Latest Transaction banking News: Finextra Research

Open APIs drive big data progress

Andy Hirst, VP Banking Solutions, SAP, discusses the big trends in big data – unstructured, openness, machine learning – and explores the challenges banks still face in exploiting the value of their data to the max.

28 November 2016

News/Transaction banking

SOFE Berlin: Cyber security worries dominate closing debate

Swift's European operations forum in Berlin ended where it began, with a high-powered debate on the ability of the world's banks to combat an escalating cyber threat.

25 November 2016

News/Transaction banking

A third of London's City workers could face relocation in wake of Brexit - survey

Almost one in three workers in London face an uncertain future over their employer's plans to relocate the business.

25 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking

FinoComp creates CGT calculator for Aegon platform

New technology development specialists, FinoComp, today announced the launch of a gains calculator for advisers using the Aegon platform.

25 November 2016

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Build innovation into organisational competencies

Amir Wain, Founder & CEO of i2c, talks about the challenges for financial institutions of the increasing pace of change, the need to innovate on an ongoing – not a one-off – basis, and the opportunity to go beyond cost-cutting and generate new revenues by integrating payments more deeply into the lives of customers.

24 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking

Europe’s leading financial institutions select Trifacta to wrangle diverse data

Trifacta, the global leader in data wrangling, says strong growth in Europe has given it a substantial foothold in Europe’s financial services industry.

24 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking

Bank of Jordan Opts for Wolters Kluwer’s Risk Software

Bank of Jordan has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX to provide its risk software after a competitive tender process. The bank has specifically signed up to use OneSumX for Risk to manage its Liquidity Risk and Asset and Liability Management (ALM) requirements.

24 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking

Payment card acceptance expanding fast in developing markets

Rural expansion is driving rapid growth in card acceptance in developing markets, while regulation and new technology are boosting acceptance in more developed markets

24 November 2016

News/Transaction banking

SOFE Berlin: Social media and IoT providing a goldmine for hackers

White hat hackers at Sophos gained access to administrative rights at a New York bank using a social engineering technique that leaned on the creation of a bogus profile on LinkedIn.

24 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking

Tech City UK trumpets role in HM Treasury's fintech measures

Following the UK Autumn Statement, Tech City UK says it will deliver two of HM Treasury’s newest fintech measures.

24 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking

National Bank of Malawi selects Swiss FinTech NetGuardians

Swiss FinTech leader NetGuardians has been selected by National Bank of Malawi to protect customers’ data and prevent fraud.

24 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking

SIX and Confinale launch new tax service

SIX Securities Services, the business area responsible for post-trade services at SIX, has agreed an exclusive partnership with Confinale for tax reclaims. The first customer will be Raiffeisen Switzerland cooperative in St. Gallen. The Tax Reclaim Service is part of an entirely new type of overall solution for banks and investors provided by SIX Securities Services.

24 November 2016

News/Transaction banking

SOFE Berlin: Swift unveils blockchain proof-of-concept

Swift has taken the wraps off its first blockchain proof-of-concept and pledged to become more vocal and engaged with the community in driving the application of the technology at both an industry level and embedded within its own member-owned network.

24 November 2016

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Designing for what comes after Alexa

Tom Poole, Managing VP, Mobile Commerce, Capital One, discusses the explosion of channels out to the customer, the need to think ahead about how to take services to where the customers are, and how the umbrella term of digital wallet will likely evolve to reflect the different approaches of banks, retailers and tech firms.

23 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking

Clearstream, DekaBank simplify cross-border settlement

Clearstream, jointly with DekaBank, has developed a settlement solution that supports domestic settlement of DekaBank’s cleared trading activity on Euronext, tpREPO and BrokerTec across the markets of Belgium, France and the Netherlands.

23 November 2016

News/Transaction banking

SOFE Berlin: Cyber security and innovation take centre stage

Payments professionals from across Europe, Middle East and Africa have been gathering in Berlin for Swift's Operations Forum Europe conference to learn first hand how the interbank co-operative is dealing with ongoing security issues and new technology innovations in banking and finance.

23 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking

Internet trust at all time low: not enough data protection

The Internet Society has released the findings of its 2016 Global Internet Report in which 40% of users admit they would not do business with a company which had suffered a data breach.

23 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking

First pre-market enviroment for start-ups in Spain

BME and Spain's National Business Angels Association, Big Ban Angels, will create the first pre-market environment for start-ups in Spain, giving them access to new investors and an insight into the functioning of the stock market to boost access to private investment.

23 November 2016

Company update/Transaction banking