Latest Transaction banking News: Finextra Research

Starting your blockchain journey

Steve Pomfret, CEO, Cygnetise, talks at The Temenos Community Forum: The Digital Revolution, about whether blockchain is more hype than reality, what steps those at the start of their blockchain journey should take and which areas have seen the most progress with blockchain.

07 June 2018

News/Transaction banking

Thai CB to issue digital currency for interbank settlement: Sarb reports back on Project Khokha

The Central Bank of Thailand is initiating a project to use a Bank-issued digital currency for interbank settlements.

07 June 2018

News/Transaction banking

Italian banks test blockchain for interbank reconciliations

The Italian Banking Association (ABI) has opened a pilot project on blockchain-based interbank reconciliations to a first group of 14 lenders.

06 June 2018

News/Transaction banking

Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day two

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2018, in Miami. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can seize the opportunities that are emerging.

06 June 2018

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Good hacking? Bad hacking?

Ethical Hacker Ralph Echemendia exposes the dark arts of hackers and how banks need to urgently react. Eminent cyber-psychologist, Dr Mary Aiken, explores how human behaviour changes online and the risks that arise as a result. To address these risks, Ralph lifts the lid on Seguru.io, a new consumer-focused safe-ware initiative.

06 June 2018

Company update/Transaction banking

Banco Bradesco joins Swift gpi

SWIFT announces that Banco Bradesco, one of the largest banks in Brazil, has joined SWIFT’s global payment innovation (gpi) service to enhance its customer experience, and increase the speed, transparency and traceability of cross-border payments.

06 June 2018

Company update/Transaction banking

Citi opens API sandbox

Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) continues to expand its Application Programming Interface (API) solution through CitiConnect®, Citi's state-of-the-art integration platform.

05 June 2018

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Championing the diversity agenda

Ann Cairns, Vice Chair, Mastercard, talks at Money20/20 about the forefront areas of innovation today, what they key elements drivin this innovation are and where her focus will be in her new position as Vice Chair.

05 June 2018

News/Transaction banking

Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day one

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2018, in Miami. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can seize the opportunities that are emerging.

05 June 2018

News/Transaction banking

BlueVine raises $60m

BlueVine, an online startup that provides working capital to small businesses, has raised $60 million in a Series E funding round led by Menlo Ventures and joined by Silicon Valley Bank.

05 June 2018

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Where AI meets regtech

Kaushalya Somasundaram, Head of Fintech Partnerships & Strategy, HSBC, talks at NextGen Banking London, about the populist and regulatory backlash against data collection and exploitation, what role regulators play in the adoption of AI in financial services and whether the UK is well positioned to capitalize on the AI revolution like it has on the Fintech wave before.

05 June 2018

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Exponential technologies of the future

Michael Leadbetter, CEO, ExO Works, talks at NextGen Banking London: The AI Revolution, about exponential technologies, what part they play in financial services, how it has disrupted the industry already, how they will disrupt in the future and what companies can do to take advantage of them.

05 June 2018

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Emotions are the new black.

Tabitha Cooper, Chief communicator, Nordea, talks at NextGen Banking London, about the 'The Artificial Intelligence revolution, powered by Human Intelligence'. She explains what she means by “emotions are the new black”, why we need to understand Fear and why Self-Awareness is so critical in the development of AI going forward.

05 June 2018

Company update/Transaction banking

Divido brings B2B finance to the point-of-sale

Divido, the retail finance platform, is today extending its proposition to provide a B2B finance solution at the point of sale across Europe.

05 June 2018

Company update/Transaction banking

Accuity adds real-time vessel alerting and tracking to screening service

Accuity, the leading provider of financial crime compliance, payments and counterparty know-your-customer (KYC) solutions, today announced its new vessel monitoring capability, Firco Trade Compliance Ship Enforcement Alerts (SEA), which will further enhance its market leading screening solution.

05 June 2018

News/Transaction banking

Commerzbank taps IoT data to adjust loan repayments for capital equipment

Commerzbank has developed a prototype for a new 'pay-per-use' loan for capital equipment which taps into the Internet of Things to adjust repayment terms according to the actual usage of the machinery on which the loan was taken out.

05 June 2018

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Banks take the platform route to create and consume applications

Martin Haering, CMO at Finastra explains why banks are embracing open banking platforms, APIs and appstores, as Finastra launches its new FusionFabric.cloud platform to fintech and bank developers at Money2020 Europe.

04 June 2018

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Money 20/20 Europe builds momentum

As Money20/20 Europe begins in Amsterdam, Pat Patel, Content Director, Money20/20 Europe & Asia, introduces the event and talks about what attendees can gain from the conference and what will be the hot topics discussed this year.

04 June 2018

News/Transaction banking

Citi corporate bank joins UK Open Banking framework

Citibank is to join the UK's Open Banking framework to provide an aggregated payments collections service for its business clients, tapping the APIs of the country's largest nine banks.

04 June 2018

Company update/Transaction banking

Saxo Payments rolls out SME financing service

Whether it's a short-term loan to cover the purchase of new equipment or a longer-term arrangement to help expand into new markets, businesses - small and large - need cash. But, following the financial crisis, mainstream lenders appear to remain nervous, leaving SMEs with limited options for financing.

04 June 2018