Insurance carriers are busy building organization-wide strategies to create innovative products, leverage technology effectively and deliver real customer value – something that takes a lot of time, effort and inspiration. According to a 2018 survey of more than 400 insurance executives conducted by Insurance Nexus, 77% of North American carriers invested in AI and machine learning in 2018 (an increase on 70% the previous year), with 85% anticipating this to increase further in 2019 (up from 68% the year before).

Lunar Way continues its expansion and launches in Norway. This happens only a week after the fintech shared the news that they received €13 million in funding to take on the Nordics.

UK-based fintech Arro Money is incredibly excited to announce the recent signing of a letter of intent with global media, events and talent specialist Invincible Group.

"We’re very excited to work with Invincible Group to develop a unique product, which will capitalise on their sporting and film industry celebrity and social influencer partnerships and our white label solution"

The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the leading industry association for the blockchain technology ecosystem, has launched a Blockchain Education Initiative to draw attention to the innovative blockchain work that leading academic institutions around the world are undertaking to promote a greater understanding of blockchain technology and its numerous applications.

UK students name Asos as ‘best at communicating’ in poll that shows the importance of personalising communications and using the appropriate channels

There is a lot of change going on in the cash management industry. Payment modernization, increased regulation and market and consumer 24/7 expectations are seen as four catalysts causing a distinct structural shift. Dynamism and forecasting of cash management are key to staying ahead of these changes, and yet there is little appetite for risk within treasury and cash management functions within corporates. This makes successful cash management a complex and ever-evolving business.

With its second award-win of 2019, Banking Circle has confirmed its position as the provider of choice for cross border merchants. For the second consecutive year, Banking Circle Virtual IBAN has been named Best Alternative Payment Solution at the Merchant Payments Ecosystem Awards.

SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, is pleased to announce the launch of its holistic and comprehensive communications and trade surveillance solution. SteelEye has fully integrated this with its existing powerful records retention and data analytics platform. The solution enhances firms’ ability to meet MAR/MiFID II and other international regulatory requirements, while offering powerful and intelligent insight into the underlying data helping to mitigate risk and optimise business performance. 

Fingerprint Cards' (Fingerprints™) technology has been selected by Gemalto to bring additional performance to its next generation of dual interface payment cards. Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, will offer biometric EMV®* payment cards to its bank customers, using Fingerprints' T-Shape sensor and licensing the recently-launched Biometric Software Platform for payments.

Financial IT speaks with Jozsef Nyiri, VP of Business Development, W.UP at FinovateEurope 2019