11/16/2016
IRESS delivers greater price certainty for term protection with new on-line underwriting proposition
Disclosure of occupation also becomes mandatory when additional BMI information is selected.
FinTech
11/16/2016
Barclays has plans to let customers use Facebook for banking
The best way to think about this is an operational data store that is literally mirroring, or in synch, with the old-school mainframe.
11/15/2016
Fintech deal set to prompt new expansion into London
The move to link the world's two leading fintech hubs is expected to revolutionize global fintech growth
11/15/2016
Metro Bank, SETL and Deloitte explore blockchain for consumer payments
The successful implementation of a blockchain smartcard retail payment system offers the possibility of significantly reducing current high costs for processing retail transactions
11/15/2016
Wealth Management Firm To Create Belfast Jos
The company's expansion into Belfast will create 42 jobs and has been supported by a £252,000 investment from Invest NI
11/14/2016
Copenhagen Fintech opens doors
CFIR facilitated connections between fintech start-ups, banks, regulators and policy-makers.
11/13/2016
Russian Banks Suffered Powerful DDOS Attacks - Good News is that Attacks were Successfully Mitigated
The intensity of the attacks reached 660 thousands of requests per second. It is also noted that some of the banks were attacked repeatedly.
11/11/2016
ABN looked at using undercover security staff to prevent cyber attacks
ABN-AMRO was looking at sending staff undercover to observe employees' security practices
11/11/2016
ING Bank Invites Teams to Impact Finance at Global WebVR Hackathon
ING’s strategy is to unlock innovation for their clients through co-creation
11/10/2016
HSBC combines AWS with agile thinking to tap into growing demand for mobile banking
Banking giant opens up about how cloud and DevOps adoption is helping it cope with the growing consumer demand for mobile and online banking services
11/10/2016
Mizuho Taps Wolters Kluwer for Risk, Regulatory Reporting
The bank will use Wolters Kluwer's solutions suite to perform calculations and reporting functions, in line with upcoming regulations.
11/10/2016
Italian banking firm predicts the doom of traditional banking
Banks will need to address these problems against a background of branch closures, reduced footfall in branches and diversification in the way customers bank.
11/08/2016
Frankfurt’s Fledgling Fintechs Show a City Racing to Catch Up
Shortages in venture-capital funding have led Germany’s banking and exchange powerhouses to set change into motion themselves.
11/08/2016
Will Bitcoin Become the new "Swiss Bank Account"?
This may lead some Americans to seek alternative ways to store value in a secure, private manner - and Bitcoin may be one ready solution.
11/08/2016
Ascentric hires Deloitte to help deliver re-platforming
Platform consultancy firm Finalytiq estimates Ascentric has so far spent £5.7 million on the replatforming project.
11/08/2016
Lombard Odier to exploit rivals' tech woes with back office launch
The plans also include bringing the firm’s successful technology proposition in Switzerland to the UK.
11/08/2016
Vermilion selected for private client reporting at Redmayne-Bentley
It also enables Redmayne-Bentley to comply with client reporting requirements under MiFID II.
11/07/2016
ScotEx, the upcoming Blockchain Powered Scottish Stock Exchange
ScotEx the blockchain powered stock exchange is expected to go live sometime next year
11/07/2016
Former Barclays boss says technology is the key to scandal-free banking
Jenkins, who has often been described as the nicest man in banking, also told the newspaper that the growing usefulness of technology in the sector would soon result in less need for bankers.
11/07/2016
Tesco Bank freezes all online transactions after money stolen from 20,000 accounts
Taking every step" to protect customer accounts, which is why the bank has opted to temporarily suspend all online activity