International Islamic Bank Selects ICS BANKS® ISLAMIC System from ICSFS
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Islamic Finance
ICS Financial Systems Limited (ICSFS), the global software and services provider for banks and financial institutions, announced that International Islamic Bank (IIB), a newly established bank in Iraq, has selected the multi-awards winning system ICS BANKS® ISLAMIC.
eProseed migrates Al Rajhi Bank's DB systems to Oracle Exadata
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Banking
Al Rajhi Bank, an advanced financial institution in the Middle East, called upon eProseed's expertise to provide assistance in the migration of its mission critical business databases to Oracle Exadata, a platform specially engineered to run Oracle Database. One year after the initiation of the project, the Bank is now reaping the benefits of improved staff productivity and resource utilization.
UBS uses electronic signature technology from Cryptomathic and SwissSign
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Online Banking, Security
Shortly after the launch of their joint centralised solution for Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), Cryptomathic and SwissSign today announce the completion of a major deployment at UBS, Switzerland’s largest retail bank.
Huawei integrated Infosys Finacle into KunLun server environment
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Today Huawei showed the availability of the Infosys Finacle core banking solution on Huawei KunLun.
Misys to host BIAN Open Day in London
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Banking
Misys is pleased to be hosting the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) Open Day on 28th March 2017 in London. The free event, open for everybody in the industry, will focus on strategic change in Europe, bringing together challenger and established banks to explore this critical topic, amidst the impending arrival of PSD2.
İşbank Introduces Digital Mortgage Experience for Their Clients
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Banking, Online Banking
Having developed many products and services that served as milestones for the Turkish banking sector throughout its long history, İşbank continues its innovations in line with digital vision defined as being a lifetime partner to customers, designing an end to end digital banking experience and creating additional value for each and every single customer’s lives.
Banks and fintechs have to collaborate to survive, according to Temenos report
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Banking, IT Innovations
With the EU’s Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and open architecture framework set to come into force next year, regulation may well tip the scales between banks and fintechs for customer loyalty. Concessions must be made on both sides along the way, but in the end the collaborators will be the ones to survive – that’s according to an in-depth study released today by Temenos, the software specialist for banking and finance.
UN taps BBVA API card data to facilitate climate change project
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Spanish banking group BBVA is contributing information on card transactions to a United Nations project trying to tap big data to combat climate change. The UN Global Pulse Data for Climate Action open-innovation project is inviting data experts and researchers from around the world to pitch their ideas on how they can use information from private sector partners in the fight against climate change.
Deutsche Bank opens New York innovation lab
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Banking
Deutsche Bank has opened an innovation lab in New York, its fourth globally after Silicon Valley, Berlin and London.
Westpac wants to take over your messaging keyboard
Westpac is working with Israeli-based startup PayKey on technology to add banking options to the bottom of a screen on a messaging app.
MoneyGram Considers Proposal of Euronet
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Online Banking, M&A Deals
MoneyGram (MGI) announced today that its board of directors, after consultation with its outside legal and financial advisors, has determined that the unsolicited proposal received on March 14, 2017 from Euronet Worldwide, Inc. ("Euronet") (EEFT) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of MoneyGram Common Stock and Preferred Stock for $15.20 per share in cash on an as-converted basis (the "Euronet Proposal") could reasonably be expected to... more
Payment Cloud Technologies Plans to Expand to African markets
Payment Cloud Technologies (PCT), the London-based FinTech business, has today announced the launch of PCT Africa.
Next-gen transactions digital transformation and FinTech embraces Europe’s leading ATM conference with a fresh look
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Banking, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
As retail banking goes through a period of unprecedented change, banks are looking more than ever to cut costs and streamline processes, while discerning customers continue to demand the highest standards in customer care. Self-Service Banking Europe 2017 provides a crucial forum for banks, independent deployers, solutions providers and industry experts to share knowledge and best practice, in order to navigate a course through this challenging... more
Dutch robo-advisor Pritle acquired by BinckBank
Dutch online discount broker BinckBank has acquired robo-advisory startup Pritle for EUR12.5 million.BinckBank says the acquisition provides the momentum for the firm to expand its digital wealth management activities and geographic reach. Founded by former ABN Amro executive Thomas Bunnick, Pritle helps users to define and track their financial operations through automatic portfolio re-balancing and personalised recommendations.
Bank of England launches FinTech Community
The Bank of England's FinTech accelerator programme has introduced a new community forum for innovation talks and two new proof of concept trials exploring the use of AI and distributed ledgers.
