Sberbank mobile app opens up to retail investment market
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Sberbank CIB, the corporate and investment banking business of Sberbank, has presented a new service for the private investment of the bank’s mobile app, Sberbank Online.
KeyBank to apply AI tech from Mastercard to make more informed authorisation decisions
Mastercard and KeyBank today announced that the bank will now use Mastercard Decision Intelligence™, a security solution that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to make more informed authorization decisions.
Centrum Financial Services deploys a scalable platform with Encore Theme’s ThemeChain
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Encore Theme Technologies, the fastest growing business software solution player in the Supply Chain Finance, Home Finance, Retail & Corporate Lending for Banks and NBFCs has today announced the deployment of its flagship product ThemeChain™ at India’s premier financial services institution, Centrum Financial Services.
BTPN Bank, Indonesia, Completed Digital Transformation of Its Front-Office Services Based on Diasoft’s FLEXTERA
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Diasoft, a provider of software solutions for the global financial services industry, and BTPN Bank, one of the largest retail financial institutions in Indonesia, have completed rollout of the Bank’s new digital front-office platform based on the cutting-edge Diasoft FLEXTERA Suite. The solution ensured countrywide support of the Bank’s front-end customer services, delivered to its retail, SME and microfinance customers via almost 500 bank... more
Unity Bank streamlines lending processes with Finastra
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Alternative Finance
Unity Bank, whose holding company is based in Augusta Wisconsin, and which has branches in Minnesota, has selected Finastra’s Total Lending solution to streamline its commercial lending and consumer lending processes, including its agricultural lending business.
BTPN Bank, Indonesia Selects Diasoft’s FLEXTERA
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Diasoft, a provider of software solutions for the global financial services industry, and BTPN Bank, one of the largest retail financial institutions in Indonesia, have completed rollout of the Bank’s new digital front-office platform based on the cutting-edge Diasoft FLEXTERA Suite. The solution ensured countrywide support of the Bank’s front-end customer services, delivered to its retail, SME and microfinance customers via almost 500 bank... more
Nordea received permission for use of internal models from the ECB
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking
As part of the planned re-domiciliation to Finland, Nordea Bank Abp (“Nordea”) reached another milestone in the transition from the Swedish FSA (“SFSA”) regulatory framework to the banking union regulatory framework by being granted temporary use of internal models for calculation of risk exposure amounts (“REA”) from the European Central Bank (“ECB”). The decision, as expected, implies a migration of Pillar 2 capital add-ons into Pillar 1 REA... more
Pangea and Digital Knights join the Temenos MarketPlace
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announces that Pangea, a firm specialized in finding and managing the best sales resources, and Digital Knights, which manages product development resources and projects, have both joined the Temenos MarketPlace as resource providers. The firms become the first resource partners on MarketPlace, expanding and enriching the burgeoning fintech ecosystem.
Saxo Bank announces H1 2018 results
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Saxo Bank Group (“The Group”) reported a positive net profit of DKK 150 million for the first six months of 2018. In a period with low market volatility and the introduction of a new competitive pricing structure, operating income for the Group reached DKK 1.51 billion, a decrease of 0.3 per cent compared to the first half of 2017. Client collateral deposits continued to rise to DKK 110.4 billion representing an increase of 7 per cent compared... more
Industrial Bank Co., Ltd creates new Hong Kong Private Banking Business with Avaloq Banking Suite
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Fuzhou-headquartered Industrial Bank Co., Ltd, one of China’s largest banking groups with total assets of CNY 6.09 trillion1, has selected Avaloq to provide a comprehensive front-to-back banking solution for its Hong Kong Branch private banking business. In conjunction with Avaloq’s premium implementation partner Orbium, the Avaloq Banking Suite was implemented in just six months.
Fast Blockchains as a Core of New Banking Technologies
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking
It is no secret to anyone that the main banking systems around the world are eyeballing blockchain technologies as a potential panacea for the many issues that have been plaguing the industry. There are dozens of applications for blockchain and banking has always seemed to be one of the most promising directions for the technology’s application.
Compass Plus survey reveals consumers still don’t trust contactless payments
A survey conducted by Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has revealed that despite 84% of consumers regularly making contactless payments, they are still not considered to be secure.
Banks scored on quality of service
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking
From today (15 August 2018), banks must publish information on how likely people would be to recommend their bank – as well as its online and mobile banking, branch and overdraft services – to friends, relatives or other businesses.
Canadian credit unions trial Amazon Alexa service
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Canada’s first-ever authenticated voice banking service using Amazon Alexa, launches from creator Central 1 today. Central 1 clients – Innovation Credit Union and Conexus Credit Union – are piloting the technology that allows customers to use their voice to command actions for their bank accounts, as if Amazon Alexa were a customer service representative.
New FCA rules double pressure on traditional banks to provide seamless customer experience
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Today the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has enforced new rules requiring providers of personal and business current accounts to publish information that will help customers to compare bank accounts from different providers.
