The hot topics in retail banking are becoming increasingly clear as banks start to consider much more strongly their approaches and strategies for the digital economy. 

Leading insurer Zurich has today launched a ‘selfie’ app called FaceQuote to urge more people to think about and engage with their finances. 

ING Wholesale Banking today announced a number of initiatives aimed at further enhancing client centricity, addressing clients' daily challenges and their strategic needs. The international network, currently spanning more than 40 countries will be strengthened, as we put more resources into Asia and the Americas. We are also investing in our advisory functions including core banking services such as the Debt Capital Markets and Corporate Finance franchises. 

Paysafe, a leading global payments provider, has been named winner of two high profile payments awards in the UK at the prestigious ‘UK Payment Awards’ event last week. The first accolade the company scooped on the night was for being the UK’s ‘Best Merchant Acquirer/ Processor’.  Paysafe then earned further recognition when Andrea Dunlop, Paysafe’s CEO of Acquiring & Card Solutions, was named the UK’s ‘Payments Pioneer’.

SumUp, the leading financial technology provider, and BancoEstado de Chile, the largest national bank of Chile, today announce the launch of a joint venture offering mobile card acceptance to small businesses. 

Valyou, a service from Telenor Group, will provide low-cost international remittance services to Myanmar in its effort to promote greater financial inclusion in Southeast Asia. 

Over 30 Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and partnerships have been secured at Kickstart Accelerator, one of Europe’s largest no equity, multi-corporate accelerator programmes that culminates today – most of them with leading corporations. Coop, Credit Suisse, Empa, EY, Helsana, Migros, PwC Switzerland, Raiffeisen, Swisscom as well as UBS have entered into partnerships with the entrepreneurs participating in this year’s acceleration programme.

Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of payments and financial messages on premise or as a cloud service, today announced its partnership with eVision to deliver efficient and agile payment solutions across the Egyptian and North African banking and finance markets.