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Finastra: Keeping up with Instant Payments

In the third episode of this 4-part FinextraTV series, Barry Rodrigues, EVP Payments Business Unit at Finastra, explores key trends in the payments landscape and their impact on customers. Focusing on instant payments, he addresses what the disruption caused by new players in cross-border payments means for traditional Financial Institutions, how banks can adopt and support the introduction of new services and regulations by major markets, and strategies for helping FIs adapt to the evolving landscape.

18 July 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Lloyds & Finastra: The Shifting Payments Market & The Power Of Collaboration

In the second episode of this 4-part FinextraTV series, Stephen Everett, MD Cash Management & Payments, Lloyds and Roy Marsh, Global Payments Director at Finastra, discuss the significant changes happening in payment solutions as a result of Open Banking, Embedded Finance, shifting digital solutions and regulatory changes. We hear how ISO has been a major diversion for all banks in recent years, what will be the impact going forward, and the role of partner collaboration in enabling banks to maintain their competitive edge within these rapidly changing payments landscape.

11 July 2023

Company announcement/cloud

Melton Building Society heads to the cloud with Finastra

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, announces that Melton Building Society has selected Finastra Essence, deployed on Microsoft Azure cloud, to digitally transform its operations and provide the agility required to quickly implement new services.

04 July 2023

Finextra TV/payments

HSBC & Finastra: The Changing Cross-Border Payments Landscape

In the first episode of this 4-part FinextraTV series, Mark Evans, Global head of Cross Border and Cross Currency Payments, HSBC & Roy Marsh, Global Payments Director at Finastra, discuss the main drivers of change in the area of Cross-Border payments, what's driving the need and demand for faster cross-border payments, and what efforts are underway now to enable them. We learn about the barriers and frictions to cross-border payments up to this point, what the response should be to improve efficiency & transparency, and how partner collaboration can help to compete in this rapidly changing market.

03 July 2023

Company announcement/regulation

Finastra and ADVANTAQ partner for streamlined compliance onboarding for banks in the Caribbean

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, and ADVANTAQ, the leading compliance technology partner in the Caribbean, today announced that ADVANTAQ’s compliance solutions are now directly integrated with Finastra Opics, offering Caribbean-based banks the ability to onboard their customers in one portal, creating a seamless customer experience.

22 June 2023

Company announcement/markets

Finastra integrates with S&P Global Market Intelligence for corporate and syndicated lending

Finastra today announced a collaboration with S&P Global Market Intelligence focused on the corporate and syndicated lending market.

07 June 2023

Company announcement/payments

Finastra integrates with Priority Software for embedded Bacs payments

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces and one of the largest suppliers of Bacs and Faster Payments Service (FPS) solutions for the UK, today announced its partnership with Priority Software, a leading provider of scalable, agile, and open cloud-based business management solutions, to enable UK corporates to send Bacs payments from within Priority Software’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) products.

23 May 2023

Company announcement/payments

Westpac New Zealand achieves ISO 20022 compliance with Finastra

Westpac New Zealand has deployed a solution from Finastra to accelerate its compliance with the new ISO 20022 financial messaging standard.

17 May 2023

Company announcement/payments

BKN301 Group goes live with Finastra for BaaS roll out

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, announces that BKN301 Group, a fintech committed to creating a world without financial barriers, has gone live with Finastra’s Essence to bring digital and cross-border payments solutions to San Marino and subsequently emerging markets around the world.

16 May 2023

Company announcement/cloud

Finastra extends managed services agreement with Luxoft

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, today announced a new managed services partnership agreement with Luxoft, a DXC Technology company, to support Finastra’s Kondor customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region with their cloud transformation journeys.

10 May 2023

Company announcement/cloud

Loughborough Building Society selects Finastra to increase operational efficiency

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, today announced that Loughborough Building Society has selected Essence, deployed on Microsoft Azure cloud, to increase its operational efficiency and future-proof its offering.

03 May 2023

Company announcement/cloud

Finastra advances in Italy with Corvallis collaboration

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, today announced its partnership with Corvallis, Tinexta Group, a leading IT provider in the Italian financial services sector, to support Italian banks with their digital transformation journeys.

26 April 2023