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Gamified finance app Long Game raises $6 million in seed funding

Saving money has never been easier or more appealing for people in the U.S. Long Game is a personal finance app that encourages users to save money while winning prizes.

23 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Diebold acquires equity stake in mobile app developer Kony

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), the global leader in connected commerce, today announced a strategic partnership with Kony, Inc., the leading enterprise mobility and application company, to offer white label mobile application solutions for financial institutions and retailers.

23 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Euro Automatic Cash adds contactless functionality to ATM network

Euro Automatic Cash, a joint venture in which Banco Popular Español has a 50 percent share, is transforming its ATM network to reflect its new corporate branding and image with state-of-the-art ATMs from NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions and market leader in Spain according to Retail Banking Research.

23 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Money Mover pilots payments app with NatWest

Money Mover, the innovative international payment service, has completed a ground-breaking pilot with NatWest, that confirmed its technology, security, KYC procedures and customer experience deliver at the highest level.

23 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Yandex.Money ties up with Android Pay

Yandex.Money, the largest online payment service in Russia, brings its users a new method of contactless payments — via Android Pay.

23 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

UK challengers outstripping incumbents in customer satisfaction race

New research from FIS (NYSE: FIS) reveals that Britain’s challenger banks are outscoring their High Street counterparts in meeting their needs for digital payments, easy to understand and use products/services, innovative products/services and anywhere/anytime connectivity to their accounts.

23 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

CKB chooses Misys for digital banking overhaul

Crnogorska Komercijalna Banka (CKB), member of OTP Group, has chosen Misys FusionBanking Essence to transform its digital channels with a new online and mobile banking offering in Montenegro.

23 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

ThinkMarkets buys FX trading mobile app, Trade Interceptor

ThinkMarkets, a leading retail FX and CFD broker, has acquired Trade Interceptor, the world’s most searched-for trading analysis app.

23 May 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

TransferWise launches multi-currency business bank accounts

TransferWise is moving further into traditional banking territory, setting up a 'borderless' bank account for businesses that need a multi-currency account for trading in overseas markets.

23 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Emirates Islamic boasts of social media outreach

Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE has announced it has become the leading bank on Instagram in the UAE, as a result of its strategic focus on social and digital platforms to engage with customers and UAE residents and enhance customer experience.

22 May 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

Tandem drops 'Bank' from its name

Tandem appears to be pivoting from its original mission to launch a new app-driven saving bank in the UK, changing its name at Companies House from Tandem Bank Limited to Tandem Money Limited.

22 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Enacomm brings virtual personal assistants to credit unions

Credit union members can now securely access their financial information in real-time and safely conduct almost any financial transaction with popular Virtual Personal Assistants (VPAs), using only the sound of their voice.

19 May 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

Twins fool HSBC voice biometrics - BBC

Voice recognition software launched last year by HSBC in order to speed up access for phone banking customers has been successfully bypassed by a BBC reporter and his non-identical twin brother.

19 May 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

UK SMEs missing out on £1.6bn by not accepting 'next gen' payments

Small and medium sized enterprises are missing out on an estimated £1.6 billion by not accepting next generation payments technology such as one-click ordering and 'conversational' transactions, according to research from Barclaycard.

19 May 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

Banks must get on AI bandwagon now – new Finextra research

Big data, faster processing and cheap storage make it possible to turn the vision of AI in banking, developed over decades, into reality – today. The technology will only improve, and not engaging now would be to run the risk of falling behind never to catch up, finds a new Finextra research paper.

19 May 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

BBVA brings info and payments to social and messaging networks

BBVA is embedding more deeply with social and messaging networks through a new bot that lets Spanish customers access financial information via Facebook and Telegram, and a tool for making payments from Whatsapp.

19 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

SnapSwap wins BBVA Open Talent Identity competition

SnapSwap, a fintech startup developing innovative solutions for financial institutions and other businesses, won the ninth edition of the biggest international FinTech competition for startups, BBVA Open Talent Identity yesterday in Washington D.C.

18 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Mobile identity scoring firm Juvo adds Prosper president Ron Suber as strategic advisor

Juvo, the pioneer in mobile Identity Scoring, today announced the appointment of Ron Suber, president of Prosper Marketplace, as strategic advisor to the company.

18 May 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

Google and PayPal partner for mobile shopping by fingerprint

Android Pay users that have linked their PayPal accounts will soon be able to pay for goods when mobile shopping using the Chrome browser with just just a touch of their fingerprint.

18 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

ProfitStars introduces Website quality assurance suite

Jack Henry & Associates ProfitStars division announced the availability of Digital Quality Management, a solution that automates website quality assurance governance.

18 May 2017