Report: Ten trends in reshaping banking in 2020
Business model, agile organisation, ubiquitous automation, technology modernisation, and culture and workforce transformation.
Innovation
Canadian and Taiwanese regulators sign fintech sandbox agreement
The regulators will build a “referral mechanism” between their fintech sandboxes.
Reaping the real benefits of data sharing
Data sharing enables banks to more effectively serve customers across the lifecycle.
Chargeback raises $6.6m in Series A funding
The round was led by Fintop Capital and Next Frontier Capital.
Insurance in the digital age: injecting automation into the claims process
A lot of claim processing, across all product lines, is carried out manually.
Banking Technology June 2020 issue out now
Real-time payments and fraud: balancing customer relationships and security.
Tell it cos it’s a good story
Why do all these dreamers and makers and poets work in banking transformation?
Managing compliance in an age of innovation
Dell Technologies and World Wide Technology discuss the technology challenges facing FIs.
Documentation firm H4 snags $27m in funding from Goldman, JP Morgan, Barclays
H4 claims that documentation in capital markets is ripe for change.
Developing industry-wide standards on DLT security will lead to wider adoption
To develop industry standards, four things need to happen.
US and French regulators team up to ease fintech market entry
Both regions want to boost their statuses as financial technology hubs.
PayTech Awards winners: where are they now? Emailage – Best E-Commerce Initiative
The pending takeover of Emailage by LexisNexis “kind of dominates the news”, says EMEA MD.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 05 June 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 now open for entries!
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
On getting a job, but finding love. Every bloody time.
I don’t know how to not care.
Appway raises $37 million in equity funding from Summit Partners
Lifecycle management firm secures first external capital raise.
Locked out of Europe: fintechs holding the key to financial inclusion of refugees
Fintechs could, in principle, fill the void left by the large incumbents.
Webinar: How financial services firms are preparing for the new normal
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a sudden shift from physical to digital.
Getting reconciliation right in the “decade of data”
FinTech Futures sat with Douglas Greenwell, reconciliation expert at Duco.
Facebook attempts to address concerns expressed by regulators on the original proposal
The tax problems with this proposal identified in our client briefing on Libra 1.0 remain unresolved.
Old habits die hard: are you thinking long-term for the good of everyone?
Is it all just reactionary, rather than calmly taking a longer-term view?
Introducing FinTech Features – showcasing the best in fintech on 30 June
A new digital platform for the financial services professionals to learn about the latest technologies and solutions.
Banking’s long divorce process
The separation of customer management from product management has very strong advantages.
Webinar: Balancing the IT compliance and innovation agendas in financial services
Join Dell Technologies, WWT and FinTech Futures on Thursday, 4 June.
Banco Itaú International picks Temenos Infinity to revamp wealth management
The Brazilian financial group is revamping its international and Swiss operations.
Unibank completes processing stage of TranzAxis migration
Azerbaijani lender is ploughing through a multi-stage move to Compass plus system.
Ask the expert: how can I improve my success rate creating partnerships?
What to do if you are struggling to reach the right decision-makers.
Remote work start-up Deel scores $14m series A led by Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen general partner, Anish Acharya, is joining the San Francisco-based company’s board.
In a micro-app modern world, micro-differentiation matters
The best solutions are those that intertwine physical and digital channels.
Banking software solutions for home working
Co-browsing and client portal technology is making it easier for bank advisers to work from anywhere.
New digital business models depend on agile and adaptive compliance processes
Flexibility, rhythm, and simplification are vital in helping institutions survive and thrive in this riskier world.
Streamlining remittance, empowering migrant workers & driving inclusion worldwide
The ability to send money home is critical, but not always easy for migrant workers.
Emerging services and solutions amid the COVID-19 chaos
Financial services are expected to play a pivotal role in helping the global community emerge from this crisis.
Digitalisation a must-have for lending in a post-COVID world
The coronavirus pandemic has affected and disrupted every aspect of financial services.
Open banking wave is coming, but are banking APIs ready for fintech?
Why is it hard to get into open banking as a new player?
Ecosystems evolution
Five focus points on how organisations can coexist and grow in the ecosystem.
Partnerships to drive industry forward in post-COVID world
The coronavirus pandemic has caused immediate changes to the financial services industry.
IBM signs payments modernisation deal with 75 Canadian credit unions
Big Blue to outfit Canadian CUs across three provinces.
Help! Historical data does not help with modelling the COVID-19 world
In light of how quickly the world has changed, CIOs and CTOs need to ponder hard questions.
Situation: not normal
Choose to act towards the next chapter. Choose to live each day of “not normal” as if more than survival is at stake.
