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Preparing for 2020: The impact of the cloud on B2B payments

By 2020, US business to business (B2B) payments are expected to reach $23.1 trillion according to Deloitte. This is driven by cloud technology, which is accelerating the digital transformation of the payments industry, providing customers with a myriad of convenient payment methods.

15 November 2019

News/sustainable

SustainableFinance.Live - a new event series

Finextra Research and ResponsibleRisk are collaborating with change agents in the sustainable finance arena to showcase a programme of content, workshops and conferences.

08 November 2019

News/payments

BNY Mellon director: US has more B2B open banking activity than Eurozone

Laura McGortey, director of strategic partnership solutions at BNY Mellon, claims that there is more open banking activity in the US B2B payments space in comparison to the Eurozone, on the final day of AFP 2019 in Boston.

23 October 2019

News/B2B

Where do incumbents look for game-changing innovation?

How can the established players in financial services deliver meaningful game-changing innovation? What are the challenges in building this from scratch and does the key lie in partnerships with fintechs and start-ups?

14 October 2019

News/cloud

Atom Bank transitions to Google Cloud

Atom bank announces today at Sibos in London that the mobile-only bank will be shifting from third-party data centres to Google Cloud in order to keep pace with digitally savvy customers and offer new services.

25 September 2019

Company update/B2B

Fintech Neontri enters US market

Neontri, formerly known as Braintri, the leading European fintech providing innovative B2B solutions in mobile banking and mobile payments, enters the American market.

24 September 2019

Company update/Sibos

Visa B2B Connect doubles global reach since June 2019

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced that its Visa B2B Connect network has doubled its reach – from 30 global trade corridors at launch in June 2019, to 62, with the goal to expand to over 100 countries in 2020.

23 September 2019

News/B2B

Sibos 2019: Should banks trust in the UK despite Brexit uncertainty?

Welcoming business leaders and industry experts to the Excel Centre in London for Sibos 2019, Swift innovation manager Innes Macleod takes to the stage to divulge Innotribe’s mission and reflect on the technological and societal changes that are challenging the financial services sector, with input from renowned experimental physicist and celebrity figure Professor Brian Cox.

23 September 2019

News/cloud

Better connecting customers to their bank with the cloud

In this age of the customer when banks are leveraging the cloud to reduce costs, innovate faster, minimise risks and digitise mission-critical services, it’s become clear that technology drives change at a ground-breaking rate.

17 September 2019

News/B2B

Geopolitics and the impact of political uncertainty on financial services

At Sibos 2019, industry experts will be discussing today’s payments landscape and how banks now need to balance their customer demands for speed with regulatory demands for financial crime and risk controls.

13 September 2019

News/ai

AI and enhancing the human element in financial services

At SIBOS 2019, industry experts will be discussing how the financial services sector is in the vanguard of deploying AI on a global scale and whether the technology will be a transformative force or has the potential to act as an existential threat.

06 September 2019

Company update/B2B

Five Degrees and Entersekt announce fintech partnership

Digital core banking provider five°degrees today announces a partnership with Entersekt, an innovator in mobile-first fintech solutions.

04 September 2019

Company update/B2B

Online lender Namaste Credit launches digital-only bank

Online lending marketplace Namaste Credit today said that it is launching its Neobanking solutions for MSMEs, becoming a full-fledged "Digital-Only Bank" with a foundational SaaS play.

03 September 2019

Company update/B2B

B-North selects Mambu for core banking

B-North, the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK, has selected Mambu, the SaaS banking engine, to provide its core banking technology.

03 September 2019

News/B2B

Tide debuts TV ad campaign

UK fintech Tide will begin advertising their online business banking account on television, expanding on their One Less Thing to Improvise campaign having debuted on Sky AdSmart this week.

16 August 2019

News/payments

UK PSR confirms Confirmation of Payee 31 March 2020 deadline

Following a slow roll out of ‘Confirmation of Payee’ (CoP) technology, the UK Payment Systems Regulator has ordered Lloyds, RBS Natwest, Barclays, HSBC, Nationwide and Santander to assure implementation by 31 March 2020.

02 August 2019

News/B2B

R3 commits to London despite Brexit uncertainty

R3, the enterprise blockchain software company, has doubled the size of its London hub amidst Brexit precariousness.

02 August 2019

Company update/wholesale

UBS partners with BizEquity for enterprise access

UBS Financial Services Inc. today announced a partnership with BizEquity, a leading online provider of estimated business valuations. This will allow a select group of UBS financial advisors in the US arm of its Global Wealth Management business, to access BizEquity’s database of businesses and valuation information. Enterprise access through BizEquity will increase the service and support that UBS financial advisors can provide to business owner clients, and informal valuation reports will assist with financial planning needs that will allow clients to be more competitive in their respective industries.

02 August 2019

Company update/B2B

Microsoft and Publicis Sapient build digital trade finance bank in six months

Publicis Sapient, the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe, and Microsoft, has today announced their partnership supporting the launch of the world’s first end to end digital trade bank, Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank. The two businesses aided in the creation of the entirely new bank by providing it with implementation strategy, technology and client experience from the outset.

30 July 2019

Company update/wholesale

Dolfin adds new head of technology

Dolfin, an independent and agile wealth management platform, has appointed Richard Webb as Head of Technology. In the newly created role, Webb will oversee Dolfin’s technology and infrastructure strategy and lead the development of its digital wealth management offering.

30 July 2019