‘Traditional’ Retail Banks Face Skills Drain to More Exciting Challengers
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Banking, Consultancy
The majority (85%) of retail bank IT leaders acknowledge they will face an IT skills shortage within the next five years, according to research from Peru Consulting. The report, Turn to face the Change, reveals that 41% of the tech bosses surveyed believe that the best professionals are likely to be lost from the ‘traditional’ banking sector in favour of the more ‘exciting’ GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple) companies. In fact, GAFA...
Ecobank Deploys Radware’s Attack Mitigation Solution To Protect Its Infrastructure
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Security
Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, announced today that it now protects Ecobank’s infrastructure from cyber-attacks with Radware’s Hybrid Attack Mitigation Solution, which includes both on-premises and cloud-based Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) mitigation.
InvestCloud and BOSS partner to launch Synergy
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Data
InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has partnered with Back Office Support Service (BOSS) to launch Synergy. The new solution integrates InvestCloud’s digital platform with BOSS’s data cleansing prowess. Synergy allows investors and managers to better leverage their custodial data by enhancing its quality – through reconciliation and data cleansing – ensuring all information is up to date and accurate. This data is then pulled into the...
Nets Delivers Instant P2P Payments in Partnership with Norway’s Leading Mobile Wallet Provider
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Nets has announced it has entered into a three-year partnership with Vipps, Norway’s leading mobile payment application provider, to deliver instant P2P payments to customers of all Norwegian banks partnered with Vipps.
Quantrix Launches New Enterprise Software-as-a-Service Capabilities
- 7 years 5 months ago
- SaaS
Quantrix, a leading provider of business and financial modeling software, has today released ‘Quantrix 2018’ at its annual Dimension Conference, currently taking place in Portland, Maine. ‘Quantrix 2018’ is an end-to-end enterprise modeling solution available in the cloud. The new offering adds to the existing cutting-edge Quantrix modeling technology, and extends Quantrix’s cloud offering via enhanced Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) capabilities...
Indonesia Plans a New Economic Center in East Jakarta
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Cloud
BON Cloud reports that according to Reuters UK, the Indonesian Meikarta Satellite City Project recently completed the open tendering of a construction contract. The contract is worth as much as RMB Yuan 69.37 billion (about USD$10 billion). An earlier report by Bloomberg News stated that US tech company Apple Inc. also installed its Southeast Asia R&D center in this satellite city. All indications are that the Indonesian government is...
Verizon IoT Market Report Reveals Businesses Passed the Point of No Return on the Road to IoT in 2017
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
The Internet of Things (“IoT”) is at the core of digital transformation in 2017, with 73 percent of executives either researching or currently deploying IoT. Manufacturing, transportation and utilities make up the largest percent of investments, while insurance and consumers represent the fastest areas of spending growth.
Instabank goes live with Provenir Cloud to Challenge Traditional Lending
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Banking
Instabank, often dubbed a ‘Challenger Bank,’ is among a new breed of financial services that is taking hold of technology to meet the increasing demand for simplified, digital-first banking experience. The bank is using Provenir’s technology to aggregate credit applicant data from structured and unstructured data sources, including credit bureaux and its core banking system, to provide customers with an instantaneous credit decision.
OBJECTWAY RISES THE 2017 IDC FINTECH RANKINGS BY IDC FINANCIAL INSIGHTS
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Investment Management
Objectway, a leading provider of investment management and digital software solutions to the worldwide financial services industry, announced they have ranked #86 on the 2017 IDC FinTech Rankings. The most comprehensive vendor ranking within the financial services industry, the annual IDC FinTech Rankings is based on 2016 calendar year revenues attributed to financial institutions.
Solactive Announces the Launch of the First Intuitive Beta™ Indices
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Investment Management
The new Solactive Intuitive BetaTM Indices constructed around intuitive themes such as workforce efficiency, corporate longevity and value investing are being rolled out. The Solactive Intuitive BetaTM is an innovative investment approach constituting the bedrock of a series of smart beta indices in which intuition, or gut feeling, takes a prominent role in defining the passive investment strategy.
ABN Amro invests in Cloud Lending Solutions
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Cloud
ABN AMRO has invested in the innovative FinTech company Cloud Lending Solutions Inc.
Rabobank Reveals IBAN-Name Check
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Banking
Rabobank customers will as of today be able to use the IBAN-Name Check. The check helps to avoid incorrect transfers and fraud. The IBAN-Name Check has been developed by Rabobank and will also be made available to other banks.
Instabank Deploys Provenir Tech
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Banking
Instabank, often dubbed a ‘Challenger Bank,’ is among a new breed of financial services that is taking hold of technology to meet the increasing demand for simplified, digital-first banking experience.
NatWest Launches London Startup Hub
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
The NatWest Entrepreneurship Monitor has revealed a third of the population believe that London is the best place in the country to start a new business because of its good transport links and a strong local economy.
PayJoy closes $6M investment round led by Santander and ITOCHU
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
PayJoy has closed $6M of new investment with strategic partners who will help PayJoy phone financing further expand internationally throughout Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The investment was led by Santander InnoVentures, the fintech venture capital fund of Santander Group, and ITOCHU Corporation, one of the largest Japanese general trading companies in Asia. Other strategic partners joined from Brazil, Nigeria, Mexico, China, Vietnam, and...
