Temenos launches Centre of Excellence for AI
Temenos jumps on AI bandwagon Banking software firm Temenos is ramping up its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The vendor says its AI initiative “will enable banks to offer personalised...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank opens its tech to third parties
Building an ecosystem of APIs Deutsche Bank has accelerated the opening of its IT systems to third-party service providers across its corporate and investment banking and private and commercial banking...
View ArticleNCR steps into payments with $184m JetPay acquisition
NCR acquires JetPay for $184m NCR Corporation has announced a definitive agreement to acquire JetPay, a US-based provider of end-to-end payment processing and human capital management solutions. The...
View ArticleCoronation first in South Africa live with SmartStream’s corporate actions tech
SmartStream gains first corporate actions tech client in South Africa Coronation Fund Managers, one of the largest independent fund managers in South Africa, has gone live with SmartStream’s corporate...
View ArticleSibos 2018: Alpha-bets M-R
In the third part of our new feature for Daily News at Sibos, we examine fintech firms that are worth watching. This article focuses on four names within the M-R letter range. Tanya Andreasyan,...
View ArticleBanking tech and lendtech vendor Sword Apak sold to Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria buys Sword Apak Sopra Steria, a France-based technology and services firm, has acquired a UK-based core banking and lending software provider, Sword Apak. The company will be merged into...
View ArticleFirst National Bank of Lebanon centralises compliance systems with FICO
New project for FICO in Lebanon First National Bank of Lebanon (FNB) has migrated to the FICO Tonbeller Siron anti financial crimes suite. FNB will use the FICO solution to detect money laundering,...
View ArticleBIAN unveils free digital API Exchange
BIAN unveils free digital API Exchange Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN), an independent non-profit standards association, has launched its API Exchange, an online digital library containing...
View ArticleANZ and Moneythor partner for “financial wellness” venture
ANZ, Melbourne Moneythor, a Singapore-based fintech that offers a digital banking toolkit powered by artificial intelligence (AI), has been selected by ANZ in Australia. According to Moneythor, the...
View ArticleFutrli lands £4m funding in Series A round
Hannah Dawson, founder of Futrli Futrli, a cloud-based business decision-making platform, has raised £4 million in its Series A funding round from venture capital firms e.ventures, Notion Capital and...
View ArticleErste and Asfinag team for blockchain-based capital markets tech project
Erste Group experiments with blockcchain Erste Group and Asfinag (an Austrian publicly owned corporation which plans, finances, builds, maintains and collects tolls for the Austrian autobahns) have...
View ArticleDeutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse blockchain tests deliver promising...
Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse: blockchain holds promise Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse say they have “successfully completed” the performance tests of their jointly specified...
View ArticleHauck & Aufhäuser launches robo-advisor Zeedin
Crealogix creates Zeedin Private bank Hauck & Aufhäuser has launched a new robo-advisory tool, dubbed Zeedin, to enable the bank’s customers to invest their assets online from €50,000 and up. The...
View ArticleUBS Wealth Management USA in wealthtech revamp with Broadridge
US wealthtech: Broadridge in major deal with UBS Broadridge Financial Solutions and UBS have unveiled an “innovative strategic partnership”, where UBS’s wealth management arm in the US will become “the...
View ArticleBGL Group acquires PFM app Bean
Peter Myatt, founder of Bean BGL Group, a digital distributor of insurance and household financial services, has signed an agreement to acquire Saverd, the company behind personal finance management...
View ArticleRed Hat to be acquired by IBM in “game changing” $34bn deal
Ginni Rometty, IBM: the acquisition of Red Hat “changes everything about the cloud market” IBM has reached a definitive agreement with Red Hat to acquire it for approximately $34 billion ($190 per...
View ArticleState Bank of India and Hitachi join forces for cards and paytech venture
New paytech project in India State Bank of India (SBI) and Hitachi Payments (Hitachi’s subsidiary in India) have signed a definitive agreement to enter into a joint venture to build “a state-of-the-art...
View ArticleBogota Savings Bank in tech modernisation with Fiserv
Bogota Savings Bank automates with Fiserv Fiserv has signed Bogota Savings Bank, a $650 million New Jersey-based bank, for its suite of front-to-back office solutions. “In reaching its decision, Bogota...
View ArticleAbiLab and Italian banks to lead REDFin cyber defence initiative
AbiLab and Italian banks to lead REDFin cyber defence initiative AbiLab, the banking research and innovation centre promoted by the Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI, Italian Banking Association),...
View ArticleCentral 1 and Backbase unveil new digital banking platform Forge
New digital platform for Canadian banks and credit unions Central 1, a digital banking and payments provider for credit unions and financial institutions in Canada, has launched Forge for its clients –...
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