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News/Innovation
While Libra, the global currency governed by the Libra Association, has unveiled a plethora of opportunities for trailblazers to disrupt financial infrastructures, the project has been questioned around trust and regulation.
29 October 2019
Where selling trust with a brand was once the key point of distinction for effective marketing in the fintech space, streamlining user experience through product simplicity now leads the way in superior branding strategy.
25 October 2019
News/regulation
The European Union’s Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (6AMLD) is due to take effect on 3rd December 2020 and brings with it a suite of substantial penalties for non-compliance. Here’s what you need to be aware of in the run up to the fast-approaching deadline.
News/payments
Laura McGortey, director of strategic partnership solutions at BNY Mellon, claims that there is more open banking activity in the US B2B payments space in comparison to the Eurozone, on the final day of AFP 2019 in Boston.
23 October 2019
ING says it has solved the privacy versus security trade-offs on R3's Corda network through the application of a 'zero knowledge proof notary'.
Big Tech companies such as Google, Apple and Microsoft have yet to encroach on the investment funds industry, but new research from distribution network Calastone suggests they would have a ready market from young millennials.
With commercial models, value chains and M&A activity emerging as a leading theme of Money 20/20’s upcoming conference in Las Vegas, we explore how financial institutions are leveraging the opportunity to collaborate with incumbents and disruptors across the space.
22 October 2019
The payments industry is increasingly being exposed to the technological transformation that is occurring outside of the financial services sector. But is the space ready to drive productivity in payments with artificial intelligence?
Up to a third of the world's banks are not equipped to survive an economic downturn and must re-invent their business models to compete in a digital age, according to a report by consultancy McKinsey.
Corporate business success stories can only be achieved if treasury professionals are keenly aware of the payment options, innovations and regulatory changes that are, can and will impact financial operations.
21 October 2019
AI, cloud, blockchain and quantum computing form some of the pillars the much-discussed Fourth Industrial Revolution, with financial services watching on in anticipation of the disruption they promise in the years ahead.
18 October 2019
The Singapore branch of CIMB Bank Berhad has completed a trade financing transaction for the import of dairy products into China using IoT cargo sensors and a distributed ledger platform from blockchain firm iTrust.
Singapore's United Overseas bank is to put all of its 26,000 employees through a 12-week learning and development programme designed to help them prepare for a digital future.
16 October 2019
UK bank NatWest has teamed up with a social mobility charity to launch a digital and innovation apprentice programme.
15 October 2019
How can the established players in financial services deliver meaningful game-changing innovation? What are the challenges in building this from scratch and does the key lie in partnerships with fintechs and start-ups?
14 October 2019
Hungary's OTP Group is inviting late-stage startups to apply for a Group-wide pilot programme aimed at finding fresh applications for long-term commercial deployment at the bank.
ING has joined a taskforce to promote the development and acceptance of artificial intelligence technology in the Netherlands, part of a national initiative to halt a brain drain of talent to AI powerhouses like the US and China.
11 October 2019
A top executive of a data analytics company has been hired as the UK government's new fintech envoy for Northern Ireland
07 October 2019
The UK's Investment Association is offering ten fintech firms free co-working space at a newly-established Fintech Hub, set to open in Birmingham next year.
04 October 2019
Analysts at Wells Fargo are forecasting that up to ten percent of bank jobs in the US will be wiped out by ongoing technological progress in the next ten years.
02 October 2019
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