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Cisco: we’ll put IT back in charge

Cisco and its partners want to put IT back in charge of their enterprise technology infrastructure, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Years of deploying technology in multiple locations have left enterprise IT with cloud sprawl, workloads spread over multiple public, private and hybrid clouds. By applying the right technology and business services, […]

Studio Bank starts up with CSI’s core and mobile banking

Tennessee-based Studio Bank has powered up in the US and selected Computer Services Inc (CSI) as its core and mobile banking technology provider. Studio, which filed its application to become Nashville’s “first newly chartered de novo bank in nearly a decade”, plans to use CSI’s NuPoint core processing solution for an omnichannel and “hyper-local” strategy. […]

Facebook alumni-led database start-up YugaByte de-stealths

Start-up YugaByte, which is run by ex-Facebook engineers, thinks it’s got a database that can compete with Oracle and a crowded market of other established proprietary and open source incumbents, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). YugaByte, which comes out of stealth with $8 million funding, says it stands out from the crowd […]

Iberiabank selects nCino for cloud-based lending

Iberiabank has selected nCino’s cloud-based Bank Operating System to process services across several lines of business, including commercial and SME lending and treasury management.

First interactive mobile video banking solution comes to US

POPin Video Banking Collaboration is merging with BankOn Mobile Video by Financial Town to create “the first interactive mobile video banking solution” for credit unions, banks and other financial service providers in the US.

Teradata Partners Conference 2017: architecture and morality in AI

The question of the morality of artificial intelligence (AI) was one of the hot topics discussed at an event run by US-based Teradata. At day four (25 October) of the Teradata Partners Conference 2017 (22-26 October), in Anaheim, California, Banking Technology pulled up a chair and listened to the thoughts of the great and their livelihoods. To get […]

Teradata Partners Conference 2017: the critical art of AI thinking

Data quality and critical thinking are imperative for the advance of artificial intelligence (AI), according to expert views from an event hosted by US-based Teradata. At day three (24 October) of the Teradata Partners Conference 2017 (22-26 October), in Anaheim, California, Banking Technology was there to gauge the zeitgeist in our data-drenched world. As a […]

Teradata Partners Conference 2017: not vexed on the edge of next

On the brink of tomorrow, US-based Teradata believes it’s in the right place to get ready for the future with its new range of data products and artificial intelligence (AI) inspired vision. At day two (23 October) of the Teradata Partners Conference 2017 (22-26 October), in Anaheim, California, attended by Banking Technology; the firm showed […]

IBM and Zelle team up to advance P2P payments

IBM says it has launched an “industry first” solution to support the full lifecycle of peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, from the back office of financial institutions to the mobile device.

Teradata launches Agile Analytics Factory

US-based Teradata has unveiled Agile Analytics Factory – a programme providing data science and analytics expertise as a service. The launch coincides with its Teradata Partners Conference 2017 (22-26 October), attended by Banking Technology and held in Anaheim, California. At the same time, Teradata has released a new data analytics platform and revealed Danske Bank’s […]

Teradata targets AWS and Azure with new data analytics platform

US-based Teradata has got Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure in its sights with the launch of Teradata Analytics Platform, offering a choice of analytic engines to get round the issue of siloes. Oliver Ratzesberger, EVP and chief product officer at Teradata, says: “Many different users have many different analytic needs and this dynamic causes […]

CECL: managing implementation through collaboration

The accounting standard Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL), which requires banks to calculate expected credit losses and incorporate resulting provisions into its P&L statements, necessitates a flexible, adaptable technology solution that will enable closer collaboration among finance, risk and reporting functions.

JP Morgan Chase acquires WePay

JP Morgan Chase has acquired WePay, a California-based paytech firm, which will function as the payments innovation incubator in Silicon Valley for the bank.

IBM teams with Dream for payments on the cloud

IBM has teamed with Toronto-based firm Dream Payments – bringing its cloud and security capabilities to help the firm offer mobile point of sale solutions and business-to-business (B2B) payments.

Finicity teams with DataVerify

Data aggregation and insights company Finicity has integrated with risk mitigation firm DataVerify to offer mortgage lenders real-time borrower asset verification.

Wave brings business services to RBC’s online banking platform

Wave – a business financial management (BFM) solutions provider from Toronto – has signed a deal that will integrate its invoicing, accounting, and business financial insights technology into Royal Bank of Canada’s online banking platform.

Commerce platform Omnyway raises $12.75m in Series A funding

In a round led by Nyca, CommerzVentures, and CEFIF, augmented digital commerce platform Omnyway has raised $12.75 million in new funding, reports David Penn at Finovate (Banking Technology‘s sister company). The Series A will give Omnyway (formerly Omnypay) the ability to launch new services, expand operations, and add to its customer base both in the […]

Doxo surpasses 30,000 payable billers on its platform

Seattle-based consumer bill pay service Doxo now has more than 30,000 billers on its platform, allowing users the ability to pay even more companies from a single website, reports Julie Muhn at Finovate (Banking Technology’s sister company). This achievement also gives Doxo a new status – the company now has more billers on its platform […]