04/25/2019
Over half of firms report cyber attacks in 2019: Hiscox
Despite these figures, 27 percent of more than 1,000 US companies surveyed said they have no plans to purchase cyber insurance, and 5 percent are unsure of what cyber insurance is.
FinTech
04/25/2019
NatWest becomes first UK bank to use biometric payments for business
The bank has worked with external partners to ensure that the new feature is completely secure and complies fully with the forthcoming Payment Service Directive (PSD2) regulations that govern Secure Customer Authentication, due to come into effect later t
04/25/2019
Marqeta Launches New Digital Banking Solution For European Fintech Innovators, Announces Three Major Customer Signings
Marqeta’s European Digital Banking solution helps customers build, test and continuously refine new features in a developer sandbox, allowing them to build unique solutions that integrate with existing systems and software.
04/25/2019
VTB Bank taps BS/2 for cash monitoring
Since the beginning of 2019, technical support for all bank self-service devices has been entrusted to BS/2 Georgia.
04/25/2019
Banks Can’t Snub Crypto Startups Thanks to France’s New Blockchain Law
France’s new crypto law grants blockchain-related projects the right to a bank account, provided they opt in to being regulated
04/25/2019
UK Fintech Investment Booms in Q1
Later stage investment captured 80% of the money with big names like OakNorth, which received $440 million from Softbank, helped to fuel this number.
04/24/2019
UK based TSB Bank Is Pioneering a New Method of Fraud Protection
TSB is taking a completely different stance and providing customers ‘absolute carte blanche’ to give their money back no matter what goes wrong.
04/24/2019
Credit Suisse Head: Banking Culture Hinders Blockchain Adoption – An Opportunity for Crypto?
Emmanuel Aidoo, of Credit Suisse, believes that 2019 will see an uptake of financial institutions using blockchain technology to improve their services.
04/24/2019
Spies share top-secret information with UK firms to protect them from cyber attacks
Head of GCHQ Jeremy Fleming reveals how private companies can get information about hacking attempts immediately
04/23/2019
The middle class revolution - Innovation
The truth is that we have missed very little in April.
04/23/2019
Unisys Launches New Version of Elevate Omnichannel Banking Platform to Facilitate Shift to Open Banking
New version of software allows banks to easily integrate third party apps and services for enhanced customer experience, while leading-edge security protects consumer data across all touchpoints
04/22/2019
Digital banks like Revolut must be allowed to make mistakes, says Lord Mayor of London
“We are on the one hand advocating 100pc protection,” the Lord Mayor said. “But at the same time saying 'why aren't you helping me open a bank account?'"
04/18/2019
British banking giants jumping into blockchain for real estate
The two UK based banks Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) are now searching in new ways to improve the real estate industry by using blockchain technology.
04/17/2019
The Future of Banking
Regardless of which path to take, the fact remains that going digital extends beyond moving transactions from analog to internet to mobile as part of some surface level technology refresh.
04/16/2019
Fintech Raisin and Commerzbank launch savings platform for corporate clients
Commerzbank selected all the cooperating banks from Raisin’s more than 70 current partner banks, and will regularly review further partnership options as the cooperation unfolds.
04/16/2019
France to ask EU partners to adopt its cryptocurrency regulation
The French government’s new cryptocurrency bill – the first of its kind adopted by a major nation – will allow firms that want to issue new cryptocurrencies or trade existing ones to apply for a certification.
04/16/2019
Avaloq unveils fintech platform
avaloq.one aims to seamlessly connect leading fintechs and their solutions, to Avaloq’s global financial clients.
04/16/2019
Avaloq launches avaloq.one, a new platform that connects fintechs with the world’s financial institutions
The platform gives us access to some of the world’s leading financial institution
04/15/2019
ObjectWay named in Fin Tech Global's inaugural top 100 wealthtech firms
The WealthTech sector is one of the fastest growing verticals of FinTech
04/15/2019
ING Bank Is Bringing Bitcoin ‘Bulletproofs’ to Private Blockchains
The bank found bulletproofs turn out to be “roughly ten times faster than other range proofs, for a single range proof