Latest Innovation News: Finextra Research

Charting the future of European payments

Marc Bayle de Jesse, Director General, Market Infrastructure and Payments, ECB, Hays Littlejohn, Chief Executive Officer, EBA Clearing, and Saskia Devolder, Managing Director/Head of Western and Central Europe, SWIFT, talk at Sibos 2017 about developments in real-time payments and how banks can maximise their investments in payments change.

01 November 2017

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The test of new technology

Parviz Peiravi, CTO Financial Services, Intel, talks about the main technology trends at Sibos 2017, what he thinks will emerge in the coming year, how financial institutions are adopting the new technology and what they can do next to build foundations that will enable them to take advantage of these new developments.

01 November 2017

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Enabling initiatives to harmonise and innovate

Benoit Desserre, Head of Global Transaction Banking, Société Générale, talks about SocGen’s digital transformation project, what needs to be improved in terms of existing corporate-to-bank flows and what progress has been made on key industry initiatives to harmonise and innovate using a client-orientated mindset in order to deliver value to customers.

31 October 2017

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Trends, risks and opportunities in the retail payments market

Simon Eacott, Head of Innovation and Business Development, NatWest, talks at Sibos 2017 about the main trends transforming the payments market from immediate changes such as digitalisation and contactless to regulation and open banking, which together provide risks and opportunities across the market.

31 October 2017

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Security should be at the top of the agenda

Paul Stoddart, Chief Executive Officer, Vocalink, talks at Sibos 2017 about where we will see the largest innovations in the rapidly moving world of payments, which regions will be affected most, how payments companies can ensure they keep up with the pace and how customers will benefit.

31 October 2017

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The rise of omnichannel digital banking

Jouk Pleiter, CEO & Founder, Backbase, talks at Sibos 2017 about how banks and their customers can benefit from them having omnichannel digital strategies, how well corporate banks are delivering seamless customer experience and consistency across multiple channels and how banks can move away from their legacy systems towards a more unified approach.

31 October 2017

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Hype vs reality in the context of AI

Alan Trefler, CEO & Founder, PEGA, talks at Sibos 2017 about the transformation of AI and robotics in financial firms, whether we should take a step back and assess the risks of an AI apocalypse and what approach banks and start ups should take when implementing AI and robotics.

31 October 2017

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TransferWise to sell new shares to cement unicorn status

The two founders of start-up foreign exchange service TransferWise are reported to be preparing a sale of some of their shares in a further round of fundraising that could see the company's valuation exceed £1.2 billion, consolidating its unicorn status.

31 October 2017

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20+ banks and R3 plan DLT-based cross-border payment platform

Blockchain consortium R3 and 22 of its member banks have collaborated on the development of a cross-border payments platform built using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

31 October 2017

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Japan's banks plan 33,000 job cuts in digital downsizing

Japan's megabanks are planning to make huge, long-term cuts to their workforces as they increasingly turn to artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in a bid to streamline operations and cut costs.

31 October 2017

News/Innovation

Bank of Ireland backs open ecosystem for innovation

Dave Tighe, head of open enterprise and innovation for Bank of Ireland explains how the bank is nurturing Irish entrepreneurs with partnerships, funds, mentoring and collaborative work spaces.

31 October 2017

Company update/Innovation

Blockchain startup Zilliqa adds banking veterans to advisory board

Zilliqa, an anticipated high-speed Blockchain platform created by researchers at the National University of Singapore, has announced that Alexander Lipton, CEO of Stronghold Labs, and Stuart Prior, a fintech veteran with 20+ years of experience in Corporate and Investment banking technology, have joined the project as senior advisors.

30 October 2017

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Disruption is the new norm

Mike Blalock, General Manager Financial Services, Intel, talks at Sibos 2017 about the transforming financial service sector and the drivers behind it, what trends we can expect to see from 2018, how they will disrupt the sector and how engaging in strategic partnerships will allow banks and service providers to both keep up and flourish next year.

30 October 2017

News/Innovation

BNP Paribas seeks to capitalise on employee 'intrapreneurship' with Alpha programme

BNP Paribas is hoping to unlock the entrepreneurial talents of its staffers through a new programme that sees employees from around the world invited to submit ideas that can help the bank succeed in the digital age, with the best pitches then developed in a startup-style environment.

30 October 2017

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Looking towards a more fragmented future

Mike Thrower, Managing Director, Head of Sales, EMEA, Broadridge Financial Solutions, talks at Sibos 2017 about the opportunities presented to banks to accelerate profitable growth through innovation, whether banks’ risks frameworks will face up to the challenges ahead and if markets are coping with increasing regulatory requirements.

30 October 2017

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Changing expectations and staying relevant

Erik Zingmark, Co-Head of Transaction Banking, Nordea, talks at Sibos 2017 about why Nordea is so keen to collaborate with banks, the risks banks can expect to see when embracing new ways of developing customer-facing solutions and how banks can prepare for the changes heading their way in the future.

30 October 2017

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Bank CIOs put AI, APIs and legacy modernisation at top of transformation agenda

Banking and investment services CIOs are increasingly convinced that their old business models and existing value propositions will not be sustainable in the future, according to a survey from Gartner.

30 October 2017

Company update/Innovation

Singapore puts fintech innovation at heart of growth strategy

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today released the industry transformation map (ITM) for financial services, which outlined growth strategies by business lines, programmes for upgrading skills, and an agenda for continuous innovation and technology adoption.

30 October 2017

Company update/Innovation

Fintech Australia publishes ecosystem map

FinTech Australia has published a new member ecosystem map which illustrates the extraordinary growth in Australia’s fintech industry in just four months.

30 October 2017

News/Innovation

Digital, connected, client-centric: a new model for corporate banking – new Finextra report

Corporates have made massive leaps in digitally transforming their services and it is ringing change within the corporate banking ecosystem. A new research paper from Finextra, produced in association with Oracle, explores the need for a new ecosystem.

27 October 2017