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Triodos takes ethical approach to challenge UK banks

Ethical bank Triodos is to join the growing list of UK challenger banks, launching an online and mobile-only current account.

02 May 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

ANZ to blast through IT hierarchies with agile development play

ANZ is following the lead taken by top tech companies such as Google and Spotify by laying waste to middle management in IT and moving to an agile self-directed approach to new product development.

02 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Ex-CEO of Bill Pay to head up AEVI

Today AEVI announced the appointment of Nelson Holzner as AEVI chief executive officer (CEO) as of May 1, 2017.

02 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

IFA deVere names Donatas Kontrimas as general manager of app-only banking startup

deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial services organisations, has today named Donatas Kontrimas as General Manager of its recently launched challenger bank, deVere Vault.

02 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

The Glue appoints Stacey Small to lead European sales

The Glue, a leading Fintech provider of next generation infrastructure solutions for global financial institutions is delighted to announce the appointment of Stacey Small to spearhead sales across EMEA.

02 May 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

What does the future of banking look like?

Derek White, BBVA global head of customer solutions, takes a tour of the new digital technologies that are set to reshape banking.

02 May 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

PayPal launches Business in a Box service for SMBs

PayPal has unveiled a new service, called Business in a Box, which brings together a host of tools designed to help small firms start and run their online operations.

01 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Pangea Money Transfer arrives in Honduras

Pangea Money Transfer, a remittance app built for the mobile user, has expanded its service into Honduras. With this addition, Pangea’s application is now available in six Latin American countries, including Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.

01 May 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Mastercard CIO McLaughlin moves up the ranks; appointed to president, ops and tech

Mastercard today announced the appointment of Ed McLaughlin to president, Operations and Technology, effective May 1, 2017.

28 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

BNP Paribas Wealth Management launches four new digital platforms

BNP Paribas Wealth Management is launching four digital platforms bringing unique financial, business and lifestyle content to private clients and prospects.

28 April 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

RBS profit overshadowed by NatWest downtime

On the day that Royal Bank of Scotland reported its first quarterly profit in 12 years, the sweet taste of success has turned bitter for customers of subsidiary NatWest who have seen transfers from accounts vanish and mobile apps and online banking go dark.

28 April 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

Monzo opens doors to community collaboration

Digital challenger bank Monzo has earmarked a dedicated space in its East London headquarters building as a collaborative community room, to host events and test out new ideas with its growing membership base.

28 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Paykey wins Temenos’ Innovation Jam Final

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the software specialist for banking and finance, has today announced that the winner of its global Innovation Jam contest is fintech start-up Paykey.

28 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

ItzCash partners with Prabhu Money for Indo-Nepal remittances

ItzCash, India’s largest digital payments company and the leading player in domestic remittances, has further ventured into cross-border remittances through its collaboration with Prabhu Money Transfer India, a leading remittance company in Nepal.

28 April 2017

News/Mobile & online banking

Bank branch visitors more satisfied than digital-only customers

American customers who occasionally visit branches are more satisfied with their banks than those that only use mobile and online channels, according to a new JD Power study.

28 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Walmart launches mobile money sending platform

Three years ago this week, Walmart introduced its groundbreaking money transfer service, Walmart2Walmart Powered by Ria, with the goal of bringing customers dramatically lower costs and a simpler money transfer experience.

27 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

WorldRemit partners Tigo Money for mobile transfers to El Salvador and Guatemala

Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit announced today it has partnered with Millicom’s subsidiaries Tigo Money to open up new remittance routes to El Salvador and Guatemala, enabling Salvadorans and Guatemalans abroad to send money transfers instantly to more than one and a half million Tigo Money users in those countries, directly from the WorldRemit app.

27 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Samsung Pay launches in four more countries

Samsung Electronics today celebrates the continued growth and enthusiasm for Samsung Pay around the world by expanding in four markets over two days. Samsung Pay officially launches in Sweden and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and enters early access in Hong Kong and Switzerland.

27 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

TransferWise opens Asian hub in Singapore

We’re excited to announce that we’re launching TransferWise’s Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore.

27 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

PayPal posts healthy Q1

Global technology platform and digital payments leader PayPal Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:PYPL) today announced first quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2017.

27 April 2017