Alpari Bank and Attic Lab embark on blockchain-based e-money project
Blockchain comes to Ukraine A Ukrainian fintech start-up, Attic Lab, has signed a deal with a local bank, Alpari Bank, to implement SmartMoney, a blockchain-based banking system. The two parties will...
View ArticleNDC migrates Sahara Bank to new core banking system, Temenos’ T24
New live site for Temenos’ T24 core banking system in Libya Libya-based Sahara Bank has gone live with new core banking software, Temenos’ T24 (R14). The project was carried out by Pakistan-based...
View ArticleSIX Payment Services completes Swiss Post payment terminals upgrade
Swiss Post now equipped with Ingenico’s “smart” payment terminals SIX Payment Services says it has completed the enterprise-wide upgrade of payment terminals of Swiss Post four months ahead of...
View ArticleNew digital bank coming to Middle East, Bank Clearly
Think Clearly, Bank Clearly Bank Clearly, a new mobile bank, is being set up in the UAE. Clearly will offer account opening “in seconds, completely online”. Customers will be issued a Visa card....
View ArticleICICI Bank and HDFC Bank embrace social media
Banking comes to social media in India ICICI Bank goes for Twitter, while HDFC Bank banks on Facebook Messenger. ICICI Bank has announced its partnership with Twitter to integrate a set of digital...
View ArticleDigital bank for migrants and expats, Monese, raises $10m
Digital bank Monese coming to Europe Monese, a mobile-only bank founded by Norris Koppel, an Estonian expat in London, has raised $10 million in Series A funding round as it looks to go pan-European....
View ArticleEuronext makes €510m offer to acquire LCH.Clearnet
Pan-European exchange Euronext has made an irrevocable cash offer to acquire clearing and central counterparty (CCP) services provider LCH.Clearnet. The two companies already have a long-standing...
View ArticleTBI Bank automates credit decision-making with Provenir Cloud
Taking credit decision-making to the cloud TBI Bank is implementing Provenir Cloud “for rapid risk decision-making and streamlined processing of customer applications”. TBI operates in Bulgaria and...
View ArticleTuricum Private Bank swaps ERI’s Olympic for Temenos’ T24 core banking system
Turicum Private Bank in Gibraltar is live with new core banking software, Temenos’ T24. The system is delivered on Microsoft Azure cloud. The project was delivered by Syncordis, a Luxembourg-based IT...
View ArticleNetGuardians signs fintech deal with Keystone Bank
Keystone Bank fights online banking fraud with NetGuardians Nigeria-based Keystone Bank has selected the FraudGuardian solution from NetGuardians for protection from online banking fraud. Central Bank...
View ArticleCMA voices concerns over VocaLink’s takeover by Mastercard
CMA is not happy The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that Mastercard’s acquisition of VocaLink gives rise to competition concerns. Mastercard already owns and operates credit and...
View ArticleInfosys Finacle core banking system live at Sunrise Bank in Nepal
New live site for Infosys’ Finacle core banking system in Nepal Infosys’ flagship core banking offering, Finacle, is live at Sunrise Bank in Nepal, Banking Technology understands. Finacle ousted...
View ArticleSamba Bank live with new core banking system, Temenos’ T24
New live site for Temenos’ T24 R15 core banking system in Pakistan Pakistan-based Samba Bank Limited, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Samba Financial Group, has gone live with new core banking software,...
View ArticleMVB Bank in tech overhaul with Jack Henry’s Silverlake core system
Fairmont, West Virginia, home of MVB Bank MVB Bank, a $1.4 billion community bank in West Virginia, has signed for a new core banking system, Jack Henry’s Silverlake. The new system will be delivered...
View ArticleMAIB in major core banking system upgrade
Temenos’ T24 R15 core banking platform gains new live site in Moldova Moldova Agroindbank (MAIB), a universal bank in Moldova, has completed a major upgrade of its core software. The bank, a...
View ArticleIdea Bank launches “pay as you drive” car loan in Poland
Happy Miles: The less you drive, the less you pay Idea Bank in Poland has launched “the world’s first pay-as-you-drive” car loan model –Happy Miles – with the payments calculated according to the...
View ArticleS&P sells QuantHouse to original founder
Pierre Feligioni, QuantHouse: The time has come to go solo S&P Global is selling trading solutions provider QuantHouse to one of its original founders, Pierre Feligioni. The business was purchased...
View ArticleOCC flags risks facing US banks and financial institutions
Banks in the US continue to face many risks, the OCC finds Strategic, credit, operational and compliance risks remain “top concerns” for the financial services industry in the US, according to the...
View ArticleState Bank of India to launch digital bank, SBI Digi Bank
SBI to launch digital-only bank in India State Bank of India (SBI) is working on its own digital bank – SBI Digi Bank – which it plans to launch in the next three to six months, according to ET Tech....
View ArticleCountry spotlight: Lithuania – the young ones
Aerial view of Vilnius, Lithuania Banking Technology explores a less known – but a noteworthy – destination for fintech in Europe, Lithuania, and its capital Vilnius. Whilst it is realistic that it...
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