Finextra Research: Latest fintech news, analysis, interviews, features and opinion by industry experts

Convergence and payments innovation at EBADay

Christian Westerhaus, Global Co-head of Client Products and Solutions, Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank looks at the major themes of this year's EBADay.

19 May 2014

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Innovating payments in a Sepa world

Janina Gronholm, senior regional manager, Finland and the Baltics, EBA Clearing looks at developing person-to-person payments, MyBank and how Europe can build on the newly harmonised payments environment.

16 May 2014

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The moment of truth for Sepa

Erkki Poutiainen, strategy manager at Nordea Bank discusses the challenges of developing a global payments infrastructure and what future innovations could derive from Sepa.

14 May 2014

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The impact of EU regulation on e-payments

Professor Guisella Finocchiaro from the University of Bologna, Fabio Stragiotto, global product development payments at UniCredit, Antonella Vanara, account manager at SIA and Giovanni Vattani, head of payment systems at Enel, discuss the impacts of oncoming regulation on e-payments, e-mandate and e-identity as well as if banks can be considered the ideal electronic identity provider.

13 May 2014

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The global emergence of real-time payments

Marc Terry, managing director, commercial services, VocaLink discusses the global market for real time payments, the lessons learnt from the Singapore experience and the future of the industry.

12 May 2014

News/Transaction banking

Fidor to use Ripple to speed money transfers

Germany's Fidor Bank is to become the first the bank in the world to utilise the Ripple protocol for sending real-time money transfers.

06 May 2014

News/Transaction banking

Banking associations seek supply chain finance consensus

Five leading business associations have joined forces with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission to undertake a major project to harmonise market terminology for global supply chain finance products and services.

02 May 2014

News/Transaction banking

Live: Finextra Future Money, day two

Welcome back to the Finextra Future Money liveblog where we'll be keeping you abreast of all the news and views as leading figures from the fintech world gather at Level39 in Canary Wharf to explore the new wave of innovation sweeping across the financial services sector.

01 May 2014

News/Transaction banking

Live: Finextra Future Money

Welcome to the Finextra Future Money liveblog where we'll be keeping you abreast of all the news and views as leading figures from the fintech world gather at Level39 in Canary Wharf to explore the new wave of innovation sweeping across the financial services sector.

30 April 2014

News/Transaction banking

McKeever quits Tungsten; Bryant appointed as 'rainmaker'

Luke McKeever, former CEO of e-invoicing network OB10, has quit his executive position at Tungsten, which acquired OB10 for £99 million in October last year.

29 April 2014

News/Transaction banking

Swift Business Forum - London 2014 - Live Blog

Welcome to Finextra's live blog from the Swift Business Forum, London 2014, which was held Monday at the Brewery venue in the City of London, UK. This fourth instalment of the financial services Forum in the UK capital is entitled 'Doing good business in an era of re-regulation'.

29 April 2014

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Fun and functional Finland

Jussi Pajunen, the Mayor of Helsinki invites global businesses to visit Finland to take advantage of its innovative environment.

28 April 2014

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Leveraging the post-Sepa environment

Jean François-Denis, head of payments and local offers at BNP Paribas, Michel Verholen, global director - treasury at Greif and Paul Thomalla, SVP Emea and MD at ACI Worldwide discuss Sepa, investment in technology, the future of payments and the relationship between treasurers and banks.

28 April 2014

News/Transaction banking

Banks seek out new opportunities in supply chain finance

The importance and potential of supply chain finance as a line of business for European banks has been emphasised in a survey by working capital outfit Demica which indicates that one third of banks sampled have created SCF-specific roles with directorial status.

11 April 2014

News/Transaction banking

Khosla leads all-star investment in small business finance start-up Fundbox

Fundbox, a San Francisco-based start-up that helps business owners fix their cash flow by transferring the amount of outstanding invoices to their bank accounts, has secured a $17.5 million funding round led by Khosla Ventures and featuring an all-star team of private investors, including former Citigroup chief Vikram Pandit, ex-Reuters head Tom Glocer, ISE chairman David Krell, and Jay Mandelbaum, one-time head of strategy and e-commerce at JPMorgan Chase.

10 April 2014

News/Transaction banking

Gates to venture back into the land of the dinosaurs at Sibos

Banking co-operative Swift has announced that former Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates will give the closing plenary address at the the annual Swift international banking and operations seminar, Sibos, in Boston.

09 April 2014

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Adding value through simplicity and collaboration

Casper von Koskull, EVP, head of wholesale banking, Nordea Bank looks at how important partnerships and collaboration are for transaction banks when looking to offer more innovative and commercially viable solutions.

07 April 2014

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Best practice for ISO20022

Marcus Treacher, Global Head, Innovation, Payments & Cash Management, HSBC, discusses the challenges of implementing ISO20022, best practice for implementation across peer banks and dealing with emerging markets.

04 April 2014

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Financial standards lost in translation

Andrei Kirilenko, professor of the practice of finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and former chief economist at the CFTC, explains how to bridge the gap between regulation and implementation and how to bring stakeholders in financial standards together.

27 March 2014

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

The relationship with regulators

James Whittle, head of industry dynamics, UK Payments Council, explains the challenges of implementing ISO 20022 and the relationship with regulators.

27 March 2014