Sponsorship and delegate registrations are open for IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition that will be held on 08 - 09 May 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. With 900+ attendees, attendance from 15+ countries, 30+ speakers, 30+ speaking sessions, IFINTEC 2017 was organized very successfully. IFINTEC is a global and niche conference with its focus on Retail Banking, Digital Banking, Payment Systems, Banking Technologies, Banking IT Solutions, Finance Technologies and Banking Solutions. IFINTEC is one of the biggest events in EMEA region in its category.   

Berlin based fintech Penta is taking a big step in its bid to further help businesses save time on their banking. The fintech startup today unveiled “Compass”, a platform that helps businesses who are incorporating to deposit their share capital and open a bank account in under 24 hours in Germany, shortening the overall incorporation process by several weeks.

What is the product?

One of the products Talentia Software offers is an easy-to-use financial system that consolidates, manages reporting, budgeting, as well as forecasting. The software package has a modular design, which allows a company to select a transition to one financial process at a time suitable to the corporate performance management system or streamline and automate the processes in one go.

E-Invoicing, a fundamental element in the digitization of the P2P process, is more than ever an important topic for the majority of companies around the world. With the U.S. aiming to define a standard and LATAM regulation constantly moving for new requirements a diversity of challenges needs to be faced. 

As something of a Money 20/20 series veteran, having attended the Europe and Vegas editions several times, it was with great curiosity and even greater expectations that I set off to the first Asian event.

A friend of mine had his car stolen when trying to sell it to someone he met online. He handed over the keys to the potential buyer for a test drive and the moment he turned his back to make the buyer a cup of tea, the car was gone.

Ingenico Group, global leader in seamless payment, has won Best Use of Social Networks or Gamification at the 2018 FStech Awards for its work with customer experience start-up LuckyCycle, culminating in the Ingenico Gamified Checkout, boosting conversion rates by making the shopping experience fun and rewarding. 

Yolt, the smart thinking money app owned by ING, has refreshed its top bar to allow users to see the sum of all their balances across their accounts. The implementation of this ‘total balance’ tool is based on popular feedback from the app’s users.

I’m not surprised to hear that HMRC is looking to artificial intelligence when it comes to tax compliance. Automation is already becoming an increasingly integrated part of financial reporting and management and it’s a trend that shows no sign of slowing down. In fact, our own research has found that 96% of accountants believe that either all or some accountancy work will be automated by 2022.