China Merchants Bank (CMB) has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting to provide its regulatory reporting software for its operations in Luxembourg, following a competitive tender process.

Standard Chartered Bank (“SCB”), a leading international banking group with a strong presence in Asia, Africa and Middle East, and Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”), one of the world's leading digital financial services providers, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).  Under the terms of the MOU, Standard Chartered Bank willcombine its banking expertise and insights in emerging markets with Ant Financial’s industry leading TechFin capabilities, to increase access to financial services for clients based in countries along the “Belt & Road Initia

Aquila Capital has further strengthened its real estate team with the appointments of Olaf Bruns as Head Fund Management Real Estate and Michael Husung as Head Client Advisory Real Estate. Olaf will be responsible for real estate fund and asset management and Michael for setting up a specialised real estate client advisory team.

I hadn’t expected the sport of fencing to feature at the recent nexo standards annual conference in Berlin. When François Mezzina of nexo member, Total, however, used the sport to explain to the international audience of schemes, merchants, processors, acquirers and other payment stakeholders why international standards for payments acceptance were so important, it all fell into place.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has made available a EUR 10 million facility for software company CM.com, in the Netherlands, to speed up innovation and development of its messaging, payments, voice and digital security applications. The financing will be guaranteed under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), part of the Investment Plan for Europe of the European Commission.

ATMs have come a long way from being just a cash delivery channel, and among a range of advanced facilities, many deployers allow customers to make instant cash deposits at their machines

The number of ATM cash withdrawals rose by six billion in 2016

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Gemalto (Euronext Amsterdam and Paris: GTO) announce today that they have reached an agreement (the "Merger Agreement") on a recommended all-cash offer for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Gemalto, for a price of €51 per share cum dividend.

The Navigators Group, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement for the purchase of all of the shares of Assurances Continentales - Continentale Verzekeringen NV ("ASCO") and Bracht, Deckers & Mackelbert NV ("BDM").  ASCO and BDM are both based in Antwerp, Belgium.

In the context of open banking and PSD2 developing rapidly next year, and with new players changing the pace of innovation in a growing eco-system, getting a comprehensive business banking strategy is top of mind for many banking leaders.

For the first time, Barclays, Santander, Tide and Starling Bank chief executives will join on a panel to discuss overcoming the complexity of changes in the market, in particular, open banking and new regulations, how partnerships with FinTechs should work, and how to seize the opportunity to stay ahead.