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Zuckerberg and Libra have further questions to answer, Nick Ogden tells Finextra

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Zuckerberg and Libra have further questions to answer, Nick Ogden tells Finextra

Facebook’s Libra Project has questions of liquidity to answer in order to prove its doubters wrong, says Nick Ogden, creator of Worldpay and ClearBank.

BNY Mellon director: US has more B2B open banking activity than Eurozone

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BNY Mellon director: US has more B2B open banking activity than Eurozone

Laura McGortey, director of strategic partnership solutions at BNY Mellon, claims that there is more open banking activity in the US B2B payments space in comparison to the Eurozone, on the final day of AFP 2019 in Boston.

A treasurer’s best practice guide to global payment integration

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A treasurer’s best practice guide to global payment integration

Corporate business success stories can only be achieved if treasury professionals are keenly aware of the payment options, innovations and regulatory changes that are, can and will impact financial operations.

Ten Thai banks to trial biometrics

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Ten Thai banks to trial biometrics

Thailand's central bank is set to launch a test-use of biometric technology and has announced that ten institutions will participate.

81% of banks would collaborate with fintech partners to execute digital transformation - Finextra

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81% of banks would collaborate with fintech partners to execute digital transformation - Finextra

At EBAday 2019, hosted by Finextra in association with the EBA, it was revealed that 81% of banking executives would collaborate with partners to execute digital transformation most effectively.

Atom Bank transitions to Google Cloud

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Atom Bank transitions to Google Cloud

Atom bank announces today at Sibos in London that the mobile-only bank will be shifting from third-party data centres to Google Cloud in order to keep pace with digitally savvy customers and offer new services.

Sibos 2019: Cloud, AI and privacy are the building blocks of a new digital world

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Sibos 2019: Cloud, AI and privacy are the building blocks of a new digital world

How does an organisation decide if cloud and AI is right for them? This question was hotly debated at Sibos 2019 in London and discussions were also had around how IT leaders need to constantly assess the benefits of the cloud and AI in the context of the businesses they serve.

Sibos 2019: How to innovate beyond open banking

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Sibos 2019: How to innovate beyond open banking

Spotlight sessions at Sibos 2019 in London had one key message: change is the only constant in open banking. Lisa Robins, global head of transaction banking at Standard Chartered, kicked off afternoon keynotes at the Excel Centre by comparing how Shazam solves the problem of forgetting the name of songs to how open banking has disrupted the financial services industry.

Sibos 2019: Should banks trust in the UK despite Brexit uncertainty?

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Sibos 2019: Should banks trust in the UK despite Brexit uncertainty?

Welcoming business leaders and industry experts to the Excel Centre in London for Sibos 2019, Swift innovation manager Innes Macleod takes to the stage to divulge Innotribe’s mission and reflect on the technological and societal changes that are challenging the financial services sector, with input from renowned experimental physicist and celebrity figure Professor Brian Cox.

Tech Nation opens applications to scale up the new Monzo or Starling

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Tech Nation opens applications to scale up the new Monzo or Starling

Entrepreneur network Tech Nation has opened applications for three of its growth programmes: Future Fifty, Upscale and Rising Stars. These initiatives have proved to be successful in the past with alumni including the likes of Monzo, Starling Bank, Funding Circle, Darktrace, Deliveroo and Skyscanner.

Chinese official voices digital coin plans

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Chinese official voices digital coin plans

More details have emerged around China's plans to issue its own digital coin following a lecture given by a senior official at the central bank.

M-Payment firms form Euro association

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M-Payment firms form Euro association

Seven mobile payment firms covering more than 25 million registered users are clubbing together to form the European Mobile Payment Systems Association (EMPSA) which its members say will foster collaboration and facilitate international payments.

What are the benefits of being born in the cloud?

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What are the benefits of being born in the cloud?

An increasing number of challenger banks, neobanks and digital offshoots are being born in the cloud and the technology is now being used by traditional banks and new players alike for all IT needs. Banks that are born in the cloud are at an advantage because legacy players that are in the process of migrating to the cloud are struggling with application modernisation, data centralisation and security.

Singapore to accept first digital bank applications

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Singapore to accept first digital bank applications

Two months after announcing plans to issue digital banking licences, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is set to accept the first applications.

Avoiding artificial stupidity

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Avoiding artificial stupidity

While most financial applications of artificial intelligence have been in the customer service space, there are other areas that banks are working with to improve through implementation of innovation technology.

Singapore fintech employment remains strong with minimal talent shortage

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Singapore fintech employment remains strong with minimal talent shortage

According to a survey put together by the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) and PwC Singapore, 42% of fintech firms in Singapore have over 30 employees and a further 31%, between 11 and 30 employees.

Dissecting AI hype and FOMO

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Dissecting AI hype and FOMO

While artificial intelligence is transforming several industries, the financial sector has a lot to learn from specific case studies in non-banking areas such as health, travel and retail. To start at the beginning, despite the term AI having been bandied about with a number of different definitions, the actual definition is simple: technology that appears intelligent.

The Future of AI: Applications for banking business transformation

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The Future of AI: Applications for banking business transformation

While artificial intelligence has established itself as a disruptive technology for decades, AI is at the peak of the hype cycle now and banks have started to apply this technology to transform traditional models of businesses.

APIs in the cloud are now the prevailing archetype

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APIs in the cloud are now the prevailing archetype

The future lies in microservices in the cloud. While the financial services industry continues to discuss digital transformation, actions speak louder than words. Organisations that want to meet the needs of the next generation of consumers will use software comprising small services that communicate over well-defined application programming interfaces (APIs) deployed independently – the microservices approach.

How to drive business value with APIs in the cloud

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How to drive business value with APIs in the cloud

The cloud simplifies and accelerates delivery of open banking standards, providing opportunities to improve awareness, transparency, and scale. Industry players would benefit by forging ahead with more effective and structured collaboration, facilitated by application programming interface (API) standardisation and shared customer data insights.

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