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Diebold and Samsung to demo biometric ATM

Diebold Nixdorf, the leader in driving connected commerce, and Samsung SDS America ("Samsung") are teaming up to showcase how integrating advanced mobile technology—such as facial recognition—and the self-service channel can lead to enhanced security and an improved consumer experience.

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NatWest opens corporate digital design studio in Bristol

NatWest is to move 80 tech staff to a new 'digital centre of excellence' in Bristol UK as it prepares for the imminent roll out of new online banking and mobile services for corporate customers.

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Asset managers fear disruption as digital technology comes of age

Typically sluggish adopters of new technology, asset managers are slowly waking up to the threats posed by the emergence of faster and cheaper digital rivals, with fully 80% of industry participants expecting significant disruption in the industry over the next ten years.

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Former UBS innovation lead establishes cryptocurrency fund

Europe's first diversified Cryptocurrency Fund Crypto Fund AG is launching the Cryptocurrency Fund, which will be based on the Cryptocurrency Index, investing in the most important cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ether, Ripple, and other well-established cryptocurrencies.

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Emirates Islamic to put cheques on a blockchain

Emirates Islamic is to use a combination of QR codes and blockchain technology to bolster fraud prevention for old-fashioned paper cheques.

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The challenge of adding value when not selling

James Eardley, Global Director – Industry Marketing at SAP | hybris, discusses the gap between banks’ belief that they are working hard to engage customers and the extent to which customers feel it (demonstrated in recent research with Finextra), the need for banks to increase engagement by educating customers to make more use of the products they have already, and how banks can exploit data to better know their customers – and better serve them in the periods when they don’t want to buy financial products.

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BBVA sets up Global Patent Office

BBVA has set up a Global Patent Office to work with inhouse engineering and development teams to protect IP rights in new products as they emerge from the laboratory.

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Those living the life have best insights on inclusion

Julius Akinyemi, MIT Media Lab Entrepreneur in Residence, talks about how to tackle systemic problems, such as a lack of property rights and commodity financial markets, to boost financial inclusion in Africa – and share some of the innovative thinking required to incentivise change and secure win-win outcomes.

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The proliferation of ‘living services’

James Dickerson, Product Director, Financial Services, Accenture, talks about the digitisation of everything, liquid expectations, and their impact on the competitive landscape for banks.

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Monetary Authority of Singapore and Asba sign fintech co-operation agreement

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Supervisors of Banks of the Americas (ASBA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to bolster FinTech ties between Singapore and the Americas.

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Nasdaq joins €7M funding round in French blockchain outfit Stratumn

Nasdaq has joined a €7M series A funding round in a French startup, Stratumn, which utilises distributed ledger technology and advanced cryptography to streamline and secure the exchange of regulatory reporting data.

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MiFID II biggest thing for trading since Big Bang

Peter Moss, CEO, SmartStream Reference Data Utility, talks about the reference data demands of MiFID II, the need for data to be blended for ease of use, and options for firms to access data in a form they can exploit without having to do all the work themselves.

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Banks are moving from systems of scale to systems of change

Mike Blalock, General Manager, Intel Financial Services, discusses the progress of digitalisation, the potential of AI, the need for banks to fix their data and their cultures to progress with both, and how technology can underpin banks’ transition to lifestyle companies.

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Carrefour Banque offers instant activation of off-the-shelf C-zam account with Gemalto Digital PIN

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, is supplying Market Pay, a payment institution wholly-owned by Carrefour Group, with payment cards and a Digital PIN solution for C-zam.

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Homegrown API channels make little sense

Niall Buckley, Head of Digital Ecosystems, AIB, talks about the technology and business challenges for banks of implementing open APIs, industries can look to for insights in how to address these, and the likely adoption pattern of open banking over the coming years.

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Charting the impact of MiFID II on best execution

David Ririe, UK Managing Director, b-next, talks about the data and client related challenges created by the best execution requirements of MiFID II, and discusses some of the solutions that can be applied.

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Only banks that become 'digital houses' will survive forthcoming disruption - BBVA chief

BBVA chairman Francisco González says that banks need to shed their past and image as 'incumbents' and transform into new digital technology companies if they are to prosper in a banking environment dominated by technologically astute competitors.

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Former Citicorp CIO Sharma joins Singapore's Latize

Latize, a Singapore based data startup, is taking aim at the global financial services sector.

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Ingenico joins with European startup platform The Family

Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of Ingenico Group, today announced that it has partnered with The Family, a pan-European platform for startups and entrepreneurs.

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Coinsilium invests in blockchain-powered professional social network Indorse

Coinsilium Group Limited (NEX: COIN), the accelerator that finances and manages the development of early-stage blockchain technology companies, is pleased to announce the completion of its investment of SG$100,000 (circa £56,100) in Indorse Pte. Ltd. through a convertible loan agreement.