Innovation

6834 articles tagged with this keyword

/Innovation

DBS to deploy IBM Watson to crunch big data

Singapore's DBS Bank is to apply IBM's Watson cognitive computing platform to its wealth management business in a bid to improve the advice and experience delivered to affluent customers.

/Innovation

Nedbank using social media to win over rival bank customers

South Africa's Nedbank is using social media analytics tools to win customers from rival banks by monitoring their chatter on popular forums such as Twitter and Facebook.

/Innovation

Emirates NBD lets customers shake their mobile to save

Emirates NBD has added a 'shake n save' feature to its mobile banking app, letting customers move money to their savings accounts with a wiggle of their handsets.

/Innovation

Bitcoin smashes $1000 mark on Zynga adoption

Social gaming giant Zynga will start accepting bitcoin as a payment option in a move which has helped drive the virtual currency's price back past the $1000 mark.

/Innovation

Indian bitcoin exchange shuts after central bank warning

India's largest bitcoin exchange, BuySellBitCo.in, has shut up shop after the country's central bank issued a statement warning about the risks of using virtual currencies.

/Innovation

Barclays to pilot mobile cheque deposits as UK Government proposes rule change

The UK government is to begin consultations on new legislation to permit the use of smartphones for remote cheque deposits.

/Innovation

2013: That was the year that was

As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2013, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, features and blogs over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2014.

/Innovation

JPMorgan Chase looks for innovation lead

JPMorgan Chase is looking for an innovation lead within its new Digital Customer Experience (DCE) unit.

/Innovation

US Bank works on instant shopping app

US Bank is working on a new app that will enable consumers to use their mobile handsets to capture and buy products that they chance upon during their day-to-day lives.

/Innovation

European Central Bank sets up Euro Retail Payments Board

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the creation of a new Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) to oversee the integration of the bloc's retail payments market in a post-Sepa environment.

/Innovation

Bitcoin tanks after Chinese exchange blocks new deposits

Bitcoin's price has plummeted today after China's biggest exchange said that it is no longer accepting renminbi deposits.

/Innovation

MasterCard Big Data division to build restaurant reviews site built on customer payment data

MasterCard is looking to mine its trove of customer card payment data to build a site which will provide global travellers with a ranking of popular restaurant destinations in cities worldwide.

/Innovation

First Data needs to act like a start up

John Elkins, president, International Markets, First Data looks at the pace of change in the payments industry and how that change impacts the company's own strategies for growth.

/Innovation

Norway says bitcoin an asset, not a currency

Norway has become the latest country to have its say on bitcoin, declaring that it is not a proper currency but an asset subject to capital gains tax.

/Innovation

Credit Suisse to launch online financial technology marketplace

Credit Suisse is to launch an online app store where investment banks can buy and share their proprietary source code.

/Innovation

Maximising Regulatory Data

Will Cawthorne, head of sales, Impendium Systems, looks at the thorny issue of finding meaning in big data. Originally published on Finextra.com on:

/Innovation

MasterCard begins recruitment campaign for New York innovation lab

MasterCard is advertising for software engineers graduating in 2014 to work in a new mobile e-commerce technology lab in New York City.

/Innovation

Crowdfunding in the UK set to raise £1.6 billion in 2014

A Dutch start-up has released a new iPhone app that provides an overview of more than 7000 crowdfunding projects worldwide, as new figures are released showing a sustained boom in the use of alternative sources of finance by small businesses.

/Innovation

ASB celebrates 100,000 Facebook 'Likes'

ASB is celebrating becoming the first bank in New Zealand to reach 100,000 Facebook 'Likes' with a special donation to the Starship Foundation as determined by its Facebook community.

/Innovation

PayPal Here brings festive cheer to Covent Garden market traders

Stallholders at Covent Garden's arts and craft market in central London have been equipped with mobile point-of-sale card readers supplied by PayPal, enabling them to accept debit card payments over the busy Christmas shopping period.