Tech of tomorrow revealed: Virtusa’s Trend Almanac identifies top digital investment trends for 2019
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Investment, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Virtusa xLabs, an innovation practice within Virtusa, has identified the 10 most influential technology trends that industry, business, and tech leaders need to know as they strategically plan their investments over the next 12 months. Virtusa xLabs collaborated with senior technologists and business leaders to identify the most influential technology trends that will help businesses to stay competitive and drive growth in 2019.
Sponsorship and Delegate Registrations are Open for IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition
- 6 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Sponsorship and delegate registrations are open for IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition that will be held on 09 - 10 April 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. IFINTEC is a global conference which is one of the biggest and most important conferences in EMEA region with its focus on Retail Banking, Digital Banking, Core Banking, Payment Systems, Banking Technologies, Banking IT Solutions, Digital Transformation and Finance Technologies.... more
Fingerprints Launches ‘Out of the Box’ Enrollment Demo for Biometric Payment Cards
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Payments, Authentication Technology, IT Innovations, Risk Management
World-leading biometrics company, Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprints™) has launched a new enrollment demo for biometric payment cards, a concept that enables consumers to quickly and securely add their fingerprints to cards before even taking it out of the box.
Distrupting Retirement
- 6 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Financial services aimed at the over 55 market is often ‘grey, big, ugly and uninspiring’. Considering that those who are 55 years of age and older, control the vast majority of the world’s wealth and investible assets, they are a market that it would be foolish to ignore.
Cognizant Marks Official Opening of Boulder Tech Innovation Hub
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Investment Management, IT Innovations
Cognizant today announced the official opening of its Cognizant Accelerator global technology center and innovation hub in Bou
ebankIT to showcase its innovative digital banking solution at Finovate Europe
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Online Banking, IT Innovations
Portuguese fintech ebankIT will be live on the main stage at Finovate Europe, one of the world’s most prestigious events dedicated to financial technology, to showcase in less than 7 minutes and without using videos or slides, how banks and credit unions can significantly accelerate their omnichannel digital transformation process. Before a crowd of over 500 representatives of the world’s most renowned financial institutions, ebankIT’s challenge... more
HCL ESTABLISHES NEW OFFICE IN THE HAGUE AND CELEBRATES 20 YEARS IN THE NETHERLANDS
- 6 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations
HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, announced the opening of a new office in The Hague, expanding its presence in the Netherlands. From its new state-of-the-art office, HCL will have a core focus on offering next-generation solutions and the ability to serve major blue-chip organizations in the Netherlands and in Europe. This further strengthens its position as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the... more
Absa Innovation Lab to host World Bank's Mission Billion Challenge
- 6 years 5 months ago
- Banking, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
The World Bank’s Identification for Development (ID4D) Initiative is partnering with WorkInProgress, an Absa Innovation Lab in Cape Town, to host a ‘solveathon’ workshop for the inaugural Mission Billion Challenge.
Mason Advisory featured on FT list of leading management consultancies in UK
- 6 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations, Consultancy
Mason Advisory, independent IT consultancy, has been selected as one of the leading management consultancies in the UK for Digital Transformation and IT Strategy. The company features in the Financial Times’ special report – The UK’s Leading Management Consultants 2019 – on 30thJanuary published in partnership with Statista.
Hailo expands Series A round to $21M and launches Hailo-8™ Fast Track program for select customers
- 6 years 6 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Israeli startup Hailo, developers of a proprietary processing architecture for deep learning on edge devices, has expanded its Series A funding round to $21 million.
IHS Markit Launches Economic Forecasting Solution to Address Current Expected Credit Loss FASB Standard
- 6 years 6 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced the launch of its economic and financial scenario solution designed to help banks comply with the Current Excepted Credit Loss (CECL) estimation required under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standard going into effect in 2020.
ABN AMRO unveils wearable payments
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Payments, IT Innovations
ABN AMRO launched a pilot earlier this year in which 500 clients were asked to make payments using wearables. Of these clients, an impressive 78 per cent now prefer the wearables, and only 19 per cent prefer their debit cards. On average, clients make six payments a week for amounts under 25 euros. ABN AMRO is extending the pilot to test new functionalities with this pilot group.
Start up Vs. Heritage: What does the Future of Finance look like?
- 6 years 6 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
The Future of Finance and CFO Summit spoke with Ian Brimicombe, Senior Vice President Group Finance, Burberry, and Camilla Thorsager Trendell, International Director & Finance Director, itsu [grocery], to gain an insight into what the future o
New research by MagnaCarta and Klarna identifies four key issues to dominate fintech
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking, IT Innovations
“Removing Roadblocks: The New Road of Fintech”published today by MagnaCarta in partnership with Klarna identifies four key elements critical to the future development of fintech - Relevance, Openness, Automation and Data.
Research from Startupbootcamp in Latin America unveils the elements needed for a thriving FinTech ecosystem
- 6 years 8 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Latin America has established itself as a leading region in terms of innovation in the financial services sector that has seen more than 1,100 FinTech ventures and around a 50% annual growth rate in the main markets, according to research conducted by Startupbootcamp in Latin America.
