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RBC backs AI-based climate change research

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is backing a new academic research project using artificial intelligence to address climate change.

11 October 2019

News/Research/analysis

Swiss National Bank and BIS use innovation hub to explore digital central bank money and DLT

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is working with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on an innovation hub in Switzerland that will initially focus on research into digital central bank money and distributed ledger technology.

08 October 2019

News/retail

Stocks and Scares: Financial jargon brings Brits out in a sweat

Financial terminology such as ‘stockbroker’, ‘pension’ and ‘FTSE’ causes a biological stress reaction - such as sweating and increased heart rate - in humans, a Barclays-backed study has found.

03 October 2019

News/payments

Barclaycard Commercial Payments hub aims to smooth procurement process

As businesses become increasingly concerned with paying their suppliers on time, Barclaycard Commercial Payments has launched an online hub designed to smooth the process.

03 October 2019

News/ai

AI permeates capital markets - study

Nearly half of capital markets professionals around the world say their firms are already using AI in their trading processes, according to a Greenwich Associates report.

01 October 2019

News/payments

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.

01 October 2019

News/ai

Deutsche Bank: Prioritising climate change results in share outperformance

Deutsche Bank debunks the myth that profits fall when addressing climate change in its first report for a new research product suite for corporate clients, highlighting that companies that experience positive sustainability press saw share outperformance of 26%.

19 September 2019

News/payments

Banks fear Big Tech competition in booming non-cash payments market

As global non-cash transactions boom and competition from fintech startups and Big Tech flourishes, banks remain reluctant to embrace Open Banking via data sharing, ecosystem partnerships and open platforms, according to a report from Capgemini.

17 September 2019

News/security

Cybersecurity top tech investment priority for UK banks

Cybercrime has emerged as a major concern for UK financial services firms, rocketing security spending to the top of the technology investment agenda, according to a Lloyds Bank report.

16 September 2019

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Brexit disrupts FCA fact finding mission

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has suspended a consultation on accessing and using data in wholesale markets in order to let firms concentrate on preparing for Brexit.

10 September 2019

News/ai

AI and enhancing the human element in financial services

At SIBOS 2019, industry experts will be discussing how the financial services sector is in the vanguard of deploying AI on a global scale and whether the technology will be a transformative force or has the potential to act as an existential threat.

06 September 2019

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Digital banks on track to treble customers in next year but profits remain elusive

Digital-only banks operating in the UK are set to experience massive growth over the next year, amassing 35 million customers around the world, according to research from Accenture, which nevertheless highlights obstacles to profitability.

03 September 2019

News/payments

Women in payments say gender discrimination still rife

More than three quarters of women in payments think that gender discrimination is still unacceptably high in the industry, with many saying that they have personally experienced bias based on their gender, according to a survey.

30 August 2019

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Fintech founders pessimistic about UK's post-Brexit prospects

As Brexit looms, UK fintech founders are pessimistic about the country's ability to remain a world leader in the field, according to a survey from the Digital Finance Forum.

27 August 2019

News/ai

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.

19 August 2019

News/ai

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.

16 August 2019

News/devops

How developers can leverage retail banking open APIs

Developers are now able to tap into the potential of PSD2 and open banking with no prior core banking experience and leverage open APIs to build retail banking applications. Anand Subbaraman, VP and general manager of retail banking, at Finastra believes that the potential for open APIs is limitless, and we are now in the fourth generation of banking.

30 July 2019

News/payments

As Facebook's Libra looms, Deutsche Bank analyst hails cash's privacy

With Facebook's Libra project sparking a new feverish round of debate on the pros and cons of digital payments, a Deutsche Bank analyst is making the case for old fashioned cash on the grounds of privacy.

04 July 2019

News/security

Cybercrooks look to cash in on Facebook's digital currency

Cyber-scammers are scrambling to take advantage of Facebook's upcoming digital currency and wallet, registering domains related to Libra and Calibra in the hope of drawing in unsuspecting victims investigating the projects, say security researchers.

03 July 2019

News/devops

Open Banking could be worth £18bn a year to UK consumers and SMEs - report

Open Banking could realise £18 billion in value for British people and small businesses over the course of a year, claims an independent report, but only if the industry, government and regulators act to ensure the project realises its potential.

26 June 2019