Latest Innovation News: Finextra Research

HSBC promises $17bn investment in technology

Europe's biggest bank HSBC is planning to invest between $15-$17bn in new technology as part of a new growth strategy announced by its chief executive John Flint.

12 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

LendInvest joins Luxembourg fintech hub

LendInvest, the UK’s leading online marketplace platform for property finance, has become a fellow of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT), the country’s leading FinTech innovation hub.

12 June 2018

News/Innovation

Enterprise Ireland launches fintech fund

Ireland's state-owned economic development agency Enterprise Ireland has announced the launch of a €750,000 Competitive Start Fund for promising fintech startups.

12 June 2018

News/Innovation

Live: EBAday2018, day one

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Munich this week for EBAday 2018, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

12 June 2018

Finextra TV/Innovation

Digital to the Core

David Arnott, CEO, Temenos, talks at the Temenos Community Forum about the theme 'Digital to the Core', what business models and technology advancements banks need to make in preparation for platformification and what banks can do to stay competitive.

11 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

Bank of Ireland invites seven companies to join New York Innovation lab

Bank of Ireland is delighted announce that Tandem HR Solutions, Surf Accounts, CitySwifter, Aylien, Fund Recs, LoyLap and mADme will join the Bank of Ireland Innovation Lab New York programme which will see them gain access to free incubation space in New York City.

11 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

Ireland bids for blcochain hub status

Blockchain Ireland, a leading source of information on the Irish blockchain ecosystem, was launched today by the Irish Blockchain Expert Group (IBEG), led by IDA Ireland.

11 June 2018

News/Innovation

London claims to be AI capital of Europe

Not content with being Europe's leading fintech hub, London is also staking a claim to the role of the EU's Artificial Intelligence (AI) capital, home to double the number of AI companies than closest rivals Paris and Berlin combined

11 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

SuperCharger HK 2018 raises US$14.4m and seals 47 commercial deals

SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator and Standard Chartered demonstrated the success of its programme for a third year running.

08 June 2018

News/Innovation

Northern Trust applies for blockchain patents

Northern Trust, one of the few financial firms in the world to have a implemented a live distributed ledger application, has applied for two new blockchain-related patents in digital identity and meeting management.

08 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

Monzo joins with IFTTT to help customers create their own applets

We believe that a truly smart bank should empower people to manage their money in a way that suits them. Today, we’re proud to announce that we’re the first bank to partner with the world’s largest automation platform — IFTTT!

07 June 2018

Finextra TV/Innovation

Having a thorough understanding of AI

Clara Durodié, Founder and CEO, Cognitive Finance Group, talks at NextGen Banking London: The AI Revolution, about the next generation of AI, how far the industry has progressed with AI, what the greatest advancements have been so far and what vision banks need when beginning their AI journey.

07 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

DNB Payments Strategy 2018 - 2021

The Dutch payment and securities system is generally secure, reliable and efficient. We endeavour to keep it this way and make improvements where possible.

07 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

AiX completes first AI-brokered trade

AiX, the artificial intelligence broker, announces today that it has completed the first ever trade brokered by an AI powered chatbot.

07 June 2018

News/Innovation

ABN Amro imagines a cashless dystopian future to attract new talent

ABN Amro has taken a novel approach to recruiting fresh talent, creating a fictional future in a mobile gaming app and challenging prospects to use their tech skills to prevent a financial meltdown.

07 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

Morgan Stanley honours technology partners at inhouse innovation event

Morgan Stanley today recognized three exceptional technology partners with CTO Innovation Awards at its 18th TechWeek and CTO Innovation Summit in Palo Alto, California.

06 June 2018

News/Innovation

Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day two

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2018, in Miami. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can seize the opportunities that are emerging.

06 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong further fintech collaboration

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and Abu Dhabi Global Market, the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, have entered into a cooperation agreement to jointly promote and support financial services innovation in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

06 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

Globacap Closes $800,000 Seed Round to launch regulated blockchain securities issuance platform

Globacap announced today that it has closed a $800,000 seed funding round led by Stoic Capital and ContactPartners, a customer contact solutions provider to leading financial institutions. Other backers included Christian Schulte, co-founder of Steinbeis Mittelstandsfinanzierung, which provides financing to mid-sized companies in German speaking territories, and Stephen Russell, a veteran of UBS and advisor to financial institutions.

06 June 2018

Company update/Innovation

Nordic region to become global fintech hub by 2020

A new research report commissioned by MasterCard - entitled ‘Nordic Fintech Disruptors Report 2018’ will be released at Money2020 in Amsterdam this week.

06 June 2018