Video: Top fintech stories this week – 27 March 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Digital
The need to offer personalisation in financial research
It needs to be disseminated in a customised manner to provide personalised insights for clients.
Canadian financial planner Finally to launch in May
“People don’t want to tell strangers how bad they’re doing with their finances,” says founder.
Love in the time of COVID-19
Amazing teams have teams that care. That’s how leadership works. It’s a team sport.
Brex acquires trio of San Francisco start-ups
Neji, Landria, and Compose Labs all brought under the Brex umbrella
Survey: Corporate Banking & APIs – the state of play
Are there concrete API plans and strategies in place? We’d greatly appreciate your input in this survey.
National Bank of Canada migrates Murex system to Amazon Web Services
Major Canadian bank shifts MX.3 to the Amazon cloud.
Are enhanced security procedures more important than faster payments?
The industry is doing all it can to fulfil the SCA requirements laid out by the EBA.
The accounts payable e-guide, vol. 1 – no pain, no gain?
Addressing ways to streamline the accounts payable process with digital integrations.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 20 March 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
FinTech Futures update: business as usual
Our team is here to help the market navigate today’s challenging business landscape.
Video: Hot-seat with Steven Marshall, CCO of Crown Agents Bank
He reveals how a legacy institution can stay relevant and adapt in this digital wave.
Ask the expert: what can I do to ensure my fintech is protected during these challenging times?
As a growing a fintech, you’ve worked hard to get to where you are. You mustn’t let momentum slow.
Disrupting small business banking
I think what we (business owners) really want is an experience driven bank.
Stress testing: Turning an obligation into an opportunity
Challenges can be mitigated through greater automation and enhanced data management.
Swift’s ISO 20022 migration set back a year to November 2022
“The new approach will avoid short-lived investments by customers,” says Swift.
Cyber-incidents are on the rise: What can your firm do to defend itself?
Senior management should ask themselves five key questions.
White paper: Anti-financial crime – looking beyond staffing
How banks can best perform their gatekeeper function.
Open banking: A move towards greater or lesser transparency in banking?
Will it reduce or increase information asymmetry between consumers and finserv companies?
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 13 March 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Global fintech funding: 2018 still stands as the reigning year
As of February 2020, year-over-year deal counts were down by 22%.
Report on cloud transformation in banking: The 2020 state of play
Investigating how a new year and a new decade have impacted the drive towards a cloud-based future for banking.
FirstBank picks Finxact to replace 35 year-old core banking system
Colorado-based bank is among early takers of Finxact’s core banking system.
Challenger bank Copper latest to tap America’s teens
Copper is yet to reveal its launch date but has opened a waiting list to teens.
Banking Technology March 2020 issue out now
Keep calm and carry on: Where does COVID-19 leave the Chinese fintech market?
Explained: Cryptojacking
IT professionals constantly need to look for tell-tale signs in their networks.
Can fintech eliminate credit discrimination?
Even the strictest laws can’t eliminate the inherent impression the credit manager forms.
Banks test disaster recovery sites and send staff home amid coronavirus
Senior bank execs are concerned about broadband capacity at their employees’ homes.
White paper: Temenos recognised as a leader in the Forrester Wave™ for digital banking engagement platforms
Convincingly broad off-the-shelf capabilities for supporting channel-specific retail, business and corporate banking.
The global unbanked shoppers
The gap between the population of the banked and unbanked is continuing to broaden.
Three digital transformation lessons wealth management firms can learn from luxury fashion brands
Build online trust with customers and identify ways to replicate the offline experience.
Canadian challenger Neo Financial plans 2020 launch
Neo plans a credit card and rewards-based savings.
The financial services technical “Grand Design”
A financial services organisation must plan and design what it will look like.
Achieving reconciliation maturity will be easier in the decade of data
Financial professionals feel more comfortable entrusting their data to the cloud.
Banks rely on big bang system replacements to cope with real-time demand
An evolving customer base demands accelerated time-to-market, says Oracle’s Vikram Gupta.
Three top tips to combat visual hacking
Make it hard for screens to be viewed, consider installing privacy filters and other points.
Credit card start-up Tribal Credit secures $5.5m in seed funding
New firm aims to help start-ups in emerging markets.
How APIs overcome the challenges of digital transformation
No transformation is pain-free.
US banks debut cloud-based Finastra Phoenix platform
Commerce National Bank & Trust and Commencement Bank deploy Phoenix on public cloud.
Report: The digital drive to replace the passport in financial services
FinTech Futures publishes its latest industry report, on digital identity and fraud.
