Envestnet | Yodlee and Charles Schwab Enter Financial Data Access Agreement
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Covid-19, Data
Envestnet | Yodlee (NYSE: ENV), a leading data aggregation and analytics platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services, announced today that it has come to terms with Charles Schwab on a financial data access agreement. This will aid in providing the framework for the financial services company’s clients to more securely and effectively allow access to, and use their personal financial information, with...
Santander launches PagoFX in the UK to offer fast, secure and low-cost international transfers with no fees for two months
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Banco Santander today announced the launch of PagoFX, a low-cost international money transfer service, in the UK. This new service, available via a mobile app, allows UK residents with a debit card issued by any UK bank or financial entity to seamlessly and quickly send money abroad from their smartphone with low costs, bank-level security and customer support via in-app chat, web and e-mail. In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,PagoFX...
Auriga acquires the award-winning ATM cybersecurity solution Lookwise Device Manager from leading managed security services provider S21sec
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Banking, M&A Deals
Auriga, a leading supplier of technological solutions for the omnichannel banking and payments industries, announces the acquisition of Lookwise Device Manager (LDM), a modular security platform and cybersecurity business unit from S21sec, a leading European managed security services player. S21sec is part of Sonae IM’s portfolio, a corporate venture capital firm investing in cybersecurity, retail and telecommunications technology companies.
West Africa’s First Data and Analytics ‘Virtual’ Conference Announced
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Data
Data and analytics are central to how modern organisations and governments take decisions and execute plans. Online retailers, companies, governments and tech giants are investing millions in ramping up their ability to collect and analyse data. In these unprecedented times, when companies are struggling to adapt, it becomes all the more important to use data-driven models for decision-making.
Asset Control Makes Senior Appointment To Drive APAC Growth
- 6 years 1 month ago
- People Moves
Asset Control, the leading provider of proven, cloud-based data management for financial data analytics and data quality, is pleased to announce that it has hired Daniel Kennedy as its new Head of Sales (Asia Pacific) to accelerate growth in the region. Prior to joining Asset Control, Daniel served as VP – Head of Sales – Global Trading, Buyside & Post Trade at FIS. Daniel led the commercial team responsible for FIS' buyside and sellside...
NICE Actimize Provides Financial Services Organizations a Quick and Effective Response to the CARES Act with the Introduction of KYC Xpress
- 6 years 1 month ago
- AML and KYC
Due to provisions in the recently enacted CARES Act, financial services organizations are facing an unprecedented influx of loan applications and the need to expedite Know-Your-Customer (KYC) operations and procedures, which are often manual and time consuming.
Appian helps banks automate lending for UK COVID crisis
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Appian today announced an application built on its Low-Code Automation Platform to support accredited lenders across the UK to manage the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) applications from businesses, as well as the anticipated Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS). The new loan application can automate and check eligibility, process and verify required supporting documents, and make lending decisions...
Allica Bank launches a (1.49%) 12-month fixed term deposit account for retail savers
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Allica Bank – the business bank that seeks to empower small and medium sized businesses – has today announced the launch of its first deposit account, for retail savers. The FSCS protected accounts will offer a 1.49% rate of interest, fixed for 12 months. Accounts can be opened online and managed through the bank’s internet banking platform and secure messaging service.
SatchelPay Partners with AMLYZE for Compliance Assurance and Security Boost
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Security and Compliance, Payments, E-Wallets, Cryptocurrencies
Lithuanian EMI SatchelPay has announced a partnership with AMLYZE, a financial crime prevention platform also based out of Lithuania, aimed at proactively dealing with regulatory compliance and improving the online banking platform’s security. After the Bank of Lithuania moved to resume all of SatchelPay’s services in November of 2019, the fintech firm has shown itself eager to establish a more evolved institutional paradigm, conducive to growth...
Mobile payments service to streamline how UK charities collect donations
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Covid-19
As charities around the world are feeling the unprecedented pressure caused by COVID-19, the UK charity sector is expected to lose over £4 billion in the upcoming weeks and months due to fundraising events being cancelled and places of worship closing their doors. In these uncertain times, mobile technology is enabling charities to collect donations remotely.
Hong Kong’s First Virtual Bank Selects Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Banking
ZA Bank, the first virtual bank in Hong Kong, has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting as its regulatory reporting software. OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting combines bank data into a single source of data to ensure consistency, reconciliation and accuracy and includes Wolters Kluwer’s Regulatory Update Service. This unique service is maintained by Wolters Kluwer experts who actively monitor regulation in 30 countries.
Meniga continues successful collaboration with UniCredit to launch enhanced version of the Smart Banking app in the Czech Republic
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Meniga (www.meniga.com), a leading provider of digital banking technology, has partnered with global banking and financial services company, UniCredit, to launch an enhanced version of the popular Smart Banking app in the Czech Republic. The development of the new Smart Banking app follows Meniga’s and UniCredit’s collaboration on the successful launch of the Mbanking app, in Serbia in 2019.
Retail gain-and-retain in a post COVID-19 world
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Covid-19
Today, a new report by Klarna, the leading global payments provider enabling over seven million consumers in the UK to pay later in store and online, analyses the psyche of consumer purchasing habits and what retailers can do to stay relevant in a post COVID-19 world.
P2P loans are the most profitable assets for 53% of European investors
- 6 years 1 month ago
- P2P Lending
Recently, the P2P platform Robo.cash completed a survey of European P2P investors dedicated to their financial results in 2019. Over half of participants said that the alternative lending brought them the highest returns last year. The company expects that despite the coronavirus pandemic, the segment will keep the leading positions in 2020.
Qadre launches new brand to demystify blockchain
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain
Qadre, a high-growth fintech trusted by leading institutions to deliver certainty with blockchain technology, today launched its new brand that aims to demystify blockchain and drive increased understanding and practical applications of the technology in financial markets.
