European Cybersecurity Forum CYBERSEC has already become one of top cybersecurity events in Europe. This year, CYBERSEC will be organised for already the 5th time and in order to celebrate the event’s successful run, the organisers have gone one step further and have come up with an entirely new format: CYBERSEC EXPO.

With the next phase of PSD2 due to come into effect on September 14^th 2019, the experts behind Yolt Technology Services are available to provide expert analysis, commentary, and predictions about the impact PSD2 is expected to have. Will this deadline be a slow start or the beginning of a fundamental shift, affecting everyone from payment providers to SMEs and large banks?

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equensWorldline, a subsidiary of Worldline [Euronext : WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, introduces the first browser-based strong customer authentication* solution to the market and is now able to support banks in offering a frictionless universal strong customer authentication solution adapted to each user profile. With this development, banks now also have a strong customer authentication solution for users who are not equipped with a mobile device.

CoinCorner’s CEO, Danny Scott, commented:

“It’s been announced that France plans to block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency in the EU over concerns that it poses a threat to the sovereignty of national currencies. This comes as no surprise given the regulatory backlash Facebook has received since the announcement of Libra back in June.

Clinc, the creators of the most sophisticated, conversational, natural language AI in the world, today announced that OCBC Bank, the oldest Singapore bank and the second-largest financial services group in Southeast Asia, has launched a voice-enabled mobile banking assistant powered by Clinc to all OCBC Bank customers. This assistant is the first of its kind in Singapore.

Tassat, a global provider of financial technologies and products for traditional and digital asset markets, has partnered with AlgoTrader to provide institutional clients with its automated, quantitative trading software including direct access to Tassat’s cryptocurrency derivatives to be offered soon on a regulated exchange. 

Konsentus and Hampden & Co announced today that Hampden & Co has selected leading RegTech provider Konsentus to support the roll-out of their offering to implement the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) for their Private Banking clients.

PSD2 is an industry-wide programme enabling banking clients to better harness the value of their transactional banking data. Konsentus’ regulatory and identity checking solution will be integrated into Hampden & Co.’s digital banking platform to ensure access is only given to fully authorised and regulated third parties.

Avaloq, a global fintech leader, has launched a unique data analytics solution for banks and wealth managers to quickly gain transparency on the impact of bespoke pricing for individual clients, thus supporting financial institutions to improve the overall client experience. At the same time, it allows financial institutions to better design and control revenues. The new Cost & Fee Analytics solution complements and extends Avaloq’s established Cost & Fee suite.

Financial IT speaks to Daniel Seal, Founder & CEO at Unbound.  

Daniel is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of Unbound which bridges the gap between entrepreneurs, corporate business and governments to fuel a digital future. Daniel is a mentor & advisor to several leading startup accelerators around the world including - Plug & Play, Start Up Stadium Taiwan & H Farm.

Could you please tell us more about Unbound and your background?