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Banking value chain will be ripped apart

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Banking value chain will be ripped apart

Margaret Doyle, Head of Clients & Markets, Financial Services and Real Estate, Deloitte, talks about the impact of fintech on payments and peer-to-peer lending, the opportunities and challenges of open banking, how the industry can leverage blockchain and data and analytics, and the future of insurance in mitigating and preventing risk.

Indian banks failing to grasp the opportunities from demonetisation

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Indian banks failing to grasp the opportunities from demonetisation

Despite the impetus provided by demonetisation, Indian banks remain way behind the curve in tempting customers away from the bank branch to digital channels.

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Abu Dhabi forges Asian fintech partnership

The Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (Qianhai Authority) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) entered into a new partnership to further develop and promote closer investment and financial innovation opportunities and collaborations for enterprises in Qianhai, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi.

RBC Global Assetment Management pumps $20 million into innovation lab

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RBC Global Assetment Management pumps $20 million into innovation lab

RBC Global Asset Management is to invest $20 million to establish an in-house innovation lab, snapping up Toronto-based digital advisory firm Wiser Investments as part of the package.

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Don't fear the rise of the robots, says UK tech sector

Despite fears that the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics into the workforce will usurp jobs, 85 percent of tech experts believe they will have a positive effect on the UK economy within the next five years, according to research from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative businesses, enterprises and their investors.

Regtech now the driver of transformation for bank

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Regtech now the driver of transformation for bank

Mathew Wells, Senior Manager, Wavestone, talks about how financial institutions can leverage regtech to accelerate change through the three key phases of reacting to, adapting to and optimising compliance with new regulations.

Enterprise Ireland bids to woo startups with EUR500,000 fintech fund

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Enterprise Ireland bids to woo startups with EUR500,000 fintech fund

Enterprise Ireland has created a EUR500,000 fintech development and support fund in a bid to attract up to ten startups from across the world to set up shop in the country.

LA joins fintech fray through digital money conference

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LA joins fintech fray through digital money conference

Los Angeles is looking to jump aboard the multi-billion dollar fintech train through its first professional financial technology conference.

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Bank of Ireland hosts startlab demo day

Bank of Ireland startlab in Galway hosted its third “Demo Day” today in Eyre Square.

Roll-out challenges for digital workplace solutions

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Roll-out challenges for digital workplace solutions

Daniel Hunt, Manager, Wavestone, discusses the drivers for financial services firms to empower their staff with the collaborative cloud-based tools they use at home, the regulatory and data sensitivity challenges this presents, and the approaches they can take to prepare their back-end environments for the roll-out of digital workplace solutions.

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WEF calls for corporate consensus on blockchain

Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, could soon give rise to a new internet era even more disruptive and transformative than the current one, according to a white paper, Realizing the Potential of Blockchain, published by the World Economic Forum today.

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Singapore and Denmark sign fintech pact

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Danish FSA) yesterday signed a FinTech Co-operation Agreement which aims to help FinTech companies in Singapore and Denmark to expand into each other’s markets.

NatWest pilots AI technology to flag compliance fails in sales conversations

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NatWest pilots AI technology to flag compliance fails in sales conversations

NatWest is trialling the use of artificial intelligence technology from a company set up by a former FSA regulator to monitor and analyse the context of sales conversations recorded between clients and front-life staff.

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International RegTech Association formed

Incorporated in Switzerland on May 16, 2017, the non-profit International RegTech Association (IRTA) is a united community of individuals and organizations, with a shared vision to innovate, advance, and influence the future of Regulatory Technology (RegTech).

Nova joins the robot revolution at Nordea

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Nova joins the robot revolution at Nordea

Nordea Life and Pensions in Norway has welcomed its latest recruit, Nova, an AI-based chatbot that has been trained to respond to customer questions relating to pension and insurance in Norwegian.

Santander poaches Intuit veteran to push digital agenda

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Santander poaches Intuit veteran to push digital agenda

Banco Santander has appointed a nine-year veteran of US financial software house Intuit as chief digital and innovation officer.

Providing knowledge and access to networks is the future of banking - Rabobank CEO

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Providing knowledge and access to networks is the future of banking - Rabobank CEO

Rabobank chairman of the executive board Wiebe Draijer has given an insight into his vision for the future of banking in the fintech age, arguing that providing knowledge and access to networks, not products, will be what drives his industry.

Nets experiments with finger payments at Idea Lab

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Nets experiments with finger payments at Idea Lab

Nordic payments processor Nets is working with UK biometric company Sthaler to trial the use of finger vein recognition technology to authenticate users at the point-of-sale.

InvestCloud to open London fintech incubator

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InvestCloud to open London fintech incubator

California-based InvestCloud is opening a fintech incubator and accelerator in London, inviting firms to take advantage of its platform in developing digital wealth management tools.

Real-time more than just a new rail

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Real-time more than just a new rail

Robert Browning, UK Country Head and Leader, Product Management, Finastra (formerly D+H), talks about the technical challenges for banks of moving to instant payments, and the opportunities to build a business case by looking beyond retail into the B2B space.

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