12/08/2016
European Central Bank & Japan’s Central Bank Partner for Blockchain Research
European Central Bank & Japan’s Central Bank agreed to launch a joint research project which studies the possible use of DLT for market infrastructure
FinTech
12/07/2016
For Aggregation Service, Lloyds May Use PSD2
PSD2 will soon force European banks to make available their application programming interfaces
12/07/2016
Digital challenger bank Atom launches online-only mortgages as it hits £100 million in deposits
The mortgage market is pretty competitive
12/07/2016
Metro Bank joins Faster Payments Scheme
Metro Bank now a fully operational participating financial provider of Faster Payments
12/06/2016
PBF Solutions Helps New Challenger Banks Attract UK Savers and Grow
PBF helps new-entrant financial organisations and challenger banks enter the UK market using its specialised online customer acquisition platform
12/06/2016
Mobile-phone based bank Number26 expands to 17 European markets
Without the expense of branches or legacy computer infrastructure and by relying on selective outsourcing.
12/06/2016
Veritas extends SEI wealth contract
As the industry continues to adjust to the broader technological upheaval impacting the market.
12/05/2016
Mumbai and Tel Aviv are the rising financial centres as power shifts from the West, says Barclays chief
India, Singapore or Israel could be the financial technology capital of the future
12/05/2016
European VCs are going to make flying cars a reality
There’s 14 times the amount of later stage capital committed in the U.S. versus Europe
12/05/2016
Dion Global gets Erste Bank 'Sepa ready' for real time payments
These Erste Group businesses can now initiate SEPA payments and direct debits using Dion’s payment solutions.
12/01/2016
How to build a digital strategy for your business... (Part 6/6) by Mik Cons, CEO of Sammedia
Robo-Advice is coming.
11/30/2016
Bank of England recruits fintech firms to ramp up cybersecurity drive
Officials are getting financial technology (fintech) firms into Threadneedle Street to work on ways to use new systems to combat fraud.
11/30/2016
Legal & General Backs Innovative UK Wide Venture Investment Platform With Woodford Investment Management And British Business Bank
Legal & General sees an opportunity to help drive the institutionalisation of the venture asset class and create a leading venture investment ecosystem across the UK.
11/30/2016
Barclays launches digital investment platform
Competition for customers in the investment space is heating up.
11/30/2016
Sopra Steria Achieves AWS Financial Services Competency Status
Achieving the AWS Financial Services Competency differentiates Sopra Steria as an AWS Partner Network member
11/30/2016
Grant Thornton steps up cyber security to enhance protection of clients’ personal data
Cyber security has long been a priority for Grant Thornton, with exceptionally high standards expected
11/30/2016
European Payments Council launches SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme
The SCT Inst scheme is a “world first”, enabling individuals, businesses, corporates and administrations to make “instant” euro credit transfers between accounts across an international area that will progressively span over 34 Eur
11/29/2016
BearingPoint ranked in the top 30 for risk technology in prestigious Chartis RiskTech100® report
Risk reporting solution Abacus moves up 27 places in the Chartis RiskTech100® with high scores for functionality and customer satisfaction
11/28/2016
Online lending platforms yet to prove their worth
The industry in the US has gone into reverse
11/28/2016
Hackers target high-profile customers of Liechtenstein bank in extortion scam - Report
Scammers demand a portion of victims' bank account amount, threatening exposure.