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Research/Next Gen Banking

Charting a Core Transformation Roadmap to a Future Unknown

24 June 2020 979 downloads

Research/Next Gen Banking

Instant Payments: Why Covid-19 is Bringing the Roadmap Forward

11 June 2020 639 downloads

News/retail

Neobanks’ Covid-19 recovery will provide the blueprint for future scalability in fintech

The fintech industry continues to flourish across Europe, the Middle East and Africa despite economic setbacks such as those that have emerged following the outbreak of Covid-19.

05 June 2020

Company update/cloud

Taiwanese neo bank chooses Temenos

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that Next Commercial Bank (Next Bank), has selected Temenos Transact to power its launch as one of Taiwan’s first neobanks and deliver digital banking experiences that challenge the status quo.

04 June 2020

Company update/startups

Nigerian digital bank launches after licence award

Sparkle, a digital ecosystem providing financial, lifestyle and business support services to Nigerians across the globe, launches today.

03 June 2020

News/covid-19

Barclays invests in trade finance scale-up

UK high street bank Barclays has become the highest profile investor so far in Stenn, a UK-based online trade finance provider.

03 June 2020

News/payments

Australia central bank mulls lowering e-payments charge

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is considering reducing the charges applied to certain payments due to the high number of people opting for contactless methods in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

03 June 2020

News/crypto

Tokenise launches regulated digital exchange

A digital securities exchange, Tokenise, has collaborated with post-trade service provider GMEX to launch a regulated digital exchange.

03 June 2020

Research/Next Gen Banking

A Panorama of the Changing Banking Landscape in EMEA

30 April 2020 1186 downloads

News/sustainable

Bunq CEO: Covid-19 no threat to appetite for sustainability

Continuing pressure caused by Covid-19 has not put a dampener on bunq’s green-minded users, as 81% of the Dutch challenger's online community have pushed for a 'SuperGreen' commitment to plant trees for every EUR100 spent with any bunq card.

02 April 2020

Research/Next Gen Banking

Should banks be the guardians of digital identity?

24 March 2020 803 downloads

Research/Next Gen Banking

The Irish Banking Ecosystem, Interconnection and the Speed of Change

16 March 2020 413 downloads

News/Next Gen Banking

E-commerce firms to get helping hand into banking markets with Standard Chartered nexus

Standard Chartered is rolling out a new business platform that will help e-commerce firms shape loans, credit cards and savings products for their customers under their own brand name.

12 March 2020

News/regulation

Transformative regulation finds its feet in 2020

The true benefits and complexities of transformative regulation across financial services is set to become reality in 2020, as firms work to prepare and implement systems to meet compliance standards while maintaining a competitive edge.

06 March 2020

News/Next Gen Banking

Robinhood outage sees customers threaten class action

Threats of legal action are emerging across trading app Robinhood’s 10 million customer base, following a 17-hour outage on the day the stock market gained $1.1 trillion.

03 March 2020