Did you know that 80% of people spend their time on only 5 apps? Have you ever heard them mentioning online banking app as one of their favourite? I highly doubt it!

As the importance of mobile banking applications grows, its design takes centre stage too. In the digital banking playground, there has been little innovation design-wise for quite a long time. However, since the growth of challenger banks like Qonto or Bankq,  it's clear that the industry is going through an important shift towards better designed digital experiences.

Technology is an ever-moving target. It’s one of the most demanding working environments; every few months you need to understand and account for new technologies.

 Oddup announced today their startup network and coverage expansion to 

D3 Banking, a leading provider of solutions to replace disparate online and mobile banking products with a single digital banking platform, has promoted Jeff Marshall to chief technology officer. In this role, Marshall will lead the company’s technology strategy, and will be responsible for overseeing data science and innovation.

First Data (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, and KeyBank(NYSE: KEY), one of the nation’s largest financial services companies, today announced a new relationship designed to provide enhanced merchant services solutions to KeyBank’s commercial, business, and government clients across the country.

Following the announcement of their partnership in November 2016, Quantile Technologies Limited and AcadiaSoft Inc. have successfully completed their first large-scale risk reduction pilot exercises.

Jean Raby will join Natixis on February 20th, and will be a member of the Senior Management Committee. As CEO of Natixis Global Asset Management, he will be in charge of Asset Management, Private Banking and Private Equity business lines.

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Salem Five, a $4.2 billion Massachusetts-based bank, has selected Fiserv as a new technology partner.