Latest Mobile & online banking News: Finextra Research

Android Pay lands in Canada and Taiwan

Android Pay has arrived in Canada, with several of the country's biggest banks making the mobile payments service available to Mastercard and Visa credit cardholders as well as Interac debit card users.

31 May 2017

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Banks can bring much to digital identities

Vincent Brennan, Head of Group Operations & Payments, Bank of Ireland, discusses how open APIs can create value for customers and PSPs and how digital identities come into play.

31 May 2017

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Discover adds in-app messaging

Discover announced today the launch of messaging, a customer service option that allows customers to communicate with Discover’s customer service agents without having to stop and restart numerous interactions.

31 May 2017

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Zain partners Mastercard to boost mobile payments in Jordan

Zain has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, to boost digital payment services in Jordan through ‘Zain Cash’ mobile wallet service powered by Mastercard.

31 May 2017

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Jumio expands UK HQ

Jumio, the creator of Netverify® Trusted Identity as a Service (TIaaS), has today announced that it is expanding its UK headquarters to Shoreditch as part of the company’s continued growth and expansion in EMEA.

31 May 2017

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ING tackles robo-advisory conundrum

Research among 15,000 consumers conducted by ING finds that only two percent would trust a fully automated robo-adviser to invest their money on their behalf.

31 May 2017

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Banks are facing competition from everywhere

Paul Briault, Senior Director, CA Technologies, discusses whether open banking has been fully-embraced, and what challenges are faced by banks in this space.

31 May 2017

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Bahrain's Eazy to develop biometric payment network with NCR

Eazy Financial Services B.S.C., a Bahraini financial technology company focusing on providing innovative technology solutions to financial institutions, will introduce the region’s first Biometric Payment Network powered by NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, that will allow consumers to register their fingerprint through their participating bank and then use that at any device (ATM or POS) to initiate a transaction rather than using a card.

31 May 2017

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Bringing financial inclusion to Jordan

Maha Bahou, Executive Manager for Payment Systems & Domestic Banking, Central Bank of Jordan, speaks about how financial inclusion can be attained in Jordan.

31 May 2017

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Square Virtual Terminal lands in the UK

Square has launched its Virtual Terminal service in the UK, enabling sellers to take payments directly on their computers.

31 May 2017

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BNP Paribas jumps into virtual reality

BNP Paribas is the latest financial services firm to dabble in virtual reality, unveiling a VR-based app for retail banking customers and a 'teleportation' capsule for home buyers.

30 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Tsys enables tokenization for commercial card issuers

TSYS (NYSE: TSS) announced today that it has enabled tokenization across all of its North American commercial card platforms.

30 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Bank of America puts auto-shopping on the mobile

Bank of America has launched new capabilities for mobile clients to complete the auto financing process with the company.

30 May 2017

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Line Pay reaches 30 million registered users in Japan

LINE Pay is a mobile payment and money transfer service that enables users to send money easily and conveniently to each other over LINE and to pay for transactions at affiliated stores and on participating services.

30 May 2017

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Real-time payments leaves no room for error

Jonathan Ryder, Senior Manager, EY, speaks about the move to instant payments in Europe and the challenges it creates for banks.

30 May 2017

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Not enough payments reform progress

Chris O’Driscoll, ‎Head of Disruptive Change, PA Consulting, speaks about the progress of payments reform and what financial services firms need to do to be fully-prepared for PSD2.

30 May 2017

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Barclaycard trials personal 'pocket checkout' in staff canteens

Staffers in Barclaycard's works canteen are trying out a new mobile app to scan and pay for their shopping using their smartphone, without the need to visit a physical checkout.

30 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Turkish banks debut national payment scheme for consumers

Turkey at the crossroads of Europe and Asia has a banking sector that defies expectations. It has grown at an annual compound rate of 20 per cent over the past 15 years in terms of asset size. In this growing and dynamic market, payments have been one of the major drivers of growth and innovation.

30 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Jumo selected for Google Launchpad Accelerator

JUMO is delighted to announce that we were accepted into Class 4 of the Google Launchpad Accelerator.

30 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Malaysia's MyClear and MEPs merge

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) wishes to announce the merger of MyClear[1] and MEPS[2] to form Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd or PayNet. PayNet will be the operator of shared payments infrastructures for the nation.

30 May 2017