Westpac has today extended its voice technology offering with the launch of Westpac for the Google Assistant, helping customers with hands-free access to their account balances, recent transactions, and reward points on everyday banking and savings accounts.

As the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority pursues measures to stop consumers becoming trapped by persistent debt, two industry leaders in credit risk management have joined forces to help lenders make better lending decisions.

GreenKey Technologies, creator of an artificial intelligence (AI) and voice-driven collaboration tool for financial market participants, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has accepted its application for improved speed and transcription accuracy of automatic speech transcription based on multiple speech-to-text engines.

Econocom UK, a European digital services provider, and JTRS, a leading supplier of technology solutions and member of the Econocom Group, have announced a strategic partnership with BT to provide end-to-end solutions to their customers through a wide range of BT and EE business services.

CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) today announces that it has secured a UK Cyber Essentials certification to protect customer data at a global level.

Cyber Essentials is a UK Government-backed scheme designed to protect an organisation and its data against a wide range of common cyber attacks. CA Technologies made a strategic decision to secure the certification for protection of its global customer data, rather than just its UK-based customer data.

Firm draws on expertise in Digital and User Experience (UX) design for Banking, Financial Services and Insurance to provide industry-leading insight

Viva Wallet, an official sponsor at Money 20/20 Europe, an offer of 0% acquiring fee available from July 2, 2018. Retail merchants who use Viva Wallet acquiring services to accept European MasterCard and Visa cards, will benefit from a 0% acquiring fee when they use their Viva Wallet business cards to utilise their funds.

Paysafe launches new global research into consumer payment trends

The shift towards ‘frictionless’ payments – i.e. invisible transactions that take place ‘behind the scenes’ in apps – is being held back by UK consumer concerns over security and data privacy, according to new research conducted by Paysafe. The report from the leading global payments provider uncovers some unexpected findings. For these ‘invisible’ payments, figures show:

Finnovation South Africa 2018 opened today at the Radisson Blu Gautrain, Johannesburg, where more than 200 international Fintech experts, African digital pioneers, investors, policymakers, entrepreneurs and leading bankers gathered to harness the Fintech revolution.