SmartStream Technologies opens a new office in Nairobi
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Retail Banking
SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management specialist, today announced that it has expanded its global operations with the opening of a new office in Nairobi. The office is the second in Africa, following the opening of Johannesburg in April 2013. The new operation will be led by Pritesh Kotecha, Senior Vice President for Middle East, Turkey, South Asia and Africa.
TransferWise Exceeds the £500m a Month Milestone
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Wholesale Banking
London-based money transfer startup TransferWise says it is now processing £500 million a month on its platform, saving customers some £22 million in fees compared to equivalent bank rates.
Temenos delivers T24 Cloud Islamic in Africa
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Islamic Finance
Move enables banks to grasp the US$2 trillion Islamic banking market opportunity through new lower cost cloud access to Temenos’ long-established T24 Islamic banking solution. Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the market leading provider of mission-critical solutions to the financial services industry, today announces that its specialist T24 Islamic core-banking solution is now available as a cloud-based service, ‘T24 Cloud Islamic’, delivering access to... more
NCR expands into APAC region with the opening of its Service Operations Centre
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Retail Banking
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, today announced the opening of a new Services Operation Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
KBC Will Introduce Online Direct Debit Mandates
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Wholesale Banking
From June 6, the business customers of KBC will be able to handle their European B2B direct debit mandates fully electronically.
Eeach Year UK Banking Customers Receive Nearly 40,000 Tons Of Paper From Banks
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Banking
UK banking customers receive almost 40,000 (39,899) tons of paper communications from their banks every year, new research has found. Digital financial services software provider Intelligent Environments has found that customers are sent more than 1.2 billion (1,276,776,000) paper communications from their bank each year, including letters and statements. If all letters were stacked up, the pile would reach the equivalent of 6,200 times the... more
Fintellix to Demonstrate Advanced ALLL Management Product at the 2015 ABA CFO Exchange, Nashville, TN
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Banking
Fintellix will be sponsoring this year’s annual American Bankers Association CFO Exchange. Scheduled to be held from June 8 – 10 at the Hilton Downtown in Nashville, Tennessee the conference will educate community bank CFOs about accounting rules, economic trends, financial metrics, portfolio management, and more.
Nomis 4.6 Increases Active Market Signal Response
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Retail Banking
Nomis Solutions today announces the release of Nomis 4.6, the latest version of their feature-rich price optimization suite, which enables banks to utilize actionable insight to react more quickly in today’s dynamic financial services market.
US Bank Streamlines Corporate Mobile App
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Mobile Banking
U.S. Bank Access® Online Mobile, a dynamic productivity tool that gives users anytime access to information about their commercial cards, has been expanded to include more features of Access Online Payment Plus, the bank’s electronic payment management system.
SWIFT Opens Office In Miami As Part Of Its Growth Strategy For Latin America
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Wholesale Banking
SWIFT announces the opening of its new Latin American regional headquarters office in Miami, Florida to support the growth of the company’s operations in the region. In the last few years, Miami has become a financial hub with the largest concentration of domestic and international banks on the East Coast south of New York, much of which are regional headquarters for their Latin American operations.
Sberbank Unseats VTB Capital Atop Institutional Investor's All-Russia Research Team
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Banking
Last year VTB Capital knocked Sberbank CIB out of the top spot on the All-Russia Research Team, Institutional Investor's exclusive annual ranking of the nation's best sell-side analysts. This year Sberbank returns the favor.
Schroders Signs Up Contrat With Calastone Net Payments Hub
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Private Banking
Calastone, the global funds transaction network, today announced that Schroders, the global asset management company, is now a participant of the Calastone Net Payments Hub, the STP settlement service offering matched netting and the Barclays payments service.
Vermilion Selected To Streamline Reporting At Jyske Bank
- 11 years 2 months ago
- Wholesale Banking
Vermilion Software (‘Vermilion’), the leading global supplier of client reporting and communications software, announces that it has signed terms with leading Danish private bank, Jyske Bank A/S (‘Jyske Bank’).
Gulf Capital Receives Dual Recognition for “Best Credit Fund” and “Best Private Equity Firm” in the Middle East at the Banker Middle East Industry Awards
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Banking
Gulf Capital, one of the largest and most active alternative investment firms in the Middle East, received dual recognition at the Banker Middle East Awards yesterday when its flagship GC Credit Opportunities Fund I was voted as the “Best SME Credit Fund” in MENA and when the firm received the “Best Private Equity Firm” accolade for the 5th year in a row.
Finesse and Fintellix to showcase Fintellix's Multi-country Banking Regulatory Compliance Product at ABTEC 2015, Abu Dhabi.
- 11 years 3 months ago
- Banking
ABTEC is the largest and most prestigious event that convenes the entire financial technology community from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Featuring industry-leading conferences, a tightly focused trade exhibition and much more, ABTEC is a definitive platform where top decision-makers share insights with technology providers and collaborate to rethink financial services. Year after year, ABTEC attracts the financial... more
