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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

News/cloud

Sibos 2019: Cloud, AI and privacy are the building blocks of a new digital world

How does an organisation decide if cloud and AI is right for them? This question was hotly debated at Sibos 2019 in London and discussions were also had around how IT leaders need to constantly assess the benefits of the cloud and AI in the context of the businesses they serve.

24 September 2019

News/Big data

Sibos 2019: Post-snub insights from LSE and HKEX

After the London Stock Exchange snubbed Hong Kong’s $36.6 billion buyout bid earlier this month, day two of Sibos 2019 in London kicked off with PwC’s Jeremy Grant engaging in fireside chats with both LSE CEO David Schwimmer and HKEX CEO Charles Li.

24 September 2019

News/security

Lloyds sets the Rat on fraudsters

Lloyds Bank has rolled out a fraud prevention system, dubbed 'the Rat', that uses behavioural analysis to spot crooks and freeze them out of victims' accounts before they can make off with any money.

24 September 2019

News/Big data

Sibos 2019: Cloud services- huge burden of security responsibility

Security does not come embedded in a cloud service, nor are cloud services something you can choose to avoid, panellists discussed during one of the opening panels at Sibos 2019, London.

23 September 2019

News/Big data

Incumbents vs neobanks: Leverage new technology or risk crumbling

Financial institutions are focusing heavily on digital transformation driving innovation, better customer experience and cost reduction as they shift gears from simply meeting regulatory and compliance needs to remain relevant in a digital world.

20 September 2019

News/cloud

Deutsche Börse signs cloud deal with Google

Deutsche Börse has inked a deal with Google that will see the German exchange operator migrate "material workloads" to the public cloud.

18 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

News/cloud

The old rules no longer apply: Risk management and regulatory reporting in the cloud

Deploying new applications on the cloud is now the default. The question is not if applications should be built in the cloud or existing workloads should be migrated, but how fast can financial institutions (FIs) remove traditional IT constraints in the age of digitalisation.

12 July 2019

News/ai

Digital receipt player Sensibill raises $31.5m

Sensibill, a Toronto-based AI-powered digital receipt startup targeting freelancers and small business owners, has raised US$31.5 million in a Series B funding round joined by National Bank of Canada.

04 July 2019

News/retail

JPMorgan Chase kicks off branch network expansion with huge NY flagship

The digital banking road is long and winding: Just weeks after abandoning a mobile-only offshoot, JPMorgan Chase held a glitzy grand opening for a new flagship branch in Midtown Manhattan, kicking off what will be a substantial expansion of the US giant's network.

26 June 2019

News/retail

Financial data specialist MX raises $100m

MX, a US outfit that promises to help banks, credit unions and fintechs use their data more effectively, has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures.

25 June 2019

News/Big data

Sberbank to open pilot branch in McDonald's outlet

Customers of Russia's Sberbank will soon be able to do their banking with a side-order of Big Mac and Fries following a collaboration deal agreed between the state-owned banking entity and the giant US burger chain.

10 June 2019

News/devops

Money 20/20 Europe 2019 Q&A: Deutsche Bank’s Joris Hensen

After taking part in the F’in debate on transforming traditional banks to compete in the digital banking battlefield at Money 20/20 Europe 2019 in Amsterdam, Finextra spoke to Joris Hensen, co-lead API program at Deutsche Bank AG, about their developer portal, data aggregation and open banking.

06 June 2019

News/Big data

Will you be able to make trades directly from your mind in 2069?

What will trading technology look like in 50 years? Trades powered directly by thoughts, hardware that inhibits the influence of negative emotions, and mobile-phone based 3D trading rooms could all be in our future, predicts a report.

30 May 2019

News/Big data

Innovation driving digital acceleration in Latin America

Swift's Latin American Regional Conference (LARC) explored how banks in the region are looking to increase digitisation, while managing cyber and compliance challenges.

29 May 2019

News/devops

Live: FusionONE 2019 - day two

Welcome to Finextra’s live coverage of FusionONE 2019. The second day of the conference will tackle issues that concern the developers before breaking into streams, focusing on different products.

22 May 2019

News/Big data

Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day one

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2019, in Panama City. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can accelerate digital transformation.

21 May 2019

News/ai

US Congress launches fintech and AI task forces

The US House of Representative is launching task forces looking into fintech and artificial intelligence in financial services.

10 May 2019

News/Big data

Irish fintech Ion set to buy Acuris for £1bn

Ion Group, a Dublin-based financial software and data company, is reportedly in talks to acquire Acuris, the London-based owner of financial news and data service Mergermarket, in a deal expected to be worth more than £1bn.

10 May 2019