ATB Financial has joined financial innovation firm R3's consortium to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets.

Streamlining systems and cutting costs through self-service

As retail banking goes through a period of unprecedented change, banks are looking more than ever to cut costs and streamline processes, while discerning customers continue to demand the highest standards in customer care. Self-Service Banking Europe 2017 provides a crucial forum for banks, independent deployers, solutions providers and industry experts to share knowledge and best practice, in order to navigate a course through this challenging but exciting time for the industry.

I got a laugh the other day when I referred to Grade II Listed Banks, but I was serious.  For overseas readers, we have a system in Britain of listing heritage buildings.  They have various grades which restrict what you can do with them.  Gr

InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has announced a new division to add further accounting and Robo capabilities to its digital wealth management platform.

The creation of the InvestCloud icMAC (Modeling, Accounting & Custody) division follows the firm’s $20 million acquisition of London-based Babel Systems, announced in January 2017. Its launch completes the integration of Babel into InvestCloud, with Babel founder Steve Wise appointed to head up the new division.

In the wake of the successful introduction of the new £5 note in 2016, businesses now face the most complex part of the biggest upheaval of UK currency in decades, says Cummins Allison, the leading innovator and provider of coin and currency processing solutions. While the new one pound coin is expected to be introduced smoothly this month, the greater challenge to organisations and consumers alike will be the withdrawal of the old, paper five pound notes on May 5^th and of the old pound coins on October 15^th.

BBVA’s U.K. subsidiary has opted to use Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX to provide a solution for its regulatory reporting and liquidity risk requirements.

OneSumX provides an ecosystem of complementary and comprehensive solutions and services to manage the intersection of governance, finance, risk and compliance, increasing organizational profitability, efficiency and growth.

The expansion of global trade over the last 50 years has created industries, jobs and value on an unprecedented scale, driving innovation and technological advances and in the process, benefitting most of the countries, most of the time.

“While this growth has not been even, much can be done to ensure that future growth continues to support economic development,” says Vinod Madhavan head of transactional products and services for Africa at Standard Bank.

Fiserv Inc, a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, has launched Credit Sense, a solution that enables financial institutions to meet consumer expectations for personalized credit information by integrating credit scores into the digital banking experience. Credit Sense provides a credit score, daily credit monitoring, insight into factors influencing credit score and free financial education resources. Credit Sense also helps financial institutions strengthen and grow member relationships through customized lending offers.

Amazon and Netflix are not only acquiring documentaries and films, but are also heavily involved in producing their own content using UHD technologies, according to a white paper released by, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, ahead of Cable Congress 2017.