KBC, CBC and KBC Brussels customers who have a Fitbit smartwatch or activity tracker can now use it to pay in shops that accept Maestro and have contactless payment available. The initiative makes KBC the first financial institution in Belgium to offer Fitbit Pay, a fast, secure, free and convenient contactless payment option for customers who lead an active life. 

The launch adds to KBC’s commitment to pioneering new payment methods and follows the bank’s introduction of Google Pay and Garmin Pay. 

Calastone, the largest global funds transaction network, today announces the appointment of David Zwirn as Managing Director, Head of UK & Ireland Sales and Relationship Management.

Continuing my blog series looking at Accenture’s 2019 banking trends, this time I’m exploring how improved adoption of cloud and data analytics will enable banks to raise the bar in the way they deliver retail financial advice.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that three Finnish banks contract wins – Savings Banks Group, Oma Savings Bank Plc and POP Bank Group – they have selected Temenos T24 Transact and Temenos Payments Hub (TPH) to underpin their digital transformations.

Affirm, the financial technology company founded by entrepreneur Max Levchin, today reported that it has raised a $300 million series F round of funding in order to provide honest financial products that improve lives.

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today reported about the opening of a new customer experience centre and testing lab leveraging Experitest’s Continuous Testing Platform, at the Company’s global development campus in Chennai, India.

Organised by BII World the Financial Innovation Summit launched yesterday at the Hilton Doha.

The two-day event covered over 20 fintech experts explore on the latest trends, developments and emerging technologies in the banking sector in the region.

Trustly is pleased to announce a new partnership with one of Sweden’s leading platforms for online payments, Payson AB. Through the partnership, Trustly’s bank payment solution is now offered in Payson’s checkout, which is used by thousands of Nordic e-commerce merchants.

Densify, the leader in Cloud Resource Management software market, today announced that it is launching machine learning capabilities that will automatically optimise use of containers. This technology will enable companies to be more efficient, limit wasted cloud spend, improve application uptime and scalability, and reduce performance risk. With Densify, organisations can ensure their containers are being deployed to their full potential.

Solactive reported about the Solactive MicroSectors™ U.S. Big Bank Index. The Index premiers as Solactive’s first joint collaboration with US company REX Shares, functions as the underlying for a series of long & short ETNs for sophisticated investors, and is linked only to the biggest U.S. banks. With respect to conventional sector classification, the equal-weighted index captures the ten largest securities according to free-float market capitalization from the U.S. banking sector, giving investors direct exposure to systemrelevant financial companies.