Latest Innovation News: Finextra Research

Omnichannel du jour

Roger Bracken, SVP & co-general manager, EMEA, First Data looks at how banks can respond to real customer demands, the impact of regulations on innovation and the practicalities of delivering across multiple channels

15 May 2014

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The moment of truth for Sepa

Erkki Poutiainen, strategy manager at Nordea Bank discusses the challenges of developing a global payments infrastructure and what future innovations could derive from Sepa.

14 May 2014

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Payments, innovation and Angry Birds

Micah Gland, CEO of the Helsinki Business Hub discusses the entrepreneurial spirit of Finland and the new wave of FinTech innovation.

29 April 2014

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Fun and functional Finland

Jussi Pajunen, the Mayor of Helsinki invites global businesses to visit Finland to take advantage of its innovative environment.

28 April 2014

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The unique position of building societies

Robin Fieth, Chief Executive of the Building Societies Association (BSA) discusses what every board needs to know about technology but might be afraid to ask, the rise of digital and innovations that are changing the way consumers and businesses make payments, in the run-up to the annual BSA conference 7/8 May in Manchester, sponsored by HP.

24 April 2014

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Open for business in Finland

Bruce Oreck, US Ambassador to Finland talks about the culture of innovation in the Nordics and creating an open Embassy for US business in the region prior to this year's EBADay in Helsinki.

24 April 2014

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Adding value through simplicity and collaboration

Casper von Koskull, EVP, head of wholesale banking, Nordea Bank looks at how important partnerships and collaboration are for transaction banks when looking to offer more innovative and commercially viable solutions.

07 April 2014

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The real-time payments experience

Paul Thomalla, SVP and general manager for EMEA and Craig Saks, EVP and chief product officer both at ACI Worldwide look at the strategies banks can employ in order to provide new and innovative payments experiences.

01 April 2014

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Offering corporates efficiency and simplicity

Cindy Murray, head of global treasury product platforms and eChannels at Bank of America Merrill Lynch discusses the need for automation and efficiency in transaction banking offerings as well as how to meet corporate demands for simplicity and ease of use.

26 March 2014

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Keeping safe in a digital world

Alastair Paterson, CEO of Digital Shadows, explains who the service is targeted towards, its purpose and its relationship to European data protection laws.

25 March 2014

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Finding space in the crowded mPOS market

Cristina Bonaccurso, CEO of Ringpay, discusses the lessons Ringpay learnt from Square, why it uses barcodes and not NFC technology, and the importance of design in payment applications.

17 March 2014

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Customer behaviour and the digital age

Travers Clarke-Walker, MD at Fiserv discusses how banks can create an all-encompassing strategy to manage customer channels.

11 March 2014

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Using Twitter to discover market trends

Paul Hawtin, CEO of sentiment-analysis investment managers Cayman Atlantic, talks about the firm's social-media basis, the kind of data being used and the returns it's seeing.

06 March 2014

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What will it take to crack mobile commerce?

Hooman Mazaheri, CEO, Europe at Znap, explains why it will take more than just a payments app to crack the mobile commerce market.

04 March 2014

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How does Orange Cash work?

Carole Le Cunff, head of communications, NFC and payments programme, Orange, discusses the Orange Cash pre-paid mobile app and demos a transaction.

28 February 2014

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Barclaycard enters the mPOS fray

Paulette Rowe, MD of global payment acceptance, and James Gardiner, mPOS product manager, explain what makes Barclaycard Anywhere different, the strategy for mPOS, and what's holding back wide-scale deployment.

27 February 2014

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What's the SmartPass strategy?

Ibo Sanz, in-country mobile commerce director, Vodafone Spain, talks about the Vodafone SmartPass strategy, the recent Host Card Emulation announcements and partnerships with La Caixa and Visa.

26 February 2014

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What problem does HCE solve for mobile payments?

James Anderson, group head emerging payments, MasterCard Worldwide and Albert Figueras Moreno, credit cards and consumer finance manager, Banco Sabadell discuss Host Card Emulation and the future of mobile payments.

25 February 2014

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Visa at Mobile World Congress

Mary Carol Harris, director of mobile at Visa discusses where the firm is focusing in mobile payments, what the industry has achieved so far, and ambitions for 2014.

25 February 2014

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Acceleration of mobile payments in Europe

Wolfgang Seibert, senior business leader, VP, non-traditional customers and business development and Milan Gauder, head of emerging payments Europe, both of MasterCard discuss the integration of cards and mobile for payments in Central Europe.

25 February 2014