Latest Mobile & online banking News: Finextra Research

Pay by Bank app raids American Express for marketing director

Pay by Bank app today announces the appointment of Agnes Woolrich as Marketing Director, the latest in a series of senior level appointments as it prepares for the next stage in its development.

19 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Poland's mBank embeds Android Pay in mobile app

mBank has just introduced a mobile app with the Android Pay functionality, the possibility of logging in with a fingerprint, also in the Android platform, and a display of clients’ spending rate to help them control their budget.

19 April 2017

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Alibaba's Ant Financial merges with helloPay Group

HelloPay Group, the online payments platform used on South East Asian e-commerce platform Lazada, is to merge with Alibaba's Ant Financial and be rebranded into AliPay.

19 April 2017

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Wells Fargo to pilot AI-based Messenger bot

Wells Fargo is boarding the chatbot train, launching a pilot of an AI-based customer services agent within Facebook's Messenger platform.

19 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

ACI Worldwide provides global gateway for AliPay

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that it has expanded its relationship with Alipay, China's largest mobile payment provider operated by Ant Financial Services Group, to enable merchants across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to accept Alipay payments from Chinese shoppers.

19 April 2017

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BankBot trojan hits Google Play

A security researcher is warning that an Android banking trojan has infected apps on the Google Play store and is trying to steal login information.

19 April 2017

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Western Union and MoneyGram unveil Facebook Messenger bots; Mastercard and Amex pile in

MoneyGram and Western Union have both launched bots that lets customers in the US send money transfers to tens of thousands of locations around the world through Facebook Messenger.

19 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Revolut joins forces with online mortgage broker Trussle

Banking challenger Revolut has today joined forces with the UK’s first online mortgage broker Trussle to give users direct access to its mortgage broking service, which searches thousands of products from over 90 lenders to find the most suitable deal for a borrower.

18 April 2017

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PayPal forges mobile payments deal with Google

Consumers in the US will soon be able to use PayPal in Android Pay to make purchases at retailers in-store, in-app and online.

18 April 2017

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Zelle P2P network zooms past Venmo

The American bank-backed Zelle network processed 170 million person-to-person payments last year boasting an aggregate transaction volume of $55 billion, more than double that of PayPal-owned rival Venmo.

18 April 2017

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Fintech lender Tala scores $30 million funding round

LA-based mobile technology and data science lending startup Tala has has raised more than $30 million in Series B financing, led by IVP and joined by Ribbit Capital. Additional participants include existing investors Lowercase Capital, Data Collective, Collaborative Fund and Female Founders Fund (F3).

18 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Bank ABC goes omni-channel with Backbase

Backbase, the leading omni-channel digital banking platform, announces its partnership with Bank ABC to develop their next generation digital banking platform for retail and wholesale banking across the Bank’s network.

18 April 2017

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Lloyds partners Microsoft to pilot facial recognition access to online banking

Lloyds is teaming up with Microsoft to pilot the use of fingerprint and facial recognition technology for online banking logins on Windows 10 devices.

18 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Starling integrates with Moneybox for real-time savings

Starling Bank and Moneybox today announce a partnership providing Starling Bank customers with seamless access to Moneybox’s suite of saving and investing tools.

13 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Mobifone and Fortumo team up to launch carrier billing on Google Play

The Vietnamese mobile operator Mobifone and the mobile payments company Fortumo are today announcing the launch of carrier billing on Google Play.

13 April 2017

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Android Pay gets inside bank apps

Google has teamed up with several banks - including BofA - to let customers add cards to Android Pay from within their apps.

12 April 2017

Finextra TV/Mobile & online banking

We're only at the foothills of fintech development

Eileen Burbidge, HM Treasury's Special Envoy for Fintech, defines the 'fourth industrial revolution' and discusses the importance of fintech growth in the UK.

12 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Julius Baer partners Crealogix for mobile banking

The private bank Julius Baer has successfully launched the latest generation in mobile banking. The bank is the first to offer its customers the opportunity to log into online banking using only their smartphone. This means that they can use all functions while out and about.

12 April 2017

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Ant Financial brings mobile payments to Indonesia

In its latest foray outside of China, Ant Financial has teamed up with Indonesia's Emtek Group on a mobile payments and financial services joint venture.

12 April 2017

Company update/Mobile & online banking

Remitly arrives in the UK

Today Remitly, the largest independent digital remittance company in the United States, announces its expansion into the United Kingdom, its third send country after the United States and Canada.

12 April 2017