Caroline oversees Mastercard’s global approach to GDPR and other privacy regulations. At Money 20/20 Europe Amsterdam, she discussed Mastercard’s work in this area, as well as her view on how global organisations need to approach the area more generally. Caroline outlines that financial companies need to have a strategic approach to GDPR – ensuring it forms part of a coherent approach to trust based, consent focused engagement with customers.

Avoka was proud to join its customer HSBC Commercial Banking Group at Celent’s Innovation & Insight Day on April 24 as HSBC accepted its award for Model Bank for Commercial Account Onboarding. The win is based on the digital transformation achieved by HSBC partnering with Avoka, the global leader in customer acquisition software for banking.

Agorai, an integrated marketplace for Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and the data assets that fuel them, and Ocean Protocol, a decentralized, blockchain data exchange protocol to unlock data for analytics and AI, today announced a strategic technology partnership

Capabilities being added in support of forthcoming MAS requirements which are scheduled to take effect in October 2018

GTR is the only trade reporting service in the world that supports regulatory reporting across the Asia-Pacific region for all five major OTC derivatives asset classes

The government has taken steps to bring the private sector under the IR35 rules. The proposal is now in the consulting department and if it gets implemented, the businesses that are engaging the individuals to offer their services through, the company would be responsible in deciding on whether the IR35 rule applies or not.

Qualified test tool and accredited evaluation testing services enable issuers in China and overseas to significantly accelerate time to market for EMV chip cards

Dr Peter Walz most recently worked on the management board of Vodafone Germany

Accelerated growth through increased focus on small and medium-sized enterprises

The former Managing Director of Retail Sales of Vodafone Germany, Dr Peter Walz, will assume the role of Chief Sales Officer (CSO) of Concardis Payment Group from 15 July 2018. With Walz, Group CEO Robert Hoffmann further extends the managerial team.

European Bank and Insurance Innovators to Benefit from Accelerated Monetization of Fintech Capabilities, Oracle and B-Hive Europe to collaborate on Fintech Innovation Program

 Oracle has chosen Brussels as a European gateway to roll out its Fintech Innovation Program to Europe. Oracle plans to dedicate additional European staff and resources to set up mutually monetizable relationships with fintechs and digital banking innovators. Oracle plans to work with B-Hive Europe to accelerate enterprise readiness for participating fintechs and banks. 

Webinar Scheduled for 3rd July 2018

Research highlights significant variation in processing arrangements across Europe and predicts banks will increasingly outsource payment processing in the future

Many acquirers still maintain an interface with card scheme networks

According to a new study by research and consulting firm RBR, Payment Cards Issuing and Acquiring Europe 2018, there is no common approach to merchant processing in Europe; agreements between card accepting outlets and merchant acquiring banks, for the settlement of card payments, vary widely.