.
Sibos 2018: Alpha-bets G-L
A quick look at four fintech firms that are worth keeping an eye on at the Sibos show.
Voltron preps launch of documentary trade on R3’s Corda
Aimed at enhancing the transactions of letter of credit.
IBM unveils Open Banking Platform
When a rip and replace strategy is not a viable option.
Sibos 2018 video: Alain Raes, Swift – game-changers in fintech and the role of Sibos
Interesting points by Swift’s Alain Raes, CEO of EMEA and Asia Pacific.
Visa step closer to B2B Connect launch, onboards new partners
IBM, Hyperledger and Bottomline are among Visa’s new partners for B2B Connect.
iGTB and R3 join forces for blockchain-based fintech platform
Focusing on trade finance/supply chain finance, payments and cash management, and central banking.
Compliance: the big issues uncovered
Fraud prevention and detection, and how evolving tech and faster payments impact financial crime compliance.
Fidor brings its operating platform to US
Via a distribution agreement with tech development firm GFT Technologies.
CGI, National Bank of Canada and Skuchain in blockchain-based trade finance pilot
A pilot programme to improve and streamline the process for negotiating standby LCs and guarantees.
Sibos 2018: Can a centralised virtual ledger help banks join API race?
Cross-border payments over a virtual centralised ledger – future or utopia?
Sibos 2018: Robots to the rescue for payments fraud
Safety has retreated as a concern for payment providers.
Sibos 2018: AI – efficiency is just clever laziness
Naturally the day one panel was filled with jokes about Skynet and the robot uprising.
Sibos 2018: How to approach the market place in the age of plenty
Things we dismissed four years ago are live and mocking us now.
Sibos 2018: A Swift one
What has Swift been up to since last year’s Sibos in Toronto?
