National Bank goes live with iMAL Islamic Core Banking System
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Islamic Finance
Path Solutions, the global Islamic banking software group announced that Kenya-based National Bank successfully went live on April 27th 2015 with iMAL Islamic core banking system for its Islamic window named National Amanah.
ICICI Bank introduces voice recognition for biometric authentication
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Mobile Banking
ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, announced the launch of voice recognition service which authenticates customers based on their speech patterns and allows them to execute banking transactions through the Bank’s call centre in a quick, secure and convenient manner.
Pension Customers Want Advisers To Defend Them From Themselves, Finds New Poll From Intelliflo
- 9 years 7 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Financial advisers are regarded as having a key role to play in stopping people making costly errors when it comes to decisions about their pensions, according to a new survey by Intelliflo.
Thomson Reuters and SimCorp Enhance Dimension Users’ Access to Pricing, Reference Content
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Market and Reference Data
Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, and SimCorp – a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial industry – today announced the installation of a dedicated adapter enabling portfolio managers to access DataScope Select pricing and reference data through the SimCorp Dimension software platform.
eLong Declares Expedia's Sale of Equity Stake
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Accounting
eLong, Inc. (Nasdaq: LONG), a leading online travel company in China (the "Company" or "eLong"), today announced the sale by Expedia, Inc.
MCO Europe Increasing Finance on Crowdcube
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Data Management
McObject’s exclusive distributor for the financial markets in the UK and Europe, is raising investment through Crowdcube, the UK’s largest Crowd Funding site. www.crowdcube.com/MCOEurope to fund growth and expansion.
Elliptic and Gem partner on new enhancement to Gem’s leading multi-signature bitcoin wallet
- 9 years 7 months ago
Elliptic, the full-service bitcoin custodian for the capital markets, has partnered with developer API providerGem to further accentuate Gem’s offering of the world’s most secure multi-signature bitcoin wallets.
Swift Institute Research Indicates Benefits of Outsourcing by Mutual Funds
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Payments
The SWIFT Institute announces the availability of new research that for the first time investigates the consequences of outsourcing different types of services by mutual funds in Europe.
A Minority of the UK now rely on Banks for their International Money Transfers
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Banking
Only 40 per cent of UK consumers would still rather use their bank for international money transfer services than any other available platform, according to research from FXcompared Intelligence, the research division of FXcompared. This lack of a preference for bank-based transfers is seen across a range of currency transaction values.
Non-cash Payments Overtook Cash Payments For The First Time
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Dave Hobday, MD of Worldpay UK, said: “We know that 10% of Brits don’t carry any cash on them, so if you’re only taking cash payments, that’s one in 10 potential customers who will never consider shopping with you. “When all the recent talk is around technology making payments fast, secure and convenient, notes and coins increasingly seem like something our children will laugh about in the future.
Postbank tests HCE mobile payments
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Germany's Postbank is to run an internal pilot of an NFC mobile payments app operating in a Host Card Emulation environment. Postbank employees participating in the project will be able to use their Android smartphones at the checkout to make contactless payments with a tap of their phone at the cash register. The technology, supplied by Worldline, includes the use of digital tokens and one-time keys to protect customer card data.
Mobile Payments Company Square Starts Operation in Australia
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Mobile payments company Square is to open its fourth global hub in Melbourne, Australia, to drive sales of its Register tablet POS. The US-based company has hired former National Australia Bank and Visa executive Ben Pfisterer to head up the Australian division. At Visa, Pfisterer led the card scheme's innovation and emerging products unit. He says that Square is looking to tap in to the entrepreneurial spirit of Australia's small business...
Tullett Prebon Information Named Best Data Provider For Fifth Consecutive Year at Inside Market Data Awards
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Data Management
Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), a leading global provider of financial market data, has won Best Data Provider (Broker) at the Inside Market Data awards for the fifth year in a row. The Inside Market Data awards recognise excellence within the market data industry. The winners, voted for by data consumers within the global banking and financial services sectors, were announced at a ceremony held in New York on Wednesday, 20 May.
Three Million Social Housing Renters Leave Out On Online Deals
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Data
A new study from Experian, the global information services company, reveals that more than three million1 social housing tenants could be missing out on the most competitive online financial deals due to a lack of a credit history and also limited internet access.
Today’s “Information Generation” Refuses Brands That Don’t Provide Mobile Apps or Aren’t Secure and Transparent with Data
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Data Management
The youth (18-24 year olds) of the UK & Ireland’s Information Generation, have demonstrated exacting standards over their suppliers in retail, financial services and technology, media and entertainment sectors, research undertaken by Opinium reveals today.
