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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

Company update/Big data

Whishworks plans to grow geographic footprint after acquisition by NIITT

WHISHWORKS, a Big Data specialist and MuleSoft strategic partner for the banking and finance sector, has announced exciting expansion plans across the USA and the Middle East as it grows its customer base, increases headcount and reports its highest ever year-on-year revenue growth.

22 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

News/Big data

Swift Business Forum Ireland 2019 - live blog

Welcome to Finextra's coverage of the Swift Business Forum Ireland 2019, live from Croke Park in Dublin. The day's agenda promises to explore how Irish financial institutions can capitalise on unprecedented technological change to deliver a truly digital customer experience.

30 April 2019

Company update/retail

Lowell opens Amsterdam data science centre

Lowell has cemented its commitment to industry-leading, advanced analytics with the launch of Lowell Labs.

25 April 2019

Company update/wholesale

Big xyt adds transaction cost analysis to platform

big xyt, an independent provider of high-volume smart data and data analytics, is pleased to announce that, following consultation with a number of clients, the big xyt analytics platform has been extended to include Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA).

23 April 2019

News/Big data

WeLab becomes first homegrown player to get Hong Kong virtual banking license

Mobile lender WeLab has become the fourth - and first homegrown - applicant to be granted one of Hong Kong's new virtual banking licenses.

12 April 2019

News/wholesale

Barclays invests in simulation tech outfit Simudyne

Barclays has led a $6 million Series A funding round for Simudyne, a simulation technology firm used by banks for things such as stress testing and contagion management.

08 April 2019

News/startups

HSBC invests in Asian insurtech CXA Group

HSBC has joined a $25 million funding round for CXA Group, a Singapore-based health-focused insurance startup.

13 March 2019

News/startups

Citi, Goldman Sachs invest in Second Measure

Second Measure, a technology company that analyses billions of everyday purchases to answer real-time questions about consumer behavior, has closed $20 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Goldman Sachs, and joined by Citi Ventures.

04 March 2019

News/retail

Santander strikes $700m IBM deal to support biz transformation programme

IBM continues to rack up the financial services contract wins, scoring a huge $700 million global deal with Banco Santander, as well as agreements with ICBC Argentina and the card unit of Hyundai and Kia Motors.

13 February 2019

News/ai

UOB targets Singapore's 'emerging affluent' with state-of-the-art branch

United Overseas Bank (UOB) is mixing the physical and the digital with a new tech-packed branch focussed on Singapore's large "emerging affluent" class.

12 February 2019

News/Big data

Investment Association opens second fintech cohort

The trade body for the UK's fund management industry, the Investment Association (IA), has extended its fintech accelerator initiative with the launch of a second cohort.

09 January 2019

News/Big data

Challenger bank Chetwood gets UK banking licence

Chetwood Financial, which is backed by UK hedge fund Elliott Management, is the latest challenger bank to be granted a full UK banking licence.

07 January 2019

News/Big data

Swift Operations Forum Europe 2018, Amsterdam - Day 3 report

Day 3 of the Swift Operations Forum Europe (SOFE) 2018 featured a look at how the new era of open banking will have a dramatic impact on the financial services market.

03 December 2018

News/Sibos

Swift Operations Forum Europe 2018, Amsterdam - Day 1 report

Innovation in financial services and the application of new technologies dominated conversation on day 1 of the Swift Operations Forum Europe (SOFE) 2018.

29 November 2018

News/retail

DNB turns to Collibra for data-powered customer service

Norway's DNB Bank has signed on with enterprise data governance and data cataloguing software specialist Collibra.

16 November 2018