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Startupbootcamp Scale Launches for Growth Stage Companies in Emerging Markets

7 years 3 months ago
Infrastructure

Startupbootcamp announces the launch of Startupbootcamp Scale, an innovation program for growth stage startups in emerging markets. The program is an addition to the traditional Startupbootcamp program, and will target startups post-accelerator stage (pre-Series A funding) looking for a customised approach to help them solve challenges in areas such as business development and expansion.

Commerzbank and HSBC Transaction Services GmbH agree strategic partnership for securities settlement

7 years 3 months ago
Banking

- Commerzbank's securities settlement operations will be transferred - Cost savings and simpler processes tie in with "Commerzbank 4.0" strategy - Due to go live by early 2020, once migration is complete

AFEX Partners with Ascent Software to Simplify Payments for Financial Services Firms AFEX’s API adds FX layer to Trident Connect straight-through payment processing software

7 years 3 months ago
Payments, Risk Management

AFEX, one of the world's largest non-bank providers of global payment and risk management solutions, has partnered with Ascent Software, to enhance its award-winning straight-through processing pre-payment and post-payment software, Trident Connect.

Aspect Software Calls for Better Relationships Between Banks and Authorities to Combat Cyber-crime

7 years 3 months ago
Banking, Security

According to Megan Butler, a Director at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), financial services firms and banks in the UK are not reporting successful cyber-attacks.

Leading Chief Data & Analytics Officers Gather in Miami to Discuss ROI of Data

7 years 3 months ago
Data

It is a known fact that technology and interconnectivity have let to a vast explosion in the data available to organization’s of today. In recent years, the paradigm is shifting in favour of data-driven decision making versus instinctive judgement calls.

DueDil and Credit Data Research Join Forces to Boost Access to Finance for SMEs

7 years 3 months ago
Data

DueDil, the company information platform, announces that it is joining forces with Credit Data Research, market leader in credit behavioural analysis, to boost access to business finance. The two firms - both participants of the Nesta’s Open Up Challenge – have established a joint initiative to boost the level of information available about private companies and tear down barriers in business lending decisions.

42% of Retailers Say Payment-over-time Solutions are ‘Very Important’ to ensuring future digital innovation

7 years 3 months ago
Payments

An overwhelming 95% of retailers believe that payment-over-time solutions are either important or very important to delivering future digital innovation in the retail industry, with 42% saying the latter, according to the latest research from Econocom UK, a leading provider of digital transformation solutions. Furthermore, 99% of all retailers said that a payment-over-time model would make it easier for them to achieve their digital...

Digital Debit Accelerates Bitcoin Adoption with Release of First Real-Time P2P Payments App

7 years 3 months ago
Bitcoins

Digital Debit Group (DDG), a division of Qondado LLC, announces the release of the Digital Debit® mobile Bitcoin payments app. The company's utilization of the Coinbase API system with the Digital Debit® QR platform delivers the first global off-blockchain P2P mobile payments ecosystem for the growing Bitcoin user base and provides the added benefit of tokenized QR transaction codes for real-time, account-to-account transactions.

Fidor Bank: Predictions For 2018

7 years 3 months ago
Payments, Banking

1. Payment Services Directive (PSD2) Finally Goes Live “It has has been a long road to PSD2, given that it was approved in November 2015 by the Council of the European Union. However, it will finally be coming into force in January 2018 and that means that banks must open up their customer data to third parties on request - whether these third parties are their direct competitors, challenger banks or nascent fintech startups.”

ABN Amro Reveals Digital Wealth Management Unit Prospery in Germany

7 years 3 months ago
Wealth Management

As of today, retail clients in Germany can use Prospery, a new digital platform that provides a comprehensive view of their current and potential assets, actively manages their investments and offers remote personal coaching at a fixed fee.

N26 Introduces Metal Card for 'Global Generation'

7 years 3 months ago
Payments

The world is now closer and more connected than ever. Yet we still have a desire for the physical—items that you can hold and call your own. Out of these two opposites comes N26 Metal—a card designed to feel, look, and act differently. N26 Metal is the result of hours of refining, distilling and applied design. It embodies the best of unique, physical design and the ambition for new experiences and horizons.

Thomson Reuters Extends Connected Risk Platform

7 years 3 months ago
Risk Management

Building on its commitment to deliver a suite of next-generation governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions to assist the global financial and corporate communities, Thomson Reuters has expanded further its Connected Risk platform to include a Model Risk Management (MRM) solution, allowing institutions to demonstrate a real-time understanding of their model risk landscape, with the ability to report on the model’s governance status, sign-...

PNC Selects Finastra for Live on Real-time Payments Network

7 years 3 months ago
Payments

PNC, a top-10 US bank by assets, is live on RTP, The Clearing House’s new US real-time payments system, using Finastra’s payment services hub, Fusion Payments.

Orange Bank Deploys Moneythor PFM App

7 years 3 months ago
Banking

Moneythor, the financial technology company providing banks and fintech firms with a digital banking toolkit and data-driven personalisation engine, has been deployed by Orange Bank in its new all-in-one mobile banking service.