Latest Innovation News: Finextra Research

Binary option brokers bring in bitcoin trading

Binary options brokers SetOption and TradeRush have begun offering trading in bitcoin, giving speculators the chance to take advantage of the virtual currency's volatility.

21 June 2013

News/Innovation

Icap invests in portfolio reporting and data analytics firm EFM

Interdealer broker Icap has made a strategic investment in Enso Financial Management (EFM), an early-stage provider of portfolio reporting and data analytics services to hedge funds and asset managers.

20 June 2013

News/Innovation

Voicekey unveils biometric iPhone app

A UK voice biometrics start-up has launched an iPhone app it says could replace PINs as a way to validate financial transactions.

19 June 2013

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Barclays extends mobile payments to retailers with Buyit

Barclays customers will soon be able to use their Pingit mobile payments app to make purchases by scanning QR codes on adverts, the bank's managing director of cash management, Richard Martin, has told Finextra.

19 June 2013

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ERN raises $1.6m for big data loyalty platform

ERN, the UK-based start-up behind a platform that allows banks and merchants to aggregate and analyse data generated by card transactions, has raised $1.6 million in seed funding.

19 June 2013

News/Innovation

UK banking standards report: key takeaways

A government-sponsored report into falling banking standards in the UK has made a raft of significant recommendations, ranging from the jailing of senior bankers for reckless management practices, encouraging more competition from new 'challenger' banks, and placing more women on the trading floor.

19 June 2013

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The future of the mobile wallet

Mark Hartley, chief innovation officer at Clear2Pay discusses the future of the mobile wallet and offers highlights from the recent Finextra survey 'Monetising Payments'.

19 June 2013

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Barclays extends mobile payments to retailers with Buyit

The ability to pay bills and purchase retail items via QR codes is a core part of the Pingit mobile payments service, and soon-to-be-launched Buyit service, from Barclays says Richard Martin, MD, cash management at Barclays.

19 June 2013

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SAP launches capital markets tech contest for students

IT giant SAP has launched a contest for American financial engineering university students, inviting them to pitch technology ideas that will help shape the future of capital markets.

18 June 2013

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Cashing in on the mobile wallet

Pol Navarro, head of direct channels and innovation at Banco Sabadell, talks to Finextra about the barriers and potential uses of the mobile wallet.

18 June 2013

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Swedish Mpos vendor iZettle poised for global expansion

Ignacio Garcia, managing director, iZettle Spain discusses how the vendor increased Mpos adoption by 25% in Sweden and how the recent €5 million investment from Banco Santander will expedite their global expansion.

17 June 2013

Finextra TV/Innovation

PKO Bank fights the good fight against cash

Wojciech Bolanowski, managing director of Electronic Banking, PKO Bank Polski explains to Finextra how their IKO Project, an account based mobile payments service for Poland, is not a fight against the cards market.

17 June 2013

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Preventing retail banking fraud

Giles Nelson, deputy chief technology officer at Progress Software discusses how to detect and prevent retail banking fraud.

17 June 2013

News/Innovation

E-commerce verification outfit Trustev wins EC start-up competition

Trustev, an Irish firm which uses 'social fingerprinting' technology to verify online shoppers in real time, has won the European Commission's Tech All Stars competition.

14 June 2013

News/Innovation

Credit union fills branches with 'technology champions' to push mobile services

An American credit union has put a 'technology champion' in every one of its 76 branches to help members get up to speed with its mobile and online services.

14 June 2013

News/Innovation

PKO Bank fights the good fight against cash

Wojciech Bolanowski, managing director of Electronic Banking, PKO Bank Polski explains to Finextra how the firm's IKO Project, an account based mobile payments service for Poland, is not a fight against the cards market.

14 June 2013

News/Innovation

Swedish Mpos vendor iZettle poised for global expansion

Ignacio Garcia, managing director, iZettle Spain discusses how the vendor increased Mpos adoption by 25% in Sweden and how the recent €5 million investment from Banco Santander will expedite its global expansion.

14 June 2013

News/Innovation

CommBank to launch Support Community as part of online overhaul

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is to launch an online forum and information exchange where customers and bank staff can search for support and advice and engage in discussions for on-the-spot query resolution.

13 June 2013

News/Innovation

Twitter and Chase offer small businesses $1m in free advertising

Twitter is handing over $1 million in advertising credits to Chase small business customers as part of a wider partnership aimed at helping firms tap into the social network.

13 June 2013

Finextra TV/Innovation

Mpos sparks merchants' interest

Erik Holst-Roness, chief strategy officer, SCCP Group discusses how mobile point of sale is gaining interest from large enterprises as well as corporates using Mpos for B2B and B2C sales.

13 June 2013