Latest Innovation News: Finextra Research

Blockchain won’t be as disruptive as people think

Cian Burke, Head of Securities Services, HSBC discusses why big data and data analytics still dominate conversations, and the effect distributed ledger technology may have on post-trade and operations.

21 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

Mahindra Finance launches global fintech challenge

One of the leading Indian Financial Institutions, Mahindra Finance, is looking to evaluate innovative fintech solutions for its SME financing business through an innovation challenge.

21 October 2016

News/Innovation

Mitsubishi trades virtual currency rewards for employee health and overtime checks

Mitsubishi UFJ is testing the use of virtual currency rewards for employees who reduce their overtime hours and practice a healthy lifestyle.

21 October 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Digital a big opportunity for small banks

Astrid Stolbrink, Head of FSI EMEA Services, SAP, talks about smaller established banks’ advantages when it comes to providing banking anywhere, anytime, and how they can approach breaking down the silos in their organisations to realise this opportunity.

20 October 2016

News/Innovation

Banks test Ripple digital asset for cross-border payments

A dozen member banks of the R3 distributed ledger consortium have been trialling Ripple's network and native currency to tackle the costs and inefficiencies of interbank cross-border payments.

20 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

Innovation tipped to play critical role in managing hedge funds

Hedge fund managers are innovating and increasing their investment in technology to create new competitive advantages and to address regulatory and operational issues, according to a new study by KPMG International, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and Managed Funds Association (MFA) titled Transformative Change: How innovation and technology are shaping an industry.

20 October 2016

News/Innovation

SocGen opens tech hub for digital drive

Societe Generale has unveiled a massive technology hub, christened 'The Dunes', that it says symbolises the bank's digital transformation.

20 October 2016

News/Innovation

Eckoh brings Apple Pay to voice calls

Eckoh and WorldPay have carried out what they claim is the world's first Apple Pay payment via a phone voice call.

20 October 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

There is no one-size-fits-all to instant pricing

Trevor LaFleche, Dovetail, speaks about the findings of the Finextra and Dovetail research paper on the pricing of instant payments, and what banks should be doing in light of the changing climate.

19 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

Azimo pushes the button on voice-activated money transfer through Siri

Azimo, the money transfer service with the largest digital network, today launches a brand new version of its mobile app, designed to revolutionise the mobile transfer experience for both Apple and Android users.

19 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

Vestmark unveils robo-advice platform

Vestmark, the leading provider of Unified Wealth Management® solutions, announced today the VestmarkONE Robo Solution.

19 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

Walmart to apply blockchain to supply chain

As Walmart (NYSE: WMT) opened its new Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center in Beijing today, IBM (NYSE: IBM), Walmart and Tsinghua University announced a collaboration to improve the way food is tracked, transported and sold to consumers across China.

19 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

Symbiont releases enterprise-ready distributed ledger

Symbiont today announced the release of a software development kit for Assembly, the permissioned distributed ledger component of Symbiont's smart contracts system.

19 October 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

The payments cake is growing

Jean-Francois Denis, Deputy Global Head of Cash Management, BNP Paribas and Christophe Vergne, Payments and World Payments Report Leader, Capgemini, talk about the double digit growth revealed in the latest World Payments Report and how this paves the way for banks to launch new instruments, and explore the transformational regulatory landscape and how banks need to react to corporates’ demands for more digitalisation of support functions.

19 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

BMO announces three winners for Next Big Idea in Fintech contest

BMO Financial Group and the DMZ have announced the three winners for 'The Next Big Idea in Fintech'.

19 October 2016

Finextra TV/Innovation

Effectiveness key for financial crime compliance

Nicolas Stuckens, Head of Sanctions compliance services, SWIFT, talks about how the compliance discussion has evolved to place a real focus on better fighting financial crime, and on how to leverage utilities to access best of breed solutions, standards and market practice and achieve better quality and effectiveness.

19 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

Startupbootcamp secures £1 million investment from Eos to fund InsurTech cohort

Startupbootcamp InsurTech, the leading independent accelerator focused on early stage insurance startups and corporate innovation, announces agreement with Eos Venture Partners of up to £1 million in funding for the cohort joining its 2017 program.

19 October 2016

Company update/Innovation

Symphony opens developer platform

Symphony Software Foundation (the Foundation), the nonprofit organization fostering open innovation around the Symphony secure productivity platform, today announced the upcoming availability of an Open Developer Platform access to Symphony.

19 October 2016

News/Innovation

In-store mobile payments fail to take off in North America

The number of North Americans using their mobile phones for payments at the point of sale has remained flat over the last year, despite growing awareness of the technology and a drop off in the popularity of cash, according to a survey from Accenture.

19 October 2016

News/Innovation

Malaysia sets out fintech sandbox framework

Malaysia is the latest country to set up a fintech regulatory sandbox in an effort to help startups experiment with new products and services in a safe environment.

19 October 2016