Latest Transaction banking News: Finextra Research

Visa and top UK banks get behind launch of Amazon Business

Visa and four of the UK's leading banks are partnering with Amazon on the launch of a new commercial marketplace for businesses shopping on the popular e-commerce site.

04 April 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

Avelacom launches low latency route options from Interxion London to emerging markets

Avelacom has extended its low latency network and launched a new point of presence (PoP) to connect Interxion’s London data centre and Borsa Istanbul, making it easier for London’s capital markets players to enter emerging markets and exploit cross-venue arbitrage opportunities.

30 March 2017

News/Transaction banking

HSBC partners TradeShift to digitise the corporate supply chain

HSBC is partnering with Danish business commerce platform TradeShift to bring streamlined digital finance and working capital to corporate supply chains.

30 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

Mastercard joins with Maestrano to launch SME cloud marketplace in Asia Pacific

Recognizing the integral role small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play in developing Asia Pacific’s economies, Mastercard together with Maestrano today announced a strategic partnership to encourage SME development by enabling issuing banks across the region to leverage cloud-based technologies.

30 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

Gresham adds real-time analytics to Clareti platform

Gresham, the leading software and services company that specialises in providing real-time transaction control and enterprise data integrity solutions, has launched a real time data visualisation and embedded analytics solution – Clareti Analytics - to complement its flagship Clareti Transaction Control (CTC) offering.

30 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

SocGen selects HPD software to support international factoring expansion

Societe Generale, one of the largest financial services groups in Europe, has partnered with HPD Software, the global leader in working capital finance solutions and invoice finance, to further implement its Aquarius operating platform for the bank’s international factoring activities.

30 March 2017

News/Transaction banking

Switzerland prepares for mass-market migration to ISO 20022 standard

Switzerland has started the countdown to a mass-market switch to the ISO 20022 standard for payments harmonisation across all consumer, corporate and bank payments, an initiative billed as the country's biggest financial infrastructure project in 390 years.

30 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

SAP Ariba to use technology from Hijro for blockchain deployment

Fintech company Hijro, the financial operating network for global trade, announces a partnership with SAP Ariba to be an inventory provider of trade assets to the Hijro Asset Distribution Network built on Blockchain technology.

29 March 2017

News/Transaction banking

Nordea strikes mobile money deal with fintech startup Betalo

Exemplifying the ongoing trend for large banks to join forces with smaller fintech companies, Stockholm-based Betalo has struck a deal with Nordea to offer its mobile money service to the bank's 1.8 million private customers.

28 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

Tradeshift adds AI layer to B2B commerce platform

Tradeshift, the world’s largest business commerce platform, today announced the release of Tradeshift Ada, the world’s first smart interface for B2B commerce that offers new automation capabilities to help users accelerate how they buy, pay and collaborate.

27 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

D+H takes European instant payment testing to the cloud

DH Corporation (DH.TO) ("D+H"), a leading provider of technology solutions to financial institutions globally, today announced that it is offering a cloud-based instant payments testing environment for the European market.

27 March 2017

News/Transaction banking

UK FS firms see fight against cybercrime as major challenge

British financial services firms expect to increase IT spending at a healthy rate in the near future, according to a CBI/PwC survey which also shows that combatting cybercrime is a growing imperative for the industry.

27 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

SAP Ariba gets in blockchain game with Everledger

Blockchain is among the most disruptive technologies of the day. From banking and insurance to agriculture, energy, healthcare, and media, it is shaking-up entire industries and is about to transform global supply chains, thanks to SAP Ariba.

22 March 2017

News/Transaction banking

Swift Business Forum, Canada - live blog

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Business Forum in Toronto. This year’s conference, on the theme 'building the future', will investigate how the financial industry is adapting in a fast-changing, digital world where new fintech entrants pose an opportunity and a threat, and cyber-crime is a growing problem.

22 March 2017

News/Transaction banking

Can banks really win in the payments business of the future? – new Finextra report

New research from Finextra finds that banks must re-evaluate their role in the payments industry due to growing demand from digitally driven customers, new regulation, pioneering technology and the need to prioritise innovation over legacy.

20 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

Flywire moves into international B2B payments

Flywire, a leading provider of international payment solutions, today announced its entry into the trillion $ plus, global business-to-business (B2B) payment processing and receivables market.

16 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

Singapore fintech startup Invictus turns to IBM for blcockhain support

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced Singapore fintech start-up, INVICTUS, is collaborating with them to leverage IBM Cloud and Blockchain technologies for their Order, Logistic & Payment (OLP) platform.

16 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

Maersk and Ericsson team with Silicon Valley's Plug and Play for supply chain and logistics

In partnership with founding partners Maersk and Ericsson, Plug and Play is launching their newest program, Plug and Play Supply Chain & Logistics.

16 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

Tungsten takes paperless invoicing to India

Tungsten Network has become the first e-invoicing provider to offer compliant, paperless invoicing in India.

15 March 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

Gresham looks ahead to 2017 following solid progress in FY16

Gresham Technologies plc (LSE: “GHT”, “Gresham” or the “Group”), the leading software and services company that specialises in providing real-time transaction control and enterprise data integrity solutions, is pleased to announce its results for the financial year ended 31 December 2016.

14 March 2017