Finextra Research: Latest fintech news, analysis, interviews, features and opinion by industry experts

PayPal quits Facebook's Libra project, Visa and Mastercard could follow

Update: Facebook's Libra plans continue to stumble as PayPal quits the digital currency project, with Visa and Mastercard also reconsidering their involvement.

04 October 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Blockchain company LogSentinel puts corporate docs on the ledger

The hype about blockchain technology and all the use cases where it can be applied has not subsided yet.

03 October 2019

Finextra TV/Sibos

Delivering a customer-first payments experience

Ebru Pakcan, EMEA Head, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi, discusses the conflict between regulation and data protection with open banking and instant payments, the ramifications this bears on cross-border payments, how businesses are capitalising on these opportunities and whether banks can truly meet the demands and expectations of their customers.

03 October 2019

Finextra TV/Sibos

FinextraTV @ Sibos2019 – The Big Themes #1: The Impact of AI

FinextraTV reports from Sibos 2019 in London on Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services. In this, the first of three Sibos reports, we learn about AI: the areas it is having the greatest impact, the challenges and concerns that surround it, and how the industry will use the technology in coming years. ING, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crown Agents Bank, Standard Bank, SEB, Nordea and BNP Paribas are among the many leading institutions to share their views exclusively with Finextra Research.

03 October 2019

Finextra TV/Sibos

Powering Intelligent Entreprise to understand customers & personalise UX

Lori Mitchell-Keller, Co-President Industries & Global General Manager Consumer Industries, SAP, and Falk Rieker, Head of Banking, SAP, focus on Intelligent Technologies by exploring where SAP stands on the topic of payments and blockchain, how customers are responding to the need for hyper-connectivity, and how SAP is powering the Experience Economy.

02 October 2019

Finextra TV/Sibos

Overcoming limits to uncover AI technology opportunities

Paula da Silva, Head of Transaction Services, SEB, speaks to Finextra about developing successful partnerships with fintech without diminishing customer relationships, the ways SEB implements AI in middle and back office systems, and the risks involved in launching payment and transaction banking services through blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.

02 October 2019

News/devops

Ripple launches XRP developer platform

Ripple has launched a developer platform to help third parties build new products using its private cryoptocurrency XRP.

02 October 2019

Finextra TV/Sibos

Blockchain is a moving ground for innovation, not an industry disruptor

Bruno Campenon, Head of Bank, Brokers and Corporates, BNP Paribas Securities Services, explains how blockchain and AI infrastructures such as CSDs across APAC are being deployed through blockchain technology, how banks are exploiting blockchain’s full potential, and the ways in which innovation continues to be driven by blockchain projects.

02 October 2019

Finextra TV/Sibos

Adaptable ‘tokens’ tackle data permissioning at each payment level

Nick Armstrong, CEO, Identitii, speaks about how Identitii is taking data out of the payment message and using blockchain to handle data differently, the challenge of data permissioning at each level and how corporates are leveraging the technology to streamline payments.

02 October 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Vontobel puts tracker certificate on a blockchain

Vontobel is the first issuer worldwide to offer a classic structured product for trading and custody using blockchain technology.

01 October 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Ripple acqui-hires Icelandic engineering team

Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain solutions for cross-border payments, today launched operations in Iceland to further expand its presence in Europe.

30 September 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Agora and Onfido partner for blockchain e-voting service

Today, Onfido announced a strategic partnership with Agora, a leading blockchain-based e-voting provider, to make secure and robust online voting a reality.

26 September 2019

Company update/Blockchain

SETL opens blockchain test lab

SETL, the institutional payment and settlement infrastructure based on blockchain technology, has today announced an open invitation to innovators, product managers and technology architects to engage.

26 September 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Lloyds Bank partners with blockchain trade finance platform

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking is to become the first UK bank to partner with komgo to enable quicker international commodity trade finance using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

25 September 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Daimler and Dürr execute transaction via Marco Polo Network

The international trade finance network Marco Polo has demonstrated its capability for practical use with another pilot transaction between two top industrial corporates.

25 September 2019

Company update/payments

Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank chooses TAS Group to manage corporate payments

TAS S.p.A. ("TAS") has announced that its agreement with Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (“AGTB”), a digital corporate trade bank for international clients based in Abu Dhabi, is now operational. The contract is being managed through its subsidiary TAS Helvetia S.A.

25 September 2019

News/Blockchain

Deutsche Bank deploys DLT for custodial services

Following a successful pilot, Deutsche Bank Securities Services is set to start using distributed ledger technology (DLT) in custodial services.

25 September 2019

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Implementing cost optimisation and digital transformation in the FSI

Amit Bhute, SVP & Global Head, Banking & Financial Services Practice at Virtusa, speaks about the technologies being leveraged in the short, medium and long term to ensure cost optimisation and sustainable growth, how banks are implementing this technology and the benefits being reaped as a result.

24 September 2019

News/Blockchain

Securitize secures big bank backing in $14 million funding round

Santander InnoVentures, MUFG and Nomura have joined in a $14 million funding round for token issuance technology provider Securitize.

24 September 2019

News/Blockchain

SIX Digital Exchange launches DLT-based trading and settlement prototype

Swiss stock exchange SIX has launched a prototype of its distributed ledger technology-based digital exchange and central securities depository. Meanwhile, trading has started on Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange.

23 September 2019