Latest Innovation News: Finextra Research

Diary app for autism wins 24-hour Deutsche Bank and Autistica Hackathon

Deutsche Bank and autism research charity Autistica have developed a prototype app to help young people with autism to understand and manage anxiety.

15 November 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Blockchain too important to ignore

Falk Rieker, Global Head of Banking Business Unit at SAP, discusses the progress of blockchain during the past year, and the importance of collaboration among banks - and between banks and vendors - to derive the maximum benefits from the technology across a range of financial services sectors in the future.

15 November 2016

Company update/Innovation

Monzo seeks head of partnerships

We're looking for someone to build useful partnerships that position Monzo at the heart of our customers’ financial lives.

14 November 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Secrets to payments hub success

Freddy Khoo, Head, Wholesale Banking Operations at AmBank Berhad, talks about the risk and service drivers to implement a payments hub, the challenges of integrating with internal and external systems and how to ensure integrity and security are enhanced not diminished in the process.

14 November 2016

Company update/Innovation

German and Dutch fintech associations hold matchmaking event

Holland FinTech and Frankfurt Main Finance are pleased to announce that the first Joint International FinTech Matchmaking Event in Amsterdam held at Kempen & Co last Friday was a big success.

14 November 2016

Company update/Innovation

PwC launches new digital currency service

PwC has today launched a new fintech capability called Vulcan Digital Asset Services to enable digital assets to be used for everyday banking, commerce and other personal currency and asset related services.

14 November 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Avoid pain of point solutions for PSD2, real-time

Alex Kwiatkowski, Senior Strategist, Banking and Digital Channels, Misys and Paul Curry, Product Manager, Payments and Messaging at Misys, discuss how data is the lifeblood of banks looking to capitalise on open banking opportunities and the need to tackle PSD2 and real-time payments with end-to-end strategies, rather than one challenge at a time.

14 November 2016

News/Innovation

Finstar appoints CEO to oversee new fintech investment unit

Private equity outfit Finstar Financial has appointed Mark Ruddock from Wonga to oversee a new corporate venture group that will look for opportunities in the fintech space.

14 November 2016

News/Innovation

ANZ and DBS open new labs to coincide with Singapore Fintech Festival

The opening of new innovation labs by ANZ and DBS in Singapore signal the start of a week-long Fintech Festival organised by the island state's central bank in partnership with the Association of Banks in Singapore.

14 November 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

A tipping point for cloud

Michael Mueller, Chief Executive, Form3 Financial Cloud, discusses drivers for change in the payments industry, the challenges these create for banks and how technologies such as cloud can help.

14 November 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

A more balanced view of blockchain

Thomas Zeeb, Chief Executive Officer, SIX Securities Services, discusses the progression of thinking about blockchain during the past year, potential applications of blockchain for market infrastructures, and the need to tackle innovation from a business perspective first.

11 November 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Plugging blockchain into a 40 year tradition

Brian Bellendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger, talks about what’s needed to raise the floor around blockchain technology in financial services, how blockchain fits with existing common technology platforms in the industry, and what people will be saying about blockchain at SIbos 2017.

11 November 2016

News/Innovation

Indian bank introduces robotic branch staffer

City Union Bank's latest branch recruit is a humanoid robot dubbed Lakshmi who has been trained to answer generic customer queries on 125 subjects.

11 November 2016

News/Innovation

London-Shanghai Stock Connect gets green light; fintech bridge to China agreed

Plans for London-Shanghai Stock Connect have been greenlighted by the British Government as the country looks to expand global trade ties in a post-Brexit world.

11 November 2016

Company update/Innovation

Monetary Authority of Singapore issues first set of data APIs

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that it is publishing 12 sets of data from MAS’ Monthly Statistical Bulletin as Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) on the MAS website.

11 November 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

A fintech melting pot in Scotland

Graham Hatton, International Senior Executive (Fintech), Scottish Development International, talks about how to break down barriers between start-ups and large institutions and efforts to attract inward investment to foster fintech development in the UK regions.

11 November 2016

News/Innovation

New lending platform targets underserved communities

A new $100 million Clinton Foundation-sponsored platform bidding to take on predatory online lenders by offering America's underserved communities a low-cost alternative, is opening its doors for beta testing.

11 November 2016

News/Innovation

BofE uses accelerator to gain real-world fintech experience

The Bank of England is using its new fintech accelerator to work with startups on developing proof-of-concepts (POCs) in data analytics, information security and distributed ledgers.

11 November 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

PSD2 is beginning – not end – for APIs

Aubrey Hawes, Senior Director Product Marketing, Oracle, talks about how banks should look beyond PSD2 requirements in their approaches to open APIs, the importance of experimentation to shape banking-as-a-service thinking, and the need to consider how to consumer – not just deliver – APIs.

10 November 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Tying innovation to customer needs

Diane Reyes, Global Head of Liquidity and Cash Management, HSBC, talks about how wholesale customers are leveraging mobile, and the need for banks and fintechs to partner to create viable end to end solutions.

10 November 2016