In recent months, there has been a push for digital transformation initiatives to accelerate across the financial services industry. This has come as customer expectations have evolved, and as businesses demand a faster, smoother and more impactful journey than ever.

While some may see ESG as a tick-box exercise, Cogo has found carbon footprint tracker users to be more satisfied with their bank. Many European banks have woken up to this faster than counterparts in other markets around the world by innovating to use data and technology to help customers manage and reduce their impact while also giving them a commercial advantage. 

Young Brits are significantly more likely than others in Europe to prioritise digital over physical in-person services when choosing a bank or lender, new research has found.

The findings – commissioned by CRIF, Europe’s leading provider of digital transformation for financial services – found only one in five (21%) of those aged 18-34 in the UK would now choose a bank based on it having a nearby branch.

Shoptet, the largest provider of e-commerce solutions in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, joined hands with Salt Edge, a leader in offering open banking solutions, to enable immediate payments and money transfers from account to account without the need to use a payment card. 

UK Trust & Safety platform, Pasabi, has secured a multi-million-dollar investment deal to fund the company’s global expansion. 

VNX, a European tokenization platform, and Lambda256, the blockchain tech arm of South Korean fintech leader Dunamu, signed a partnership aiming to jointly develop global security token offering business. This partnership brings together two industry players from Korea and Europe to offer customers services and access to security tokens and asset-backed tokens across continents. 

Nium, the leader in real-time global payments, today announced the appointment of Manuel Sandhofer as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Europe, following unprecedented growth in the region. 

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FBS, a renowned international brokerage company, is proud to announce its sponsorship for the upcoming iFX Expo Asia 2023, scheduled for June 20-22 in Bangkok, Thailand. As part of its engagement in the major B2B event, the global fintech organization, FBS, aims to contribute to the success of the Expo and benefit the advancement of Asia’s financial sector.