Benny Higgins, Chief Executive, Tesco Bank said:

“Tesco Bank can confirm that, over the weekend, some of its customers’ current accounts have been subject to online criminal activity, in some cases resulting in money being withdrawn fraudulently. 

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO),the world leader in digital security, is continuing its support for the digital transformation of Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's most popular retail bank, by supplying its Allynis PIN by e-Channel​ solution that enables PIN delivery via SMS, web or their mobile banking app.

-Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced the launch of its Open Banking API (Application Programming Interface) Platform. The Open API platform will enable banks and financial institutions to launch Open Banking initiatives and create new forms of distribution channels and servicing capabilities, provide access to third-party application marketplaces, and comply with emerging regulatory norms through the standardization of APIs.

Cassiopae, the leader in global asset finance software, announces that Hyundai Commercial (HCI) and Hyundai Capital (HCS) are in production with Cassiopae V4.5 leasing and lending software in South Korea.

Hyundai Commercial (HCI) is the commercial finance arm of Hyundai, one of the top five auto manufacturers in the world. The division offers credit finance including industrial financing, corporate financing, and investment financing. The company has been in production with the Cassiopae software since June 2015.

AsiaInfo and Telenor Denmark have won the BSS Transformation Excellence category in the Global Telecoms Awards (Glotels) 2016.  The award recognises the execution of a unique project in partnership between Telenor and AsiaInfo, China’s leading telecoms IT software company. The winning submission was judged to be the BSS initiative that demonstrates the greatest innovation and commercial benefit to its users.

We talk a lot about the Internet of Things (IoT) and have been for a while.  Most of us probably don’t see much of it yet.  OK, so we have a smartphone but what other smart things do you have?  Maybe if you’re in America, you have NEST, Alexa and a Tesla, so you’ve get a semi-smart home and car.  The rest of us are just starting to see it.  But what happens when things get supersmart?

Financial IT speaks with Peter Moss,‎CEO at The SmartStream Reference Data Utility at Sibos 2016.

In a significant move, MYPINPAD,  an enabler of multi-factor authentication for unsecured touchscreen devices such as mobile phones and tablets, is proud to announce that renowned payments pioneer, Dr Steve Perry, has joined the Company’s Board as a Non-Executive Director.

Founder & CEO of Visa Europe Collab (Visa’s Innovation Centre) and with a PhD in econometrics, Steve has enjoyed a 25 year career at Visa Europe which saw the business grow to €1.5 tn, and achieve near 100% market share in debit cards in the UK.

Financial IT Speaks with Christian Schiebl, Executive VP, Corona Business Unit at SmartStream about  cash and liquidity management.

Abstract – Focus around financial inclusion or in my language “Finclusion”. In a recent study it was discovered half of the world’s population, lag behind in access and usage of financial products and services. While significant advances in financial inclusion for both men and women occurred between 2011 and 2014, the gender gap still persists at large. Simple meaning of “Finclusion” is provisioning, providing and making affordable financial services available for every human being and treated as basic human right. Sounds very easy right; but sadly it is not that easy.