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. Read more »
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. In addition to being cutting-edge, the technology is revolutionary for those who may be... more Read more »
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. Read more »
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. Read more »
Increased visibility for customers means banks must ramp up risk mitigation On Wednesday 15th August, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will enforce new rules requiring providers of personal and business accounts to publish information that will help current customers to compare bank accounts from different providers. Banks will have to report major operational and security incidents that have taken place and disclose whether 24-hour... more Read more »
Finastra today announced that National Bank of Egypt (UK) Limited is deploying Fusion Treasury and Fusion Risk. The treasury and risk solutions will be tightly integrated with the bank’s existing Fusion Equation core banking system - helping the bank to deliver a more comprehensive and superior service. Read more »
ONPEX a leading provider of multi-currency IBAN solutions, has launched its cloud-based Banking-as-a-Service. The platform offers multiple tools such as IBAN issuing, Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and cross-border payments, as well as multi-currency management. Given the platform’s capabilities, businesses can build, configure and manage their own financial services. Read more »
Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, today announced that its 60 second online fund transfer service ‘QuickRemit’ is now available for remittances to Pakistan. The Bank has launched the service to coincide with Pakistan’s Independence Day. Read more »
Path Solutions, a global leader in Sharia-based technologies to the Islamic financial services industry, has announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Attijariwafa Bank Group in Morocco. Under the terms of the agreement, Path Solutions will provide and implement its interest-free core banking platform iMAL across the 31 branches of Attijariwafa Bank participative subsidiary Bank Assafa, including Sharia-compliant... more Read more »
Khartoum, Sudan: The Agricultural Bank of Sudan, the first national Sudanese bank and is wholly owned by the Government, has gone live on ICS BANKS ISLAMIC from ICS Financial Systems Limited (ICSFS), the global software and services provider for banks and financial institutions. Read more »
Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:QTWO), a leading provider of secure, experience-driven digital banking solutions for community-focused financial institutions, has announced an agreement to acquire San Mateo, California-based Cloud Lending, Inc., a privately-held SaaS company that provides an integrated end-to-end lending and leasing platform. Through their platform, Cloud Lending helps lenders close more loans, generate more revenue and provide a better... more Read more »
Dynamics Inc. and GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd. today announced plans to introduce the first battery-powered, interactive debit and cash cards to the Japanese market in 2019. Read more »
AIB is making our customers’ lives easier and eliminating pinch points for them. The latest upgrade to the AIB Mobile Banking App, which has just launched, now allows new customers to join AIB and open their Personal Current Account by using just their smartphone and their passport from the comfort of their home from 7am to 11pm, 7 days a week. With 850,000 customer using the AIB Mobile Banking App (up 20% year on year), on an average daily... more Read more »
Consumer education, awareness & incentive remain vital to success Two years on from the CMA market review which initiated Open Banking, Jake Ranson, banking and financial institution expert and CMO at Equifax Ltd, anticipates profound long term impact: Read more »
Ecobank, the leading independent pan-African banking group, has announced the finalists for the 2nd edition of the annual Ecobank Fintech Challenge, a competition for Africa-focused technology start-ups. The list includes eleven (11) fintech start-ups from across the continent and beyond. An Innovation Fair & Awards ceremony will honour the start-ups on August 30, 2018 at the global headquarters of Ecobank in Lomé, Togo. Read more »
