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News/Innovation
Self-awareness and faith in the workforce will enable organisational cultural change as the bedrock of digital transformation, delegates at Finextra's annual Nordics conference heard.
27 November 2018
News/devops
At this year’s Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference, research vice president and agenda manager Bob Gill from the advisory firm suggested that banks in need of improving customer experience must look at what the big tech players are doing.
Kotak Mahindra Bank has opened an API developer platform to spur third party innovation across the bank's datasets.
23 November 2018
E-invoicing and direct debits stand to be transformed as a result of the P27 initiative, as well as the promotion of healthy competition among banks for new products and services, according to panellists at Finextra's NextGen Banking Nordics annual conference in Stockholm
News/startups
Eight European banks have been lauded as among the top 36 corporates across the continent for their engagement with the startup ecosystem.
Credit Suisse has launched an annual Disruptive Technology Recognition (DTR) programme to scout out and work with top IT firms and technology startups likely to disrupt traditional enterprise IT infrastructures.
Amazon's Alexa can now rattle off stock prices for securities listed on the Spanish continuous market thanks to a new skill developed by Banco Sabadell.
22 November 2018
IndusInbank has launched an interactive credit card with push button controls for customers to choose their preferred mode of payment at the checkout.
Several banks, including BBVA, have been invited to join a new European Union platform to promote the use of blockchain technology.
21 November 2018
On the day of the bitcoin nosedive to the lowest price seen in 2018, LendIt Europe 2018 attendees heard former chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne reveal that the idea of a globally accepted digital currency is being advocated in political circles.
News/regulation
The Financial Conduct Authority is advertising for a new head of innovation to spearhead the watchdog's recently created Innovation Division.
20 November 2018
LendIt Europe 2018 welcomed fintech enthusiasts who attended fireside chats and panel discussions on subjects such as financial inclusion, regulatory innovation and identity before coming on to the hotly debated topic of open banking.
Finleap, the fintech venture builder behind the launch of Germany's solarisBank, has raised EUR41.5 million in an investment round led by Ping An Global Voyager Fund.
19 November 2018
Danske Bank has teamed up with fellow Danish FS player Nykredit to back a new Copenhagen fintech accelerator designed to attract global talent to the Nordic scene.
16 November 2018
News/payments
The Singapore Fintech Festival yesterday played host to a quartet of distinct cross-border and digital currency payment initiatives, drawing in United Overseas bank, Grab, Ripple and the country's central bank.
15 November 2018
InnoCells, the digital business hub of Banco Sabadell, has contributed $10 million to Silicon Valley venture fund Base10.
Singapore's status as a top fintech hub has been boosted by the news that Bank of China and Deutsche Bank have both opened innovation labs on the island.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is consulting on the creation of a 'Sandbox Express', to relieve users experimenting with low risk solutions of the cumbersome application and approval process demanded under its existing approach.
14 November 2018
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has stated the case for central bank backed digital (CBDC) currencies, arguing for a greater role for the state in managing the retreat from cash in developed economies.
Using blockchain technology to help manage payments made to Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) could have huge time and money saving benefits, a trial involving CBA and the nation's scientific research agency CSIRO has found.
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