Finastra customers can now consume Active.Ai’s conversational AI retail banking app via the FusionStore. Banks and credit unions will be able to quickly deploy AI avatars to engage their customers and members 24x7 in the banking channel of their choice.

The German developer of specialised software b-next has concluded the past fiscal year with an important business deal. A major Moscow-based bank has decided to monitor their future trading activities using an installed surveillance platform developed by b-next. For the software provider, this achievement marks an important step in entering the Russian market.

Open Banking Expo returns to Toronto on June 9, 2020 to prepare delegates for likely legislative action as a result of the second phase of the Government’s Open Banking consultation. The agenda is now live at https://www.openbankingexpo.com/toronto/#agenda.

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) has been named a Leader in business process services (BPS) for life sciences companies by consulting and research firm

Moneythor, an award-winning provider of data driven digital experiences for banks and fintech firms, and Nihon Unisys, the leading supplier of digital banking integration solutions in Japan, today announced that they have partnered to provide personalised digital banking solutions to Japanese financial institutions.

Financial infrastructure provider, Banking Circle, which announced it had secured its Banking Licence at the end of February, has added another member to its Executive Board, bolstering its banking expertise.

A growing number of companies have expressed their will to enter the blockchain arena. But after some number of years in which their focus was mainly on the benefits of blockchain in various areas, in terms of speed, costs, streamline operations and increased efficiency, their attention is now turned to the various challenges and bottlenecks that are preventing widespread adoption. In this blog I will go into more detail in these bottlenecks and how the industry is trying to tackle these.

Main challenges

The UK’s first digital mortgage broker, Trussle, announced today the appointment of Ian Larkin as Chief Executive Officer.

ChartIQ, a financial technology company that delivers software to help the finance world work smarter, today introduced Finsemble 4.0, the latest release of the company’s desktop integration platform.

SberCloud, the cloud platform of Sberbank Group, and Huawei, the leading global provider of information and communication solutions, have agreed on strategic partnership that will provide access to SberCloud.Advanced for Russian and foreign users.