Standard Chartered is introducing mobile tokens in over 38 markets for corporate clients who use its Straight2Bank platform for cash management and trade transactions. This will eliminate the need for clients to carry physical tokens and allow them to secure their two-factor authentication (2FA) from their mobile phones. The Bank will aggressively rollout this new feature over the next three months, which will benefit more than 100,000 of its corporate clients.

Today, Revolut has announced the appointment of Pierre Decote as its new Group CRO as the fintech continues to expand worldwide. 

Pierre Decote joins Revolut at a high growth period for the fintech, with recent global deals signed with Visa and Mastercard, allowing expansion into a number of new markets. Over one million new Revolut accounts were opened in October 2019 and the company now has over eight million customers worldwide. 

 Finastra is inviting developers to step forward and build the next wave of innovative apps in its global fintech hackathon. Hack to the Future blends virtual hacking around the globe with in-person ‘City Hack’ locations, bringing together hundreds of students, data scientists, developers and fintechs, to collaborate, innovate and build. 

A new study, The Gen Z Effect on Workplaces in the UK, has uncovered the career drivers, views and values of the largest generational population in the world. The research, which focused on both current and future Gen Z employees in the UK, alongside UK business decision makers, found that employers must ditch the Millennial playbook and write an entirely new one for their newest, youngest employees.

Anil Awasthi, VP, Retail Banking, Virtusa is giving his insights on how Virtusa helps banks to grow their business and the advantages of open banking concept for the industry players

In today’s fast-changing business environment, international organisations all over the world increasingly expect global access to finance in real-time. They also expect finance to be available in a way that works for them in any currency and country, without the process being held up by the historical constraints of national boundaries. And they expect the banks and financial institutions they work with to make this a smooth, seamless process for them.

MuleSoft, provider of the leading platform for building application networks, today announced that HSBC is leveraging MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform to build a digital banking platform to power the bank of the future.

Last month, we visited Singapore for Global Mass Transit’s (GMT) annual Transit Ticketing & Fare Collection APAC conference. Rapidly becoming the event in the APAC transit industry’s calendar, this year’s show didn’t disappoint.

Many of us are familiar with the tax-free benefits associated with a standard Individual Savings Account (ISA). However, a variant known as a stocks and shares ISA is becoming an increasingly popular alternative. What is the basic principle behind a stocks and shares ISA and what unique advantages do they offer? If you have been curious to learn more about one-of-a-kind investment opportunities, the information below should prove to be quite interesting.

What is a Stocks and Shares ISA?

Financial IT speaks with Darren Hughes, Director Cashoff Europe at Open Banking Expo 2019