Transforming Insurance Customer Experience Using Connected, Digital Claims, with USAA, SAP Ariba, Horace Mann Insurance and Swyfft

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Insurance

In an increasingly cost-competitive industry, digital technologies are providing today’s insurance carriers with new methods of distinguishing themselves from competitors. Of particular focus is the claims process. As insurance’s ‘moment of truth’, policy-holders’ experiences when making a claim can define whether they become satisfied and loyal customers for life or disgruntled, and unlikely to return.

TransferTo announces rebrand with the creation of two market defining companies: DT One and Thunes

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Payments, Mobile Banking

Today, TransferTo, a cross-border mobile top-ups and payment solutions network provider has announced a full rebrand, effective immediately, with two separate company brands, logos and identities. TransferTo’s mobile top-up and rewards business, founded in 2005, has now changed its name to DT One and remains a leading global network for mobile top-up solutions and innovative mobile rewards. 

Saudi’s Agricultural Development Fund chooses Finastra to enhance credit services

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Banking

Finastra’s core banking solution, Fusion Essence, has been chosen to power Saudi Arabia’s Agricultural Development Fund’s lending services.

Wallis Bank Launches New Services to Enhance Customer Experience and Security Online

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Banking, Security, Infrastructure

Wallis Bank has launched a number of new features for its customers allowing for more convenient access to their online accounts without sacrificing security. New services include Wallis 360, a revamped treasury management system for both small and large businesses; CardValet®, a mobile application for online debit card control; and Wallis Bank Mobile, a retail banking application recently updated for mobile deposits.

NEXT Biometrics Sensors Selected for Secure Display Panel Solution

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Authentication Technology

NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced that the Company`s One Touch Access 100 fingerprint sensor module has been selected by Prima Technology Inc. for integration in its high-quality display panel solutions. NEXT has shipped initial volumes of its One Touch Access 100 fingerprint sensor module which are currently being integrated and tested for use in Prima Technology`s display...

Wirecard Equips Segmüller With Mobile Payment Solution

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Payments

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, has announced its collaboration with Segmüller, one of Germany's largest furniture retailers. Thanks to Wirecard, Segmüller offers its customers the opportunity to conveniently pay invoices with their mobile devices or credit cards when they receive their delivery. Wirecard not only provides the digital payment technology, but also handles the processing of payments.

Inflation and skills shortages push private sector pay expectations to a seven-year high

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Payments, Infrastructure

After six years stuck at 2%, basic pay award expectations in the private sector have increased to 2.5%. Meanwhile, basic pay award expectations in the public sector have fallen from 2% to 1.1%, according to the latest Labour Market Outlook from the CIPD and the Adecco Group. The report highlights the effects of a tighter labour market on skills shortages as seven in ten (71%) of employers with vacancies report that at least some of them are...

Commerzbank: ECB reduces capital requirements (SREP)

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Banking

The European Central Bank (ECB) has reduced the bank-specific capital requirements (Pillar 2 Requirement) for Commerzbank by 0.25 percentage points to 2.0% after the 2018 Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP). This reflects the major progress the Bank made in the improvement of its risk profile, including the reduction of its credit risks.

TIBCO Receives Highest Score in Five Use Cases in Gartner’s Critical Capabilities for Master Data Management Solutions Report

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Infrastructure

TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, announced today that it ranked number one in five of six use cases in the Gartner 2019 Critical Capabilities for Master Data Management Solutions report. These use cases include B2B Customer Data, Buy-Side Product Data, Sell-Side Product Data, Multidomain master data management, and Multivector master data management.

Axia Suite 2.1 released with new functional features

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Wealth Management

Profile Software, an international financial solutions provider, announced today the launch of its recently enhanced Axia Suite release 2.1 that delivers advanced investment management, compliance and reporting capabilities.

Oracle Blockchain Helps Czech Financial Firm, SDK.finance, Transform Payment Industry

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Blockchain, Payments

SDK.finance is using Oracle Blockchain Platform to help the company transform the rapidly evolving payments industry.

Payments disruptor Paysend introduces money transfers to bank accounts in 34 European countries

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Payments

More than 500,000 customers across Europe and beyond are able to transfer money to bank accounts in 34 European countries, thanks to a new service launched by payments disruptor Paysend. The new product, which has been added to the firms existing card-to-card Global Transfers, will make cross-border payments in euros as easy as national payments and will result in improved convenience and processing times for European consumers. 

CaixaBank introduces the world's first facial recognition to withdraw cash at ATMs

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Banking, Infrastructure

Ant Financial Inks Acquisition Deal Worth $700 million

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Payments, Infrastructure, M&A Deals

Ant Financial has finally managed to make its mark in a significant European first. The Chinese financial services giant has agreed to buy UK payments group WorldFirst in a deal worth around $700 million, and after WorldFirst was forced into a rapid fire sale of its US assets.

MineralTree reveals virtual card support for top 3 networks

• 6 years 4 months ago
• Payments

MineralTree, the Accounts Payable and Payment Automation solution provider, has expanded its platform integration to include all major card providers—delivering new value to middle-market businesses by optimizing their entire Accounts Payable process.