Accenture Financial Services

198 results about this entity

Period: 17 Dec 2003 - 24 Mar 2023

Accenture moves into post-trade processing

Accenture is looking to cash in on the trend for banks to share back office processing costs after receiving approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority for the operation of a new post-trade utility.

Europe sets the pace as fintech investment triples in 2014

Global investment in fintech ventures tripled from $4.05 billion in 2013 to $12.2 billion in 2014, with Europe being the fastest growing region in the world, according to a new report by Accenture.

Banking has reached a digital tipping point BBA warns

Banks must concentrate on harnessing a range of digital technologies or risk losing customers to a new wave of competitors, according to a report by the British Bankers Association (BBA) and Accenture.

Lloyds and AmEx back fintech startup competition

Some of the biggest names in financial services are throwing their weight behind a UK competition giving fintech startups the chance to win a share of a £175,000 cash prize pot.

Visa to drive in-car commerce with Pizza Hut

Visa is working with Accenture and Pizza Hut to test the use of onboard mobile and online commerce for car drivers.

Seven startups make the cut for third FinTech Innovation Lab

Seven financial technology startups have won the chance to present their ideas to a panel of banks and investment firms at Accenture's London FinTech Innovation Lab, in what many market-watchers are expecting to be a break-out year for innovation in financial services.

Accenture sets up financial analytics education programme

Stevens Institute of Technology, a premier, private research university, and Accenture (ACN) have initiated a research and education collaboration to focus on analytics for the financial services industry.

Millennials and high earners drive North American adoption of mobile money and digital currencies

A significant proportion of North Americans - 40% - have used their smartphones to make payments at merchant locations, up from just 16% two years ago, according to an Accenture survey.

Utility services and post-trade processing

Owen Jelf, managing director, Accenture Post-Trade Processing, talks about the current environment in investment banking and the role utility services could play in the future in the industry.

What do banks need to know about bitcoin?

Jon Matonis, executive director, The Bitcoin Foundation, Brett King, CEO, Moven and Jeremy Light, head of payment services at Accenture look at the evolution of bitcoin, the relationship between innovation and regulation and what banks need to know about the rise of crypto-currencies.

Accenture brings Fintech Innovation Lab to Dublin

Accenture's Fintech Innovation Lab is landing in Ireland, with banking and tech giants throwing their weight behind the Dublin-based accelerator programme.

Brits lukewarm on digital-only banks as branch visits increase

More than half of Brits visit a branch at least once a month and only a quarter would consider using a purely digital bank, according to a survey from Accenture.