Latest Branch banking News: Finextra Research

South Africa sets standard for fingerprint banking

South Africa's payments body has released a standard to enable biometrics to be used on payment cards and to herald what it hopes will be an industry-wide roll-out of fingerprint banking.

27 July 2016

News/Branch banking

Thailand considers fintech regulation

Thailand's central bank has called for more regulation of the country's growing fintech sector in order to prevent systemic risk and protect consumers.

22 July 2016

News/Branch banking

Apps crush internet for UK banking logins

The number of internet banking logins made by Brits each day fell last year, as customers continued to migrate to apps, BBA research shows.

22 July 2016

Company update/Branch banking

PNC opens 'Tiny Branch' at West Virginia University

PNC Bank today revealed its portable "Tiny Branch" on the campus of West Virginia University. Measuring 20 x 8 foot, or 160 square feet, the converted steel container brings PNC's newest concept branch to Morgantown consumers along with the ease of drive-up service.

21 July 2016

News/Branch banking

Standard Chartered launches global video banking push

UK bank Standard Chartered is planning to roll out its video banking service to more than five million users across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

21 July 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Wells Fargo and NCR team up for ATM revamp

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced a collaboration agreement with Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) to drive unparalleled consumer innovation and dramatically reinvent self-service technology in Wells Fargo’s retail stores.

20 July 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Bank of the Ozarks implements instant card issuance with Entrust

Entrust Datacard today announced that Bank of the Ozarks has implemented an Entrust Datacard financial instant issuance solution – including the Datacard CD820 instant issuance system and the Datacard CardWizard issuance software – in 170 locations throughout the Southeastern United States.

14 July 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Citibank Korea installs Wacom pen tablets for in-branch electronic document processing

Wacom Co Ltd. announced today that 317 units of its DTU-1141 have been installed in branches of Citibank Korea Inc. for electronic document processing including digital signature, furthering the company‘s initiative to go completely paperless and shortening process time to create remarkable customer experiences.

13 July 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Fusion reports bank cloud services contract

Fusion (FSNN), a leading provider of cloud services, today announced that it has been selected to connect a major southeast bank's 33 locations to the Fusion cloud with a fully managed cloud network solution that integrates the financial institution's voice and data requirements.

12 July 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Maybank Indonesia converts Indian branch operations to Intellect’s Integrated Treasury Management Sy

Intellect Design Arena Limited, a specialist in applying true Digital Technologies across Banking, Financial Services & Insurance, announced that Bank Maybank Indonesia one of the largest banks in Indonesia has gone live with Intellect’s Integrated Treasury Management System(ITMS)-OneTreasury for their Indian operations.

05 July 2016

Company update/Branch banking

NatWest opens seven-days-of-the-week branch in Manchester Picadilly train station

This is the first time a bank has opened a branch in the centre of a train station in the UK. It will have automated banking facilities available 24-7 for customers travelling through the station.

01 July 2016

News/Branch banking

Nearly half of North Americans open to robo-advice

Nearly half of North American bank customers are open to ditching human expertise for automated, computer-generated advice and services, according to a survey from Accenture.

01 July 2016

News/Branch banking

Lloyds axes IT staff, closes 23 branches

Lloyds Banking Group is shutting 23 branches later this year and cutting around 640 jobs, many of them in technology operations.

29 June 2016

Company update/Branch banking

Tangerine opens Calgary pop-up branch

Tangerine is pleased to announce the opening of its new Pop-Up Location in Calgary, Alberta , which opens today at Brentwood Shopping Centre.

27 June 2016

News/Branch banking

Deutsche Bank to close 188 German branches and cut 3000 staff

Deutsche Bank is shutting 188 of its German branches and cutting around 3000 jobs as it doubles down on its digital overhaul strategy.

23 June 2016

News/Branch banking

TD Bank faces Canadian coin counting machine class action suit

TD Bank is facing a class action lawsuit seeking $25 million on behalf of customers who used its coin counting machines, which were recently retired over concerns that they were short-changing users.

23 June 2016

Company update/Branch banking

PNC branches to offer instant card issuance

Lost your debit card? Leaving on vacation tomorrow? Two-thirds of PNC Bank branches can print new chip cards instantly for new checking accounts or to replace lost, stolen or damaged cards.

21 June 2016

News/Branch banking

As mobile numbers rise, BofA announces more job losses

Bank of America is to slash about 8000 jobs from its consumer banking division and further trim its branch network as the digital revolution in financial services gathers pace.

15 June 2016

Company update/Branch banking

TAS Group sets up branch transformation unit

EasyBranch, a TAS Group venture, was launched today at ATMIA’s European ATMs 2016 conference.

14 June 2016

Company update/Branch banking

CivilisedBank applies for banking license

‘CivilisedBank’, the new UK-wide business and retail bank, today announced that it has submitted to the regulators (the FCA and the PRA) its banking licence application. It expects to receive its banking licence later this year and to launch early in 2017.

07 June 2016