Latest Innovation News: Finextra Research

Barclays opens Eagle Labs to help UK startups take flight

Barclays is vowing to back the UK's startups through a host of 'Eagle Labs' across the country where firms can access space, mentorship and technology.

09 March 2016

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Finextra’s NextGen Banking conference fills Level39 to maximum capacity

Senior executives from challengers and incumbents gathered together to debate market access, customer requirements, PSD2 implications, technology issues and collaboration opportunities in front of a packed crowd at Finextra's NextGen Banking conference at Level39.

08 March 2016

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Mizuho and Fujitsu complete blockchain trial

Japan's Mizuho Bank and Fujitsu say that they have carried out a trial using blockchain technology to streamline cross-border securities transaction settlements.

08 March 2016

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PayPal partners Village Capital to back financial inclusion startups

PayPal is teaming up with venture development organisation Village Capital to back fintech entrepreneurs working to boost access to financial services for low-wealth people and businesses.

08 March 2016

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Atom acquires IT development agency Grasp

UK digital challenger bank Atom has acquired Grasp, a digital design agency that specialises in building user interfaces for the gaming market.

08 March 2016

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CFPB puts P2P lenders under the microscope

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is to start accepting complaints about loans filed with marketplace lenders, ramping up the regulatory pressure on the nascent P2P industry.

08 March 2016

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Standard Chartered goes global with 'bank on an iPad'

Standard Chartered is to equip staff worldwide with an iPad-based sales and service tool that "brings the bank" to the client.

08 March 2016

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Swift Nordics Regional Conference - Live Blog Day 1

The Swift Nordics Regional Conference 2016 in Oslo is focusing on how to effectively harness disruptive trends and deliver practical, real world change to the financial industry. Over the course of two days, the programme will examine challenges and opportunities in the Nordics and beyond, and assess how new technologies, changing business models and collaborative ways of working pave the way for the future.

08 March 2016

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TSX appoints blockchain expert chief digital officer

The Toronto Stock Exchange has become the latest bourse to recognise the potential importance of distributed ledger technology, hiring blockchain specialist Anthony Di Iorio as its chief digital officer.

07 March 2016

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BBVA acquires hot Finnish startup Holvi

BBVA has acquired Finnish digital current account startup Holvi, furthering its investment into tech-led alternatives to traditional banking.

07 March 2016

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ING gets new chief innovation officer

Dutch banking group ING has tapped Ignacio Juliá Vilar, an executive from its Polish division, to take on the role of chief innovation officer and head of retail banking segment.

07 March 2016

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Mizuho Bank taps IBM's Watson to give robot branch workers an IQ boost

Tellers beware: Japan's Mizuho Bank is about to deploy robots that have been supercharged by IBM's Watson cognitive computing platform in several of its branches.

04 March 2016

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Lloyds partners Google on data analytics

Lloyds Banking Group is collaborating with Google on a project to dig deeper into its data sets and unlock hidden trends in customer behaviour.

04 March 2016

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Financial services set for a fundamental shake-up - Deloitte

The emergence of a raft of disruptive technologies and trends will fundamentally transform the financial industry over the next five to ten years, says Deloitte.

04 March 2016

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Finextra PSD2 study explores implications for EU payments providers

European financial services organisations consider the European Union (EU) Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) a business opportunity as much as a compliance obligation, according to a Europe-wide study conducted by Finextra Research in association with CA Technologies.

04 March 2016

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Registration opens for EBAday 2016

Registration has opened for EBAday 2016, Europe's pre-eminent payments conference and exhibition, which will be staged this year in Milan.

04 March 2016

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Meet Luvo, Royal Bank of Scotland's new virtual assistant

Royal Bank of Scotland is to explore the potential of using an AI bot to answer customer queries following a successful two-month trial of the technology among 1200 staff.

04 March 2016

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Mondo takes just a minute to raise £1 million

Digital challenger bank Mondo has raised £1 million in a record-breaking one minute and 36 seconds on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.

03 March 2016

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UOB pours $10 million into crowdfunding platform

Singapore's United Overseas Bank is investing $10 million in Israeli equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd to extend financing to SMEs in South East Asia.

03 March 2016

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Blockchain recruitment heats up at major banks and vendors

Recruitment for blockchain specialists at major banks and vendors is hotting up, as Visa, Thomson Reuters and BNY Mellon post ads on job boards.

03 March 2016