European Payments Council report: 2017 payment threats and fraud trends
An overview of the most important threats in the payments landscape.
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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.
FCA publishes feedback on distributed ledger technology
The responses on the potential for future development of DLT in the markets it regulates.
Fintech tour Amsterdam: the best of three worlds
A look at Amsterdam’s fintech scene via a one-day tour.
Blockchain consortium Hyperledger loses members
More than 15 members either cut financial support or quit the project over the past few months.
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.
Shawbrook Bank in ClusterSeven risk management heaven
For the management of business-critical spreadsheets.
PSD2: regulation as a catalyst for innovation
PSD2 comes into force on 13 January 2018. It aims to open up the European payments market to greater competition and transparency, but its effect will be more far-reaching, acting as a catalyst for innovation not just in payments, but in the wider financial services market.
ECB chooses Unisys for IT operations
Includes IT support and operation of its data centre.
Nesta reveals ten winners of SME innovation challenge
Nesta names prize winners at the conclusion of stage one of its Open Up Challenge.
Nordea’s open banking goes live in Finland
Nordea has connected APIs to its production system and made its open banking live in Finland.
GDPR vs PSD2: a challenging contradiction or two sides of the same coin?
Are GDPR and PSD2 really that dissimilar and incompatible? Or do they combine to create a robust security mind set?
UK regulator finally acts as compere for bank account compares
Nothing quite compares to go compare for bank accounts in the UK.
Atos bids €4.3bn for Gemalto to create IoT giant
An attempt to create an industry powerhouse in the markets for cybersecurity and digital products.
Penta’s on for business bank accounts in Germany
Berlin-based challenger bank Penta has officially launched its business bank account offering in Germany.
Commerzbank and HSBC partner for securities settlement
Commerzbank and HSBC Transaction Services have formed a new partnership for securities settlement.
ABN Amro’s Prospery supported by Five Degrees’ tech
EXCLUSIVE: ABN Amro’s new wealth management proposition, Prospery, has implemented Five Degrees’ Matrix solution.
UK cybersecurity centre showcases second wave of start-ups
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has revealed its latest batch of nine cybersecurity start-ups.
Infographic: GDPR & B2B marketers – less aware but more prepared
According to the latest research by DMA, a UK trade association for the one-to-one marketing industry, those in the B2B space are trailing slightly when it comes to having a detailed awareness of what the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws entail.
Alior Bank to launch fintech accelerator
Alior Bank has unveiled its acceleration programme for technology start-ups using the OpenAPI environment based on IBM technology, implemented by business solutions developer Tuatara.
Fintech Connect Live 2017: the unleashing of AI and ML
Fintech Connect Live 2017 is a gathering of some of the biggest players in the fintech. With the looming rise of open banking and the cryptocurrency surge, it’s the smaller start-ups and innovators of smart technologies in banking that are making headway with use of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML).
Infographic: insurtech job market
Meta search engine Joblift analysed the UK’s insurtech job market, comparing it to both the traditional insurance industry, and the insurtech market in the UK’s major competitor Germany.
UK university reveals security flaw in millions of banking apps
Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the UK have found a security flaw that put ten million banking app users at risk.
Moneycorp expands with acquisitions in Brazil and UK
The Moneycorp Group will acquire Brazilian foreign exchange business Novo Mundo Corretora de Cambio, and UK-based currency firm First Rate FX.
UK regulator puts out feelers for fourth wave of fintech firms
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is now accepting applications from fintech firms to be part of its fourth sandbox phase.
Prosper with ABN Amro’s Prospery wealth manager
ABN Amro has unleashed Prospery, its online wealth manager offering digital asset management combined with personal coaching by experts.
KBC seeks mobile app partnership
Belgium bank KBC with its mobile banking app is seeking to form a partnership to broaden its third-party services.
BPCE targets revenue growth with €600m digital revamp
BPCE, the second largest banking group in France, is seeking revenue growth and expansion with a new €600 million “TEC 2020” digital transformation plan.
Wirecard and sendhybrid going digitally postal in Austria
Paytech firm Wirecard is collaborating with sendhybrid, a company linked to the Austrian postal service Österreichische Post, to offer electronic post-box users a payment service to settle public sector digital invoices.
Kuzzle to launch retail digital banking solution
Technology start-up Kuzzle, the open-source backend solution for mobile, web and internet of things (IoT), will launch its latest solution for digital banking at FinTech Connect Live in London.
Moneythor supplies PFM tech to Orange Bank
Moneythor, a Singapore-based fintech firm, has deployed its digital banking toolkit and personalisation engine at France’s new mobile bank, Orange.
HooYu to provide verification services for UK challenger bank Countingup
Challenger bank Countingup is the latest firm to call on London-based HooYu for its innovative identity confirmation services.
BS/2 and VisionLabs fool fraud with faithful facial recognition tech
BS/2, a Lithuanian banking technology company, and VisionLabs, a face recognition software provider, have teamed up to fight financial crime by offering contactless identification for self-service terminals. The duo will offer an integration solution – using BS/2’s ATMeye.iQ, a self-service video surveillance and fraud prevention system, and VisionLabs’ LUNA face recognition platform. The solution uses […]
TSB unveils new banking tech platform, Proteo4UK
“We have created a more digital, agile and flexible TSB,” stated Paul Pester, CEO of TSB, at the unveiling of the bank’s new technology platform, Proteo4UK.
Supermarket victory sweep for Visa processing fees
Visa has come out victorious after the UK High Court dismissed the case against processing fees made by UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s.
RBS closes 259 more branches and axes 680 jobs
There is another wave of cuts as the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is closing 259 more branches and axing 680 jobs. This development follows the previous branch closure announcements which resulted in over 500 branches being lost. In June, RBS said 443 jobs are to go from its business loans department. Many of these […]
Case study: Triodos Bank – banking on ethical values
Triodos Bank in the UK stands out from the crowd for its ethical values but can it now kick on with a leap into the current account market? Banking Technology talks to UK MD, Bevis Watts, about this major development and the technology that underpins it.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 December 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
