Appetite for digital banking among UK consumers has grown emphatically in the past year, according to the latest research from global financial services technology leader FIS™ (NYSE: FIS).

NatWest has today announced the launch of a new biometric payment approval feature, which allows business and commercial banking customers to make payments of any size through their Bankline Mobile app using Face ID or Touch ID, without the need for a card reader – a UK banking first.

The new feature also allows businesses to authorise multiple users to setup payments, which business owners can then subsequently approve on the go through their app, providing additional flexibility and ease over payment management.

Abrigo, the leading technology provider of compliance, credit risk, and lending solutions for community financial institutions, announced the company’s innovative product roadmap for 2019 improvements to its Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) and fraud prevention software.  

The roadmap was unveiled at the BAM+ User Group Conference, which concluded last Wednesday in Austin, Texas. 

PIN verification will soon become a thing of the past. Thanks to advances in fingerprint biometric technology, the reality of being able to authenticate a payment with a simple touch of the finger is set to explode across the globe. Whilst some countries remain conservative in terms of adopting this technology – Asia is one region driving the charge for biometric fingerprint payment cards. Countries such as India and China have already welcomed fingerprint biometric payment smart cards into their everyday lives.

BlueBay has chosen Alpima to further equip its sales, product and multi-asset teams to intelligently visualise fund data and product characteristics across its full fixed income suite. Offered as a white-label version of its cloud-based platform, ALPIMA has worked closely with BlueBay to customise it to its exact requirements.

Luc Leclercq, BlueBay’s COO, says: “We are pleased to engage with ALPIMA, whose modular and adaptive platform offers the speed, flexibility and robustness we need to serve our clients in the digital age.”

Cappitech, a leading provider of regulatory reporting and intelligence solutions for the financial services industry, today announced the launch of RTS 28 Market Intelligence, a product that allows financial institutions to use regulatory compliance data to their own advantage.  The electronic surveillance and analytics tool assesses firms’ best execution capabilities across all asset classes and benchmarks performance to the industry average. 

Millennials are the new target audience for the wealth-management industry. They require special services compared to common practice, as they are typically ignored by the financial services industry. Nevertheless, the younger gen has more financial concerns than ever and need advice desperately. What features should companies provide millennials to solve their financial problems and win their loyalty?

BNY Mellon released its "Overcoming the Trade Finance Gap: Root Causes and Remedies" report, which finds that the trade finance gap remains a significant issue for global trade, according to 100 global, regional, and domestic banks, specialist trade providers and other market participants responding to its survey.

NICE Actimize  announces the launch of CDD-X, the next-generation Know Your Customer/Customer Due Diligence (KYC/CDD) solution. NICE Actimize CDD-X is the latest addition to the Actimize Autonomous AML solution set that leverages the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide more accurate detection and customer risk scoring to reduce compliance risk. Significant reduction in operational costs are realized through the innovative use of visualization and purpose-built intelligent automation to streamline customer review times by up to 70 percent.

Vision Blue, the leading provider of compliant software solutions for the Credit and Debt Recovery sectors, has acquired Cardiff-based fast growth fintech company SamePage Group, a pioneer in fully-digital Loan Origination software platforms, for an undisclosed sum.