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Eckoh brings Apple Pay to voice calls

Eckoh and WorldPay have carried out what they claim is the world's first Apple Pay payment via a phone voice call.

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The bank of the future will be invisible - KPMG

By 2030, technology will have made banks and banking invisible to customers, hidden by Siri-like personal assistants that cull data from our connected lives to fulfil daily personal and financial obligations, claims KPMG.

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Lloyds to use Pindrop tech to identify fraudulent calls

Lloyds Banking Group is to be the first organisation in Europe to use 'Phoneprinting' tech from Pindrop to identify fraudulent callers to its contact centres across the Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands.

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Barclays rolls out voice biometrics for phone banking

Barclays is ditching passwords in favour of voice biometrics technology at its call centres, meaning that customers will be authenticated when they start talking.

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DBS to roll out voice authentication; OCBC to take biometrics nationwide

Singapore's DBS is to introduce voice biometrics to authenticate customers ringing in to its call centres by the end of the year.

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TD Bank and Cisco forge R&D agreement

TD Bank is teaming up with Cisco to build customer and employee experience technology at the IT giant's new innovation centre in downtown Toronto.

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Royal Bank of Canada rolls out conversational biometrics

Royal Bank of Canada is to begin recording the voice prints of customers as they dial in to its call centres, eliminating the need for passwords and additional authentication questions to determine client IDs.

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Mobile up, branches down in American popularity stakes

While the internet continues to be America's most popular banking channel, mobile is fast catching up on more established rivals branch and ATM for the silver medal, according to an ABA survey.

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Westpac signs for Verifone Payment as a Service platform

Westpac is handing over the management and deployment of the bulk of its merchant payment system offering to Verifone.

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Eastern Bank rolls out voice authentication tech at call centre

In a North American first, Eastern Bank is replacing security questions with voice biometric authentication for customers calling its service centre.

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Icici rolls out voice recognition tech

India's Icici Bank is introducing voice recognition technology at its call centres, enabling customers to authenticate themselves simply by speaking.

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Canada's D+H agrees $1.25bn Fundtech acquisition

Canadian financial technology firm D+H is to buy transaction banking vendor Fundtech for $1.25 billion in cash, subject to regulatory approvals.

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Digital-only Charter Savings Bank preps UK launch

Startup digital-only lender Charter Savings Bank has been given the go-ahead by regulators to begin taking deposits.

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First direct tops customer service charts - Which?

First direct, a bank that has no high street branches but still manages to make its customers feel valued, is the top-rated brand for customer service in the UK, according to a survey by consumer champion Which?

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Americans embrace mobile banking but the branch makes comeback

The Internet continues to be America's most popular banking channel but is losing ground to mobile, ATMs and even branches, according to an ABA survey.

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Barclays preps voice biometrics for phone banking

Barclays is rolling out voice biometrics technology at its call centres that recognises customers when they start talking.

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Lloyds cuts 645 jobs; closes Warrington call centre

Lloyds Banking Group is axing 645 jobs and closing a call centre in the town of Warrington, in a move branded "unjustified" by the Unite union.

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CommBank services hit by network-wide outage

An IT glitch at Commonwealth Bank of Australia has left customers unable to use online and mobile banking, ATMs and point-of-sale terminals for several hours.

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M&S takes on banks with fee-free current account

Retail giant Marks & Spencer will take on Britain's high street banks this summer with the launch of a current account with no monthly fee.

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UK rejects VAT on bitcoin trades

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has decided not to levy a 20% value-added tax on bitcoin transactions, reversing an earlier ruling that classified virtual currencies as gift vouchers.