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WorldRemit nets $175m in latest financing round

UK-based mobile payments firm WorldRemit has raised $175m in a series D funding round that it says will be used to launch a new payments business aimed at the small and medium enterprises (SME) sector.

03 June 2019

Finextra TV/Next Gen Banking

Tackling the ethical issues of AI

Terry Cordeiro, Head of Product Management, Applied Science & Intelligent Products, Lloyds Bank, speaks at NextGen Banking London, The AI Revolution, about the ethical issues surrounding AI, how it can be regulated and how this effects the banks' business models.

03 June 2019

Finextra TV/Next Gen Banking

Laying the groundwork before boarding the AI train

Maciej Janusz, Head of Cash Management Nordic Region, Citibank speaks at NextGen Banking London with Hannah Wallace, Finextra about how the use of AI-powered technologies is helping Banks improve existing processes and develop new solutions, how they can turn successful pilots and proof of concepts into solutions they can scale and which business areas benefit most from the application of AI.

30 May 2019

Finextra TV/Next Gen Banking

Business benefits of AI from a Product Development point of view

Ekene Uzoma, VP Digital Product Development, State Street speaks at NextGenBanking London, The AI Revolution, about how State Street is benefiting from the use of AI, the impact it has on the services they offer to customers and whether you should begin by looking at managing data or understanding customer requirements first.

30 May 2019

Finextra TV/Next Gen Banking

Discussing AI and Human Capital

Karan Jain, Head of Technology Europe and Americas, Westpac, speaks at NextGenBanking London, The AI Revolution, about how disruptive AI going to be across financial services, whether banks are suitably positioned to exploit AI and how AI impacts the skills of people and business models.

29 May 2019

Finextra TV/Next Gen Banking

Defining AI: The delta between hype and reality

David Bannister, Senior Analyst at Aite Group, speaks at NextGen Banking London, The AI Revolution, about the growth of AI across financial services, how advanced data analytics is being deployed in the industry and what the ethical concerns are.

28 May 2019

Finextra TV/Next Gen Banking

Tangible areas of AI in your business

Dan Reid, CTO and Founder, Xceptor, speaks at NextGen Banking London, The AI Revolution, about some of the most tangible areas where AI has demonstrated maximum benefit, whether AI is the panacea that some of the hype might suggest and what new lines of revenue AI presents.

28 May 2019

News/Next Gen Banking

"AI is the new electricity" - TSB's Janet Adams frames the debate at Finextra conference

Finextra welcomed over 200 attendees to NextGen Banking London, the one-day event that focused on how developments in AI have become a business-critical consideration for traditional banks.

20 May 2019

News/Next Gen Banking

NextGen Banking London 2019: Live blog

Welcome to Finextra’s live coverage of NextGen Banking London 2019, the one-day event which will explore how the AI revolution will permeate and disrupt the financial services industry and what role the technology will play in the future of finance.

16 May 2019

News/Next Gen Banking

Metro Bank faces shareholder revolt

Shareholders in Metro Bank have been advised to reject the British retail bank's latest remuneration report and abstain in the vote of its directors amid ongoing concerns over accounting practices.

10 May 2019

News/Next Gen Banking

Temenos TCF The Hague- Digital Banking Reloaded- live blog, Day 1

Finextra is here in The Hague covering Temenos' annual bash. Stay tuned for live rolling updates on proceedings and the very latest in innovative functionality and streamlined operations.

03 April 2019

News/Next Gen Banking

Swift Business Forum Nordics 2019 - live blog

Welcome to Finextra's coverage of the Swift Business Forum Nordics 2019, live from Copenhagen. This event has a focus on accelerating digital transformation, and will look at how the financial community in the region is harnessing technological change to deliver a digital customer experience.

28 March 2019

Finextra TV/Next Gen Banking

Testing in a customer experience context

George Stein, Business Development UK, XMLdation, speaks at NextGen Banking Nordics about trends in the payments and API space, whether testing is becoming more relevant and how this relates to the customer experience.

30 January 2019

News/retail

Fiserv agrees $22bn First Data acquisition

Fiserv has struck a $22 billion, all-stock deal to buy First Data, creating a payments and fintech behemoth.

16 January 2019

Finextra TV/Next Gen Banking

Gaining value added services from instant payments

Domenico Scaffidi, Business Development Director and Payments Pre-sales lead for Europe and Asia, Volante, speaks at NextGenBanking Nordics about what added value services financial institutions can gain from instant payments, what technological barriers there are to delivering new use cases for modernisation and where banks are today.

15 January 2019

News/Next Gen Banking

Scotland's fintechs treble in number

The number of fintechs based in Scotland has increased threefold in the last 12 months following an initiative between government, academia and the finance industry designed to boost the sector.

11 January 2019

News/Next Gen Banking

Nets and Concardis complete merger

European payments firms Nets and Concardis have finalised their merger which was first announced back in June 2018.

07 January 2019

News/Next Gen Banking

Google gets payments licence in Ireland

Ireland's central bank has granted authorisation for Google to operate as a payments institution, a move that could see the big tech giant significantly expand its financial services offerings across the European Union.

07 January 2019

News/Next Gen Banking

Challenger bank Chetwood gets UK banking licence

Chetwood Financial, which is backed by UK hedge fund Elliott Management, is the latest challenger bank to be granted a full UK banking licence.

07 January 2019

News/Next Gen Banking

Lights, camera, action! Finextra TV highlights 2018

It’s been a busy year for the Finextra TV team, posting 251 video interviews with leading industry figures during the course of 2018. Here are the top five by viewing figures.

21 December 2018