Finextra Research: Latest fintech news, analysis, interviews, features and opinion by industry experts

Core Banking on the Cloud - The Catalyst for Innovation, Agility and Efficiency

07 October 2021 534 downloads

IOTA tapped by EU to enable region’s blockchain infrastructure

The IOTA non-profit and its distributed ledger technology has been named as one of seven providers selected by the Commission to develop the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (ESBI).

07 September 2021

Research/Network/systems management

Competitive Advantage through Cloud Connectivity

06 September 2021 173 downloads

Research/Network/systems management

Managed Services: Helping Banks refocus on Innovation and Growth

03 September 2021 280 downloads

Research/Network/systems management

How to support more remote workers – without more IT complexity

02 September 2021 21 downloads

News/cloud

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and others hit by major DNS outage

Late Thursday afternoon Akamai reported a problem with its Edge DNS service, resulting in outages at thousands of websites.

22 July 2021

Company update/payments

Worldline to acquire Greek network services provider Cardlink

Worldline, a global leader in the payments industry, today announced the signing of a bidding agreement for the acquisition of 92.5% of the share capital of Cardlink, the leading Network Services Provider in Greece.

28 May 2021

Research/Network/systems management

Embracing the New Paradigm of Cloud Migration to Future-Proof Payments Technologies

07 January 2021 559 downloads

Research/Network/systems management

Automation, Resiliency and Agility: Key Drivers of Cloud Adoption and Strategy

11 December 2020 390 downloads

News/security

UBS CEO: Innovation is not 2020’s trend, it's here to stay

Speaking at Singapore Fintech Festival, UBS CEO Ralph Hamers makes the case that while innovation and collaboration have not traditionally been the norm for financial institutions, the need to build symbiotic relationships with fintech is essential, particularly in the context of cybersecurity in a post-Covid-19, highly digitised world.

07 December 2020

News/cloud

Personalisation and customisation with data in the banking and payments industry

As customers increasingly experience more consistent, personalised treatment from companies across a wide variety of industries, it is natural for them to expect—and require—the same of financial services providers.

30 October 2020

News/payments

From hypotheticals to reality: P27 cogs are well and truly turning

Regulatory, technical, logistic, connectivity, and political challenges aren’t enough to slow the progress of P27. During their latest NextGen Nordics webinar by Finextra, industry players from across the European payments landscape joined to discuss the key factors impacting the project at present.

26 October 2020

News/payments

Capitalising on Eurosystem changes to bolster instant payments

The benefits of implementing a cohesive instant payments system are manifold and well documented. As evidenced by the incoming European Single Market Infrastructure Gateway (ESMIG) and the need to integrate interoperable systems across Europe, the ability to access infrastructure that facilitates instant payments is vital.

03 July 2020

Research/Network/systems management

Charting a Core Transformation Roadmap to a Future Unknown

24 June 2020 979 downloads

Company update/markets

Colt enables any-to-any connectivity

Colt Technology Services has today announced that its award-winning Ethernet VPN service is now offering any-to-any connectivity globally.

05 June 2020

Company update/retail

Wayne Bank deploys Xamin xWAN

Xamin, a leading provider of managed IT services for highly regulated and reputation-sensitive companies, announced today Honesdale, Pa.-based Wayne Bank has successfully implemented its xWAN (DMVPN) solution, which enabled the bank to use different network providers for each of its community offices.

01 June 2020

News/cloud

Using governance to accelerate cloud migration in financial services

Financial institutions have the opportunity to enhance traditional governance processes by building a well-structured cloud service assessment from the ground up, to help demonstrate regulatory compliance when moving to the cloud.

22 May 2020

News/payments

Will SCA delays stall Request to Pay’s momentum?

Request to Pay (R2P) services originally scheduled to launch later this year have been expected to play a major part in transforming the UK and EU’s payments ecosystem.

14 May 2020

News/sustainable

Antony Jenkins on sustainability: ‘You can’t please everyone’

In conversation with Finextra TV, Antony Jenkins, founder and executive chairman of 10x Future Technologies and former Barclays CEO, highlights that the single most important factor in the push toward sustainability is transparency.

27 April 2020

News/markets

Beeks Financial Cloud buys Velocimetrics

Beeks Financial Cloud Group has acquired network monitoring and trade analytics software firm Velocimetrics for a base consideration of £1.3 million in cash and equity, plus contingent earn-out.

15 April 2020