Innovation

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The potential of machine learning in risk management

Tim Clarsen, Risk Management Specialist, Murex, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about whether AI can accelerate pricing models and optimise your capital markets infrastructure, what problem machine learning is addressing in risk management and whether the calculation of derivatives can be sped-up through the use of neural networks.

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Kotak Mahindra Bank opens API platform

Kotak Mahindra Bank has opened an API developer platform to spur third party innovation across the bank's datasets.

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Nordics P27 initiative could drive common infrastructure for direct debits

E-invoicing and direct debits stand to be transformed as a result of the P27 initiative, as well as the promotion of healthy competition among banks for new products and services, according to panellists at Finextra's NextGen Banking Nordics annual conference in Stockholm

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Eight banks make top rankings for European startup partnerships

Eight European banks have been lauded as among the top 36 corporates across the continent for their engagement with the startup ecosystem.

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Credit Suisse turns up the disruption dial

Credit Suisse has launched an annual Disruptive Technology Recognition (DTR) programme to scout out and work with top IT firms and technology startups likely to disrupt traditional enterprise IT infrastructures.

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Flag Star Bank becomes founding member of Detroit Fintech Bay

Detroit FinTech Bay today announced its first founding partner for the North American FinTech hub: Flagstar Bank, a home-grown bank with 100 branches in Michigan and home loan locations across the country.

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New competition launched to find ‘Danske Tech Stars’

Danske Bank and Women in Business have joined forces to launch a new competition that will see four local tech entrepreneurs win 12 months’ free desk space in the new Catalyst Belfast Fintech Hub co-working space.

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Banco Sabadell lists Spanish stock prices on Alexa

Amazon's Alexa can now rattle off stock prices for securities listed on the Spanish continuous market thanks to a new skill developed by Banco Sabadell.

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Client Lifecycle Management & Regulatory Compliance in APAC

Rachel Whelan, Senior Customer Success Manager at Fenergo, speaks at SIBOS 2018 in Sydney, about the core issues facing financial institutions in APAC, the benefits digitalization can offer and how Fenergo’s Global Client Community enables financial institutions to address these regulatory and operational challenges collectively.

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IndusIndbank introduces push button credit card

IndusInbank has launched an interactive credit card with push button controls for customers to choose their preferred mode of payment at the checkout.

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DBS signs MOU to support growth and innovation of financial services in Suzhou, Jiangsu

In conjunction with the 12th Singapore-Jiangsu Cooperation Council, DBS today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Suzhou Industrial Park Administration Committee (SIPAC) to support the growth and innovation of financial services in the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP).

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EU taps banks for new blockchain initiative

Several banks, including BBVA, have been invited to join a new European Union platform to promote the use of blockchain technology.

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Bitcoin price plunge fails to dilute optimism for blockchain technology

On the day of the bitcoin nosedive to the lowest price seen in 2018, LendIt Europe 2018 attendees heard former chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne reveal that the idea of a globally accepted digital currency is being advocated in political circles.

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Speech: FCA's Christopher Woolard on the Cryptoassets Taskforce

Ten years on. Cast your minds back to 2008. For many of us, the defining event of that year was the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the moment when the enormity of the financial crisis was brought home.

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FCA on the hunt for director of innovation

The Financial Conduct Authority is advertising for a new head of innovation to spearhead the watchdog's recently created Innovation Division.

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Open banking slow burn means just 22% of consumers have heard of the concept

LendIt Europe 2018 welcomed fintech enthusiasts who attended fireside chats and panel discussions on subjects such as financial inclusion, regulatory innovation and identity before coming on to the hotly debated topic of open banking.

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Japan and France sign fintech pact

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has signed two cooperation frameworks, respectively with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) of France to promote innovation in their respective markets.

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Ping An advances in Europe with EUR41.5 million investment in finleap

Finleap, the fintech venture builder behind the launch of Germany's solarisBank, has raised EUR41.5 million in an investment round led by Ping An Global Voyager Fund.

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The global adoption of real-time payments, sparking industry innovation

Paul Stoddart, Chief Executive Officer, Vocalink & Colleen Taylor, Executive Vice President, Mastercard, speak at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about recent innovations having an impact on the consumer, which markets are ahead of the curve when it comes to adopting the latest real-time applications and how some of the latest innovations have tackled the issue of security, when leveraging the real-time rails.

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Danske Bank backs Copenhagen fintech accelerator

Danske Bank has teamed up with fellow Danish FS player Nykredit to back a new Copenhagen fintech accelerator designed to attract global talent to the Nordic scene.