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WeChat Pay launches in Malaysia

WeChat, China's most popular social media app, has launched its digital payments service, WeChat Pay, in Malaysia, marking its first product to be released in Asia outside of China and Hong Kong.

21 August 2018

News/Social media

Facebook wants more bank data to rebuild trust with users

Facebook has asked large US banks to share detailed financial data about their customers in an effort to deepen user engagement on its Messenger platform, according to the Wall Street Journal.

06 August 2018

Company update/Social media

Hang Seng Bank opens WeChat communications channel for business banking

Hang Seng Bank will roll out its Commercial Banking WeChat Official Account (‘WeChat Account’) tomorrow, providing SME and commercial customers with a new and convenient channel for receiving updates from the Bank.

31 July 2018

News/Social media

Bloomberg curates Twitter feed for algo traders; State Street reads the news

Bloomberg is launching a real-time feed of curated Twitter data, sifting through the deluge of social media sentiment to pick out the most useful content for its algorithmic trading clients.

19 July 2018

Company update/Social media

FreeRealTime adds social media sentiment to platform

FreeRealTime, the leading resource of actionable insights for investors, today announced new investment tools and features designed to improve the investment experience of its nearly 2 million registered subscribers.

26 June 2018

Company update/Social media

'Twitter for finance' startup Market EarlyBird goes mobile

Market EarlyBird, the UK FinTech company behind EarlyBird – Safe, Smart Twitter for Finance – is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a native mobile client for EarlyBird.

22 May 2018

Company update/Social media

Facebook joins Fido Alliance

The FIDO Alliance announced today that Facebook has been appointed to its Board of Directors.

15 May 2018

News/Social media

Irish bank caught in social media spying storm

Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has been accused of spying on its customers after it emerged that it monitors mortgage holders' social media accounts

14 May 2018

News/Social media

Microsoft defends support for controversial Cloud Act

A long-running court battle between Microsoft and the US government about whether the latter had the right to access emails held in Microsoft's Irish data centre has come to an anticlimactic end after a judge dismissed the case, ruling it to be "moot" due to the recent passing of the Cloud (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data) Act.

05 April 2018

Company update/Social media

ICICI Bank launches social media-based cross-border remittance service

ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets, announced the launch of a service that enables Non Resident Indians (NRIs) to send money to a beneficiary in India using social media like WhatsApp and e-mail.

04 April 2018

Company update/Social media

NatWest reveals the eight money scams to be aware of in 2018

A new report from NatWest and research agency The Future Laboratory has analysed data from the last 18 months to predict eight frauds and scams expected to emerge as 2018 gets under way: from social media spying and planting malicious software on smart phones to Brexit, money muling and even taking advantage of the excitement around the Royal wedding.

20 March 2018

Company update/Social media

Ayondo to list on Singapore Exchange

Global financial technology group ayondo Ltd today announces that it has registered its Offer Document by Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”), acting as agent on behalf of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, for a listing on the Catalist board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.

16 March 2018

News/Social media

BMO rolls out virtual assistants for Twitter and Facebook Messenger

BMO has partnered with two tech startups to roll out chatbot service assistants for Facebook Messenger and Twitter.

15 March 2018

News/Social media

Look #nofilter: Deutsche Bank opens Instagram account

Deutsche Bank is extending the reach of its social media presence to Instagram, opening a channel to "visually convey a different side" to the company's activities.

07 March 2018

News/Social media

Mastercard puts QR bot on Messenger

Mastercard is to use the popular Facebook Messenger platform as a vehicle for encouraging small businesses in Africa and Asia to move to QR-code based mobile payments.

28 February 2018

Company update/Social media

Telcos next target for PayKey social keyboard

PayKey, a Social Banking solution provider, today announced the launch of its new Social Telco Solution and Mobile Smart Keyboard, which will be demoed during Mobile World Congress 2018.

19 February 2018

News/Social media

TD Ameritrade lets users trade through Twitter

Customers of US brokerage TD Ameritrade can now research and trade stocks and exchange traded funds through Twitter direct messages.

08 February 2018

News/Social media

Belfius brings Messenger and WhatsApp P2P payments to Belgium

Belgian bank Belfius is rolling out a service that lets users make payment requests through Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.

01 February 2018

News/Social media

Researchers develop algo that uses Twitter to predict the stock market

Researchers from a Dutch university have developed an algorithm that scans tweets about stocks, successfully predicting price fluctuations.

24 January 2018

Company update/Social media

AmEx CEO Kenneth Chenault joins Facebook board

Facebook today announced that Kenneth I. Chenault, the CEO of American Express, has been appointed to the company’s board of directors, effective February 5, 2018.

18 January 2018