FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 27 January 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Commerzbank has filed a suit against the accounting firm in Frankfurt court, Reuters reports.
Nexi says the DACH region is an “important potential growth area” for the firm.
Digital innovation in trade finance is gaining momentum, and blockchain offers a number of possibilities.
German neobank’s value eclipses the market capitalisation of Germany’s second-largest bank.
The bank cites implementation risks and changed market conditions as the reasons behind its decision.
Product placement is easily recognised by the customer and viewed negatively.
Commerzbank, İşbank, LBBW and two corporates have completed transactions ahead of a launch.
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German lender moves forward with widescale restructure plan.
German giants support illiquid assets investment platform.
“Google will now offer the bank a deeper set of platform services”.
The fines kept flowing even in a year as turbulent as 2020.
This year has seen several job cut announcements.
Commerzbank’s group profit fell by a fifth to €220 million in the second quarter.
Shareholder pressure saw Martin Zielke and Stefan Schmittmann depart earlier this week.
German bank sanctioned in relation to dealings with now-defunct Laika
Cerberus Capital Management makes demands of German bank.
The London branch of the bank dragged up for issues between 2012 and 2017.
From big data and cloud to developments in distributed ledger technology and more.
Commerzbank will hold over 90% of the shares of Comdirect once it’s completed.
Following this, the bank plans to hire 2,000 new positions.
This time they’ve integrated logistics provider, Logwin AG.
Current payment systems require a human to trigger the process.
Its platform will accelerate trades, strip out costs and provide transparency for buyers and sellers.
Yolt is also partnering with Payvision and Funding Options, both of which also have ties to ING.
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Bangkok Bank and Commerzbank test DLT-based trade finance solution.
Blockchain will become the operating system which underpins the digital economy.
The partnership will start with German credit institutions such as Grenke Bank, NIBC Bank and Gefa Bank.
Delivery triggers irrevocable payment from buyer’s bank.
It involved the simultaneous swap of the tokens as a legally binding transaction.
Pilot with Continental and Siemens – and transaction based on R3’s Corda platform.
How automation could provide benefits for both bank and corporate clients.
Second attempt with Commerzbank, ING, Natixis and Rabobank.
Commerzbank has teamed up with fintech Conpend for the project.
Project Kopernik (Copernicus) will initially target Germany.
German bank signs up for ten years.
Google Pay is the way.
Project includes Santander, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank and Societe Generale.