The revolution happening in cross-border payments
Drop in to one of the many panel discussions at Sibos.
Financial Services/Finserv
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 22 September 2019
A weekly round-up of the industry’s top stories.
How women can lead the diversity movement in the fintech/payments industry
Estimates put the percentage of women working in computing-related occupations at a measly 26%. Time to change that!
Wells Fargo pilots internal settlement service using DLT
The pilot is planned for 2020.
Why BNY Mellon thinks fintechs are friends not foes
BNY’s head of digital explains how the company partners and invests in fintechs.
Why I want you to take me for granted: leadership, delivery and core banking
Taking someone for granted is the highest degree of trust.
Behind the music: Tuning the noisiness of your KYC
Scanovate’s KYC Orchestra has been doing full tours in the EU, Latin America, Israel and the US.
Introducing: Finovate Podcast
A short, interview-based podcast featuring conversations from fintech’s elite innovators and influencers.
Nucoro warns 84% of wealth management digitisation could fail
Wealth managers must re-engineer their operations to compete.
Element AI raises CAD 200m in Series B funding round
Element AI has raised CAD 340 million in total so far.
Confirmations bring peace of mind to cross-border payments
Swift is working on a new universal confirmations initiative.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 15 September 2019
Industry’s top stories and happenings from across the globe.
DN Intersect 2019: final round up and key takeaways
The conference was predominantly focused on North America.
DN Intersect 2019: “US banks can learn from McDonalds”
“It’s a lot of fun, very easy to navigate and offers the customer complete choice.”
DN Intersect 2019: US Banks are “already beaten” if they ignore APIs
“It’s time the US starts paying attention to open banking.”
United Trust Bank launches facial recognition ID verification
The new system takes only 90 seconds to complete.
Mastercard and R3 deliver blockchain cross-border payments solution
The partnership will focus on connecting global faster payments infrastructures.
Why has mid-market lending stagnated in banking?
One potential fix for this issue is the use of machine learning fintech.
Why I don’t talk about gender
Diversity of all kinds is good for business. It is also good for the soul.
US Bank acquires Talech to help drive digital transformation
The deal enhances the bank’s digital services for SMEs.
New challenger bank Zenus picks NICE Actimize AML tech
The bank wants a cloud-focused financial crime strategy.
Ask the expert: your questions on growing the business answered
What’s the best way to create a winning team?
DN Intersect 2019 Day 1 key takeaways: ‘Branches are here to stay’
FinTech Futures shares Diebold Nixdorf’s latest insights live from Las Vegas.
AI: The missing piece for Cobol modernisation in finance
Modernisation for mission-critical software is in sight for the first time.
Top fintech stories this week-06 September 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Banking Technology September 2019 issue out now
Thriving in a hyper-connected world.
A launchpad platform for savings providers
Savings providers can improve productivity, efficiency and accuracy.
Cyber landscape, threats and trends in financial services
Investment in emerging technologies is likely to be a key theme next year.
Mistakes, and how to avoid avoiding them
I make mistakes, I don’t know better, it’s a thing. It’s a superpower.
Distributed compliance is the key to banks increasing CDD and KYC challenges
We must we re-imagine risk management and compliance.
The key segment to nurture in 2020 and beyond
The biggest challenge may be the paradoxical ways SMBs view their relationship with their bank.
Trends in banking
Evolving the operational models to deliver faster customer services, cost efficiencies and competitive offering.
Top fintech stories this week – 30 August 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
CardX raises $2m in debt financing
The fintech helps businesses avoid credit card transaction fees.
Fintech platform Bond raises $10m seed funding
The company will spend the funds on growth and product development.
Carlsberg Bank – probably the best digital bank in the world
Banks need to identify new segments and go beyond banking
Insurtech start-up Kin raises $47 million
The company will launch a home insurance carrier in Florida.
Temenos acquires Kony for $559m
The transaction is due to be completed by early Q4 2019.
PNC becomes first US bank on RippleNet
The bank joined the blockchain payments platform in September 2018.
Bad bosses and hardy flowers
Moving away from bad bosses is not good advice, it is essential advice.
