Latest Branch banking News: Finextra Research

CaixaBank spends EUR75m replacing branch PCs with tablets

During the month of July, CaixaBank will complete the deployment of 33,000 mobile Smart PC tablets across its commercial network, the most extensive in Spain.

21 July 2017

News/Branch banking

The Nottingham Building Society expands branch network

The Nottingham Building Society is bucking one of banking's biggest trends, expanding its physical footprint by opening seven new branches in British market towns.

21 July 2017

News/Branch banking

SAP Financial Services Forum, London - Day 2 live blog

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage from Day 2 of the SAP Financial Services Forum in London. The theme for this event is 'winning in the digital moment'. The agenda will examine how technologies such as AI, machine learning, analytics, blockchain, open APIs and the cloud can be best leveraged to deliver truly digitised financial services.

05 July 2017

News/Branch banking

Chase partners GE to slash branch energy emissions

Chase is pushing its green credentials through a partnership with GE that will see the bank slash energy consumption at 4500 branches by 15%.

29 June 2017

News/Branch banking

Branch visits face steep decline as mobile banking takes hold

Mobile banking transactions in the UK are expected to more than double by 2022, while branch visits will dwindle to just four visits each year for the average consumer in the same period, according to figures produced by industry analyst group CACI.

28 June 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Baxter Credit Union deploys Vidyo video banking tech

Vidyo, the leader in integrated video collaboration, today announced that Baxter Credit Union (BCU) has deployed a video banking service using Vidyo’s cloud-based video collaboration technology, with the goal of launching a number of video-only branches in 2017.

27 June 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Citi to implement Ailleron's LiveBank tech in 16 countries

Citibank has signed an agreement to implement Polish LiveBank technology, which will enable more than 100 million bank customers in 16 countries to benefit from virtual banking without leaving home.

27 June 2017

News/Branch banking

Santander launches in-branch mortgage video service

Santander is to beam specialist mortgage advisors over the ether to talk to customers via video screens located at 66 branches across the UK.

23 June 2017

News/Branch banking

Biometric identity platform AimBrain raises £4m

AimBrain, a London-based startup using machine learning to help financial services firms tap into biometric authentication, has raised £4 million in a Series A funding round led by BGF Ventures.

20 June 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Video banking to play an important role in the bank branch of the future

RBR’s new report, Teller Automation and Branch Transformation 2017, shows that banks in a number of countries are turning to terminals offering remote video transactions as part of their branch transformation strategies.

12 June 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Peninsula FCU deploys CPI tech for in-branch debit chip card issuance

CPI Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS, TSX:PMTS), a global leader in financial and EMV chip card production and related services, announced that Peninsula Federal Credit Union has implemented CardOnce to provide in-branch instant issuance of EMV-enabled debit throughout its network of branches.

08 June 2017

News/Branch banking

Vietnam's TPBank to roll out video bank branches

Vietnam's TPBank is to augment its branch network with the introduction of tech-oriented, small-scale video banking branches.

06 June 2017

News/Branch banking

Bank of Ireland makes EUR10m branch development commitment

Bank of Ireland is pumping EUR10 million into branch development, vowing to reinvent, rather than simply close, sites that see declining customer numbers.

05 May 2017

News/Branch banking

Idea Bank rides the rails with onboard work spaces

Poland's Idea Bank is taking mobile banking to the next level, turning carriages on intercity trains into co-working spaces.

04 May 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Metro Bank opens one million accounts

Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, has today revealed that it has surpassed one million customer accounts, less than seven years since launch.

03 May 2017

News/Branch banking

Bank branch visitors more satisfied than digital-only customers

American customers who occasionally visit branches are more satisfied with their banks than those that only use mobile and online channels, according to a new JD Power study.

28 April 2017

News/Branch banking

ATB Financial introduces robot branch workers

The march of the robots continues, as Canada's ATB Financial hires dancing humanoids to work in some of its Calgary branches.

27 April 2017

News/Branch banking

Crédit Mutuel rolls out IBM Watson across branch network

Crédit Mutuel is giving 20,000 branch employees assistance in the form of IBM's Watson platform, which will help analyse customer emails and provide information on products and services.

21 April 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Fiserv wins SouthEast Bank contract

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that SouthEast Bank, a $1.2 billion Tennessee-based bank, has selected Fiserv to support the bank’s continued growth, enhance the customer experience and provide its staff with modern technology to further productivity and efficiency.

19 April 2017

Company update/Branch banking

Alawwal bank unveils digital bank coffee branch in Saudi Arabia

Continuing to lead the innovation space in the financial industry and delivering truly digital banking solutions, Alawwal bank has unveiled its new digital branch in the form of a coffee shop that aims to set the global benchmark for branch banking.

10 April 2017