On February 8, Advapay held its next conference in Tallinn on “Digital Banking: Electronic Money and Cryptocurrency. Regulation vs technology”.

The venue was not chosen by chance, because Estonia is one of the most loyal states to the cryptocurrency and blockchain.

During the event, the guests discussed trends in the development of banking services and the payment market in 2019.

Turnkey open banking platform provider, Token.io Limited, today announces it has been selected by Mastercard to power the connectivity layer of its open banking hub. The hub will connect merchants, retailers and other regulated third parties to financial institutions in Europe for data and payment transactions.

Further to the announcement in June 2018, Mastercard’s services will include:

Fenergo, the leading provider of digital Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) software solutions for financial institutions, today announces Rules as a Service (RaaS), a cloud-based regulatory rules offering. The unique plug and play solution will enable financial institutions to easily integrate Fenergo’s award winning regulatory rules capabilities into their existing digital platforms. 

About 50 years ago, Barclays opened its first automatic teller machine (ATM) and changed the way we did banking. To this day, the ATM has been one of the most disruptive innovations of the financial sector, which forever seeks to stay on the leading edge of innovation. These days, you can deposit a cheque just by taking a picture of it using your mobile phone. Behind the scenes, artificial intelligence (AI) deciphers the numbers on your cheque and deposits the appropriate amount into your account. However, this is just on the surface because AI does a lot more than that.

CLX Communications AB, a global leader in cloud communications for mobile customer engagement, today announced the launch of a new corporate brand identity with a shared name and visual identity for all business units. Products that were previously marketed under the CLX, Symsoft, Sinch, and Vehicle brands are now integrated into a unified offering.

UBank has announced customers will soon have access to the world's first digital home loan application assistant, powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Mia, short for My Interactive Agent, will begin taking customer questions in late February 2019, and aims to create a smarter, simpler home loan application experience. 

UBank CEO Lee Hatton and FaceMe CEO Danny Tomsett will be on stage at IBM Think 2019 sharing about Mia who makes use of both IBM Watson and Cloud technologies.

NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced that the Company`s Aadhaar-certified sensor module has been chosen by MobiOcean Technologies Pvt. Ltd. for use in MobiOcean`s Aadhaar authentication and Aadhaar payments mobile platform for the Indian market. 

Sberbank actively develops the activities of its laboratories, which include: AI, robotics, VR and AR, and other laboratories. 

Chainalysis, the leading provider of cryptocurrency compliance and investigation solutions, has secured a $30M Series B financing led by Accel. Benchmark also increased its investment in the company after leading its $16M Series A round last April. Chainalysis will use the funding to support strategic product development of new cryptocurrency usage and open an office in London that will act as a hub for its research and development lab and regional expansion. Accel’s investment was led by Amit Kumar and Philippe Botteri.

MetaBank^® today announced the launch of its faster payments platform, which will enable its partners to disburse funds in near real-time.