Who wants to be in the slow lane, watching innovation pass them by?

… During our Connect Forum 2016 in Frankfurt, we asked this question to over two hundred delegates from banking and financial services. It’s a real concern for many as two-speed banking emerges, since no-one wants to be left behind.  

Onfido, the leading Identity Verification provider, will be showcasing enhancements to its machine-learning solution at Vegas Money 20/20 this week. Onfido’s newly-launched Software Development Kit (SDK) makes it even easier for customers to use its next-generation identity verification platform and verify that their customers are who they claim to be without needing to meet them face-to-face.

 Vermilion Software (‘Vermilion’), the leading global supplier of client reporting and communications software, announces that it has gone live with leading institutional investment outsourcer Strategic Investment Group (‘Strategic’).

On its 25th anniversary day Kazkommertsbank launched new retail brand QAZKOM. The launch was preceded by an intriguing advertising campaign called "Parasatty ult - Smart Nation". In addition the Bank introduced the new generation branch office to become the standard of customer service quality and friendliness of the QAZKOM brand.

Financial IT interviews Aivars Belis,Sales Executive, Europe, Tieto at Sibos 2016 .

Reflecting its strategic focus in digital expansion, The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) today outlined specific enhancements to its services for its consumer-to-consumer (C2C) and business-to-business (B2B) customers.

 Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that multiple financial institutions, including Ally Bank, Bank of the West and BECU, have committed to join Early Warning’s Zelle^SM Network via an alliance between Fiserv and Early Warning.

Volante Technologies Inc., a global leader in the provision of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages and payments, today released a new certified connector for the global financial services industry created on MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™, a leading platform for building application networks.

Sberbank of Russia is one of the market leaders as for implementation of blockchain technologies, and Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Russia would be imperfect without its representative. On November 10, 2016 Managing Director for Technology Innovation center at Sberbank Ekaterina Frolovicheva will present the position of the leading company on the development of blockchain in banking system.

Ellie Mae, a leading provider of innovative on-demand software solutions and services for the residential mortgage industry, today announced the launch of Encompass TPO (Third Party Originator) Connect™. Encompass TPO Connect will optimize lender’s wholesale and investor’s correspondent channels through a fully equipped, customizable and interactive web experience built on Ellie Mae’s Encompass Lending Platform™.