Latest Innovation News: Finextra Research

Deutsche Bank opens third party developer portal

Deutsche Bank has opened a developer portal to enable third party coders to run the bank's APIs and create new financial applications.

01 November 2016

News/Innovation

Self Bank offers remote customer registration with video-conferencing

Self Bank, the Spanish online banking subsidiary of French financial group Boursorama, is using a combination of video-conferencing, biometrics and electronic signatures, to cut registration times for new customers joining the bank.

01 November 2016

News/Innovation

Mastercard releases blockchain APIs

Not to be outdone by rival Visa, Mastercard is stepping up its interest in distributed ledger technology, quietly adding three blockchain APIs to its developer site

31 October 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Technology is key enabler for new lending models

Frederic Nze, CEO, Oakam, outlines the changes in the short to medium term lending market and how technology is powering new models.

31 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

Morningstar appoints two tech execs

Morningstar, Inc. (MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced the appointment of Mitch Shue to chief technology officer and James Rhodes to chief data officer.

31 October 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Machine learning unlocks data insights

Mike Blalock, General Manager - Financial Services Industry, Intel and Andy Hirst, VP Banking Solutions, SAP discuss the role of machine learning – and the chief data officer – in enabling banks to maximise the value of their data assets and drive forward with digital transformation.

31 October 2016

News/Innovation

Swiss railway operator to sell Bitcoin at ticket machines

Travelers on Switzerland's railways will soon be able to buy Bitcoin at more than 1000 ticket machines.

31 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

Andrew Pinder named as 'Implementation Trustee' for UK open banking programme

The creation of a revolutionary new way to access financial services is underway, following the appointment of an Implementation Trustee to lead delivery of the open banking API standard.

31 October 2016

News/Innovation

Nigel Verdon rides the rails with banking-as-a-platform startup

RailsBank, a fintech startup led serial entrepreneur Nigel Verdon, is the latest arrival in the increasingly crowded banking-as-a-platform market.

31 October 2016

News/Innovation

Former Barclays chief Jenkins launches fintech startup

Antony Jenkins, the former Barclays Bank boss who last year forecast a 50% cut in bank branches and staffing due to digital upheavals in the sector, has launched his own API-driven fintech startup.

31 October 2016

News/Innovation

Blockchain adoption unlikely to affect bank ratings in the near term - S&P

Standard & Poor's does not see blockchain technology having any near-term impact on assessments of bank stability, but the ratings agency acknowledges that it could deal a significant blow to traditional business models over the longer term.

28 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

First National Bank to stage CodeOne hackathon

First National Bank, a division of First National of Nebraska, the largest privately owned banking company in the United States, will once again host its highly regarded CodeOne Hackathon.

28 October 2016

News/Innovation

YES Bank integrates ToneTag tech for sound-based payments

India's YES Bank has deployed the ToneTag software development kit to enable payments via soundwaves over its YES Pay mobile wallet.

28 October 2016

News/Innovation

OCBC enables cash transfers via Siri and iMessage

OCBC Bank claims to be the first bank in Asia to enable voice transactions via Apple's virtual assistant Siri and in-app with iMessage.

28 October 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Cookie cutter no good for corporate payments

Ebru Pakcan, Global Head of Payments and Receivables, Citi, talks about the specific needs of corporates for cross-border payments and how banks can address them, and the potential for collaboration between banks and fintechs to generate end-to-end client value.

28 October 2016

News/Innovation

CBA takes pop-up innovation lab on a tour of Australia

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is taking a pop-up innovation lab on a tour of the country to demonstrate to local business communities the latest technologies that are set to transform the banking industry.

28 October 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Real-time is a global phenomenon

David Yates, CEO, VocaLink, speaks about the key trends that have driven the payments industry this year, what opportunities real-time brings for US banks, and the results of The Millennial Influence research.

27 October 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Fintech is a new friend for banks

Stephanie Wolf, Head of Global Financial Institutions, Public Sector Banking and Canada Sales, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, discusses how fintechs can help transaction banks to deliver products and services more quickly, the need for banks to be nimble to respond to the shifting global trade environment and the outlook for correspondent banking over the next 3-5 years.

27 October 2016

News/Innovation

CIBC teams with Borrowell to offer 'one-click' loans

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is partnering with alternative finance startup Borrowell to offer "one-click" online lending for clients.

27 October 2016

News/Innovation

OCC sets up fintech innovation office

A top US regulatory body, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), is to set up a dedicated innovation office to "identify, understand, and respond" to the changing banking landscape.

27 October 2016