Banking

Sberbank Unseats VTB Capital Atop Institutional Investor's All-Russia Research Team

9 years 11 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

9 years 11 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

9 years 11 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’).

Bancolombia hands over the operation of self-service systems to Wincor Nixdorf

9 years 11 months ago
Retail Banking

Wincor Nixdorf has received a three-year contract from Bancolombia for the operation of its 1,160 self-service systems. The bank also ordered 800 ProCash 280 automated teller machines.

Digital payments are picking up in Singapore

9 years 11 months ago
Mobile Banking

According to a new Timetric report, digital payments are gaining prominence in Singapore supported by the rising online and smartphone penetration, consumer preference for convenient payments and the presence of an increasing number of online retailers. With the introduction of payment methods such as PayDollar, Fastacash, PayPal, MOLPoints and MasterPass, the digital payments are expected to increase further and supplement the traditional... more

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

9 years 11 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.

9 years 11 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

Visa bids to streamline integration between mobile tech companies and banks

9 years 11 months ago
Online Banking

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced a new program that connects financial institutions and technology companies to simplify and accelerate the roll-out of new payment and commerce services.

Mobile Fintech Investment Increasing

9 years 11 months ago
Mobile Banking

Fintech may be all the rage, but it is in the mobile arena where the biggest bets are being placed, with over $1.1 billion raised globally across 58 financings in Q1 alone, according to data from CB Insights.

IBM To Launch New Predictive Analytics Suite

9 years 11 months ago
Retail Banking

IBM today announced 20 new industry-specific solutions with pre-built predictive analytics capabilities that will make it easier and faster for organizations across industries like retail, banking, telecommunications, insurance and others, to uncover and act on critical business insights.

ING Netherlands unveils mobile banking app for SmartWatch

9 years 12 months ago
Mobile Banking

ING Netherlands introduces a Mobile Banking app for the smartwatch (only in Dutch) today. It’s ING’s third innovation of the Mobile Banking app in less than a year: in September 2014 hands-free banking with voice recognition was launched and fingerprint authentication was introduced in March this year. ‘Wearables’ like the smartwatch are the latest trend and make it possible to check your account balance even faster by just looking on your... more

SWIFT Announces That The KYC Registry Is Open

9 years 12 months ago
Banking

SWIFT announces that The KYC Registry is now available to fund distributors and custodians. In response to an identified need within its Community, SWIFT is extending the reach of The KYC Registry beyond correspondent banking to support Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance requirements for funds distribution and custody services.

RMB Announced #1 In Asia Pacific For Payments With Greater China

9 years 12 months ago
Banking

SWIFT’s RMB Tracker shows that the value in weight of the RMB used for payments exchanged with China and Hong Kong within Asia Pacific increased by 327% between April 2012 and April 2015. During this three year period, the Chinese currency moved from position number five to the top currency used in Asia Pacific to do business with Greater China.

Thomson Reuters Named Best Multibank and Independent Platform in Euromoney FX Poll for 13th Year

9 years 12 months ago
Banking

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that its dealer-to-customer trading venue, FXall, has again been named “Best multibank and independent platform” in this year’s Euromoney Foreign Exchange Survey for the 13th consecutive year. Euromoney’s annual quantitative and qualitative study of the FX markets is the result of a poll of more than 14,000 FX market... more