Viva Network Holdings Limited (“Viva Network” or “Viva”), a Bermuda-based fintech startup, has today announced its plan to launch a comprehensive borderless mortgage products platform.
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Octopus Cards Limited today launched a new feature to enhance the Octopus App for Business, allowing merchants to accept Octopus card payment through their NFC mobile devices.
Users of all Octopus cards and products (including Smart Octopus in Samsung Pay) can simply tap on the merchants' NFC mobile devices - which can now serve as Octopus readers for easy payments.
Saxo Bank, the leading Fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, continues to shape the future of trading with the launch of SaxoTraderPRO, a new user friendly professional grade trading platform.
Today, Saxo Bank launches SaxoTraderPRO, a new trading platform for active traders and institutional clients offering a unique combination of a feature rich trading platform and ease of use.
Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH) today announced the results of a new research report from TDWI that finds company executives do not trust their internal data and analytical processes for effective business operations.
Solactive is excited to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Primervoto, its long- standing technology partner. The transaction was closed on the 29th of March 2018, and sees the full integration into Solactive AG of a team of 38 technology specialists, based in Berlin. The Primervoto team has played a key part in Solactive’s success story as it has been instrumental to the delivery of highly scalable IT-solutions for real-time calculations of financial indices since 2010. The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed.
Own goal?
Last week saw Lazio (the Italian football club) fall victim to a brazen online scam, resulting in the club paying the final €2million instalment for the transfer of a player, Stefan de Vrij, to fraudsters using fake Feyenoord FC email account. Lazio received an email that appeared to be from the Dutch team asking for the €2million, along with their ‘supposed’ bank account details, and duly sent the money.
Mastercard is looking to inspire the next generation of curious minds with its first-ever appearance at the USA Science and Engineering festival.
To many in the banking industry, the short-term landscape is colored ominous and opportunistic in equal proportions. Some will see the end of banking as we know it. Others foresee the transformation of the financial services industry.
It is likely that both visions are accurate, to some degree.
Changes in the market
We live in an era of instant gratification. Everything we need has to be delivered on demand–anytime, anywhere we want it. Financial services are no different either. As the Internet and smartphones increasingly facilitate real-time payments, fund transfers, settlements and other financial transactions, customer expectations from their banks, insurers and mutual funds continue to evolve rapidly.