Self-Service Banking Asia 2020 – transforming growth challenges into opportunities
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Banking
RBR’s Self-Service Banking Asia conference will be hosted in Vietnam for the first time in 2020. The region’s leading conference on self-service and digital banking, taking place in March, will address the most important issues facing the industry today. Southeast Asia – where banking races to keep pace with demand
ING to appoint Pinar Abay as head of Market Leaders and member of the Management Board Banking
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Banking, People Moves
ING announced today that Pinar Abay will be appointed member of the Management Board Banking and head of Market Leaders, taking up the responsibility for ING’s operations in the Benelux. She will take up her new position per 1 January 2020.
Nutmeg CEO to Step Down
- 6 years 2 months ago
- People Moves
UK robo-adviser Nutmeg has announced its chief executive Martin Stead is to step down early in the new year. Stead, who joined Nutmeg in 2015 and has been its CEO since 2016, will be replaced by chief financial and operating officer, Jason Alexander. This comes shortly after Shaun Port, Nutmeg's chief investment officer, left the firm to become a managing director at JPMorgan. The digital wealth manager announced losses for 2018 of £18.6m in...
Intesa Sanpaolo to Offload Merchant Acquiring Business to Nexi
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Intesa Sanpaolo is to sell its merchant acquiring business at 380,000 points of sale across Italy to local payments processor Nexi for €1000.
Welsh Law Firm CJCH Working With Students to Fight Global Piracy
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Cybersecurity
Software piracy is a global industry worth more than £34 billion. Now a Welsh legal firm is teaming up with the academic sector in this country to develop the skills required to fight back. CJCH is a Welsh business of over 140 employees, with offices in London and Bristol, but the firm’s Cardiff headquarters is the centre of its anti-piracy operations, and the platform for its partnerships with academia in Wales to give students here the...
Apple Pay arrives for St.George, BankSA and Bank of Melbourne customers
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Payments, Banking
Apple Pay is now available for St.George, BankSA and Bank of Melbourne customers with an eligible Visa debit or credit card. With Apple Pay, customers can make fast and convenient purchases in stores, in apps and on participating websites. In addition, Westpac Group has committed to delivering Apple Pay for Westpac customers by June 2020. David Lindberg, Westpac Group Chief Executive, Consumer, said launching Apple Pay for customers has been a...
Modulr unlocks an easier, simpler and reliable service for its customers with direct participation to Bacs
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Modulr, the Payments as a Service API platform for digital businesses, has today announced it has become one of a few non-bank Payment Service Provider (PSP) participants of Bacs, the Pay.UK-operated payment system. The move sees Modulr take full control of its Bacs payment flows and removes any reliance on third-party banking partners. The move will provide its clients with a direct solution and deliver an easier, simpler and more reliable...
schuh enhances international Klarna partnership and adds a smoooth footprint across the UK with omnichannel experience
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Today, leading payments provider Klarna announces a major expansion of its partnership with the UK’s largest footwear retailer, schuh. With Klarna’s payment products already live on the schuh websites in the UK and Germany, the extended partnership means that Klarna’s Pay in 3 will now be available in-store. Klarna and schuh’s drive to deliver in-store schuh will become one of the first major retailers to roll-out Klarna’s Pay in 3 service...
EastWest Banking Corporation Expands Use of Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX Software to Manage Market Risk and ALM
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Risk Management
EastWest Banking Corporation (EastWest) has selected Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Risk Management to manage its Market Risk and Asset and Liability Management (ALM) requirements. The Philippines-based bank will implement the solutions to work alongside other Wolters Kluwer software modules, including OneSumX for Finance, which it has used for many years.
DASH Names Steven Bonanno as Chief Information Officer
- 6 years 2 months ago
- People Moves
DASH Financial Technologies, the industry’s leading capital markets technology and execution provider, today announced the addition of Steven Bonanno as Chief Information Officer. Reporting directly to CEO Peter Maragos, Mr. Bonanno will be responsible for DASH’s I.T. infrastructure and technology platform operations.
Stratis releases Security Token Offering platform
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain
Stratis, an enterprise blockchain technology company, has today released its Security Token Offering (STO) platform, allowing businesses to raise capital by issuing legally permissible, asset-backed securities on the Stratis blockchain.
NSD’s Transit 2.0 Platform Launches Settlements with Sberbank
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Open Banking, Infrastructure
Sberbank and National Settlement Depository (NSD) have signed a technological partnership agreement for financial message exchange via NSD’s Transit 2.0 platform. Under the agreement, corporate clients will be able to automate electronic interactions with Sberbank via FinTech API using NSD’s Transit 2.0 platform. Oil and Gas Company SLAVNEFT is the joint service’s first client.
Christmas Influences Portfolios of 37% of European Investors
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Data
In a survey of the P2P platform Robo.cash, 37.2% of European P2P investors said that Christmas has an effect on their investments. During the festive time, most of them review their portfolios, increase the volume of funds or try new types of investments.
Assetz Capital celebrates as investors rack up £100m in interest
- 6 years 2 months ago
- Investment
Investors in Assetz Capital have collectively earned £100 million to date in total gross interest. Founded in the wake of the financial crisis in 2013, the marketplace lender has amassed a community of over 37,000 investors to its platform, ranging from banks and institutional lenders to businesses and retail investors. It’s been a record year for Assetz Capital, which has seen almost £100m invested into its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA)...
DataArt and METRO Markets Announce Success of Partnering to Build Digital Marketplace with Ambition to Become the Largest B2B Online Marketplace in Europe
- 6 years 2 months ago
- E-Commerce, Consultancy
Global technology consultancy DataArt has announced a successful partnership with METRO Markets, the online B2B marketplace with ambitions to become the biggest in Europe. METRO Markets is a subsidiary of German multinational wholesale company and food specialist Metro AG. DataArt partnered with METRO Markets, Metro AG’s technology-driven e-commerce venture, to provide a next generation e-commerce ERP system. The solution is highly scalable and...
