AI for Better Banking Customer Experience

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Artificial Intelligence, Banking

80% of bankers believe that AI will revolutionize the way information is gathered and expect AI to accelerate better customer experience. See the stats and how AI is set to transform customer experience in banks.

Pegasystems Survey Reveals Financial Institutions Slow to Shift to Customer-Centric Sales Culture

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Infrastructure

Pegasystems Inc., the software company empowering customer engagement at the world's leading enterprises, has announced a new global survey that shows financial services institutions need to accelerate their move to a more customer-centric sales culture.

New Raddon Research Explores How to Optimize Mobile Banking

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Banking

Raddon, a Fiserv company and provider of innovative research, insightful analysis and strategic guidance to financial institutions, has published a new report that analyzes consumers’ mobile banking usage and its impact on other banking channels, and makes recommendations on how financial institutions can optimize their investment in the technology.

Imperial FX Brings Its Money Transfer Service to Poland

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Foreign Exchange

UK-based money transfer brand, Imperial FX, have announced that they are now transferring funds into the Polish market, and can beat the rates of many other money transfer firms. The announcement comes after they have proven themselves to be a preferred provider for individuals transferring money to Brazil, Portugal and the Middle East, due to the competitive rates that their money corridors enable them to offer. They cemented their position in...

Alphavend Launches Bitcoin Terminal in West London

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Bitcoins

Alphavend, the UK based digital currency ATM operator, has just launched West London's first Bitcoin machine, in Acton Town located a few minutes walk from Acton Town Piccadilly Line Station. After successfully deploying machines in Central London, Scotland, and in Brighton, this latest installation is at the heart of a vast catchment area of West London. Now, customers from Acton, Ealing, Hounslow, Brentford, Heathrow, Grenwich, Hammersmith,...

EcoMobile Partners with Billaway Giving Pre-Paid Mobile Phone Users Free Airtime When They Share their Opinions

• 8 years 7 months ago
• e-Payments

Pay4 picks EQ Global as payments processor

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Payments

Pay4, a leading finance provider to small and medium sized businesses in the UK, has partnered with EQ Global, to act as its global payments processor.  Founded in 2013, Pay4 offers a revolving credit facility for growing UK businesses to pay for goods or services. Funding is accessed by settling supplier invoices via an online platform. In 2017, Pay4 has achieved quarterly growth in transactions of over 150%, establishing itself as a key...

Federal Reserve Appoints Dave Sapenaro as Payments Strategy Director

• 8 years 7 months ago
• People Moves

The Federal Reserve has named Dave Sapenaro as payments strategy director with responsibility for leading payment system improvement initiatives described in its "Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System" paper published in January 2015. 

Xendpay Targets Migrants with Pay Day Initiative

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Payments

Xendpay, the world’s first free online money transfer service, has today announced the launch of its new Pay Day initiative, offering Zero transfer fees and removing payment transfer limits to users during the pay day period.  The offer will run towards the end of the month around the pay day period, allowing customers to save even more money with Xendpay. 

Mizuho Bank Employs IBM Watson to Fight Financial Crime

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Banking

Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (President & CEO: Koji Fujiwara) and IBM Japan, Ltd. (General Manager: Elly Keinan) today announced that Mizuho Bank begun to verify operations towards more advanced and efficient risk management by employing cognitive technology *1 to take measures against financial crimes such as terrorism financing that governments across the world urge financial institutions to regulate more severely. 

Guatemalan Cooperative Network Selects Temenos for Core Replacement

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Payments

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the software specialist for banking and finance, today announces that Federacion Nacional de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Credito (FENACOAC) has selected Temenos' RetailSuite to drive growth across their 25 cooperatives that operate under the brand MICOOPE.  Temenos' award-winning core banking platform will enable digitalization and reduce the cost of operation, with its open and flexible technology, and its integrated...

Trax MiFIDII APA Approved by Financial Conduct Authority

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Compliance

Trax, a leading provider of regulatory reporting, trade matching and capital market data services, is among the first to be approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) for transparency and reporting services under the MiFID II regime.

OpenMarkets Boosts Back-office Capacity with Australian-first NRI Equities Processing Technology Implementation

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Foreign Exchange

 Australia’s fastest-growing online stockbroker, OpenMarkets, today announced the successful upgrade of its back office technology to NRI Financial Solutions for Broker Dealers provided by the Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a leading global provider of system solutions and consulting services. The transition sees OpenMarkets become the first Australian broker to use NRI’s state-of-the-art and robust back-office solution for processing equity...

Chinese Tourists Can Now Use Alipay in all 242 Starbucks Across Malaysia

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Payments

Alipay, the world's largest online and mobile payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group ("Ant Financial", "Ant"), is now available for Mainland Chinese tourists at all 242 Starbucks branches across Malaysia. Chinese tourists can find a nearest Starbucks through the in-app Discovery platform, and pay for their drinks in RMB via Alipay. Alipay and Starbucks Malaysia are also launching a marketing campaign to celebrate the...

ULLINK and LUZ Partner To Deliver A Joint Buy-Side Solution

• 8 years 7 months ago
• Trading Systems

LUZ Soluções Financeiras (“LUZ”), a Brazilian supplier of financial technology founded in 1999 and active across Latin America, has partnered with ULLINK, the global provider of connectivity and electronic trading solutions, to provide turnkey solutions for clients of its front to back solutions. The new, extended trading platform will enable LUZ clients to connect to the Brazilian equities and exchange traded derivatives markets.