Building on my challenger bank discussions, there’s some interesting points coming out of a new report by Price Waterhouse Coopers (or Playing the Wrong Cards as they’re now called, after the Oscars) on challenger banking.  It’s well worth a read, especially as they found that having branches is more important than mobile apps.  The survey showed that 68% of consumers thought a bank branch was essential when opening a new current account, compared with 25% who favoured a mobi

Today BillingTree unveils that major Community Association software provider, TOPS Software LLC, has partnered to offer integrated Merchant Services and Payrazr Marketplace solutions interfaced via API to its software applications. The new partnership extends a flexible range of card not present (CNP) payment options to TOPS clients and their members, helping streamline and maximize the return of community payments and dues. 

Featuring an original concept which is brand new in the field of connected watches: the connected module is interchangeable with an Haute Horlogerie mechanical module - 3 hands or Chronograph Tourbillon COSC certified - offering a vast choice of materials, colors and combinations: the concept of modularity also applies to the lugs, strap, buckle.

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) today announced that the United Kingdom’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has selected Cognizant as its technology partner to help FSCS enhance customer experience using digital technologies.

According to recent analysis of the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, with the 2017 EMEA Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Leadership.

Misys has been recognised as a leader in helping banks meet the requirements of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) – winning three XCelent 2017 awards – an achievement unrivalled by any other vendor. The results are detailed in Celent’s recent research report: ‘FRTB and the Upcoming Renaissance in Market Risk Management’.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that Peach Payments, a fast-growing South African payment service provider (PSP), will offer merchants a seamless mobile checkout solution with the ACI Mobile Commerce Software Development Kit (mSDK).

The Blockchain Collaborative Consortium (BCCC) was inaugurated on April 25, 2016, with 34 founding member companies.

Tchapper represents a new mobile messaging app, which enables intelligent privacy filters. Today the company has announced the launch of a new kind of privacy feature that allows intimate messages to be delivered simply by shaking your iPhone or Android device. Messages can be deleted by both sender and receiver, or stored in a private messaging cloud. The Tchapper app can also send “flash messages” that disappear after 20 seconds.

Blockchain&Bitcoin Conference Tallinn, a large-scale conference dedicated to blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency development, was held on March 9, in Tallinn.