Wari Integrates with WhatsApp to Enable Customers Request Financial Services
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments, Banking, Technical
More than 1-billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. It is this very reason that has driven Wari (www.Wari.com) to integrate with the WhatsApp Business solution to enable customers – through strategic partnerships - to request its financial services around the world on WhatsApp.
SEDCO Capital's Islamic investment strategy is basis for CFA Institute partnership
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Management, Asset Management, Investment Management
SEDCO Capital, a leading global asset manager, has partnered with the CFA Institute to provide a best-practice case study on its fully Shariah-compliant Prudent Ethical Investment (PEI) strategy for a new report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration in equity and fixed-income investments.
Fenergo Launches Digital Client Orchestration Suite of CLM Tools Using an API-led Approach
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Platform Technology, Management, Asset Management, Risk Management
Fenergo, a leading provider of digital Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions for financial institutions, today announces the launch of Digital Client Orchestration, a suite of CLM tools that integrates front, middle and back office systems using an API-led approach.
Worldwide Demand for ATMs Dropped for the First Time
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Cash management, Payments, ATMs, Banking
China’s ATM numbers continue rapid fall According to a brand-new report from RBR, Global ATM Market and Forecasts to 2024, ATM numbers dropped in four of the five largest markets in 2018. More than half the world’s ATMs are found in just five countries; of these China, the USA, Japan and Brazil saw a decrease in ATMs, whilst in India, growth slowed considerably.
BASF Solves Supply Chain Optimisation Problems Using FICO Optimisation
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Supply Chain Finance
BASF has optimised one of the world’s largest supply chain networks using FICO® Xpress Optimisation. BASF’s advanced business analytics team used the mathematical optimisation software to map all of the company’s supply chains at once to weigh the economic value of an investment, a massive computational challenge. For its achievement, BASF was awarded a 2018 FICO Decisions Award for AI, Machine Learning & Optimisation.
Bankable sets strategic partnership with Visa and receives investments
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
Bankable, the global provider of “Banking as a Service” solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Visa (NYSE: V) to enable financial institutions and banks to access real-time and modular banking solutions worldwide.
Western Union Digital Expands to Seven Countries Across the Middle East
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Transaction Banking
The Western Union Company’s global digital money-moving capabilities are making significant headway across the Middle East, with seven countries now offering online services, connecting customers to their famili
Investment app tickr marks major growth milestone with crowdfunding campaign
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Management, Investment Management, Wealth Management, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
Investment app, tickr, is today launching its crowdfunding campaign on leading investment platform Seedrs. Funds raised will be used to accelerate user acquisition, while building several new features including a visual newsfeed giving users an interactive overview of the companies in their portfolio and the work they are doing to make an impact on the world. tickr’s user statistics demonstrate the scale of appetite for disruption in the... more
United Bulgarian Bank Selects OneSpan to Help Fight Social Engineering and Mobile Malware Attacks
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Security and Compliance, Transaction Banking
OneSpan™, a global leader in software for trusted identities, e-signatures and secure transactions, today announced that United Bulgarian Bank (UBB) has deployed OneSpan’s Mobile Security Suite and Cronto technology to securely sign transactions and to protect the bank’s mobile banking application. This integration will help UBB meet PSD2 requirements related to strong customer authentication that come into effect September 2019.
ONPEX and OnerWay Partner to Deliver Seamless Marketplace Settlements
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Transaction Banking
ONPEX, a leading provider for multi-currency IBAN accounts, has partnered with Ronghan International Limited – the UK-based and regulated division of the Chinese financial service provider OnerWay.
Eurasian Bank Modernizes Cash Management with Fiserv
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Cash management
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that Kazakhstan-based Eurasian Bank will streamline and automate its cash management processes with technology from Fiserv.
HSBC and Walmart Join Forces on Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Programme
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Supply Chain Finance
HSBC and Walmart today announced the roll-out of a sustainable supply chain finance programme that pegs a supplier’s financing rate to its sustainability performance. This global programme allows Walmart’s suppliers who demonstrate progress in Walmart’s Project Gigaton or Sustainability Index Program to apply for improved financing from HSBC based on their sustainability ratings.
Surecomp Inaugurates SureLab Innovation Center
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Trade Finance
Surecomp, the global trade finance fintech leader, announced today the inauguration of SureLab, Surecomp’s newly established innovation lab. SureLab was established to centralize Surecomp’s digitization initiatives thereby enabling Surecomp to maintain its position at the forefront of trade finance innovations. SureLab aims to introduce new technologies to the digital trade finance arena.
UK Fintech Kantox Closes €5 million Venture Debt Financing Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
Kantox, a leader in FX management solutions for businesses, has just closed its second venture debt financing deal with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative businesses, enterprises and their investors. The €5 million loan package is the second deal agreed between Kantox and SVB, with the first announced in December 2017. The new financing agreement underscores the appeal of Kantox’s growth story and SVB’s track... more
BNY Mellon Global Survey shows that technology and regulatory revision help to reduce the trade finance gap
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Trade Finance
BNY Mellon released its "Overcoming the Trade Finance Gap: Root Causes and Remedies" report, which finds that the trade finance gap remains a significant issue for global trade, according to 100 global, regional, and domestic banks, specialist trade providers and other market participants responding to its survey.
