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Enabling initiatives to harmonise and innovate

Benoit Desserre, Head of Global Transaction Banking, Société Générale, talks about SocGen’s digital transformation project, what needs to be improved in terms of existing corporate-to-bank flows and what progress has been made on key industry initiatives to harmonise and innovate using a client-orientated mindset in order to deliver value to customers.

31 October 2017

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How AI and robotics impact the treasurer

Paul Taylor, Global head of Corporate Sales for Global Transaction Services, Head of Sales, GTS, EMEA, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, talks at Sibos 2017 about how technologies like AI have impacted the treasurer during the recent wave of new payments innovations, why treasurers are working more closely with the CFO team during M&As, and whether SEPA has achieved what it set out to do.

31 October 2017

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Security should be at the top of the agenda

Paul Stoddart, Chief Executive Officer, Vocalink, talks at Sibos 2017 about where we will see the largest innovations in the rapidly moving world of payments, which regions will be affected most, how payments companies can ensure they keep up with the pace and how customers will benefit.

31 October 2017

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Hype vs reality in the context of AI

Alan Trefler, CEO & Founder, PEGA, talks at Sibos 2017 about the transformation of AI and robotics in financial firms, whether we should take a step back and assess the risks of an AI apocalypse and what approach banks and start ups should take when implementing AI and robotics.

31 October 2017

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Disruption is the new norm

Mike Blalock, General Manager Financial Services, Intel, talks at Sibos 2017 about the transforming financial service sector and the drivers behind it, what trends we can expect to see from 2018, how they will disrupt the sector and how engaging in strategic partnerships will allow banks and service providers to both keep up and flourish next year.

30 October 2017

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Looking towards a more fragmented future

Mike Thrower, Managing Director, Head of Sales, EMEA, Broadridge Financial Solutions, talks at Sibos 2017 about the opportunities presented to banks to accelerate profitable growth through innovation, whether banks’ risks frameworks will face up to the challenges ahead and if markets are coping with increasing regulatory requirements.

30 October 2017

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Bank CIOs put AI, APIs and legacy modernisation at top of transformation agenda

Banking and investment services CIOs are increasingly convinced that their old business models and existing value propositions will not be sustainable in the future, according to a survey from Gartner.

30 October 2017

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Businesses flock to app-based Revolut

European app-based banking outfit Revolut is claiming strong uptake of its business account offering, signing up 16,000 firms since June.

26 October 2017

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Fintechs must broaden their customer value propositions

Victor Basta, Founder and Managing Partner, Magister Advisors, talks at Sibos 2017 about why fintechs need to broaden their customer propositions, what risks this presents to incumbents and how they are currently managing this, and what the current funding landscape for fintechs looks like.

25 October 2017

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A digital future is the key to empowerment of clients.

Satvinder Singh, Global Head of Securities Services at Deutsche Bank talks about digitalisation in securities, how the securities market will evolve through the use of digital services and the beneficial impact and value this creates for clients.

25 October 2017

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The era of putting band aids on legacy systems is over

Mack Gill, COO, Torstone Technology, talks at Sibos 2017 about MiFID II, what it means for the market, its specific post-trade obligations, and what penalties for non-compliance could look like.

25 October 2017

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Banco Sabadell and Investec lead £1.5 million round in Bud

Financial aggregation platform Bud has secured £1.5 million in a funding round co-led by Investec and Banco Sabadell.

25 October 2017

Company update/Open APIs

Horizon Software joins the QuantHouse qh API Ecosystem

QuantHouse, the independent global leader of end-to-end high performance market data and trading API based technologies, today announced that Horizon Software, the leading provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, has joined the qh API Ecosystem to benefit from global reach and end-to-end performance.

25 October 2017

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Hong Kong: A major fintech hub in the making

Thorsten Terweiden, Deputy Head of Fintech, Invest Hong Kong, and Dora Ziambra, Head of Business Development, Azimo, talk about how InvestHK has helped Azimo to flourish as a new fintech, future plans for developing in Hong Kong and what general advice they would give to future fintechs looking to start up in Hong Kong.

24 October 2017

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Zafin unveils digital origination platform and ecosystem for banks

At Money 20/20, Zafin today announced its new digital origination banking platform and FinTech partner ecosystem, Zafin Origin.

24 October 2017

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New technologies, new solutions and new thinking is the way to overcome regulatory challenges.

Patricia Giangrande, Global Head of Business Control Unit, Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank talks about the challenges of meeting the regulatory demands of compliance. How compliance impacts correspondent banking and the opportunities for industry shared solutions to solve the issues, acknowledging that new technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence have a role to play in this.

24 October 2017

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The transformation of global trade-the challenges, the opportunities and the solutions.

Dr Rebecca Harding, Trade Economist, Equant Analytics and Daniel Schmand, Global Head of Trade Finance, Deutsche Bank share their views on the fall in world trade, what it means for cross-border trade and how it is financed. Looking at the shifts in the way business is done today and how digitalisation, blockchain and manufacturing as a service will evolve, and the impact it all has on the future of this business.

24 October 2017

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How banks are leveraging the power of regtech - new Finextra research

Compliance constitutes a major part of banks’ expenditure and new regulations such as PSD2 and the updated GDPR are adding fuel to the momentum of regtech, that strain of fintech that is coming increasingly to the fore.

23 October 2017

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Pay with Google goes live

Google is making it easier for people to pay on their Android devices, using any card they have on file with the firm's various services, such as YouTube, Google Play, Chrome and Android Pay.

23 October 2017

Company update/Open APIs

NAB backs data exchange hackathon at Intersekt

Australia’s fintech companies are coming together with one of the nation’s ‘big four’ banks to help small businesses unleash the power of data so they can access new markets and cut administrative red tape.

23 October 2017