Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, announced today that Portuguese bank, NOVO BANCO, will consolidate their existing payments infrastructure and deploy end-to-end billing and payment capabilities using technology from Fiserv. This initiative, undertaken as part of the bank’s overall IT and payments transformation program, will allow the bank to decommission multiple inflexible legacy systems and build an efficient, scalable modern payments architecture.

Wealth management fintech firm, JHC Systems (JHC) has appointed Andrew Watson to the newly created position of Chief Product Officer (CPO).

Previously Head of Product Strategy and Regulatory Change at JHC, Watson has been the driving force behind JHC’s newly launched Digital Wealth Platform. During his 18 years at the firm, he has also been responsible for guiding JHC and its clients through a complex regulatory landscape including MiFID II and GDPR.   

VERMEG, the global banking, insurance and digital transformation leader announces that AgileREPORTER has been awarded Best Regulatory Reporting Management Solution at the Grant Thornton UK LLP RegTech Index launch.

The RegTech Index is designed to assist discerning firms achieve an immediate short-list of solutions that are not only best in class regulatory technology in themselves, but that are also provided by a vendor with a track record of client service and corporate responsibility.

IoT is one of the fastest growing trends in technology today, yet enterprises are leaving themselves vulnerable to dangerous cyberattacks by failing to prioritise PKI security, according to new research from nCipher Security, an Entrust Datacard company. 

The new report “The Payments Transformation Race: Criteria for Success” from Aite and Icon Solutions identified that banks that have a clear and robust payments transformation plan are more profitable than their competitors – effectively widening the gap between the winners and losers in the transformation race. So how does a bank become one of the winners?

The current challenges

Financial IT speaks with Amr Soliman, CEO, Corzap about SWIFT gpi compliance at Sibos 2019

 Finablr PLC, a global platform for payments, and Samsung Electronics America today introduced the Money Transfer feature in Samsung Pay. This new in-app international money transfer service, a first of its kind in the U.S., offers users seamless and secure cross-border payments to 47 countries through a variety of payout methods, all within Samsung’s native mobile wallet.

Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, has today published its Q4 2019 Quarterly Outlook for global markets, including trading ideas covering equities, FX, commodities, and bonds, as well as a range of central macro themes impacting client portfolios.

An interview with Mark Buitenhek, Head Transaction Services, ING at Sibos 2019, London. During the interview, Mark Buitenhek mentioned about the importance of open banking, cybersecurity and instant payment.

The Saudi British Bank (SABB), one of Saudi Arabia’s leading financial institutions, and SWIFT, global member owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services announce today that SABB is the first bank in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region to go live with SWIFT gpi for Corporates service (g4c). As part of the early adopters for g4c program, SABB and one of the leading global corporates are now the first in the region to go live on the service.